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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1912
Page
12
Serena at Sent sdrafanpon Ye Giatges traces an initiation rite held Wednesday January 24 1912. The brief report notes ceremonial actions and attendees in a local context. Petitions and community groups referenced indicate a cultural observance within the town.
Local readers received details on gold certificates issued by the Chung Hwa Republic for funds sent to Chinese revolutionists. The notes, in $10 $50 $100 denominations, feature new flags and English and Chinese text, promising payment on formation. Revolutionaries in Kemmerer express broad support for reforms including calendar alignment and English language adoption, with plans for English schools.
Chas Bird of Midway with wife and children visited Kemmerer on Wednesday for shopping. Bird is the Opal Pinedale mail line contractor and reports a successful season on his route last year. Horses are used now. cars were used between Opal and Big Piney last season and will return when weather allows. Bird has long been a resident of the Sheep River valley and was the contractor before 1908 when service moved from Kemmerer to Big Piney for four years.
A fragmentary note introduces a December issue of Mid-Continent a Wyoming and Colorado irrigation and agriculture focused journal published in Denver. It mentions weather, settlers, and insights for agricultural advancement with a subscription price noted and a memorial reference to Mrs. Peter Stevens.
A garbled notice outlines a planned trip from Los Angeles to Lake City via railroad offered by a private carrier. It mentions scheduling Tuesday events and advertising constraints, with unclear references to Oregon and provincial details.
Funeral services for Larry Quealy were held at Kemmerer’s Catholic church with High Mass and a large gathering. Nephew Patho Lynch presided, Fathers Kelly and Schuffer assisted, and a moving sermon honored Quealy’s Christian faith. The body, from California, was viewed, then taken to Laramie for interment. a long procession of mourners and pallbearers accompanied the remains.
A chronology of Wyoming public building bills shows four federal buildings completed in Cheyenne Lander Evanston Sheridan and other towns with sites authorized for Basin Cody Green River Buffalo and more. Treasury estimates for Haain and Chreen River stand, while Newcastle and Sundown projects carry 7000 each. Wyoming delegation touts added wealth and improved city services from these appropriations.
Ward in Kemmerer reports Evanaton Lodge No 4 A F and A M has waived jurisdiction and approved forming a Kemmerer lodge. Papers go to Grand Lodge for approval. If confirmed, Kemmerer will establish a lodge with over twenty local members and a rich pool of potential new ones.
Charley Howell of Green River, visiting town last week, says he will quit the sheep business. He plans to sell his horses and focus on cattle raising nine miles north of Green River City. He notes the mange is well fed off his section with very little snow.
Old timer WW Brink traveled from Heyburn Idaho after hearing of Larry Quealy’s death to attend the funeral. He once worked for Quealy and now reflects on Wyoming public improvement efforts. Wyoming’s delegation vows to push on public work bills to boost employment and wealth, despite opposition from some coal interests. Kemmerer Baker urges readers to try their pastry.
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