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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1918
Page
2
A scattered digest lists A Johnson, W Spencer and Miss Anna Spencer of Randolph visiting relatives in Montpelier. Various residents are noted as visitors, births, and local engagements. A Hy and AC meeting with Mrs Walter Thompson is announced for February 9 with officer installation.
Irvin Porter, a Fossil pioneer who settled on the Rock Creek ranch now owned by John Byers, died after pneumonia developed following December bladder surgery in Soda Springs. He was sixty one. Funeral held at Kemmerer D. S. church with Bishop Taysom, interment Kemmerer cemetery. He leaves two brothers Dan and Alma A. and a sister Mrs. Steve Wade. Business in Fossil active with hotel sale, hotel and saloon plans, and local mining work.
Mrs William Fern, a longtime community figure, died recently. Survivors include two daughters and several relatives. funeral arrangements and full obituary details were not clearly readable in the fragment. The notice references Oakley and Suible areas and a future vote or event on Sunday.
The county clerk notes a flood of instruments filed at year start driven by oil rights. He suggests a regular printed lease form for oil and gas to ease recording, reducing transfers since many leases vary and clog the books.
New York editor William M. Bushnell of The Dynan journal, official J C Penney publication, visited Kemmerer after attending a Golden Rule stores convention in Salt Lake City. The report notes Penney’s rise to leadership, the stores’ growth to 177, and Pennny and Roswell Penny’s schooling news.
A number of local oil men were summoned to Cheyenne as defendants in a U S district court suit by Abner Davis seeking a restraining order to stop moving an oil rig toward the northwest quarter of section 2, township 21, range 117. Judge Riner kept the order in force for twenty days from January 25 to allow briefs and evidence. The dispute centers on a different section where other parties located and validated work. Respondents from Kemmerer included W. T. Wood, A. C. Cronin, Rich McMinn, W. S. Hillyer, and J. J. Tersimean. Abner Davis prosecuted, with Louis Jones and A. Hubbell as witnesses.
At Frontier school house last Saturday a Home Economies society chapter organized with about twenty members. The group aims to promote war breads and wheat savings and to explore meat substitutes. Meetings will be held monthly on the last Saturday afternoon. Officers include Mrs F Ford president, Mrs Viren vice president, Mrs C W Flanner secretary, and Mrs Sam Lycitt treasurer.
Rich galena ore discovery nine miles west of Kemmerer Idaho by W Rawson of McCammon and Osmond Call of Bancroft, with Patsey Mining Co involvement. Vein opened to six feet, widened to two feet, tunnel planned within 100 feet. Stock sale offers 10,000 shares at 25 cents, $1000 for tunnel and ore hauling setup to Salt Lake smelter. ore samples shown at Kemmerer Brokerage. Paley Mining Co traces to Mrs Roberts daughter. Wille Palvey linked as early mine discoverer.
For sale a six room house on a Wyoming town lot includes barn, outbuildings, and fenced acreage. Details mention cedar finishing, furnished option, cattle and farming equipment available. Terms to suit purchaser with rental options and potential full property sale.
A church service and sermon were conducted at Cadkae Ville with prayers observed. The event, led by a local clergyman, focused on Lent reflections and featured a reading from a visiting bishop.
Fragmentary report describes a fire at a seed plant affecting storage and equipment. The account mentions material worth about £100 and 2500 bushels, with recovery and valuation efforts ongoing. Details on location and exact entities are unclear due to damaged text.
Claude M. Whitney reports the president of the aviation examining board seeking men for the aviation corps. Enrolled applicants may apply through the local draft board chairman. Ages 19 to 30 qualify as aviators, 31 to 36 as supply officers or adjutants, 19 to 45 for balloon pilots. Technical graduates or one year gas engine experience may be commissioned without training. Write to the President Aviation Examining Board Fort Omaha Nebraska for application blanks and instructions.
Chester Bunker, Salt Lake City publisher of the Mining and Oil Record and owner of the Western News Bureau, married Miss Maude Gregg of Salt Lake City in Kermmerer last week. Bunker has led oil interests in Salt Lake City, helped secure an oil exchange, and serves on the Luckey Oil Co. board. The couple plans a trip to Cheyenne, Casper, and Denver before returning in two weeks. Subscribe for The Camera, $2.00 a year in advance.
The Central Trades Council of Kemmerer organizes a National Labor Loyalty demonstration for the week starting February 1 with a mass meeting on Monday evening February 11. Local labor leaders will speak as miners and other unions pledge support to the U S war effort and democratic ideals during Lincolns birthday week.
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