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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1912
Page
5
The notice invites the public to a community event featuring sports and prizes with a big dance in the evening. It extends a cordial invitation to all residents to attend and celebrate together, highlighting entertainment and communal festivities.
Raper B. Edgerton reports the Foret Reserve grazing season opened July 1 with few sheep moving in. About 24,000 head will graze in Fontenelle Lafarge and Beaver corrals with lower forage excellent but snowfall delaying higher feed. First entrants likely from Fontenelle corral this week as Ranger Edgerton plans freight support from Afton and maintains constant fire patrols.
Tommy Smith, a Diamondville pitcher, was badly bruised and his right foot crushed when a wheel and tender struck him aboard the Mitch engine in Kemmerer yards. His勇 leg may require amputation. Mrs. Smith faces additional worry as son George arrives home after work in Gulley.
A farewell party was held in Frontier for Mr and Mrs Frank Malone as they plan to move to Los Angeles to establish a new home. The Frontier Ladies Club gifted Mrs Malone a berry spoon, and five hundred was played with prizes including brass candle sticks and a toy pistol. Ice cream and take luncheon preceded a pleasant evening, with many locals in attendance.
Harry Krup and his wife return from Halt Lake City with a prize baby, shown by a photographed image kept in his coat pocket. He claims the baby took first prize at a local show, with the date noted as Thursday in Flak at the Kemn ee.
Kemmerer residents praise Puntmanter F L Palmer for raising mail delivery issues. Paper mail often travels west on No 38, then returns in the afternoon. Clerks deny carriage on certain trains, while the local postmaster reports no protection when making official notes. The community calls for closer departmental oversight to ensure mail is deposited as trains pass.
The provisional Lincoln County Commission, with Joseph A. Black T. Hunter Salmon and Lo Nelson, plus County Clerk J. P. Folper and Attorney Bob Christmas, met in Kemmerer to set election districts appoint judges and arrange matters for the coming primary. Ward No 1 covers north of Sapphire street to the viaduct and railroad, Ward No 2 covers the south side and areas east and north of the railroad. A new precinct was created at Susie No 4 camp of Kemmerer Coal Company. The plan will be published in The Camkita next week.
L Hoff man, civil engineer recently in Kemmerer, will reside here with Tvan 5 Jones rooms. He arrives from Greely Colo after five years with a large irrigation district, bringing irrigation engineering experience. He will supervise the new addition to Kemmerer on the north and handle city work promptly.
The Lincoln House, a new European style hotel owned by Mrs. Blake and Mr. Blake, debuts today in the Kommerer building. It offers ten newly furnished rooms two baths electric heating and modern amenities. Mrs Blake, widely known in the mining district as a leading figure, leads the venture with her husband.
Very Fine Jewelry of best qualities and newest designs available at our establishment. We have built a reputation for handling only honest and reliable goods and solicit patronage from those seeking honest values in rings, chains, watches, charms, lockets, pins, bracelets, pins, silverware, optical goods and the best grades of jewelry.
An obituary notes Henry Cunningham died in Rock Springs Hospital two weeks earlier. The piece laments life’s purpose, praises humility, and recalls a faith-filled farewell from his Irish roots. Funeral attendees included three brothers: Hugh, Matt, and Peter, with pallbearers named.
Deputy Sheriff Al Morton drove from the ranger post Sunday to Evanston to transfer Shorty Sehnei Dee to the county jail. Dee was held on $1500 bond for the murder charge of a Mexican national near Fomail and, unable to furnish bond, was committed to the county jail awaiting district court proceedings.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company outlines its service policy based on operating costs and a reasonable profit. It emphasizes skilled engineers and a trained workforce maintaining high standards while fixing rates to justly cover investments. For every dollar of stock issued, the company states it owns $1.15 in plant, underscoring its financial strength.
Serial No. 616 lists public land proceedings in Evanston Wyoming with notices to file protests before approval, and includes a long notice about a retired Miss Flossie Lyon Halbert visiting Kansas with Mrs Holland. It also advertises real estate, stationery, and classified services in Kemmerer.
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