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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1915
Page
14
The wool season closes with higher prices and robust demand. Wool quality is the finest yet, 30 cent clips dominate while many sales run 25 to 28 cents per pound. Wyoming forecasts 1915 wool value around 7.0 million dollars and total sales near 18.0 million, with higher prices anticipated for sheep and lambs.
General Manager Buckingham reports from Wyoming of abundant fat cattle and sheep, good grass, strong breeding herds, and rising hopes for summer and fall receipts. He notes some excess rain in places but praises dry farmers and Big Horn Basin irrigation. Alfalfa first cuttings are excellent and stacked well.
After a Kemmerer Mee scale lodge business session last Friday, Masons and Eastern Star members opened the hall and banquet room to guests for a lively evening. Cards and meals followed, with about sixty attendees enjoying the well hosted repast and friendly camaraderie.
Since the district court adjourned, three Lincoln county widows have applied for pensions under state law. Olivis Giulion of Cake ley io, 50, supports four children. Mrs. Mary Bdgelitz, widow of an mining accident victim, has four children. Mary Kukolto, 60, has seven. At the last court term, payouts totaling $240 per month were approved by Judge Craig and are paid by the board of county commissioners.
Report notes Piney roads near Good George Cuyette improving with favorable conditions. Travelers say the Upper country shows excellent road quality and smooth travel ahead. The camera will provide the local county and state details as weather cooperates.
Treasurer Bell disposed of most lands offered for delinquent taxes last Thursday morning with Flossie Eshleman of Denver representing the Glenn Investment Co. as the top purchaser, Oscar Peterson of Kemmerer the only other buyer. The 1913 and 1914 parcels were sold. Owners can recover title, but penalties mount with 25 percent added and 10 percent annual interest on top of the advertised sale price.
H B Orr assistant engineer for the O L arrived in Kemenrer with two assistants to complete a re survey of the double track portion nearby. The work will take about three months to produce accurate maps and data of the new work. He notes a new work has been reported in the area.
H V Cleophas leaves for San Francisco taking with him the cherished relics of his deceased wife Eugenie Cleophas. The artifacts, historic relics from other centuries, were stored in a western prairie log home visited by many. Cleophas, a longtime Green River valley trader and local resident, is descended from the Compte de Hoin, once Belgium governor under Louis XIII.
A fragment recalls a traveler suffering a severe cholera attack in 1868. Two physicians failed to help, declaring little hope. A hotel porter received 60 cents for medicine and instructions to fetch Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. The note ends with a rough forecast and a market scene mention.
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