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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1917
Page
15
Paragoneure Inc presents a Frank Hall Crane directed drama about a real man overcoming huge odds. The plot centers on Mark West and Violet Ridgway whose characters linger in memory after the strong tale. See this drama at The New Kemmerer Theatre on July 11 and 12.
Charles Nay returns opposite Sylvia Bremer in The Millionaire Warrant a J G Hawks drama produced under Thos H Ince supervision Ray plays a young millionaire who bets he can live on six dollars a week taking a factory job in a slum Bremer appears as a social worker aiding his transformation at the New Kemmerer Theatre on Sunday July 16.
The irrepressible Jack Devereaux stars with Winifred Allen in Triangle’s AmericanThat’s All a lively Irish wit filled production. He entertains on set with jokes handsprings and playful advice as filming proceeds at New Kemmerer Theatre on Tuesday July 17 and is expected to win a following for Allan Dawn’s new picture.
Local notes describe visitors from Jackson and Opal traveling on a high water river trail, a Basin celebration en route to a ranch, and a 4th of July picnic at Myer ranch. Residents like Mrs. Faris Levi Hill Jack Haley and Clare Bondurant appear among social calls and dances at Granite Hot Springs. A humorous mud rescue and horse escapade near East Lake City adds to a lively frontier week.
A July evening in the city saw a crowd gather near the Kemmerer Hotel as Lyman Bruce of Company H and Dave Lieweyn raced 100 yards. Lieweyn won easily, and a rematch for a 220 yard race is planned.
Tom Lux a Frontier coal miner was jailed after a Friday arrest and a Monday trial before Justice T M Holland. He admitted excessive drinking on the Fourth and later tried to justify his attack on his wife as a prank, but the judge sentenced him to sixty days in the county jail.
On Sunday at Kemmerer base ball grounds Company H faced Cumberland in a pitching heavy contest. Cumberland led at the ninth inning before Company H rallied to fall short 15 to 11. Company H will travel to Lyman next week for another game.
The Cumberland P Store changed hands on Monday as H J Hoverington resigned after years as manager. Re lanes Wyoming names the new manager while R Byrnes continues as book keeper at the U P Store in Reliance.
Two million three hundred thousand acres of Oregon and California Railroad Co. Grant Lands revested in the United States will be opened for homesteads and sale. The tract includes prime land with oil, climate, rainfall, elevations and more. A large map with section descriptions is available postpaid for one dollar from Lands Locating Co. Box 619, Portland, Oregon.
Department of the Interior notices Cleave Willey of Sublet Wyoming filing for final three year proof to establish claim on the se%ne% sw and nw %sw sections 11 23N 116W sixth principal meridian. Hearings set before Flo LaChapelle Kemmerer Wyoming on August 11 1917 with witnesses Edward C Banks James Edward Willey Michael Cavaney W S Banks and Alex Nisbet.
The next regular examination for teachers certificates will be held at Kemmerer Afton Jackson and Marbleton on July 26 27 and 28 1917. The State Board of Education will not change the 1917 certification rules and those seeking to raise their grade should apply now. Margaret F Nicholson Lincoln County Superintendent. The entry also includes a divorce action notice for Lena Gray versus Daniel M Gray with custody and alimony claims, to be answered by August 25 1917.
Notice is given that Frank Jokowski of Frontier Wyoming filed intent to make Final Three Year Proof for a homestead entry on land in section 21 township 21 north range 118 west sixth principal meridian before Hf E Christmas A S Commissioner Kemmerer Wyoming on August 14 1917 Witnesses named William Juan Sage Wyoming John Shescos Fossil Wyoming Kiam Lewis Fossil Wyoming Thomas H Clark Fossil Wyoming plus a stray notice offering a $10 reward for information leading to the recovery of a black mare branded J P Bar on left shoulder Jack Piz Cumberland
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