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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1915
Page
11
Kemmerer water samples analyzed by state chemist Joss B Mowdy show high test results. The Frontier Co is blamed for the contested testing while readers are urged to question prior claims and await full analysis details and public assurance of water purity.
Kemmerer officials urge drivers to heed town speed limits after two late night crashes. C E B Edwards and his young son were in a demolished rig with Edwards injured and hospitalized. A second collision near the same spot injured a horse pulling George Whitten’s rig returning from Diamondville.
John Rizzi, manager of Union Mercantile Co, came back Sunday from Lava Hot Springs where he and his family vacationed. He was impressed by the area and noted that over 500 people registered for jarium baths in one day, with additional free baths available.
At a regular meeting Town Attorney J W Sammon argued for a client wanting to move a frame building into the fire limits amid insurance rates. The council upheld the ordinance to curb frame structures in the congested district. A proposal to extend the sewer to the river and abandon the cesspool was approved, with Sammon advocating a cens pool system to handle refuse safely.
A powdery cloud of danger followed a January incident at Cumberland No 2 Mine when a squeeze collapsed entry, trapping Matt Williamson and Victor Hecklin. Rescue teams labored overnight, Hecklin smothered and Williamson killed by the fall. funeral arrangements were held in Cumberland with miners escort.
County commissioner's interest in horse racing becomes public as he reportedly breeds pacers and trotters and may attend trotting events in the Green River valley if schedules are set.
James Micklesen, from Big Piney, traveled to Cheyenne on business after returning Sunday. He reports a serious water shortage affecting Piney streams and forecasts a hay crop shortfall of about one third. Micklesen is the largest individual taxpayer in Liscule County with holdings in Grove River area. Hay yields last year reached about 6,000, and water scarcity may impact this season’s crops and pastures.
Visiting Summer Schools reports Maggie F picholeon county superintendent plans a ten day tour of upper country districts starting Monday. She will be accompanied by her two daughters and visit Jackson House and other local sites, with travel by auto through River Basin regions and Kemmerer areas.
The county clerk reports last term costs near $13,000 with itemized sheriff and witness fees. Citizens press for better rail connections via Granger to Salt Lake City, noting long layovers and missed same-day arrivals, urging earlier Kemmerer departures and faster service on trains 10, 18, and 19 to improve regional travel.
The Hosking motor party leaving Ely Nevada reports a smooth journey to the coast with no tire blowouts. They stopped at Morgan for hours, where they ran over two lambs and paid seven dollars before resuming the trip. The traveler Tom notes the trip has gone well overall.
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