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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1912
Page
9
Prank A. May of Cokeville Wyoming declares candidacy for a two year term as Lincoln County Commissioner subject to Republican primary selection. He pledges economical management of county business, honest judgment, and attention to tax payers' needs and county development.
The fourth annual Wyoming State Federation of Labor convention in Cheyenne elected James Buckley of Cheyenne as president James Scriven of Sheridan as vice president C McKinstry of Cheyenne as secretary treasurer and appointed an executive board including C Dudley James Green and Matthew Morrow. The meeting discussed labor organization in Wyoming towns advocated a workman compensation act and referred a legislative bill draft to the next session. The next convention date and site were left to the executive board and James Scriveners candidacy for Congress was noted.
Eleven year old Freddie Julian and his five year old brother found powder at home in Fossil and lit it with a match. A tobacco can filled with powder exploded burning his face and hands. the fire was put out by his brother. They rushed toward town with his father to a doctor. Freddie was sent for further treatment to Salt Lake City and may lose an eye.
Red Rien returned from an evening trip with Thomas Jphere power car. The car entered a wreck near arrival and one vehicle is in the hospital along with an Interstate car with a broken axle. Red expects Mrs Rich and the children to return from Colorado when a house is found.
Frank A. Manley vice-president of Union Pacific Coal Co visits Kemmerer with W D Brennan to discuss labor scales funds output and new electric mining machinery. Mines at Rock Springs and Cumberland operate at full capacity amid demand slump while No 4 mine is being reopened and new electric drills may revolutionize western coal mining.
The Lincoln Lumber Co. wins the contract to erect a brick Odd Fellows building in Kemmerer. Work began last Saturday, to be completed before December 1. The 37 by 85 foot two story plan includes a main lodge hall 24 by 40 feet and a banquet hall 24 by 40 feet with store space, lockers, kitchen, and storage. Estimated cost about 12 000 dollars.
The marriage of E. H. Lenhart of Canyon Ranch Wyoming and Misa Mila Quinn was held July 6 at the bride’s parents’ home in Pueblo Colorado. The groom is noted in Kem mise ane and the couple plans to reside in Fontenelle Basin after August first.
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