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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1903
Page
12
The Kemmerer paper surveys Wyoming and national views on mob violence, indictments over Evansville lynching, and calls for swift justice. It notes editorials from Deseret News praising reform, mentions Pennsylvania deaths from fireworks, and cites Montana wool sales and looming Indian allotment actions under federal policy.
The report notes 23 500 Choctaws and 6 500 Chickasaws with 11 610 608 acres assigned to various classes valued up to 6 50 per acre. About 20 million dollars may come from this source. Former slaves receive 52 and twenty acres of valley land per person. The piece also condemns mob justice, citing Basin and the murder verdicts, urging prompt court action to curb lynching and reform trial and appeal processes.
The Salt Lake Tribune notes Wyoming's beauty from car windows, with lush grass feeding prosperous cattle. It argues water supply shapes the land’s future, suggesting large reservoirs could unlock agricultural profits, yet concedes Wyoming remains undeniably beautiful in its green hills and expansive plains.
Northern Wyoming residents condemn government policy that withdraws millions of acres in Wyoming as park and game reserves. They accuse biased administration and seek president led inquiry, arguing fertile lands could provide homes and wealth, beyond Yellowstone limits and similar reserves in the state.
Advertisement claims dealer will buy back the Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with no risk to the buyer. It touts it as the most successful bowel complaint remedy, pleasant, safe and reliable, and guarantees satisfaction or money refunded. The notice ends with a rent inquiry for a furnished house by Mrs. John Doran.
Notice is given for the regular annual stockholders meeting of Oregon King Mining Company at the First National Bank building Kemmerer Wyoming on August Hth 1903 at 2 p m to elect a Board of Trustees for the ensuing year consider increasing capital stock and address obligations from development and the Brown Maddox suit. P J Quency President J G Epwards Secretary
Abner Luman of Rock Springs arrives to visit family and reports delivering 475 cattle to D J Sheehan and contracting for 8 000 breeding ewes this October. He contemplates selling 14 000 ewes and lambs and 4 000 yearling wethers and may move to Salt Lake. Weather in Wyoming is fine with good grain and stock. Fremont county stockmen receive word they may graze sheep on forest reserves until permits arrive or orders change.
An advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a powerful health booster. It claims to convert weakness into strength and listlessness into energy, promoting increased mental power. The offer states 25 per box and lists Kemmerer Drug Co and Chas Henderson as sellers.
Used but in good condition typewriter by Underwood offered for quick sale. Call at thy Camera affice to inspect and purchase.
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