Hurt Smalling Foreman Tops Price as Leading Mechanic
A large force of skilled workers, each expert in their line, backs Hurt Smalling as the foremost price mechanic available.
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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1917
Page
12
A large force of skilled workers, each expert in their line, backs Hurt Smalling as the foremost price mechanic available.
In Star Valley the mail service draws protests as residents report missed deliveries and delayed letters. The piece notes potential federal investigation if conditions do not improve, while detailing local figures, farms, roads, and a patchwork of residents moving between Afton, Smoot, and Fairview, with community updates and business notes interwoven.
Afton reports growing business as Burton Mercantile builds a store addition. Local booster A. F. Hurton praises growth, noting town expansion and housing increases. Carl Cookle joins At Lon as a leading attorney, with officials C. Wigton and O. S. Clauriet mentioned in connection to commissions.
Ivan L. Hobson state organizer visited Star Valley and reported strong club work aligned with the government food conserving program. Local clubs excel, with summer contests in ratety ning by girls and poultry raising by all, culminating in a state fair competition. Andy Anderson leads the Star Valley clubs and a state meeting of club representatives will be held in Lander August 10 to 11.
Afton became a bone dry town after a public vote making it the only incorporated town in Star Valley. Protests rise as reports claim liquor orders are placed in Afton and sold nearby, with authorities prepared to challenge alleged evasion in court.
Lincoln county residents acquainted with his work regret the resignation of County Agricultural Agent J. E. Watt who will move to New Mexico for dairy work with the state. His successor comes from Colorado Agricultural College at Fort Collins. Watt served about two years with high quality results.
County Agricultural Agent Reed, successor to J. B. Watt, arrived in the valley Tuesday after training at Colorado Agricultural College. Watt has been showing Reed around to get him started. Dr. and Mrs. Byron Reese returned from Salt Lake City. Jack Thomas Scowcroft and family returned to Ogden after visiting the valley. Ivan J. Hobson, in charge of boys and girls club work, arrived Monday with Andy Anderson to demonstrate in the valley.
Soldiers visiting relatives in the valley this week plan to depart for Kemmerer on the 24th. Lyman Bruce Doyle Stock Weston Williamson and others of Company will travel. Miss Teola Rainey becomes Freedom post office assistant as Mrs. Margaret Jensen visits from Ogden and Grover connections.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a youth in Kemmerer undergoing medical treatment for a burn and mentions a dynamite cap incident. The text is garbled with misread names and actions, but indicates an incident connected to a powder burn and an implied accident or unsafe handling.
Prominent Smoot residents Special David Yeaman and Mrs Annie Allen wed July 21 in a ceremony led by Thomas Wild. TheStar Valley area endures dry hot weather with crops and sheep moving toward rain. Star Valley ward plans July 24 events as Mormons celebrate Utah soil arrival with many traveling to Afton for a Dir tine.
A popular place at Sulphur Hot Springs near Auburn attracts Star Valley residents this summer. The springs issue sulfurous bubbles from a volcanic crater site. Harrison Brothers of Auburn developed the springs into a paying resort and operated it throughout the season.
Maho Cranney reports thousands of sheep trailing from Fairview to Aw burn on their way to the Gray River. The wandering flock moved through Kemmerer area last week. In Afton a few days ago the Peterson stock was observed in that vicinity with Mrs Petersen driving to various farming spots.
The Camera lists Bronx residents who donated to the recent Red Cross fund, totaling 184 dollars. Names include Mrs. W H Pape Rodney Pape Paul C Pape Gece M Pape F G Coyte George Frans Dr Lee Joan A F Pape Harrison Harry Stewart John Bakibert and others with gifts ranging from 1 to 10 dollars.
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