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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1917
Page
5
Fragmentary timetable notes show Westbound and Eastbound trains with numbers and times. Mentions Cumberland train leaving Kemmer daily except Sunday at 7 a m and returning at 6 45 p m.
The article questions why Lincoln County lost a government appropriation for a Snake River canyon road. It cites readiness and interest, then notes funds were redirected to a Lander led forest road from Lander to Twogwotee Pass along the Denver Yellowstone highway through Jackson Hole. It asks if Lincoln County and Kemmerer slept while Lander pushed the project.
Lincoln County yields only eighteen draftees while neighboring counties were asked for over 200. The article celebrates the county having already provided enough volunteers to meet its quota, praising local efforts and urging continued support for the war.
The Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration is praised as the world’s only pure Wild West show and a yearly rivalry among residents. A previous attempt to reproduce the event in New York failed, proving Cheyenne’s unique honor in hosting the great celebration.
Fragmented OCR text outlines a historic moment involving Joseph O Mahoney and a World War II era drawing about forming a great American army. Mentions of President, Senate, and war timeline appear amid garbled lines.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions the Anptol cranting and Whale Phenusmyotalbon with reference to a seroma in Gre in Oheyamnw tel ier. The reading is unclear and names appear miswritten, but core terms suggest a technical or historical note.
Across the county hundreds of members of the 1. D. 8. church mark the seventy year anniversary of Mormon pioneers entering Utah. Lincoln county yields thousands of tons of hay as harvest spans weeks under the sun and workers are urged to see food supply amid approaching winter. Judge Charles E. Winter of Casper promotes his new western novel Ben Warman, hoping to inspire young men on the ranges and in western towns.
Local notice reports Jack Hinkey eloping to Kemmerer to wed a former Mrs Shim erhorn, forming a life partnership with many Cokeville friends expressing happiness. The item also lists various travels and medical, business, and social movements of residents, with brief mentions of trips, operations, and community events across the area.
A WWI era ballad praising American troops and mocking the Kaiser Kaiser is warned his lies will be exposed by Yankee banners over Berlin The song prophesies and urges Allied victory with Lincoln County soldiers and U S forces joining the fray to defeat Wilhelm and repay wartime harms.
Lincoln County faces a broad labor shortage as the nation grapples with scarce workers. Yet Jackson's Hole sees hay crews forming among ranchers and dry farmers. Young men enlist in the army or other services, but collaboration among ranchers is easing the harvest push as haying starts across the county.
Washington July 21 plan for expanding the federal employment system to Wyoming is ready and a Cheyenne office will open soon. Immigration Commissioner Caminetti told Senator Kendrick a special agent will oversee conditions in Wyoming in cooperation with state labor officials to address possible fall labor shortages due to military drafts and increased crops.
Additional locals Jud Witherspoon and George Bradfield fished on LaBarge on Sunday. Miss Mary Roaddy vacations three weeks in Lava Hot Springs. Frontier Supply manager Dick Turner handles two carloads of new furniture arrivals. Joe Archer takes Charge at No 6 store during Roy Bosworth’s eastern vacation. Patterson Burkhart workers complete the new Frontier power plant building. Ladies Aid meets Friday at Milim Lilgerose’s home. State Game Warden C P Sorenson from Rock Springs in Kemmerer on business. Mr and Mrs W J McGinnis and Joe McGinnis of Midway arrive in Kemmerer. W J McGinnis Jr drafted in Lincoln county. Belle Wilson of Wayne visiting Mrs A F Layle. W W Mosby and Reginald Evans of Frontier to Bear Lake. wives to join today. Relatives of Mrs Meaby and Mrs J R Bradfield of Gooding visiting Ogden. she arrives Kemmerer to visit her son George Bradfield.
John Rosé and Henry Rank pled guilty to theft and burglary before Judge John R. Arnold. Rosé draws a year to eighteen months, Rank two to five years at the state penitentiary. Rosé, brought from Kemmerer, was arrested in Yellowstone Park for horse and saddle theft. Rank burglarized Harry Quinzy’s Cokeville store. Henry Gill and Lawrence Miller fined $350 each for illegal liquor disposal. Fa- deputy sheriff James Black case dismissed. Citizens discuss a royal send off for Company H and the machine gun company before their month’s departure.
Fourteen prisoners are held at Lincoln County Jail on various charges. Names include Dan Parker awaiting murder re trial Dan Creedon awaiting trial for attempted murder M T Sait kidnapping Henry Rank to be sent to penitentiary for burglary Tom Lux jailed for petty offenses and wife beating Charles Harding petty larceny Oscar Charison insanity John Rose to be sent to penitentiary for horse stealing Sam Fisher and Moore George Bevins and Kid Henry. Mr and Mrs Quear Beck traveled from Big Piney last evening leaving 6 00 p m and reaching Kemmerer after 12 00, planning return tonight Attorney P W Spaulding of Evanston is in town on legal matters George Sawaya now runs a fruit stand in Salt Lake City.
The machine gun company is drilling under Captain Waugh this mount. A number of the boys from Pine Big Piney and other points are expected in today.
A crowded Barricks dance ended in disorder when a belligerent group disrupted the event. Police intervened as attendees reported shouting and broken furniture. No serious injuries were announced, but several attendees were counseled and the crowd dispersed.
Members of Company H were treated to a free picture show last evening by the New Kemmerer theatre management. Soldiers marched from the barracks to the theatre led by the Kemmerer Land. The band played a short concert in front of the theatre to the delight of onlookers.
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