State officer to visit Dugway on road project
Nine county commissioners convene in regular session to map steps for the Piney road. Commissioner Andrew Merrow awaits a state highway superintendent inspection at Dugway next. The visit may spur definite state aid, with Morrow Wilson Witherspoon Embree accompanying the official. Platt Wilson notes the Slate Creek to Kemmerer road tractor work is progressing well.
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Andrew Merrow
State Highway Commission
Era
Morrow
Cheyenne
Messrs. Morrow
Platt Wilson
Jud Witherspoon
R. H. Embree
Slate Creek
St Patrick’s Mission to Be Held Next Week at St Patrick’s
Rev M A Leary will preside at St Patrick’s church Chicago as the Mission of the Jeanit Fathers runs from June 8 to 13. Father Schillinger urges good attendance with the main sermon at 7 45 p m and a late mass at 10 30 a m.
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M. A. Leary
Chicago
St Patrick's Church
Leroy Dunn Pleads Guilty In Forgery Case
Verdicts in a forgery case and an escape trial were reached in Third District court after the re convening Tuesday. Leroy Dunn, 19, was sentenced to two years at Wyoming Industrial School Worland after pleading guilty to forgery. He said he forged while under liquor, collecting $60 from a fraudulent paper in Kemmerer and Diamondville.
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Third District
Leroy Dunn
J. R. Arnold
Wyoming Industrial School
Worland
Dunn
Arnold
Lad
Holland Brothers
Beckwith
Kemmerer
Diamondville
Shangeron
W. H
King
Rawlins
Lincoln County
Hart
No. 1 coal mine salvage to cost $100000 effort under way
Wyoming's Kemmerer Coal No 1 mine, the state’s most valuable single coal mine, faces salvage within sixty days after a devastating flood. Two 800 horsepower pumps and a plunger pump in No 3 mine push 2150 gallons per minute through a 3 inch outlet, with nine workers led by Superintendent Gomer Reese and H L Connelly forging the effort.
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Kemmerer Coal Company
Wyoming
No. 3
No. 1
Coal Company
Gomer Reese
Reese
H. L. Connelly
Utah Consolidated Copper Mines
Connelly
West
Home Sweet Home Favorite Tune of Kemmerer Warriors
Local Kemmerer baseball notes: home team routs Sublot 21 to 4 in a Memorial Day exhibition. J. Vicars hits two triples, Judge Glannow homers, Sublet and Joncoe praised for solid pitching and defense.
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Home Sweet Home
Kemmerer’s
Warriors
Glencoe
Victrola
Kemmerer
Sublot
Kansas
Hartley
Opal
Glencou
Jim Vicars
Glannow
Joncoe
Sublet
Init Lackon
County Division In Favor Amid Reform Debate
At a meeting on forming a new county from Fremont and Lincoln areas the majority favored establishing a new county despite opposition. Three measures and the plan to form a county failed, with eighteen votes against annexing western Fremont to the new county.
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Fremont
Lincoln
Fremont County
Stockholders Meeting Notice for Tuentay
A notice urges stockholders to attend a meeting at the office of the Tuentay company on Tuesday June 26. The garbled text confirms an official gathering time and place for shareholder business.
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Paaariaat Atovkhobdorn
Met
Thel
Tuentay
Dune
Kanakogi Threat Letter Shocks County Jail Inquest
An anonymous note from a Japanese sympathizer denounces the Kanakogi verdict for the Ogawara murders and threatens vigilante action. The Kanakogis seek to remain in the county jail as authorities weigh the case while factions deepen amid the acquittal.
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N. Kanakogi
M. Ogawara
Sublet
Kanakogi
Christmas
Ogaweras
Kanakogis
Ogawara
Denver
Opga
War
Mer
Kanakori
Legion Tonors Departed Itero Observes Memorial Day
In Kemmerer church pulpits and the cemetery the town honored Memorial Day with the vigil for Robert Hixson and James Calverley. The American Legion led a march to the cemetery as Boy Scouts joined, muffled drums sounding. Three rifle rounds were fired over Hixson’s grave, a moment of silence reflecting sacrifice. Local Moose and Western Union Lodge members aided the observance.
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Kemmerer
Robert Hix- 40
James Calverley
American Legion
Legionaires
Hixson
Suns
Kemmerer Troi
Moose and Wi Fellows’ Lodge
Editor Hock Springs Rocket Passes Away
Death has called Mr. Cora Withamaker editor of the Rock Springs Rocket. He succumbed Friday evening after a long career as editor and publisher. The community mourns the loss of a longtime journalist and local leader who shaped the paper and served Wyentine’s flock with dedication.
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Hock Springs
Cora Withamaker
Rock Springs
Wanamaker
Wyentine
Killed in Mine by Fall of Coal
A 69 year old miner Tom Boam was killed by a coal fall at Sublet No 6 mine on Saturday at 8 30 am. His 14 year old son dug him out to find a crushed skull and multiple injuries. He left a widow and son and was buried Monday at Diamondville cemetery with United Mine Workers of America involvement.
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Sublet No. 6
Tom” Boam
Mr. Boam
Diamondville Cemetery
United Mine Workers of Americaing
Goin
No. 6
Embree
Oil Boom Sparking Telegraph Improvements in Kemmerer
Local office announces a new switchboard to serve 100 telephones in Kemmerer as oil activity grows. Upgrades include long distance testing gear and Cokeville line progress while 20 orders await installation. Manager Pierce expects arriving workers to start board installation soon amid rising tolls from oil men.
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Kemmerer
P. A. Peiree
Poxsil
Cokeville
Pierce
Manseer Pierce
New Glasses for Kemmerer Schools on 1921 Program
The Kemmerer district reports progress in building and education under Superintendent J J Burch. New high school brick additions with a central heating plant are near completion, and a modern furnished campus will serve up to 800 people. Two ungraded rooms, trained teachers, and improved books will advance the district next year.
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Kemmerer
Kemmerer i
J. J. Burch
Wyoming
Progres
Shee
Moaaiun
Kemmerer Michael Children
Phon
Mantary Erhuul
Tyetuitonke
Sealor
Soheole
Thotoueh
Mae
Ruywrintonlont Burch
Hes
Shale Refining Plant Proposal At Fossil Oil Land Lease
Local groups formed a corporation to develop shale reduction and refine oil on a lease of acres of shale land in the Fossil area. The venture, named Voey Plain Ly, commenced applying for the lease amid industry interest.
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Appiainn
Weceral Land Office
Che Fossil
Voey Plain Ly
Dad
Apirwtiing Eo Ptly
Frank A. Hasdell Is New Warden
Frank A. Hasdell named warden as prison strike ends. Deputy Captain W. I Being named acting warden after the inmates refused work for several days.
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Frank A. Hasdell
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Smith
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Jackson Hole
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W. H. King
Frank Hart
State Penitentiary
Lincoln County Road
Marshal Reynolds
John Smith
Jack Mantel
Salt Lake
J. Ht. Mantle
M. and M. Confeoenery
Evanston- Kemmerer Road
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Mounty
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Kanakogt
Beliye
Jook
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Spark
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Agae
Judy
Legion
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