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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1903
Page
9
The Kemmerer section reports on civic matters including an ordinance for a June to June budget, council proceedings, and committee appointments. It notes entertainment, labor settlement details, and plans for street, park, and cemetery improvements along with town officer nominations.
The article notes official coal tests from Utah and Wyoming determine heat output per cord of oak wood. Wyoming mines like Kemmerer No 1 lead in favorable results, with several others below 300 pounds excess for 2000 pounds, while Utah shows fewer high performers.
Gov. Chatterton urges the Interior Department to curb forest reserve expansion in Wyoming, protest against a non resident superintendent, and argue for grazing rights and local control. The letter accuses federal policy of harming settlers and the state’s cattle industry.
Rawlins reports Foley receives a new trial after a 25 year sentence for the killing of Holden W Connor at the Monte Carlo midway resort between Kemmerer and Diamondville. The trial cost Uinta County. Foley, a notorious gunman, previously escaped jail at Evanston and defied the sheriff for days.
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The report ranks Hock Springs Wyoming coal as widely sold in Salt Lake City, noting it takes 10 pounds of Kemmerer No 1 to equal the heat of a ton of Rock Springs coal and a lesser amount of Diamondville coal. It provides tests showing pounds required to equal 4 cords of standard oak wood, following the coal names.
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