24 Jun 1909
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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
1
Bee agents list interdate tours to Oregon Short Line routes including Denver Omaha Kananalty Chicago St Louis and more with June dates and garment repairs by Two Little Tailors for ladies and gents in red and repaired attire.
Frank Haiech, president of Kemmerer Big Piney Telephone Co, visited town for several days to oversee business. He reports progress on the Rock Springs to Big Sandy line and plans for a direct LaFarge to Opal line to improve service and eliminate toll line usage for Piney to Kemmerer calls.
Alex Revel of Sublett and Miners Local president travels from Kem to Ogden for the United Mine Workers of America District 22 scale convention, aiming to set the next year’s wage scale. Delegate John Cameron of Frontier also attends as miners seek amicable resolution to current terms amid discontent. Rams for sale appear in a separate notice from Cokeville.
McDougall and Way Pw nar See A. A. McDougall of Cumberland visited Kemmerer. McDougall chairs the sports committee for the Fourth of July celebration at the mining camp and was seen with Coal Co officials. He considered a clerk position under James Needham, superintendent for the Washington Union Coal Co.
Kemmerer and Pinedale offices set new hours from 7 a m to 12 noon and 1 to 8 p m with urgent calls welcome morning to noon and doctor calls anytime, per Kemmerer Ne Mey Telephone Co schedule update.
Unclear OCR text mentions Short Line Railroad rates and tickets and duties involving an agent and national educational annotation. The readable fragment notes Utah points and further rates but provides no concrete events, dates, or named individuals beyond generic references.
Friends learn that W. S. Avery and J. Wy Stringer severed ties with Frontier Supply Company and plan to move east this week. They will buy stock to open a new store in Helper Utah and have organized the Broken Dollar Stores Company. They aim to operate cash only with low margins and seek to build a chain of stores. Avery has served twelve years as manager and postmaster at Frontier.
A veteran of Wyoming service is leaving after decades of work in Kemmerer and Ogden, with ties to South Windsor and Conte. He served at Union Pacific, then Vanderbilt Coal, and later managed goods and clothing for a law firm. Forestr y notes in Ogden reveal shifts in national forest policy, grazing rights, and district alignments affecting residents and ranchers across Star Valley and surrounding areas.
Mr Stringer, born in Manchester, England, rises to manager at Frontier Supply Company in Clear Creek after earlier service with Wasatah stores and Hock Springs. His return to the vicinity follows a two year absence and marks a promotion to lead the grocery department. His friends welcome the advancement and his new duties.
Reports from Diamondville describe the drowning of Al Wright's seven year old son last Saturday after a fishing outing on the Holmefork. A hat seen by a playmate prompted a river search, but the body remains unfound as of prewar writing. Dynamite was later used in attempts to raise the body.
McMinn reports the arrest of a man involved in forging a check for five dollars at Green River Bank last March. He was captured while attempting more theft, then turned over to the sheriff’s office. He awaits confinement, with further forest and county notes touching into local affairs and grazing concerns.
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