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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1914
Page
8
A column challenges Navy plans to buy imported beef for 4 000 posada arguing Argentine meat cost less yet was less beneficial, urging domestic production support. It claims a shift to foreign meat risks American industry, questions motives, and notes past navy spending and farmer burdens.
A 1914 editorial in Kemmerer urges Republicans in Lincoln County Wyoming to support progressive reform within the party. It criticizes leaders and calls for honest primary elections, party unity, and removal of blinders to win the next election. The piece references Mr. Deming and internal party debates, stressing candor and effective measures to restore public confidence.
The piece argues a forthcoming decisive show of party platform and campaign plans. It notes progressive critiques of recalls, judicial decisions, and calls for reform like a public utilities commission, equalization of real estate taxes, road improvements, and a presidential primary system while predicting few differences from progressives remaining in the party.
A Vine Dale Roundup column extols the Republicas party as superior for aiding the common man and laboring classes, calling it a bulwark of the nation and crediting it with supporting successful movements despite past criticisms. The prose links the party to battles against perceived injustice and moral judgment.
Press debate over John B Kendrick for the Democratic ticket this fall grows, with many doubting his candidacy. Kendrick says he will not run, but supporters question sincerity. Names like Mr Maphine and Mr Hoax are floated as potential alternatives for the position.
Report notes wool prices advancing with stronger world demand. Manufacturers quote higher prices for fabrics as London auctions hint at a 10 percent rise. More American buyers anticipated at the sale than in over a year, while local buyers adjust to recent foreign wool arrivals and firm prices.
The Hock Springs unit of the United Mine Workers of America issues a warning to stay away from a defined area or group. The notice emphasizes caution and union authority, without detailing the specific actions or individuals involved.
Commissioner John E. Erwin, visiting from Jackson, states over 6,000 elk are being fed near Jackson under game officer supervision. Hay supplies meet the emergency as elk gather in large corral and smaller pens for selection ahead of shipment. The feeding period draws many visitors to witness the process.
John McNamare has been named postmaster of Kemmerer and begins his duties. Known as Johnny Mack in theater circles and a former dispatcher on the Short Line system, he brings a wide circle of friends and promises good service to Kemmerer patrons.
The Star Valley Independent reports the post office department seeks bids for a mail route between Afton and the railroad. Montpelier and Cokeville are invited at the terminus with Wyoming preferred over Idaho and a route through Star Valley favored. A new Cokeville Star Valley road exists and bids from that point are hoped. No bids met the initial estimate between Asian and Montpelier.
Crawford of Branson Ulata county attorney visited Kemmerer late this week on matters of high importance. He notes rising activity and optimism among locals. Demand for houses exceeds supply with new building expected this year. Speculation grows around a potential Union Pacific move. Earlier in the month Abe sent his wife of two years. Mr Crawford, after an illness, passed away on February.
About a quarter of a million pounds of the 1914 wool clip in Sweetwater County were contracted this week by T. L. Howes for Jeremiah Williams & Co. of Boston. Buyers paid 150 per pound for clips from CL Sparks, Robert Jack, Geo Chilton and H. H. Nevin, marking the first spring sales and signaling a potentially strong yet unpredictable market as shearing season approaches. JL Ong of Salt Lake City, a longtime store figure in Hailey, Idaho, visited with Leo Bin Wah and traveled from Rock Springs, possibly heading to Kemmerer.
Lincoln County fair officials announce the first annual Lincoln County Fair to be held Wednesday through Friday September 23, 24 and 25, 1914. They seek broad cooperation from surrounding areas and promise one of Wyoming’s largest and grandest fairs.
The jury in Green River district court found Ova Ferguson guilty of larceny of a sheep from George Watts. Ferguson, previously identified in Diamondville, was captured after a fall arrest warrant had been active for nearly five years.
The Wyoming State Dry Farming association will hold its fifth annual convention in Cheyenne on March 14 and 15. It is expected to draw a large attendance as interest in dry farming grows. Topics include climate and soil conditions in non irrigated districts, tillage methods to raise production, cooperative study of dry farming methods and results, improvements, business methods on the farm, patterned crops, and the combined use of irrigation and dry farming practices.
Cheyenne announces the incorporation of the National Order of Cowboy Rangers a fraternal non profit group with supreme headquarters in the city. Founders include A J Mayfield and Hermann H Knabe who describe reviving western pioneer spirit and organizing local ranches across the states while keeping some rituals private.
A Front Salt Lake district court suit seeks 25 000 damages from four occupants of a party bus following a Fremont county Idaho collision with a Short Line train near Charterfield that killed two and injured several. Victims were transported to Salt Lake for care and later recovered.
A Boston News Bureau table ranks about seventy five leading railroads by stockholders. Oregon Short Line shows 16 holders with 10 million capital. Southern Pacific has 16,805 holders, 6,285 women, capitalization 272 million. Union Pacific 4,055 holders, 8,160 women, capital 16 million. Santa Fe 35,341 holders, 15,044 women, capital 105 million. Total capitalizations sum to 6.15 billion with 401,445 stockholders and 130,670 women. No women hold Short Line stock. The Short Line is among roads with few stockholders. Pocatello Tribune reports BR. H. Soule, the Short Line engineer, arrested for robbing a sub-post office, was held on 3,500 bonds for the next federal term.
Land for sale or lease on Ganbre Farm at Beckwith station on the O S railway in Wyoming. About 60 acres in alfalfa and 34 acres plowed ready for spring planting. Water from now canal. One year lease with flexible terms. Write for terms. O T Papworth mid Afton Wyoming.
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