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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1917
Page
11
The Kemmerer Chamber of Commerce holds its 61st regular meeting next Monday at City Hall. Members and boosters are urged to attend as officers and three committees prepare live discussions to advance the town and secure a share of federal road funds.
Roberts a well known drayman of Kemmerer was knocked down when a house rolled downhill near the Kemmerer Livery barn. Several men lifted the wreckage and he was taken home with painful bruises to the shoulder back and legs. Doctors expect a lengthy recovery but not lasting injuries.
The Chamber of Commerce proposes a federal building a library and about a dozen other facilities as a county wide credit. Officers urge attendance at the big meeting Monday evening to show interest and support for the initiative.
President Wilken called a special session for April 2 to address the German crisis. A rumor of an assassination and a German revolution in Germany is dismissed as not true. Reports say Germany relies on U.S. involvement and hopes for a German American revolt in the United States.
A new phase in Lincoln County oil development was outlined after a Cheyenne meeting of the state board of school lands. 500 acres in the La Harge field were leased by Frank Bon and others with agreements to chart five wells by June 1. Companies including Plains Company and Pyramid Syndicate await better weather to start work while officials from Chicago and Kansas City coordinate plans. An Oklahoma map will aid locating validating work and a key representative is expected to arrive soon.
President Fox arrives in Kemmerer to tour labor camps and assess three days of field visits. He praises the last legislature for passing significant labor measures. He is accompanied by Harry Fox, president of the Wyoming Federation of Labor.
Forest Supervisor C A Beam reports a critical feed situation among Granger district sheep outfits after a 15 day trip. Foreman Gene Bagley notes some outfits idle two to three days with snow hardening and heavy losses likely without feed. Antelope, sheep, and cattle crowd along the O S L line. locals describe near starvation while some ranchers still have some feed. Beam also says permits remain intact and Clase A owners retain privileges. He agreed to a Kemmerer Camera Booster Edition telegraphic contribution.
The USDA clarifies a nationwide closed season on waterfowl from February 1 to September 6. Open seasons in Ohio Indiana Illinois Nebraska Kansas Missouri run September 16 to December 41. Violations may be prosecuted within three years.
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