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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1912
Page
3
Conference travel rates are announced via the Oregon Short Line for the spring assembly with tickets on sale from Ogden. Prices valid through April 11. Consult O. & L. Agent for rates and details. Also notes on sale of patented land and a "wet lease" option adjoining a nine-acre parcel.
Bargain in land offering 700 acres of good farming ground under the Covey canal in Bear River valley and on the Pixley ranch with ample water. Ground to be plowed and sowed to oats, priced at 50 dollars per acre. Available in large or small tracts. Write or call BERGESON BROTHERS Cokeville Wyoming.
The Republican state central committee met in Cheyenne last week and reported no factionalism on the presidential issue. Delegates will convene May 13 in Cheyenne to select six representatives for the national convention, with representation apportioned at 128 based on Mondell’s votes in the last general election.
Abner Laman travels from Salt Lake with Mrs. Laman to Opal to retrieve the age and continues medical treatment. His arm is recovering and now usable. Mrs. Laman plans to stay in Salt Lake while Laman expects to return soon for further care.
Darrell Allred of Fairview Star Valley died after an 18 month battle with illness. He aged 18 and recently underwent a second operation for lung abscess. He died at L D G Hospital in Salt Lake City and was returned to Fairview for burial. Chilli con carne at Lincoln Cafe. You will like it.
Mrs W P Bromtet and Mick Rowse hosted Five Hundred for Mrs C H Brown and Mr Nora Scott with A M King winning a fun prize and Mrs John Scott the booby. Irish night hosted by Bridget Morrow and Molly Burgum featured a shamrock program, center piece, and lunch. Ghost stories and whist at the Rebekahs event. Thimble club and Five Hundred games with prizes and lunches.
At a board meeting J W Carse resigned from the cashier post citing business interests. Assistant cashier O H Brown was elected to succeed him and will assume duties on the first of the coming month. Evanston News reports the change.
The New Banks organize two state banks serving Big Piney and Pinedale with capital stock of $10,000 each. Incorporators include PJ. Gasaly, A. Kendall, A. Marble, Frank Pfeiffer, and J. P. Boyer with Boyer named as agent. Stock offerings open at noon and will be liberally subscribed in the upper country.
Roy W. Schenck urges Wyoming residents to write letters to papers in their old states about the state's resources to attract outsiders. The campaign offers prizes: $100 for first, $500 for second, $25 for third, and $ Reach for the next five letters. Participants should ask their home paper for a clipping to send to Mr. Schenck in Cheyenne.
Joe Smith reports coming from the lower Hlewort clove to the Utah Line last week where sheep grazed. He notes the storm and cold weather damaged feed, making the pasture poor for the flock.
Governor Carey notes a firm wool market with quiet activity and high prices. Contracts focus on off lots to clone stock, with about 40 to 60 million pounds contracted across regions. Prices rise across the market as Nevada and nearby states show upward trends in tonnage and demand.
P B Petrie of Opal Mercantile Co visited Kemmerer over Sunday. He says his brother Jim, previously ill for some time, has fully recovered and will return to work this week. An earlier Salt Lake exam diagnosed he had been ill with a fever and requires rest to regain strength.
A Salt Lake special car with 19 visitors arrived on Train No 5 on Wednesday land. They toured the Mammoth Coal Co. property at Elkot and expressed interest in its development. Excra Christensen traveled from Groen to supervise sinking of the main river on Friday and to bring horseslup to a lower depth. Ezra Christensen, brother of Lige, runs sheep for the Big Sandy Live Stock Co. and reports a successful winter grazing season. New line of fancy stationery now at City Drug Store.
Representative Mondell argues the free sugar bill harms U.S. beet growers and refiners, contending it would raise prices after a temporary cut. He cites Ways and Means and warns the nation could lose a $200 million beet and cane industry and affect over 100,000 workers.
Peterson, a 69 year old Cumberland resident who recently moved from the camp to Rock Springs, died by tying his hands and throwing himself into a creek near the coal chutes. His body was found later frozen, with difficulty removing it from the stream. He came to Rock Springs about 25 years ago and had lived in Cumberland for six years.
From the Oil Fields M Burnham and Al Davison were in from their LaBarge ranches last week on business connected with their interests in the LaBarge Oil Co. which has mapped out considerable work to the development line for this spring and summer. The boys feel confident that their section is the key to the oil situation in Lincoln county and we certainly hope it will be found in quantity.
Notley is hereby given that letters of administration were granted on the 24th day of March, 1912, to the undersigned as they have estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to exhibit them within six months or they may be precluded from any benefits. If such claims are not exhibited within one year from the date of said letters, they will be forever barred. March 28, 1912. Executor: Eowake Lsar, administrator.
In a Cheyenne interview Governor Catey backs the primary law for Wyoming but criticizes the delegates to state and national conventions. He urges a method allowing voters to express presidential choice this year, arguing veterans should not be deprived of power and every precinct deserve a voice.
A Rathbun Hotel blaze Friday morning started when drapery near a stove ignited, with fire climbing stairs as woodwork caught. A rapid fire department response stopped the spread, with losses estimated at about 200. Mr Rathbun, who discovered the fire, pulled down material and sustained minor burns.
Meeting notice from Co Hamstork or Kemmerer in Wyoming regarding a lock m inquiry or discussion about Thorobred White Loom R C. No clear date or full details available in the fragment.
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