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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
12
A Frontier Supply Company ad offers a free Farm and Building Book edited by Wm. A. Radford. The publication contains numerous house, barn, and outbuilding plans and aims to substitute for an architect. Builders can choose fits, then order complete blueprints and specs from the Radford Company.
The senior class at Kammerer High School is busy in the weeks before graduation. Invitations and announcements are being prepared as Misses Mary Armstrong Marie Banton Marie Rinker Fay Weir and others near graduation are listed along with William Stewatte Sreddon and James Men.
Karl De Haggerty and Heather with Andrew Kennedy returned last Monday from Vancouver 2. They had gone to Inok with mining interests after favorable reports from Jim. Adena Haggerty spent winter at Inok and Burt says prospects looked good.
Soldiers of Company H entertain 800 locals at Cook pavilion in a big Army dance. The program featured wrestling, boxing, vaudeville acts, a grand march with 125 marching, and ample music. Proceeds exceed £400 to fund home touches not supplied by Uncle Sam.
DA Diamondville items record a Cafeteria Club evening hosted by Mr and Mrs B J Carollo with bridge prizes won by Mrs Stewart and Mr Snider. A Mormon choir farewell for Thos Hood and son Clarence, a successful Saturday carnival at the schoolhouse, census work starting for School District No 2, and various visits, trips, and entertainments including a Finn Socialist vaudeville and dance. Mayor Solliday to own a new Dodge car.
The March 1917 climatological extract notes the harsh winter with a state wide mean temperature of 19.4 degrees, 6.9 below normal, record wind speeds at Cheyenne and widespread snow cover from November to April. Snow blockades disrupted Union Pacific and other lines, livestock and settlers faced starvation, and several fatalities occurred across Wyoming and adjacent areas.
Dan Karnbun of Fontenelle disposes of his Fontenelle ranch to his brother Lyon and buys a large stock ranch on North Piney, projecting a move into the cattle business in the cattle country around Fig Piney.
University may close for the rest of the year as Kemmerer parents report probable shutdown. Reasons cited include scarlet fever outbreaks and many boys leaving to join the army.
A local man known to readers as Old Man No 1 fell for a street hustle when two soldiers sold fake dance tickets for 95 cents. Old Man No 2, the prankster, acted with help from the soldiers to push the scam. The tale ends with a public embarrassment and a likely moral about gullibility.
Japanese miner HH Shimahira was struck by a car at a Frontier mine last Thursday and sustained a broken pelvic bone. He received emergency treatment at Lincoln County Miners hospital.
State of Wyoming Lincoln County School District No One calls its Regular Annual Meeting on May 7 1917 at 4 PM in the Kemmerer High School building. A vote will be held on a bond issue to fund building and land needs, with five bonds of 2000 dollars each and total 10000 dollars, bearing interest up to 5 percent.
Fall River Basin reports describe a traveler via ski route to Bis Ranch on Snake River and discuss climate shifts as settlers adapt. Local social items mention the Dave Hicks ranch spring dance, Dave Riling’s return from Idaho, and a visit by Mrs. Sarah Bario with her daughter Mrs. Walter McPherson. Patriotism influences residents as awareness of war grows. Dr Kin mother of Pueblo visits the couple.
Land transfers listed with names Georges W Booker John Lee Genevieve Van Vleck Sam Kenniston Rachael Kennington Eva Crilor Mary Brooks Florence Downey Antone Quail Suet Llwvil and others. Properties span sections township ranges Cokeville Jackson Kemmerer with payments from 50 to 2500 dollars.
A fragmentary line hints at a race or port event with mention of bests, a seal, and numbers. Names and places are unreadable, leaving only scattered terms like twine and percentage figures. The readable bits suggest a miscellaneous notice or brief item rather than a full report.
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