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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1917
Page
15
Advertisement rates per month and per week for men and Indian natives. Train schedule notes for Oregon Short Line Westbound and Eastbound No. 19 and No. 6 with times 12:15 pm 1K 8:09 pm 4 123 am.
Republican leaders in Wyoming push agricultural output as a key issue with two years to the senatorial race. Hay and Mondell grass receive attention in Sheridan and Rock Springs amid scarce hay hands and a Democratic landslide affecting soil conditions.
The letter laments the lack of a dedicated playground for Kemmerer children. It recalls after school games at Triang Park, praising the green space and urging quicker progress toward a proper grassy play area with trees and safe amusements.
Residents attended a Kemmerer circus day with strong audience interest in the wild animals and acts. Weather concerns barely touched the crowd as heat inside tents rose with the performances.
J M Mott recounts the Rock Springs crash near Rock Springs last Thursday that killed attorney W V Taunton. Hunton died after 15 hours exposure. Deputy Sheriff Tam Mementsen rescued the injured. Claimed wreck survivors and local residents report injuries and long recovery ahead.
Entry recorded at the Kemmerer post office as second class matter.
Mrs Charles Peters will open an up to date confectionery and dairy store about May 15 at the Dew Drop Inn beside the Register office. She left for Rock Springs and will ship a modern soda fountain. friends extend best wishes for success.
Gordon B Forbes a new mechanic at Up-to-Date garage married Miss Mike Herron of Salt Lake City in Kemmerer on Monday by Justice of the Peace Holland. Forbes recently arrived from Salt Lake City and works in Kemmerer then will move to the Cokeville branch where they will reside.
Principal E. H. Davis and Professor James Gibbons returned from Logan Utah after passing entrance exams for the officers training school in California. They await appointments and expect salaries plus paid expenses under a recent Congress measure.
Improvements in Cokeville Sr8 report a new city park being planted with trees and grass after plowing and fertilizing. A culvert under the railroad will allow flood waters to pass through the town, and wiring for electric lights is underway signaling modernization along the line. The turbine and new plant work in Pine Cr...
Notice informs automobile owners they must obtain Veeave ood numbers by a set date or face arrest and legal action. It mentions past due names and a deputy sheriff, with scattered references to an informal jab and a company.
W B Dunton prominent Rock Springs attorney and son in law of Chief Justice Potter died Friday morning after an automobile accident near Eden. Dan Crawford of the Stockgrowers branch store at Eden remains in critical condition in the hospital. The steering gear broke, the car left the road and overturned trapping the two men beneath. They were discovered the next morning after a cold night exposed. Dunton had been conscious all night and died from exposure. Crawford, hospitalized, was to face a Kemmerer civil case shortly.
The Wyoming National Guard unit known as Company E Pro gressing has 53 local members and drills twice weekly at City Hall. On Tuesday evening May Std they will host a grand ball at Maple Hall to fund the company’s needs for comforts not supplied by the government. Tickets cost $1.00.
Word reached yesterday that Dan Crawford who was in the automobile crash that killed Attorney Dunton last week also died from prolonged exposure. He passed away early Sunday morning about 15 hours before Dunton's funeral services. Crawford managed the Stockgrowers store at Eden.
Mrs. P Quealy returning from the East notes strong patriotism in eastern cities and towns. She says the best young men from colleges nationwide are enlisting in the army navy and various service branches. Her son Mahlon at school hopes to join the ambulance corps in France or, if blocked, the aviation branch.
A team from the Lincoln Kemmerer Coal company, hitched to a lumber wagon, ran loose Monday morning in Kemmerer. The wagon crew avoided collisions with another wagon and an automobile, as the team veered through the street center without causing damage. The team stopped by itself, and no vehicle sustained harm.
A Frontier report claims Private Martin, recently discharged for desertion from Company H, was shot at Port Leavenworth after a court martial. The tale notes multiple desertions, a wartime pardon conditioned on re enlistment, and subsequent imprisonment at Leavenworth, though many doubt the report.
The article reports a local store renovation at the Ole Bay grocery with a complete conversion planned. An interior exterior redesign is noted, aiming for an updated, attractive appearance and improved payment layout.
An old notice describes the marriage of Wred Port and Mrs Bawa Web ier performed by Justice of the Peace Tam Halland. It mentions Mr Ford involved in the transfer and notes More Webster, widow of Bam Webter, who died in the frontier years.
Commissioner Louis Jenkins and party halted mid canyon toward Montpelier when a bear appeared near the road. Budge teased that Jenkins’s tracks in the road suggested he fled to avoid a gun as party members hunted for one. The tale amused listeners despite changing details.
Dr. W A Hocker, missed on Kemmerer streets for weeks, returns Sunday from Rock Springs where he recuperated from a serious foot operation. He is reported to be able to get around slightly and will be out again in the near future to the gratification of his many friends.
Rathoun welcomed a fine baby boy at Lincoln County Miners' Hospital Center. Both mother and child are proving nicely after the birth.
Almy resident Simms aged about 50 died last Saturday night. The cause of death was not reported and he was well known in the community.
At the annual meeting on Monday, High School auditors J. B. Smith were re elected as directors. Voters approved issuing ten thousand dollars in bonds for permanent improvements in the district including a new Frontier School building and an addition to the Sublet School.
School authorities and teachers prepare exhibits from grade school items displayed Monday at the fair. Prizes are offered for school exhibits and the excellence of local children’s work aims to win offers at the fair.
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