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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1913
Page
1
The Kemmerer band has become one of the state's strongest groups, with community leaders urging sustained support. Under Corre’s leadership the band has earned many compliments, and local efforts aim to keep concerts popular as the town looks to a promising future.
Fragments describe railroad construction plans affecting the small creek near Hamafork station. The digging and drainage changes may alter the landscape and nearby prairie, with works sited across the tracks and directing flow toward Bat ork creek.
Fragmentary text describes construction in Kemmerer yards involving new tracks and a levee. Mentions Short Line, a power station, and regional depot work with interlocking facilities, suggesting an equipment and infrastructure upgrade in progress or planned near Wyong and related sites.
Real estate agent reports ready buyers ready to purchase property in Wyoming. Motivated sellers may secure quick offers as customers wait and market interest remains high.
The new schedule lowers wait times for Kemmerer and East Lake City travelers with westbound trains from 13 to 18 hours and a post noon departure from Ranger. The change aims to improve connections to Ogden and Salt Lake, though riders from Ayanstor and nearby must wait for the next train, while Kemmerer gains recognition and potential access to better service at key rail points.
A long, fragmented profile of a prominent coal mining figure in Wyoming outlines his career from early roles to engineering leadership. It notes mines in Aimy Oak Springs and Carbon Wyoming, Scunell Utah, Chestnut Montana, Seldwin and Como Utah, and two new camps Manna and Dora in Wyoming. It traces his 1892 appointment as engineer of Union Pacific Coal Co and the adoption of electric haulage, with a ten ton Thomson locomotive at No.7 mine, and later work with Kemmerer Coal Co and the Kemmerer town operations including water works and electric systems. It mentions marriage to Miss Woe Locker of Evanston Wyoming and career shifts returning to Union Pacific and Cumberland camps, plus ongoing management roles at Kemmerer operations and other coal interests until the present.
The first session of the Lictrics Court in Lincoln County convenes next Monday at the Lycowm Theater with Judge Craig presiding. The calendar lists cases including State of Wyoming v. Host Rechti, v. Nubayasn for second degree murder, and several other indictments, with a note the term will be short and likely popular.
Contracts awarded for county book transfers involve Voorhors and Miss Flo LaChapelle with Evanston clerks determining the lowest bids. The work includes indexing, transcription, and hiring attorneys and printers. Barnard Co. of St. Louis awarded for blank books. total costs estimated around 82,000 plus additional expenses.
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