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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1915
Page
18
The piece contrasts grand love letters to a sweetheart with a deeper, gentler note for mother. It extols the mother’s letter as priceless, read in quiet rooms, its simple diction becoming art through the mother’s trembling hands and enduring pride.
Heavy rains caused a major washout on the O. W. & N. line between Portland and Sacramento last week, destroying 14 miles of track and flooding a tunnel. Trains are detoured via Pocatello and Ogden, moving at least three trains daily each direction. Huntington streets flooded by the rains, Idaho and Oregon remain under heavy precipitation.
Mountain Slide Contractors attempted a blast near The Dalles Oregon on the O W R N line to reduce slide danger. The blast loosened the mountain side and caused a slide onto the track forcing detours for trains Nos 4 6 and 15.
Advertisement for plumbing and heating services promising all work and material guaranteed with contact phone number included.
Lucy Holmes daughter of Mr and Mrs John Holmes died at home near Kemmerer on Monday May 10 age five years 10 months 9 days. Funeral service led by Rev A Webber at the M E church Evanston and interment in city cemetery. The death follows scarlet fever claiming a three year old daughter of Mrs J Holmes of Oakley last Sunday.
The local Elks plan two evenings of entertainment on May 21 and 22 titled County Fair. Rehearsals began on Tuesday and, based on past shows, the events should provide lively humor and amusement for attendees.
County official Chas H Peterson's son departs early next week for Jackson Hole to handle county business. The region sees significant new road construction this year and his work will focus on those projects.
Hatching eggs available from Rose Comb Brown Leghorn stock. Set of 15 offered by MEE Apne at Opal Wyomth address.
A fragmented piece lists Alaska as larger than California in gold and coal, with vast fishing waters and 20 times its value in gold and silver. It cites 20,000 square miles, McKinley at 20,300 feet, and purchase price of 7.2 million dollars, asserting vast arable land and climate advantages.
Arthur Roberts of Hamsfork notes streams are unusually low and fears irrigation could fail this season if moisture does not arrive. He warns Kemmerer water supply may be affected. Rob inson reports cattle on ranch, sheep lambing grounds show good weather, but hay crop likely to shrink without rains. Snowpack melt is essential for a healthy winter.
Ranger Frank A. Travis traveled from Big Piney and stayed several days at the station at the end of the week. He had lived with his family at Big Piney during the winter and now stays in the rangers cabin near the sawmills in Snyder basin where he will be joined by Mrs. Cravis and the children soon.
Water commissioners brace for a busy season to allocate scarce stream rights. High water typically peaks May 10 to 20, but several streams including the Ham Fork in Kemmerer run lower than normal for the period.
The Uinta County fair will be held in Evanston on September 16 17 and 18. At a Wednesday evening meeting last week the resignation of director George Carruth was accepted and George Spencer was chosen as his replacement and later named president of the association. A. J. Chesney was selected as president and E. G. Burdell as secretary.
After the Evanston municipal election, the proposal to bond for a city water system failed by 27 votes while town hall bonds carried by 67 votes. Tom Painter along with Frank LaComb and Arthur R. Bowen won council seats in a clean campaign.
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