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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1919
Page
9
A meeting convened at the county clerk's office last Saturday night could influence oil development in Lincoln County. Attendees hailed from the Dry Piney and La Barge fields and discussed prospects for future operations.
A call to action urges a six week planning window for a grand patriotic event to celebrate the nation’s birth. Organizers include the Chamber of Commerce the 100 Percent American Club lodges churches merchants and miners. A full program with a parade uniformed troops a sham battle and other features is proposed.
Bovard describes installing a liquid chlorine plant at the river intake to disinfect water and guard consumers from disease. The system, directed by Chaar Beach, uses a new chemical compound pumped into the water, lethal to bacteria including typhoid, while harmless to people.
The Lingolihoard 60 drift operation resumes after a halted bottom hole caused by a broken shaft. A second tower added, drilling active day and night, current depth about 700 feet. Water encountered between 300 and 400 feet. visitors from Idaho praised the area and climate.
Local Piney officials named Parks and Bi as key figures in the Wyoming matter. Berher and Orcas were also noted in the list as appointed or considered for roles. The announcement indicates changes in leadership and responsibilities within the Piney administration.
Preparations are underway in Big Piney for the annual rodeo set for June 2021 with a livestock exhibit as a leading feature. The program promises trick riders, broncho busting, horse racing, and a dramatic steer-take from a fast car. Dr. M. B. Hook directs publicity and will mail the full program to interested readers.
Major McCoy is appointed Adjutant General of Wyoming after months of speculation. The formal announcement followed last Wednesday as he succeeds W. K. Weaver and steps into the role after a brief transition.
A sketchy notice notes Utah Oil Refining Co plans development. The fragment hints at capital and corporate details, mentioning a $1,000 stake and procedural references, but the text is incomplete and garbled. No clear dates or named individuals are established.
Wool market notes show no notable sales this week as sellers hold back while buyers wait. Local top price reached 50 cents with higher offers for finer grades, demand for costlier wool steady, and foreign markets generally firm though London weaker. Mills report little change though prices remain strong versus last week.
President Wilson in a telegram urged repeal of war measures including returning railroads telegraph and telephone lines to private ownership and revising war taxes. He proposed eliminating taxes on soda water liquor wine substitutes luxuries and certain manufactured goods such as automobiles trucks pianos sporting goods candy and more.
Ercil Ward, son of Abe Ward of Wilson, returned from the France expeditionary forces after about a year. In a Rheims area engagement he was shot six times in the left arm and three times in the leg, leading to amputation of the arm. He landed in the U.S. last Christmas day and has since received care in several hospitals.
In a Cumberland pool hall incident on August 4th, Jim Speros faces murder charges after George Hatze struck him and Gavriles intervened. Witnesses including Greek interpreters described a chaotic scene ending with a fatal shot. Jurors were sworn and testimony proceeded amid scheduling for further witnesses and possible verdict today.
Bishop N. 8. Thomas will arrive in Kemmerer Saturday at noon and hold service at St James Episcopal church Sunday at 11 o'clock. Rev C Edwin Brown of DeWitt Nebraska is assigned to the local mission and arrives about the eighth of next month with his wife and two children expected in Kemmerer around July 1.
A historic Baum oil well in Ld is nearing completion with a plan to shoot the well within days. Work crews, numbering two men and eight laborers, are active. improvements and tanking are underway to ready the field for immediate sale, with talks of eastern financial support and additional drilling within thirty days.
Lincoln county reports show revised Victory Loan figures from Marbleton Jackson Hole and Kemmerer banks. Total subscriptions now reach 376200 with a 352,300 shortfall to meet the 412000 quota after a bankers meeting boosted local pledges.
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