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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1916
Page
1
The devil confronts a silent printer blamed for newspaper faults and unpaid readers, listing errors from missing mail to unpaid subscriptions. He is denied entry into the realm as a punishment for years of unheeded blame and silent labor. The editor dies and drifts toward a final fate.
Directors of Laramie county school district No. 2 filed in Cheyenne district court to compel the county to levy a general tax that would fund $200 per teacher for six months of service. If successful, about $12,000 more would flow to the district and others in similar need may follow. The suit challenges the county’s refusal to grant rural schools $500 without six months average attendance of six pupils. Deputy Attorney General O Leary says rural schools are to be considered grade schools under the statute.
Finnest Stinson of Granger has leased the Lyceum bar theatre and rooming house in Kemmerer for five years and will take immediate possession. He plans to reopen the picture show and make improvements while possibly retaining some Gran ger interests. Stinson, well known in southwestern Wyoming, may relocate with Mrs. Stinson to Kemmerer as their permanent home.
Mia Pfeifer and her husband Frank and daughter Marjorie left Sunday for a visit to Cheyenne and Laramie. They plan to be in Laramie on June 6 for Mrs Ethel Pfeifer’s graduation from the State University and then return home.
Rural districts challenge attorney general guidance on school funding arguing the interpreted law yields about 6 600 dollars for the year per district and would force Cheyenne city taxpayers to subsidize rural schools, claiming inequitable distribution of proceeds and lack of shared benefits.
The third district court week under Judge Arnold delivers heavy output with five jury trials and multiple guilty verdicts. Sentences include Claude Bird 18 to 24 months and Roy Bird 12 to 18 months for illegal hunting, plus other convictions for theft and related charges. Several cases end in acquittals or ongoing proceedings, with the court praised for efficiency and reducing county costs.
The trial centered on Edwards who opened a headgate against a water ban after a warning. Evidence showed the water commissioner had not posted required notices and a new employee opened the headgate during Edwards absence. Ten days of unchecked irrigation harmed Edwards crops. Marshall Reynolds prosecuted for the state, Robert K.R. Rose defended.
Saturday docket listings show numerous cases in Jackson School District No 24 and county courts. Demurrers sustained in Dodson v Larson, others set for May 1 May 26 or May 27, several money on appeal, foreclosures and divorces. One case Annie Macleod McLeod dismissed with costs. Lowe v Laren verdict ven.
Several cases disposed with damage suits withdrawn. Sheriff Hansen and Deputudmundsen and McDougal sued Fred Reardon for 110,000 damages but the actions were dismissed. Robert R. Rose, attorney for D. Bratford, withdrew the libel suit against Linenis County Publishing Co. which had been pending for years.
In Cokeville last week Kelly Hamilton charged Alvin Allred with grand larceny for removing a house from land tied to a mortgage. Foreclosure had occurred and Allred claimed he only mortgaged land, not the house. Marshall Reynolds with W E B Mair of Rock Springs prosecuted. R H Rose defended. The court directed a verdict for Allred and he was released from custody.
A fragmented note reports a case involving multiple defendants named Biale ve Hebert Newby and others charged with illegally harming sea life. Plea guilty details appear, with a $100 fine and self-recognition notations. The text is garbled and several names and events are unreadable.
The district court case involved Fred Reardon reclaiming a cow from T J O Neil after cattle deals years earlier. A short jury deliberation followed extensive testimony from witnesses including Frank Fear and Buster McIlvain, with O Neil prevailing in the end. Reardon intends to appeal to the supreme court.
Mrs. Frank underwent a double operation yesterday at Miners Hospital after a visit to Big Piney. She traveled with brother John Jenkins of Cumberland, who had been ill and recently underwent a rupture operation performed by Drs Arbogast and Stafford. Mr Jenkins improves as plans consider a large criminal calendar this fall to avoid winter transport of many prisoners.
Carl Cook kept busy Saturday handling petitions for citizenship six were filed two declarations and four sent for certificates of landing prior to making application for citizenship.
Word came early Monday of George A. Hittle escaping the Evanston Insane asylum around midnight Sunday. Sheriff Hansen rushed toward Carter with autos and searched the intervening territory at Evanston’s request. Hittle had shot and killed an uncle during a ranching dispute near Lone in Green River valley, then returned to the Boulder store he managed and barricaded himself. He was jailed at Lander, later declared insane, with doubts raised about his condition and possible outside aid or flight.
Hig Piney rancher Range Drying Up Frank Fear warns that dry conditions amid a cold spring threaten summer feed. He notes early signs of a good range faded due to cold weather delaying sun exposure on grass roots and wind drying and cracking the range ground.
James M. Jamieson purchases the Lloyd Isenhart ranch of about 240 acres in the Fontenelle basin from Kemmerer Avetract and Realty 106. Jamieson takes immediate possession to support his sheep interests. JH Dunham and son Arthur visited from the Cottonwood ranch. Arthur has heart trouble and was advised a lower altitude by Dr. Margulis.
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