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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1914
Page
19
A local plea argues that town merchants support the community by paying taxes and funding churches and social groups. It condemns mail order houses for draining local commerce and warns that their methods would centralize business in large cities, harming small towns. The piece asks residents if they will aid in this financial destruction.
A. P. Sommers, a noted rancher from the Green River valley, was arrested on a charge of possessing a calf believed to belong to Chas Olson of Fontenelle. A hearing before Judge Boulter resulted in the defendant waiving examination and posting $1000 bond. The calf, alleged to be Olson’s, was recovered from Sommers’ corral after being taken from the drift and later returned. Friends expect an explanation and await court action.
Don R. Stormont of Marbleton traveled to town last week to meet Mrs. Stormont and three children who returned from a visit to Henrie ta Oklahoma. Stormont has located a ranch north of Marbleton under the Cottonwood canal. Previously he was assistant chief of police at Henrie ta and earlier a deputy U S marshal and county undersheriff. Ira Morton, mayor of his hometown, spent ten days on the ranch.
Dr J A Edwards of Cokeville traveled from Los Angeles with his father’s body on No 20 train through Rock Springs, en route to New York for interment. His sister accompanied the remains to Green River where she joined him as they continued. Mrs Edwards broke her arm two days earlier and could not go to the grave.
The city welcomed 225 head of two year old steers shipped from northern Utah. They were purchased by Dr. Gilligan, brought to the Gilligan ranch on New Fork, and observers agree the purchase is well justified.
In the United States Navy wireless telegraphy now reaches nearly every vessel through relay stations and masts at Arlington Virginia. Extensions include an American legation station in Peking and plans for three 600 foot towers on the Isthmus near San Pablo. Central Atlantic operations focus on Isabel Texas while Pacific stations spread to Guantanamo Bay San Juan and Alaska with further sites in the Philippines Hawaii Guam Samoa and more nearing completion.
A chain of sixty hot springs on the Clackamas river, 30 miles south of Esta cada and 70 miles from Portland, allegedly reach 220 degrees. A French trapper Michel Arquette learned of them from Molalla Indians and demonstrated beans eggs and fish cooked rapidly in their waters. The springs issue from solid rock, rich in salts, and are called the Big Hole by locals.
Commodore Barney led the American flotilla from St Leonard's Creek to meet a superior British force in the Chesapeake blockade. After more than an hour of close combat, American barges pierced the British line and forced the enemy to withdraw to their ships, securing a victory for the defense of the capital.
A satirical column questions modern boys tastes and self control in playful, fast paced commentary. It critiques candy culture and youth behavior with humorous antiquated tone and references to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
A brief, if garbled, reflection on a consular report from Uganda Africa indicating that humans may acquire sleeping sickness from a bite. The text suggests caution and advice to avoid insect bites, though wording is unclear and may contain misspellings and misprints.
A Kemmerer writer urges a town wide class in physical training for all ages. He argues regular exercise strengthens body and mind, improves health, boosts ambition, and sustains performance into old age, noting even national leaders exercise to stay sharp. He asks for broad community support and easy access for all residents.
Despite President’s three year truce offer being rejected by mine operators, the Colorado coal strike continues. Sympathy leans to miners as both sides seek amicable settlement and resumption of mining remains a goal for broader industry good.
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