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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1913
Page
20
Fragmentary OCR text lists display advertising rates and notices with garbled names. It mentions per rate values and locations and hints at ad space pricing and publication details, but most specifics are unreadable. The readable fragment indicates a rate of 81.4 per hate or unit.
The Laramie Boomerang reports a mortgage holder, The Frat National Bank, foreclosed early today on the plant. Ample Bank’s efforts to resist nothing will change the action. The news item reflects financial distress impacting local manufacturing and employment.
The commission men of Omaha raise hand ling a car of sheep from ten to fifteen dollars, alarming Wyoming sheepmen amid falling prices. Independently acting brokers joined to twelve dollars, then to fifteen with no solicitors sent out. Citizens fear federal civil service changes imminent as Congress debates exempting deputy revenue collectors and deputy marshals, signaling broader government overhaul after Republican-led reforms.
The readable text reflects garbled sentences about printing and engraving work. It mentions waste care and printing for canis, Pomneosavule, and Yusimwe with unclear actions. No coherent event or individuals are clearly identified.
Low Calgas faced multiple offenses against the pure food law as cases were pursued by County Attorney under Pure Food Commissioner Maurice Groshon. Two counts against Lake and two against Ogden Commission Co for misbranding. fines set at 8 and 1.25 dollars respectively. Another case against Wholesale Grocery Co. of Voratelly ongoing. Offenses involved packages from Afion far from the railroad, intended to be sold in remote districts before the law took effect but now must face compliance or action.
Dr Fisher will depart Sunday for Vienna Austria to pursue a postgraduate medical course at Vienna Medical College and expects to be away about a year. During his absence Dr J D Rosendaum of Cincinnati Medical College will oversee his practice. Rosendaum has assisted recently and proved capable and efficient.
Mamie Thomas holds an 11 280 vote lead over rivals in the final week of the Big Free Piano contest. Miss Nicholson and other contestants trail as many expect surprises, with the prize a 21 jewel Elgin watch. Voting closes in October, with 8000 votes offered with each heating store purchase at Kemmerer Hardware & Furniture Co. standings show Mamie Thomas ahead and a crowded field of contenders from Kemmerer and surrounding communities.
The Grand Encampment convened at 10 o'clock in the Odd Fellows hall led by Grand Patriarch D. L. Carr of Basin. Officers were installed, funds approved for expanding encampment activity, and a petition granted to organize an encampment in Kemmerer. The gathering drew prominent attendees including James H. Bury, Charles R. Yeoman, and many regional officials and veterans, with notes on local hospitality and historic Wyoming connections.
The Independent Order of Old Fellows reports 148.469.99887 in relief and 70,741 cost for caring for 3,002 aged and orphan Lamates. last year relief paid totaled 12,84114. One cannot fully grasp the immense sums involved in this benevolent program.
Notes from the Grand Lodge meeting report figures and names such as CJ Conger editor of the Daily Enterprise and W Naylor foreman on the Canper Record in attendance. The first broadside of the Odd Fellows arrived on No 17 Monday afternoon with about 50 girls present, weather interfering with proper proceedings.
Kemmerer Wyoming a developing county seat on the Oregon Trail, a growing village between Prowtler and Diamondville with 1400 residents and a mining district totaling over 8000. Frontier camp, multiple mines, electric light and water systems, coal output about 7000 tons daily and payrolls near 10000 monthly for the camp.
Tuesday evening the Grand En campment formed Lincoln Encampment No. 22 with 14 charter members. A social session followed in the banquet room. Wednesday morning the Grand Lodge convened at Vo'clek uo.m where the Grand Lodge Degree was conferred on Past Grands. Officers elected for the ensuing term include W. G. Owen Grand Master Buffalo Albert Benner deputy grand master Laramie D A Tinkcom grand warden Green River A M Startzell grand treasurer Rawlins F Poll grand representative two years Sheridan S W Johnson representative one year Newcastle.
Figures such as E Richard Shipp of Casper attend the Grand Lodge sessions in Kemmerer. The Kemmerer orchestra plays in the Hotel Kenomer lobby at noon and evening hours. Shipp, a former Supreme Court candidate, returns to Republican ranks while helping The Camera staff, and the Commercial Club hosts Rebekah Lodge at its rooms. St Patrick’s Catholic church plans dedication services for Sublet chapel with two Masses next Sunday at 4 pm and 10 am.
Sunday schools organized by the Methodist church meet at Kemmerer and Diamondville at 10 a m. Preaching services are scheduled at Diamondville and at Keasin rer at 7 45 p m.
L. D. invites parishioners to attend Sunday school at 10 a m with morning services following. Details appear garbled but indicate standard church activities and timing.
Hos Orvon A Stearns of Klamath Falls Oregon journeyed by auth toward Omaha after a storm blocked the Oregon Trail He recalls early points from his 11 year old crossing with parents by ox team and notes the route will shift to the lower road Wyomingward He is famed as the first white man to reach Crater Lake’s shore naming it Majestic and the area had no white settlement west of the Missouri River at that time.
Washington letter reports Representative Mondell pursuing a House inquiry into parcel post disputes with star route carriers. It notes post office arguments over pay rises and equipment, a call for fuller information from the Postmaster General, and potential changes tied to federal game rules and migratory bird protections. The letter also mentions foreign competition for Wyoming products, tariff effects, and expectations of consumer price impacts.
A fragmentary report notes a disturbance surrounding the shuting of a deaf mute individual. Witnesses mention murmured remarks about a wife and alleged delays after a mid evening incident. The passage hints at public curiosity and minor tensions in the aftermath.
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