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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1914
Page
4
For State Auditor Robert B. Forsyth from Sweetwater County and State Treasurer H B Gates of Washakie County headline the Republican legislative ticket in a regional ballot slate.
In the November vote context the article lists states with statewide prohibition prior to 1918 and their populations. It notes Virginia went dry in September with the law taking effect November 1 1916, and identifies no license territories by percentage of population across several states. It concludes statewide prohibition efforts are waning in Ohio California Washington and Oregon.
Lincoln county nears the ten year mark with G W Tanner as a proven assessor candidate. The text praises his unbiased, conscientious service and predicts strong support for his return to office by a good majority. Also mentions Mrs Have, a nurse from Kemmerer, Wyoming, offering guaranteed care.
Old Steamboat, famed bucking horse of the Irwin Bros. wild west show, was shot at Helena Montana to end his suffering from blood poisoning after a recent injury. At seventeen, he fought many riders and survived fifteen years in combat, besting Dick Stanley in 1911 to win the world rough riding title.
Wisconsin cattle from the state must pass a tuberculin test by a U S Bureau of Animal Industry inspector and be accompanied by a way bill copy sent to the State Veterinarian. Shipments not meeting this will be quarantined on arrival, held sixty days, and tested at owner expense. Governor J M Carey issues the quarantine proclamation.
Wexelberger, fresh from Omaha, reports a decent sheep market with top lambs at 87.40, feeders 86.85, wethers 85.25, fat ewes 4.45, and feeder ewes 4. He stopped to greet his flock heading to winter range before continuing to Fossil for the trail.
During the fiscal year ending June, 4,112,560 acres in Wyoming were restored to entry the largest in the nation. Much land had been withdrawn for mineral deposits and forest reserves but is now marketable for investment. Only 23,513 acres were withdrawn and 2,004 acres designated under the enlarged homestead act.
Bohumir Aryl and Co announce a concert tour by master Bohumir Kryl famed as one of the world’s top five bandmasters. His daughters Josephine and Marie will join, with Josephine debuting on a Stradivarius violin and Marie performing pieces from Paderewski to Rubinstein hailed in reviews.
Dick Key of Hig Piney and Archie Jones form a new business firm Jones and Key in Daniel. The pair, both longtime merchants, transfer stock and assume leadership of the branch store of Jones Sea Co. at Daniel, forecasting strong local patronage and noting Key’s prior tenure with Big Piney Mercantile Co. and Jones’s recent management of Daniel’s branch.
A herd of Charley Noble cattle stampeded at night from a Robinson field near Opal after a passing train. They fled toward Granger, were dispersed by morning, and three wild steers and one cow were killed during gathering. The cattle were driven to Granger for shipment as a notable beef consignment of the year. Thursday is Fish Day at the Kemmerer Meat Market. come early.
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