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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1913
Page
7
An 69 percent increase is charged on all contracts to cover alternate line charges. The notice appears under local reading notices, referencing mine operations and public contracts. Date noted is Wednesday October 29, 1913.
The First National Bank reports total resources of 1,06045.61 dollars and has surpassed the million dollar mark. The institution boasts a premier home in Kemmerer and remains a leading financial fixture in the state.
The report notes cautious optimism about Mrs Pankhurst's visit affecting woman suffrage and contrasts English militant tactics with local campaign methods. It also covers nine battleships leaving Hampton Roads on Oct 25 under Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger for the Mediterranean, with Wyoming as flagship.
A Jackson Wyoming dispatch to the Denver Republican reports the government biological survey will start raising its own hay on government land to feed wandering wild elk in winter. Previously 500 to 1000 tons of native hay were bought from local ranchmen each fall for winter feeding, a change that surprises Jackson bay makers cited by the Laramie Republican.
New store and bank building at Marbleton near completion. State Bank of Marbleton and Cis P Badd store likely to occupy once finished. Buildings are concrete block with modern interiors and praised as among the best seen. Contractor J. E. Irvine is credited for erecting them.
A.D. Youngberg of South Camber Lanl, Evanston resident in Uinta County, protests that local children cannot attend school in Lincoln County. He warns eleven children will be without schooling this winter as coal company operations shift camp and work sites within the county, affecting schooling and housing for families crossing district lines.
A garbled report describes massive shipments for a Speritign Rejoin operation in the Fiori Springs district. The text lists entities and places, mentioning Derry and Ft Culliua, with references to shipments, pricing, and various obscure items. The result is a largely unreadable OCR fragment.
F R Montgomery examined Kensmerer county books for those with income over 3000 a year under the new personal tax law. Government may issue notices of net earnings. Patents to land filed by Angelo Molinar Henry A Cherry Fred Darwin Francis M Estes reported. Treasurer Bell to mail all tax notices by week end. payments already arriving. old papers for sale at The Camera office.
The Star Valley Independent reports new life across the valley with several business openings. Dr. RS Olsen has arrived from Salt Lake City to settle in Afton, BO Young opens a jewelry store in St Paul, and a moving picture company plans showings around November 1. Oil location blanks sell for 50 cents a dozen at Taeo Camera Office.
Mr and Mrs Lew Travis returned from a months hunting trip in the Fall River basin bringing several trophies including a fine seven point head credited to Mrs Travis. They are veteran hunters and fishers who often pursue mountain game and fishing, and typically bring home notable catches.
In town Monday Bill, now renewed subscriber, says cattle from the hills run about 100 head short in two bands. He has recovered roughly 300 from strays but 70 head remain lost. The editor notes growing reports of large losses and urges attention. Calendar samples, appealing for buyers, are offered.
Walter H witnessed a horn race in Cokeville Monday where the Sorrel horse from Seda Spengs defeated the Hileman by two lengths. The first race was poor, but the Sorrel finished strongest as the field ran out. Kemmerer attendees included Dick Brown Pete Keenan Mile Naglin Leute Dunes Ted Wilkes Chen Stanagh Ted performed a boxing exhibition during the evening.
A confusing genealogical riddle from National Monthly describes interwoven marriages and kinship links. The speaker asks who he is while detailing how his father marries his daughter and how his mother is his wife and grandmother, creating a web of relations.
Incoherent OCR style lines drift with scattered phrases about an orator, threats, rivals, a warning, and a faded performance. Names and clear facts are absent, yielding a vague, garbled scene with no identifiable events or entities.
Sheriff Hansen reports in a wire from Hatte Montana that Joseph Brennan is in custody on an embezzlement warrant from Diamondville ULM west of S507 in January. Brennan offered to return without requisition papers, then balked when told the amount, and demand requisition papers before returning. Governor Carey and Calder sheriff Gudmundson will pursue extradition to Wyoming.
Oregon Short Line dispatchers have been unsettled for a week awaiting changes. Trainmaster C. J. ysted and Clerk Hammett join others in a switch to the Kem merer depot second floor. Work remains to finish the quarters before the upgrade becomes a pleasant, comfortable change.
The Kemmerer depot expansion is finished adding room to the express and baggage area with a new paint coat enhancing the building's look. Interior work nears completion and staff expect crews to move to new fields within a week.
At a Kemmerer Commercial Club meeting, by laws were adopted and a five member board elected. Directors include D. Stafford A D Hosking Peter Gordon Jr R A Mason and A Christmas. The club reports 74 active members and budget solid. Plans cover building a road from Kemmerer to Elko and Conroy with a new ferry site, plus a Cokeville Kemmerer telephone link and a wagon road Opal Cokeville. An annual teachers’ meeting is to be held in Kemmerer in January.
Sublet notes include Mrs H J Granta hosting a two week visitor with her son in Hanna. Harry Cishoffer and Jose Nagle return from a two week vacation to Wado and Oregon. M H Darden of Alexander Optical Co was a bust fest visitor at Sublet last week. A glass counter arrives at Sublet meat market enhancing its appearance. Deputy game warden Alex Revel returns from a month hunting near Lite Grovont reporting plentiful game. Jas Dodge and family return to Sublet, with Me Dodge taking a job at Frontier Supply Co. Tony Remitz, former Kernmerer summer driver, now employed as blacksmith. Fred Slicker returns from ten days in Oklahoma. Tom Laws leaves Saturday for a short visit in Montpelier.
An item reports a theft near Kemmerer around September involving horse F Way with a brand on the right hip foretop and a left white hind seeking about weight. A reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of the suspect. Located in Kemmerer, Dos 72.
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