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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1920
Page
8
Chautauqua in Kemmerer proves a success though the arrival train and two rainy days delayed the first performance. About forty guarantors are expected to contribute 2 to 4 dollars each to cover costs, with a near 100 dollar deficit offset by a reserve and local receipts. The afternoon program was postponed but merged with the evening show featuring the Old Fashioned Girls.
A sequence of entertainments and lectures drew strong crowds. Burnell Pord presented a dramatic electricity lecture, Ward Waters Company and Richard Posey Campbell offered readings, C H Poole spoke on Social Redemption, Zedeler Symphonic Quintet performed, and Norman Allen Imrie discussed English and Irish affairs. The American audience praised It Pays to Advertise as staged by the Keighley New York Players.
Lincoln county’s sheep industry is represented in Salt Lake City this week by several hundred thoroughbred stock from the Cokeville ranch of Mr P J Quealy. Quealy has bred high grade sheep and is said to have as fine a herd as any in the state. Cyrus Garnsey of Washington DC, a blooded sheep raiser from New York, visited the Quealy ranch and said he had never seen a finer herd anywhere in the country.
Judge John R. Arnold and Naturalization Examiner De L. Sullivan of Salt Lake City will conduct special naturalization hearings in Kemmerer on Thursday September 9. Sullivan requests all honorably discharged soldiers seeking citizenship to apply at the district courtroom on the afternoon of the 9th so their applications can be heard the following day.
Complete list of election winners across county precinct and legislative offices on Democratic and Republican ballots. Names include Andrew Morrow Albert Barns D C Oakley George Tankster Hugh Findlay James Rosenberg N L Self Flora Chapelle Platt Wilson J F Fitepatrick Wm McAlster J J Long Jas Davidson Alex Scott Ben C Bell Margaret F Nicholson Wm Pitt J A Christmas Mrs Mary E Gudmundson H E Robinson R H Embree S Ed Han Gonstable Paul Nott Louis C Jensen William Shelby Louis Zurick Tey Williams Alf Roberts Reynolds Noblitt Co De Joney J W Sammon L D Tanner Mary Jones Myra Beer.
Kemmerer Post of the American Legion will host a dinner in the Guild Hall of the Episcopal church next Wednesday evening as a stag gathering to foster enthusiasm for the Legion and discuss future plans including locating quarters. St. Margaret's Guild will serve the dinner to post members only.
The preliminary hearing for former County Clerk Stanley B. Pitchford, charged with embezzling county funds, consumed the day before Justice Frank J. Lenhart. Pitchford was bound over to district court in 4000 dollars, with attorneys Taliaferro Jr., Brown, and Muir representing him, and County Attorney Fred W. Johnson aided by R. R. Rose of Kemmerer Green River Star.
The first planes of the Aerial Mail line from New York to San Francisco landed at Rock Springs field at 1 25 p m on Thursday afternoon and stayed about four hours. They were refueled and had engine repairs. the two De Havilands, No 67 piloted by Smith and No 71 piloted by Lenhart, are the lead craft on the route to San Francisco with three more expected soon.
Mr Merle Jones returned Sunday from Daniel where he aided haying. He met a road outfit en route from Rock Springs to a point near Big Piney to build a road from the Green River valley down to Edenvale. The project is funded jointly by Sweetwater County and Rock Springs merchants. Jones reports upper Green River valley roads in excellent condition.
Prof Warren G. Bunn and his wife from Cheyenne arrived in Jackson Monday afternoon. They have rented the W. E. Lloyd house and will reside there this winter. Bunn will lead the high school faculty this year.
Salt Lake City attorney M. K. Wilson met with Annie Richie in Kemmerer for a discussion on her appeal to the supreme court. Richie is appealing a district court judgment that sentenced her to serve time in a Colorado prison.
In Caseville Michigan Mrs A H Hull and Mrs Mary Carrington report Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted everyday medicine. Hull says it saved a life during a panic and Carrington notes years of prompt relief from the remedy.
Evidence points to guilt of Pappas in a crime against the state, not federal law, with Mann Act elements lacking. Deputy Conroy reported Pappas admitted sending funds to bring the Bloomington Neb girl to Opal, possessing undelivered letters from the girl’s mother, and locking her clothing away in a private room. The girl Hill appears to be a young schoolgirl and bears signs of refinement, as does her mother.
A gray motor hearse arrived in Kemmerer for the undertaker business of County Coroner J. F. Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick purchased the vehicle about a month ago in Omaha. A Beyerield child, son of Mr. and Alpanak, lies at L. C. M. hospital near death after a horse kick fractured his skull while accompanying his father at the Fontenelle ranch recently leased by Howard Holden.
Chairman George White reappoints Hans Rieg of Chicago as Director of the Naturalized Citizens Bureau of the Democratic National Committee. He will oversee subdivisions serving voters of foreign birth with headquarters in New York City.
Notice of meeting states the County Democratic Committee has adjourned to Saturday September 12 1920 at 8 o clock in the evening. All committeemen elected at the Primary on August 17 are urged to attend. James P. Rosenberg County Chairman.
Kemmerer Wyoming voter notice states JL Mullings announces Democratic candidacy for County and Prosecuting Attorney in the November general election. He pledges to use his best efforts to discharge the duties of the office if elected and seeks voters' support.
The ad promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with claims of satisfaction and perfect customer service. It credits BE B Milburn Prop Guion Di Blow Guion Ark and states the product is offered in the beat advertisement format for merchants and renters seeking reliable relief.
A young patient was hurried to the local hospital where he has received careful attention and, by yesterday morning, had entirely regained consciousness.
An older advertisement notes deafness cannot be cured by local applications and references a medicine said to act through the blood on mucous surfaces. It lists ney & Co. of Toledo as the contact and mentions circulars available for more information.
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