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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1918
Page
10
Legal notices from the Department of the Interior dated July 22 1918 reference Bertha Bertagnoli Cumberland Wyoming and Joe Bertagnolli with desert land entries near Township 18 North Range 117 West Sixth Principal Meridian. Also amendments proposing livestock tax for inspection protection indemnity and a district judge sitting on Supreme Court in absence of a Justice.
The document outlines proposed amendments approved by the Wyoming Fourteenth State Legislature to be submitted to voters on an upcoming date. It covers prohibition measures on liquor and related production, sale, and distribution, plus provisions for enforcement and penalties and outlines that the state attorney general must administer the act with specified dates and public notice.
Notice from the Land Office at Evanston Wyoming dated July 30 1948 announces Joseph Smith of Kemmerer has filed intention to make final proof on Land Entry Serial No 14233 for the SW Lot 3 Section 24 Township 20 North Range 120 West Sixth Principal Meridian. Proof to be given before United States Commissioner Ivan Jones at Kemmerer on September 14 1918. Witnesses include John Heath Sage Wyoming Ernest W Smith Salt Lake City Miah Green Winters Sage Wyoming Edward H O'Brien Kemmerer Wyoming.
Administratrix of the estate of John A. Meyer announces a final account and petition for final settlement filed August 6 in the Third Judicial District Court in Lincoln County Wyoming. Interested parties may examine the account, file objections within thirty days after September 4, 1918, and attend the hearing if objections are filed.
Multiple notices show grazing permit applications sought for 1919 in the Wyoming National Forest with forms to be filed by October 1, 1918. Also included are complex foreclosure petitions in the Third Judicial District Court for Lincoln and Fremont counties, naming John Lalande and others, detailing mortgage deeds, lands, water rights, and trustee actions, with court dates set for October 12, 1918 and notices to executors and administrators in estate matters in Lincoln County courts.
Citizens urge swift action against drunks and loafers as Wyoming and the nation mobilize for war. Editors cite shortages of unskilled labor and a push to enforce order, with calls to “work or fight” and to clear streets like Cokovitle while young men serve overseas.
A Wyoming survey signals strong prohibition sentiment and hints the next legislature will pursue a bone dry law. Voters blame the current primary framework for confusion and manipulation, arguing for a simpler system and stricter controls as liquor interests, neighboring states, and dry migration influence public morals and political outcomes.
A partial, garbled field passage questions why a state should act unneighborly toward a shelter or refuge area. It imagines people could recognize the wrongdoing without force, implying unrest or danger from external pressure or jurisdiction.
Wyoming and Colorado sought exemption from reduced quotas at a Kansas City meeting. Wyoming plans to raise 1 050 000 in the next Liberty Loan, part of a 6 billion total, with 200 000 000 to be raised in the Tenth District covering Wyoming and eight neighboring states. Subscriptions must double those of the third campaign.
The report notes a third quarter result where 7 million dollars was raised in Wyoming, surpassing its quota by 21.74 million. It mentions Baptist services and a three week schedule, with service tags to districts or cities. It cites discounts on loan accounts and district apportionment determined by local deposits, referencing Rock Springs and a hockey connection.
The advertorial notes great relief and restoration of health in many cases from Cham perlain's Tablets aiding weak stomachs and digestion. It also announces the Fourth Liberty Loan starting September 28 requiring every American citizen to help win the war.
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