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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
18
Smoot Lake, stocked with trout, becomes accessible to Upper Star Valley residents previously bound to horseback travel. The new road allows Kemmerer Cokeville Montpelier auto trips and enables local farmers to access Douglas fir lodgepole pine and Engelmann timber more easily. Fire protection gains from faster crew deployment and reduced timber loss once fires are spotted.
The U S forest service reports over twelve thousand dollars from national forests receipts in Wyoming are available for roads and trails within the secretary of agriculture. Funds represent ten percent of receipts and support local community road projects on Wyoming national forests. A new road on the western Wyoming forest extends from Cottonwood Creek Canyon to Cottonwood Lake, near Afton in Star Valley.
The Wyoming State Fair shows ongoing growth since its start five years ago. Improvements include new barns and corrals, better housing for agricultural exhibits, and an enhanced track events program. Post Office substation and toll station planned on grounds plus messenger delivery. A $75 prize for the hardest bucking horse attracts many bucking horses. Fifteen wild horses have been prepared for events in a special corral. Forest service rules call for sanitary camp sites and proper waste handling on forest grounds.
Editor Brandon Brandon of Kemmerer Wyoming and mayor of Kemmerer visited Downey with plans to improve local newspapers. The trip included meetings about Coca Cola ventures and ownership of papers at Cokeville and McCammon. Downey residents welcomed the exchange of ideas and future collaborations.
The Alabama Minstrels performed to a full tent audience in Red Bluff last night. A daytime street parade covered the principal business streets, delivering lively music and clever acts including a slack wire routine and a smoking trombone bit. Critics praised Watts drawing laughs, the strong orchestra, and the singing, especially Silver Threads Among the Gold. They announce another appearance Sunday evening September 21 in their big tent theater.
Railroads set a one fare round trip rate for the Wyoming State Fair with tickets valid September 29 through October 5. Colonel H G Sichel and troops from Fort Robinson under Captain C G Symmons plan a land march to arrive in Douglas before the fair opens.
The forest service reports 31 local stockgrowers associations have gained official recognition, bringing total recognized bodies to 118. Advisory boards give four thousand graziers a say in forest administration, reducing misunderstandings and improving range control. Two national groups exist alongside 113 local ones, with boards featuring broad minded, practical members. Secretary Lowell’s recognition of other forest user groups follows this cooperative success.
The State of Wyoming to creditors and heirs. Patri administrator of the Lawrence Deceased has filed a petition for final distribution with the Uinta County District Court in Evanston. A hearing will be held at ten o'clock a.m. on the sixth day of October to approve the final account and distribution. All interested persons may appear and present objections in writing. Dated August 1, 1913. Clerk Wm. I. Murdett. Attorneys J. Christmas for estate.
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