, 1917-10-18

Gillette is to have a volunteer fire
department.
The Riverton tie plant will treat
about 400, 900 ties this winter.
Good wheat and potato crops were
grown this year in Fremont county.
The gardens over the state have
added materially to the years food
supply.
The Wyoming Cowboys put one over
on the Colorado Aggies on the Univer-
sity field at Laramie.
The Wyoming-Apex company struck
oil at 800 feet in the Big Hollow field,
fourteen miles west of Laramie.
Wyoming during 1916 produced 977
ounces of gold valued at 10000 and
3,4O7 ounces of silver. valued at $4,000.
Five oil companies with an aggre-
gate capitalization of $2,750,000 filed
articles of incorporation with the sec
rotary of state in N day.
The Bearing Butte Oil and Gas Com
pany, which was recently organized,
has holdings in the Lost Cabin, Ian
der and Buffalo Basin fields.
A fine of $50 was what it cost ex-
Rabbi Lazarus Lehrer to sell a drink
of whisky from a bottle which he kept
in the rear of his store at Cheyenne.
Automobiles to the number of $50
have been licensed in Wyoming since
Aug. Is, bringing the total number of
cars reported in the state up to H.
061.
The October crop report for Wyom-
ing estimates a crop of 100000 bu-
shells of wheat, 9,430,00O bushels OF
oats, 1910, 900 bushels of potatoes, and
1,257,000 O of hay.
James Talbot II, pioneer plainsman
and one of the most widely known of
Cheyenne's early settlers, died at his
home after a long illness incidental to
advanced age.
Charles E. B~lydenburg of Rawlins
was appointed associate justice of the
State Supreme Court by Governor
Frank L. Houx, taking the position left
vacant by the death of Judge Richard
H. Scott.
State officials of Wyoming are au-
thority for the statement that Wyo-
llll6 any AoIh pldlc oWhtu Oll
lands now is running about 20, 900 bar
rels per month, with every prospect
that it will be increased at an early
date to $4,000 barrels.
Another frolic in a coontown re.
sort at Casper resulted in the severe
slashing of Anna Barnes, the dissec-
ton work being accomplished by Mrs.
Watson, with the aid of the %favorite
weapon of the colored folks, a razor,
while in a jealous rage.
Pledges to the number of $1,000 In
the goal that has been set by State
Food Administrator T. C. Diers Of
Sheridan in the eight days that will be
given ove to obtaining pledges Of
Wyoming women to assist in winning
the war by conserving food.
Wyoming booze" is hitting the high
cost of living trail along with food
stuffs. AS a result of the new war
ven bill of the federal government
booze" prices in Wyoming advanced
from rs cents to so cents, according to
reports by government officers.
Rae Reynard, arrested nearly two
ohI ooo III nv ViihC vi a Shdi &c
of having violated the federal law for
bidding red light resorts or their in
mates to operate within a radius Of
five miles of a military post, was sem
fenced in the United States Court to
serve fifty days in Jail.
At Cheyenne, Frank L%avalleur, far
mer from north of Hillsdale, was
bound over to the District Court in the
sum of $4,000. He was charged with
having committed assault and battery
with intent to kill.
When Governor Houx offered $500
for the capture of the person., who, af-
ter repeated attempts to burn the
ranch home of L. d. Christensen near
Lyman, succeeded in burning the hay
n grain on the ranch of G. /. Chris
Jensen, 1t made a reward of $3.50 for
the capture of the firebug.
G. M. Mcdonald, banker and promot-
or, and whose disappearance from Cas-
per between two days was explained
with the development Of Irregularities
in the management and condition of
three private banking institutions with
which Mcdonald was associated, is
wanted by the authorities.
An increase in the capital stock Of
the Midwest Refining Company has
been made from $40, 900, 900 to s5O.OOO.-
900 n papers announcing the change
filed with the office of the secretary
of state in Cheyenne. Because Of ,he
amount involved, the fee for re-inccr-
poration was one of the largest ever
paid here, being S6,005.
Sweeney n Salvador, men accused
of beating up hi leaving unconscious