, 1918-08-01
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming

COMING
AYE; aO,sept. Rae meeting at
Aug. sV-sept. 1-rrapper's Union Re-
Sept. s-14-Wyoming State Fair at
Sept. is-ao-Laramie County Fair.
Additional help is needed to harvest
Lincoln county's big hay crop.
Eighty-four Sheridan county men en-
trained for Fort Riley, Kan, on /
Gath.
A 100000 contract has been let for
charging the U. P. railroad shops at
Cheyenne.
The Laramie City Council has voted
to increase he salary of the various
firemen $40 per month.
A large crowd vas at Cheyenne to
witness the e~ighty-one events on the
Frontier days program.
Ernest Bloomer, of Rock Springs. is
among those reported severely
wounded on the Marne list.
The Bell-Kraser Oil Company, which
u operating in the vicinity of Dad,
near Rawlins, Is down 400 feet.
John E. Osborne of Rawlins, former
governor and congressman, has an
nounced his candidacy for the U. 8.
Senate.
Reliance Oil Company, drilling six
miles east of Douglas. on the Yellow
stone highway. has found pay sand at
l,400 feet.
Two small children. Carl Owens and
| EAno M,ftoa4r ~ dhlohop wnra
drowned in Maverick Spring Draw,
lust above the shearing pens.
Mohawk Oil Company has again
commenced drilling on its test well on
the Emigrant structure in Wyoming
after a delay awaiting cosing.
Mrs. Emily Francis Hamm of Chey-
enne, widow of George Hamm, Span
lsh war veteran. cast her bonnet into
the ring as candidate for constable.
Casper has raised the pool hall IL
cense fee to s45 for the first table. $25
for the second and SIS for each addi-
tional table, and limited the number
of pool halls to one for each 1900 pop
ulation.
Unable to extricate itself, an eagle
caught in a government trap set for
wolves neal Douglas, flew away with
the trap. The trap, weighing almost
four pounds, was carried away with
ease by the eagle.
The fifth well to be brought In ON
section 81 in the Warm Springs field,
known as the Metz section, which was
opened by the Woods Petroleum Com
pany, is living up to expectations, &C
cording to reports.
The Standard Exploration Oil Com
pany has brought in a good well at
a depth of 1000 feet. 1t is claimed to
pumps will be put to work as soon as
the water is cased off.
Oil producers in western Wyoming
have been seriously hampered in ii
movement of material and oil by wash
outs on both the Burlington and Chica-
go & Northwestern railroads. Several
bridges were washed away.
Governor Frank L. Houx has Off
cially filed his nomination petition for
governor on the Democratic ticket. He
was elected secretary of state, but sue
ceeded to the office when former Gov
ernor Kendrick was elected United
States senator.
Joseph Littler age "a years, passed
away at Monarch as the result of a
complication of diseases. Mr.. Littler
resided in Sheridan county for thirty
years, and is survived by his widow,
five sons and two daughters, two bro
theirs and eight sisters.
Fifty-six negroes have been called
to the colors from Wyoming.
Ten thousand persons at Frontier
park in Cheyenne saw Joe Gardner of
Oklahoma clip four seconds from the
worlds steer-roping record and by do
ing it provided the supreme thrill of
the first day of the Frontier days cell
ebration. Roping in an arena hook
deep with mud and slippery as a rink,
the Oklahoman completed the hog-tie
In % seconds flat. The previous rec.
ord, 81 seconds. was held by Bert Weir
of New Mexico.
Wyoming led all other states In the
tenth federal reserve district In per
capita subscription to the Third Lib
erty Loan, according to the Bond Bull
letin, published at Kansas City. The
per capita of subscriptions in Wyo-
ming was $51.73. Wyoming's quota in
the Third Liberty Loan was $5.025, 900,
but the sum subscribed was $7,330,B50.
Honor flags were awarded to 1873
towns in Wyoming and to every one of
the states twenty-one counties. Honor