, 1918-10-03
Brief News Notes
From Al Pnsxs Of
Wyoming


An effort is being made to reclaim
1000 acres Of and in Riverton viein-
Ity.
Lander refinery entire pro
duction Of Plunkett and Dallas oil
fields.
Fred @. Green of Cheyenne is among
those reported killed in action in
France. .,
Ohio county drilling in anc Creek
field to drill eaeh well to depth OF g.
500 feet.
Wyoming took fourth place at tho
International rifle shoot at Camp Per
ry, Ohio.
Cheyenne's Industrial Club has
taken steps to meet home shortage
problem.
Gustave Karl Pauling, a stranger in
Sheridan, was found lying dead upon
Main street.
Oil was struck at 1850 feet in the
West & Hazlett we'll ON sec. 32-&0-7s.
West Salt Creek.
The annual tie drive, which has
been on at Riverton for several weeks,
has been completed.
Two power plants are already in
stalled in Pilot Butte field to which
the Is producing wells are being CON
nected.
William Welty, living in the vicin-
ity Of howard, committed suicide by
blowing his head off with q shotgun,
In his cabin.
Walter Haynes of Winchester, pre-
viously reported in the official cas-
ualty lists as missing in action. 10 now
reported as dead.
Clarence M. George OF Tie Siding is
among the missing in action, according
to the casualty report given out at
Washington.
be a banner year in the stock feeding
industry Of the Big Horn valley are
now practically completed.
Sheridan county poultry fanciers
carried off high honors at the Mid
land Empire Fair at Billings, accord
ing to word received at Sheridan.
Pleading guilty to killing a big bull
moose in the hills neal Cody, n. P.
Converse Of Casper paid a fine Of 800
and costs and lost the magnificent
trophy of his prowess.
How to accommodate eighty-six
school children in a school house that
fifty will fill to the limit, is the prob
lem confronting the directors, Of the
Parkerton school neal Glenrock.
Five service stars are shining from
the service flag in the Charles D. Ca,
zier family at Alton, and by the end
of h month a sixth will be added
when another son leaves for a train
ing camp.
Governor Houx received a telegram
stating that Maj. J.. w. Lavender of
Cody, commanding the One Hundred
and Forty-eighth Field artillery, lad
died in France from wounds sustained
In action.
Butter in Cheyenne is "a cents per
pound, and may go to 10 cents soon.
A reason given for the increased price
is said to be that Uncle Sam has re-
Questioned all storage butter for ex.
port to France.
lhC ohilhS hACOllh6 a. llub
closed in a blaze of glory. The parade
was beautiful and spectacular. 1t wal
followed by the first ceremonial for
work and a splendid dinner was served
In the Masonic Temple by the Eastern
Star.
Oil fields around Spence n Hines
promising.
TL~1- -@- -.-N-4l .--
that had taken fright 1T an automo-
bile, Helen Nye, 4 pupil Of W,llace
school, near Parkman, sustained in
juries from which she aied a few mo-
ments later.
The Carter rig. drilling ON what is
known Is Little Dome In the Nav
erick Springs field, was burned by gas
which accumulated around the boilers
during n heavy fog. The rig and all
equipment was lost.
Andrew Hirko, Frontier miner, If
reports are true. faces a term in the
penitentiary for violation OF the Mann
white slave law, as he was arrested
in Butte, Mont, a few days g In
company with Mary Marchinski, also
of Frontier. with whom he sioped.
Richard Highlsyman Of Cheyenne,
midshipman. first class. at the United
States naval academy at Annapolis,
has been commended by Secretary of
the Navy Josephus Daniels for heroic
conduct in rsseuing w. N. Robinson.
a seaman, from drowning after Robin
son had fallen from the battieship
North Carolina.
Too poor to buy thrift stamps a.
other Cheyenne children did at chsy-
enne to celebrate General Pershing's
birthday. three little girls begged gar
den flowers and covered the grave Of
the generals wife and three children