, 1918-09-12

Sept. s-14-wyoming State Fair at
Sept. i3-i4-Fourth annual meeting
Y~ellowstone Highway Association at
sept. is-ao-LaramIe County Fair
Sept. 1s-2o-Bridger Valley Fair at
Lyman.
Wyoming's quota of the Fourth Lib
erty Loan is $40, 5 1000.
George w. Davis. Laramie. was
wounded severely in action.
The assessed valuation of Sheridan
county for 1918 is $40, 1851, 772.
Herman Cortes was killed near
Manville when his team ran away and
threw him out.
A permit for notary public was
granted by Governor Frank L. Houx
to C. F. Olmstead, of Glenrock.
Fred Hopka, of Cheyenne, has been
promoted TO a corporal at Camp Nc
Arthur, Tex, where he is stationed.
Guy C. Burson, Casper. was killed
in action. James E. Balisdell, Glendo,
was wounded, degree undetermined.
A. w. Ayres, pioneer of Converse
county. died at the hospital in Doug
las from injuries sustained in a rum
away.
William Hughes drove his auto over
a 25-foot embankment near Glendo
and suffered a dislocated hip in the
wreck.
Carl ]. Cook, of Gillette, Is among
the killed in action, and Glen Berger,
of Thermopolis, is reported wounded
severely in the casualty list.
Among the wounded severely in ac-
ton are Capt. G. L. Irwin, Meeteesee,
and Charles F. Hanna, Cheyenne.
Jasper Paulsen, of Cheyenne, is listed
as wounded, degree undetermined.
Full military funeral honors were
accorded the remains of Frederick
Evans, the 19-year-old soldier who
vas killed when a boulder of earth
under which he was working fell upon
him at Cheyenne.
Contracts for the piping of gas from
the Iron Creek fields to Casper have
been completed and it is stated that
within a short time Casper will be u.s.
ing natural gas for fuel and power
in all its homes and factories.
The Illinois Pipe Line Company has
completed its line from the Pilot
Butte field to Riverton, and the first
u of oil made through it. The line
is twenty-eight miles long and has a
daily capacity Of $500 barrels.
A representative of the state vet
erinarian's office was at Granger In
vestigating a mysterious sickness
which has affected about 1900 range
cattle. There is said to be ground for
suspicion that the cattle are suffering
from the effects of poison.
Numerous calls for men have been
received at the office of the United
States Free Employment bureau at
Cheyenne recently, every section of
the state sending in calls for men ex-
perienced in trades and common la
Dor. A call for 125 miners was re-
ceived from Rock Springs.
Forty-five thoroughbred rams bring
ing from $25 to $525 each were in the
first annual National Western Sheep
sale, opening at the Denver Union
Stockyards. The highest figure was
for a choice Rambouillet ram, sold by
F. S. King G Bros, of Laramie, to A.
M. Stuart, of Beckton.
With $23.500 voted for water bonds
and $4,000 for a city hall, a 500, 900
hotel in the course of construction,
and the new Masonic Temple nearing
completion, Riverton is steadily max
ing good her claim as one of the most
promising cities in central Wyoming.
The pipe line to the oil fields has
been practically completed.
Ada Rollins has been appointed
chairman of the woman's department
Of the Bridger Valley fair, to be held
at Lyman, Sept. 10 and 20.
American OIL Company, operating
in the Greybull district, is having
drilling troubles Of its own. Its No. 1
well. completed early this summer,
and which pumped around 100 barrels,
became so clogged with sediment hat
pumping had to be discontinued. Well
No. 2, started on the same lease, had
to be abandoned when two-thirds com
pleted because of defective casing.
Now the rig has been moved to No. 1
In order to remove the pump and
clean out hat well.
State Provost Marshal General Ray
X. Olds received a wire from the Ma
tional Draft Board advising of the in
duction of 156 men from this state to
attend the Colorado college at Colo
RADIO Springs. The induction appor-
toned to county boards is as follows:
Albany, 5; Big Horn, 10: Carbon, 5;
Converse, 10; Crook, 5; Fremond. s;
Goshen, 5; Hot Springs. s.; Johnson.
8; Laramie. ID; Lincoln. Is; Natrona.
10; Niobrara. s; Park. s; Platte, s;
Sheridan. 10; Sweetwater, 8; Uinta.
5; Washakee, 5.
Timothy Sullivan. 81. q a repairer
employed by the Colorado & Southern,
was killed in the Cheyenne yards
when he was run over by a train. Sui