, 1918-03-14
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
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Lingle expects to have telephone
service soon.
North Casper addition is to have a
ward school building.
A c. & S. bridge near Chugwater
was destroyed by fire.
Casper is to have a 100000 theater
that will seat 1,400 people.
The Platte Wyoming has spudded in
liz their test well near Guernsey.
A dredge will be used to clean the
Sidon irrigation ditch neal Cowley.
Oscar Beck, stockman of the Big
Piney country, was appointed a no.
tary.
A check artist has again succeeded
in getting in his work in Rock
Springs.
The Muddy Creek Oil Company now
has two promising wells in the Chel.
sea district.
Big Horn county's fine new court
house is completed and ready for the
furnishings.
G. v. 10y Of Casper was held at
Cheyenne on a charge of shooting
Vim. Ashford.
Hudson is complaining of too many
worthless dogs that have killed a num-
Der of sheep.
Congressman Mondell has secured
q $40 per month pension for Michael
siegar of Cheyenne.
Dominic Ponieki, aged 80 years, was
killed by a fall of Goa at Cumberland
No. 2 mine at Kemmerer.
Phoenix Camp No. LA. W. o. W. of
Cheyenne dedicated its service flag,
which contains t%wenty-six stars.
The Lander Valley Petroleum Com
pany has resumed drilling in its hole
two miles north Of Lander.
Attracted by the shallow drilling Of
the Thornton field, the Cheno OIL
Company is negotiating for land.
Twenty Wyoming blacksmiths are
to be indicted into military service at
once and sent to Kelly field, San An
tonic, Tex.
It'll lis stated at Rawlins that one of
the partners in a hide business abb
seconded, taking with him most Of the
assets of the firm.
The casinghead plant of the Mid
west Refining Company at Salt Creek
is now producing about 1900 gallons
of gasoline per day.
Opening Of Yellowstone Park to mo-
torcycles during the coming season is
announced by Secretary Lane in a dis
patch from Washington.
The Wyatt Oil and Refining Com
pany, operating in the Brenning basin.
has brought in a fair producer at a
depth of 800 to 400 feet.
Casper took her first big stride TOR
ward in a campaign for the sale of war
savings stamps when twenty citizens
were enrolled in the "Thousand-Dollar
Club"
Ten thousand acres of land in Gosh
government by a group of well-known
Wyoming men FOR the purpose of rails
ing wheat.
After a twenty-five mile chase over
the prairie, Herbert Foulks, Albin mail
carrier, killed a large gray wolf by
throwing his rifle at him. The wolf
had been shot twice when the supply
of shells a out.
Chief of Police Embrey of Cheyenne
is in receipt of a new order from the
War Department which holds 'go-be-
tweens" equally guilty with bootleg
gers or liquor statesmen who provide
soldiers with liquor.
Joseph A. Breckons, a widely known
newspaper man and secretary to Sena-
tor Francis E. Warren of Wyoming.
died in Washington, D. C. Mr.. Brock
ons underwent a serious operation
from which he failed to recover.
Wyoming women living on home
steads may join the nursing staff of
the American Red Cross, go to France
and still not lose any of their home
stead rights, according to a ruling that
has been given out by the Federal
Land Office.
Mrs. Nellie Case. owner Of a ranch
near Kemmerer. has sold $500 sheep
to C. M. Linden of Rock Springs. the
price averaging $22.87 per head. This
is a new price record for Wyoming
sheep, and, it is claimed, cannot be
eQualed in the United States.
With the forfeiture of bonds aggre-
eating $4,000 for the appearance Of
Prof. ]. B. Mcpherson, formerly prin-
cipal of the Wheatland high school.
charged with having practiced revolt
ing offenses against his boy pupils.
ranch houses for miles around were
notified to bear a strict watch for Nc
Pherson who disappeared from Wheat
land with the announcement that he
was going rabbit hunting.