, 1919-10-09
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming

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Minneapolis, Mimi. mt the age of -
years.
The body of a man named Baird who
disappeared June = while working on
the Niche rancn east of Casper, was
recovered from the Platte river, four
teen miles east of Casper, a few days
ago.
Leslie A. Miller of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
was nominated by President Wilson to
be collector of internal revenue for the
district of Wyoming. and Ernest l..
Parker of Idaho to be receiver of pub
lie moneys at Lewiston, Ida.
A fire believed to have been of in
cendiary origin which destroyed the
dynamo plant of the COnroy coal mine
at kemmerer caused Il loss estimated
mt $4,000, One-fOurth of which is COW
cred by insurance. The mine has not
been operated for several months. The
sheriff's investigation of the fire has
resulted in the finding of clues which
may make II possible to identify the in
oendiaries, of whom 1t is believed there
were two.
Cheyenne will he the first to inaugur-
ate Il hitherto untried system of mu-
niciDal government if a plan conceived
by Harry Z. Hynds and which is being
Packed by many influential men, ma
terialiZes. Mr. Hynds would elect a
set of commissioners, who would turn
over their salaries to hire n city man.
eyer, the manager being directly ac-
Countable to the commissioners for all
I;. aafe M ~la, 10 w-tl~t, -1-o
in this city.
The Frances Warren Pershing me-
mortal hospital which is to be erected
TO replace the Laramie county hospital
mt Cheyenne, better known as st.
Johns, will cost 100000, or double the
ainount originally contemplated. OF
the cost Senator F. E.. Warren, father
of the late Mrs. P%ershing, will contrib
Ute $4,000. the county will raise $780,
600 by taxation and individuals inc
fraternal organizations are expected to
contribute $4,000.
The state of Wyoming is now receiv-
ing in oil royalties from it's state lands
and state school lands, more thar $780,
900 a month, or 100000 a year. Not
only that, but within the next twelve
months it will in all probability be re-
ceiving twice that amount. These fig
ures do not include the royalties from
the university lands. The latter are
now running about $4,000 a month,
N are likely to increase to $4,000 or
$500 0 "A month. The total revenue for
1920, therefore, is likely to be In x
cess of ST. 100000.
Jeremiah Daily had a thrilling ex-
perience in a battle for life in the cur
rent of Powder river. He was on his
way to Casper from the Big Horn
mountains, when he attempted to ford
Powder river, sixteen miles below Pow
der River station. The stream was
deeper and the current stronger than
he mad anticipated und his horse was
swept out from under him. The ami
NAL was drowned and Mr.. Daily saved
his own life only after a stiff battle
against the current his expert swim
ming took him safely to the bank.
For the first time in several years
there are more men than women en-
rolled at the University of Wyoming as
students. The total enrolment at the
end of the second week of the new col
lege year was 439 students, 331 of col
lege rank md 1OS in the university
high school. There are III college
men and 100 women, while the high
school has sixty-one boys and forty
seven girls, a total of 3 males and
POT females. The registrar predicts
that by Thanksgiving the enrolment
will have gone over the 800 mark.
The associated students of the Uni
versity of Wyoming. composed of both
student and faculty members, has au-
thoriZed a football game between the
University of Wyoming and the Mon
tana Agricultural College at Casper,
Wyo,, on Saturday, Oct. IL.
Bert Cole, Wyoming aviator, thrilled
thousands at Cheyenne by going higher
than ever man has gone before from
Cheyenne. He scared to IN altitude
of 1880 feet above the city. This,
added to the city's elevation of 6,0S2,
placed Mr.. Cole and the two men who
were riding with him at an elevation
of 1852 feet above sea level, a mile
higher than either Pixies peak or
Longs peak.
Improvement of the Denver road
where it approaches Cheyenne is as
sured following the action of the city
commissioners in withdrawing parts of
two Cheyenne streets as streets, and
converting them into part of the state
highway system. Following his ac-
ton by the city, the state highway
| department has agreed to put a sub
| stantial concrete bridge over Grow
creek, replacing the present rickety
structure and Strengthening the road
where it enters Cheyenne.
Cody has taken another advanced
step in building the first hangar in the
state, and having located there the