, 1919-10-30

from December / to 10. 1918.
Casper's first hangar with II capacity
of housing twelve airplanes has beer
completed.
Decision to incorporate the Presby-
terrain synod of Wyoming under the
laws of he state WAS one of the i'm
portant proceedings taken by he synod
In annual convention at Casper.
The United States forest service will
use n fleet Of airplanes to patrol the
forests of Wyoming, Montana and Ida
no next year. according TO information
given out by two members of the aer-
ial patrol of the forest service.
Nevada and California capitalists
are preparing active development of
their holdings in the Waterfall district
neal Kemmerer. Wyo. Well No. l will
he spudded in about n mile and a quar-
ter north of the well being drilled by
the Lincoln-Idaho company.
John Carney, arrested mt Wheatland
for burglary i'm the spring of 1918, and
who broke Jail in April of that year, is
in custody of Shoshone. Idaho, accused
Of n burglary there. He will be tried on
the IDAHO charge and should he be
acquitted will be returned to Wheat
land for trial on the Wyoming charge.
Monte Jones of Cody has returned
from a trip with two New Jersey
friends in the northern wilds, where
they penetrated the interior of Alaska
some 400 miles and bagged the limit of
big game. Each man secured two
sheep. two goats. two caribou and one
moose, in addition to several large griz-
lilies.
PostOffice estimates place the popu
lation of Casper now at $4,000 people,
and 1919 receipts tend to bear Ou this
claim. Under increased postal rates in
1918 stamp sales totaled S67 900, while
stamp sales for the first three-quarters
this ear already aggregate $4,000,
and the largest quarter is still out-
standing.
Company has drilled in it's well No. 1
in the Fossil field, Lincoln county,
Wyoming. and it is believed good for a
pumper of twenty barrels. Production
is encountered at between 200 and 300
feet and the company proposes to bring
its holdings to large production in rec
ord time.
A homestead notent issued nv tho
federal land office moro than twentv-
three years ago, has been received for
recording at the county clerks office
at Kemmerer. The patent was signed
ny "roNel oieNei"iu' fresiuehl at 'he
tin'e OF ne issuance 1T gave arthur +.
Welcnihah 'ltie 10 u quarter section OF
iahu III the star Naiiey'
Total capitalization of 151 oil com
panies which filed articles with the sec
rotary of state of Wyoming during the
first nine months of 1919 reached S1T0.-
23l, 100. Compared with the same peri
taan in tbe numhar of comnonios I'll
inc hut an incro,se in tho nr,orn+ 20,
which they arc conit.lized of COZ ae1
700.
The Alliance refining nlont is noar.
ing completion at T%hermopolis. Wvo.
with prospects that it will be placed in
operation shortly. Experts are making
a thorough analysis of the oil from the
warm springs ilelu 10 determine what
~py-prouucls can ne eNtfacted profita-
n,nata1 - .,a ,s ooh
1rinima r;os ,,.u, shonsn
- ttn ", Snr,nn Dpe,ati,s
- In ie nv eiectric
800 ~
Louis +. Mapson, aged "a, an ex-soi-
dier with two years of service overseas
with the 127th field artillery egfmen
died at Casper as a result of a minor
accident. Mapson was repairing m ele-
vator when his hand caught in the
gears and was badly lacerated. He
died on the operating table before the
operation to remove two fingers could