, 1919-09-25
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming

'hV titN'bAh aiilluul ioiN tllllbl VI tllG
Wyoming Bankers Association, which
was held mt Cheyenne recently.
John Boram, of Lost Springs, Wyo.,
saved his two sleeping children from
II mad dog which had crashed through
a window and had made for their bed,
by shooting the beast.
Joe Panetta, ten years old, is in Il
serious condition ut Sheridan, the re-
suit of a CUR SHOT wound in his thigh,
inflicted by II playmate. The boy did
not know the gun was loaded and
pulled the trigger.
Jesse Scott was found guilty of sec
ond degree murder at Casper after
two hours of elaboration by the jury.
Scott was tried for killing John Kosci
in a quarrel oven Mary Walker, a
I'M of the streets.
The sixteenth annual convention of
the Wyoming Federation of Women's
Clubs will be held at Lusk, September
Both to October Bird, inclusive, the call
having been issued by Mrs. .Conant
Parks of Lander, state president.
Charles Norman, a Shoshone Indian
hoy about Is years of age, was killed
near Lander by being kicked by Il
horse he was trying to rope. He missed
his throw and the horse whirled and
kicked him, death resulting in a short
time.
John Buxton, deputy state game
warden, is dead, and Joe Omeye, II,
is held in Ii county Jail on a charge
- ,-,,o, .. D-I N
shot Buxton when the officer attempt
ed to arrest the lad for hunting out
of season.
Headquarters of the Wyoming Chill
dren's Home Society were moved from
Wheatland to Cheyenne and an office
opened in hat city. Miss Allie Jewell,
superintendent of h society, will
the future.
]. Cavenell of Rock Springs was
rushed to the county jail at Green
River 10 prevent action by a mob fol-
lowing the statement of a 5-year-old
girl that Cavenell, who is 20 years old,
had enticed her to his cabin and there
is alleged to have assaulted her.
1t has beer officially announced at
Cheyenne that Gen. John ]. Pershing
will visit Cheyenne early this fall. The
exact date has not been determined
Preparations will be started this week
for giving the general the biggest re-
ception in the history of Wyoming.
Harold Ralph Denebeaux, who saw
service overseas with the A. E. F.,
| u-hn n1a,lAl ,,;ltr a,,,o 49,. -
~manslaughter in the killing of Mrs.
Josephine Higley Hovey, was SEN
fenced to serve from eight TO twenty
years in the state prison Mt Rawlins.
Sheltered beneath a wagon while
dynamiting a stump from a road near
Teton pass, Ed Kay was struck by a
stone. He staggered from beneath the
wagon and caught the full force Of
the stump which was crashing toward
him. He lived only a few hours af-
terward.
The North Park Coal Company is
preparing to open n new shaft on the
old Mari property, near Coalmont,
Colo, which is now controlled by
Clark Moore of Fort Collins, who also
owns the Northern Colorado Coal Com
pany's interests in North Park, and
will operate both mines.
Six men were injured, w rather Sc
%riously, when Il Chicago & Northwest
ern freight train and an engine pulling
two cars cOllided head on zeal Lusk.
Conductor J.. L. Kelly was injured
about the chest and right side. EN-
NETT Longchor, fireman, suffered a
fractured shoulder and severe bruises.
New Baptist churches for Casper,
Glenrock, Douglas and Lusk are as
sured as the result of an intensive
campaign being waged this month In
central and eastern Wyoming. The
several forces co-ordinated their eff
forts, and in every town the quota is
Psured.
A distressing accident occurred at
the home of John Mangum, who lives
about seven miles north of Wilson,
when IA shotgun was accidentally dis
charged instantly killing Darwin, a IA
year-old son. 1t seems that he and a
younger brother were alone at the
time. In some way the gun was dis
charged. the entire load of shot enter
ing the lads ches and ranging do,
ward.
A crime wave embracing many petty
and major thefts was brought up short
at Casper by the arrest of eight men
charged with serious o~ffenses, and 9TH
ers are pending that may increase the
number to II cor six stolen motor
cars, clothing and jewelry, to the
amount OF $4,000. have been recov-
eed by the sheriff's office In Its cam
paign, II 1t is believed that efforts to
break up organized robbery have beer
successful.
Work has been started on the con
%struction of a diversion dam at the
headgate of the Riverton Ditch No. 2,