, 1919-01-09

ming woolgrowers Association at
Lander.
Every tenth Wyoming citizen owns
an automobile.
Only twelve marriage licenses were
issued in Cheyenne in December.
Wyoming's commercial coal fields
are estimated to contain 425, 100000
900 tons.
Oil men are becoming interested in
possibilities of second oil field west of
lance creek.
Wyoming irrigation canals author
ICED or constructed in 1918 aggregate
1921 miles.
The Riverton Refining Company is
completing it's refinery about two
miles out of Riverton.
Wyoming purchased $21.O0O, 900 of
Liberty Bonds and went over the top
on every war activity.
Wyoming's taxable wealth increased
S50,649,S19 in 1918. The assessed
wealth of the state is now $1,614 per
capita.
Wyoming has a sufficient number
of horses to mount every man, wom-
an and child in the state, with $4,000
left over
Wyoming manufactures, outside of
petroleum, increased $50 per e in
five years, and the 1918 valuation
reached 500, 0OO. 900.
In the casualty list issued by the
War Department appears the name of
Peter Hansen of Rock Springs, who
Is reported among those wounded Sc
verely.
Billy PARTON Countiss, AZ years of
age and for many years a resident of
this county, died of exposure in the
Flat Top country, twenty miles east
of Douglas.
w. d. Fisher, secretary of the Com
munity club at Alliance, Neb., is to
succeed Tilden Norris as secretary of
the Commercial club of Sheridan,
March 10.
Cheyenne is greatly interested in
the proposed air mail route from New
York to a Francisco. 1t is quite
generally understood that such a line
will be in operation before the end of
this year.
slim" Davis, alias Engleston, and
Sam Larson are in the county jail at
Casper charged with the murder of
Jack Friccera. who died from wounds
said to be inflicted by the men in a
gambling joint.
Goshen county has a candidate for
appointment to the office of warden
of the state penitentiary at Rawlins, in
the person of Nelse Perry, who has a
big ranch near La Grange, in the
south end of the county.
Announcement was made in Chey.
enne hat the inheritance tax from the
estate of Ed Hoffman had been paid
The amount of this tax, which goes
into the inheritance tax fund of Lar.
annie county is $2,799.85.
Two Wyoming men in the casualty
list are Private Guido Inawa of KEN
erer, who died of wounds received in
action, and Private Hinton d. Miller,
whose next of kin is Paul Miller OF
Douglas, missing in action.
Miss Princess Butler of Sheridan,
stage driver between Passaic, Wyo.,
and Sayle. Mont, sustained a broken
wrist while hating her runaway team
when they became frightened when a
bolt dropped out of the doubletree.
Senator Warren is much interested
in the proposal to make Wyoming an
internal e district. Under the
present arrangements Colorado and
Wyoming are operated together, the
main office and the collector being in
Denver.
MI. and Mrs. H. R. Paul, of Douglas,
celebrated Christmas and their golden
wedding anniversary at the home OF
Mayor and Mrs. Athens.
The Kinney Company has recently
brought in an additional well in the
Grass Creek lease of about fifty bar
rels' daily production, for which they
get a price of $3.50 per barrel. Sew
eral other locations on the Kinney
Grass Creek lease will be drilled dur.
ing the coming year.
Wyoming is a creditor. not a debtor
state. To offset an insignificant bond
ed debt of 500, 900 the state holds in
terest-bearing securities amounting to
$1,60S, 606. Revenues for 1918, above
administrative expenses, approximate
$1,000, 900. The state can soon dc
away with state taxes for admins
trative purposes.
Wyoming may be soon placed in a
position to reap a large share of the
harvest of the after-the-war construc'
ton period. II the coming Legisla
ture so wills, the state may be able
to attract not only thousands of home
coming soldiers, but thousands oi
other men as well. This is pointed
out by State Engineer James B. True
in his biennial report to the governor
Every disabled soldier or sailor
should know that the federal board fol