, 1919-08-07
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming

at TOrrlnSton, on September Bird, 4th
and 9Th. On account of the war no
fairs have beer held for two years.
William Marks, employed as a chop
per by one of the contractors at the
timber camp on Hamsfork, forty miles
from Kemmerer, was instantly killed
when a falling tree crushed his head.
Frank Gilbert, sheepherder for Har-
ry Lester, was found dead at the
Blacks Fork camp, near Evanston,
with a rifle wound in his side and
stomach, Whether it was a case Of
suicide or accident is not known. De-
ceased was unmarried and came west
twenty years age.
The Union Pacific has consented to
the laying of a spur track to the Pa
cific Packing COmpany's plant in Lar
annie, one of the largest plants of Its
kind in the state. The packing COM
state for furnishing meat for the pen
itentiary at Rawlins.
Because he was refused a policy by
a life insurance company and despOn-
dent over the fact that his health vas
steadily failing, ZadOck Il. Riggs, as
sistant cashier of the Wyoming Ma
tional Bank at Casper, committed sui
eide in his room at the home of Rev.
w. H. Bradley of the Presbyterian
Church, by shooting himself twice
above the heart.
Leon Seizkouski, age 80 years, died
at the state hospital as the result of
injuries received in a mine accident
that occurred at the Monarch mine,
neal Sheridan. The unfortunate man
was working in the mine, when there
was a slide and he was caught under
meath tons Of falling Goa. His ribs
on the right side were fractured and
his back broken.
Frank Hunter, one of the best
known men of Sheridan, died from in
juries sustained while on the way to
a weekend fishing trip in the noun
tains beyond Dayton. He had been
en~deavoring to fix a leaking gas tank
on the Ford truck~ on which he was
riding when he suddenly pitched for
ward and over the side of the car.
He struck his lead pon Il rock and
never regained consciousness.
The movement for the federal gov
eminent to take over the Yellowstone
highway from Cheyenne to h nation
al park will receive the support of
Wyoming o men only on condition
that the government surface the road
with permanent material. Proposals
to this end will be made to the In
terror Department and a plan will be
launched to have the state aid the
work with another bond issue.
Rates on cottonseed and peanut
cake and meal from Texas common
points to Colorado, Montana, Idaho,
Wyoming, Utah and Oregon have been
held by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to be unreasonable and unduly
prejudicial in the case brought by the
Texas Cottonseed Crushers' Associa-
ton. New rates were ordered, not ex-
ceeding by more than 5 cents "a hun
bred, the rates from points in the Fort
Worth-Dallas group.
William F. Miller, 10, of Wyandotte,
Mich, was found dead on the tracks
at Thayer Junction, a few miles from
Rock Springs. His face was badly
cut and 1t is believed he was struck
by a train while walking along the
track or fell from one on which he
was stealing n ride. In his pockets
was found a registration care dated
September 10, 1918, and bearing the
name William Il. Miller, Wyandotte,
Michigan.
There are now 235 miles of highway
under construction in District 8 of the
United States Bureau of Public Roads.
according to the monthly report J. S.
Bright, district engineer, is now pre-
pairing. The district includes the
states of Colorado, New Mexico, Ari-
zona and Wyoming. The cost of con-
tracts which have. been let totals $751;
500.
Salt Creek continues to be Wyom-
ing's premier as well as its oldest oil
field. 1t now is producing close to
10000 barrels of crude daily, n 1t
is current belief hat this heavy out
| put could be doubled if certain handi-
caps were removed. These include the
governments order withdrawing a
large acreage of proven oil land with
in the field, controversies ove GER
tain land titles between operating com
panies and private individuals, and
present lack of pipeline capacity for
shipping oil from the district. All OF
these obstacles to more rapid growth
are fast being set aside, and within
a few months oil men are confident
of seeing Salt Creek come into its own
and be recognized as a bigger produc'
er of high grade oil than any other
field in the United States.
Over 10000 acres of land have been
added to the Wyoming national forest
the Department of Agriculture has an
nounced, by President Wilson's sign
Ing Of n Eaclanatian airinn RinaI