, 1919-11-27

~ p''tiiibtt L " W. 1919.
Wyoming lays claim to the distinc-
ton of being the first state in the
Union to settle its coal strike.
Casper has been made official state
headquarters of the American Legion
by the state executive committee. On
account of the state secretary being To-
Gated there it was thought best to
change.
Watson is to be the name of the next
town plated in Wyoming in line with
the movement to establish q trading
point and mail station midway between
Fort Washable and the ShOshoni In
dian school.
The Laramie Club Holding Company,
formed for the purpose of building a
clubhouse for the proposed Laramie
Club with a capital of $4,000, has pur-
chased the building site and will COM
mence building shortly.
Leo Gonzalez, n Mexican shepherd
er charged with attacking a young wo-
mar at a ranch in the southern part of
Carbon county several months ago., will
spend from three to six years in the
penitentiary as a result of his crime.
Nat Baker of Lusk was elected pres
ident of the Wyoming division of the
Grant Highway Improvement Associa-
ton by delegates in convention at Riv-
erton. An organization of the Grant
Highway Association was made in that
city.
Wyoming's corn crop will amount to
$4,000 bushels this year as compared
with 100000 bushels in 1918, accord
ing'to the November crop report for
the state issued by A. d. Cook of Doug
las, field agent for the Bureau of Crop
Estimates.
The well being drilled by the Lance
Creek Royalties Company on the King
lease in section 10 of the Rock Creek
field, is reported to be on top of the
cap rock of the Wall Creek sand at
1850 feet. The Muddy Creek sand
lies about 400 feet below this horizon.
This is the productive SAND of the
| field and it should be reached in his
well within a few weeks, barring acct
dents.
Wyoming's law prohibiting the man
vi ptath llolh
gas within ten miles of an incorporated
town was held unconstitutional in a de-
cision at Cheyenne. The decision was
in injunction proceedings brought by
the Midland Carbon Company, which
has a $1,5O0,O 900 plant in Big Horn
county, and the Occidental Oil and Gas
Company. The law was passed to con-
serve the natural gas supply for use in
lighting and heating cities.
The Wyoming delegation of the first
national convention of the American
Legion at Minneapolis returned home
strongly in favor of urging each local
post to detect radicalism of all kinds.
The members of the delegation said
they were strongly determined that
there should be nc repetition of the
Centralia tragedy. They also ex-
pressed their belief that all the ex-
service men in Wyoming were in favor
of wiping out the fred" menace.
Elk came down from their summer
range covered with fat, and are in fine
| shape to Withstand the rigors of a hard
winter, according to State Game War
den W. II. Judkins, who returned to his
home in Riverton after a tour of the
big game country. Coupled with this
Is the announcement that the govern
ment has $40 tons of hay on hand in
the Yellowstone district and the state
$50 tons, all of which will be fed to the
| thousands of elk on their winter feed
ing grounds.
Spanish influenza claimed its first
victim at Douglas this winter when
Irene Cookston, aged 10, succumbed to
the disease.
The bodies of two men, identified
from papers in their pockets as Deab
Jones of Rock Springs. Wyo., and j.
F.. Kelley, whose address is unknown,
were discovered in a refrigerator car
in the Union Pacific yards at Chey-
enne. Death was due to s%uffocation.
The men had crawled into the car to
steal a ride and were overpowered by
the fumes from a charcoal stove. The
stove tender found the bodies and noti-
fled the coroner, who took charge of
the bodies.
Trappers of wild game in the Ian
der region are due to reap a harvest
this season, for coupled with the an
nouncement by local trappers that the
hills are full of lynxes, bobcats, coy
otes, foxes and marten, prices for pelts
and furs are extremely high and pros
poets are that they will show further
gains before spring. Several black
wolves have been seen in this coun-
try, and special efforts will be put
| forth TO catch them. as their fur ie
very valuable.
A complete system of caring for men
hurt while working for the company
has been planned and is being carried
out in part by the Midwest Refining