, 1920-04-29
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
western Newspaper Union News Service.


The thirty-eighth reunion of the
Wyoming Consistory will be held in
Cheyenne May "a, %, 26 and 81. There
r already a large number of appll-
cations for initiation.
s. l.. Smith of Henry, Neb., was
awarded the contract for the construc-
ton of the four-mile stretch Of the
Yellowstone highway between Grin
Junction and Mckinley by the State
Highway Commission on March "a.
General Superintendent A. w. Wood
ruff of the Union Pacific railroad said
that, while money is hard to get, the
securities of railroads not being as al
Turing as heretofore, the company will
have money enough to do much of the
yard improvement in Laramie City dur
ing the coming summer.
Although there was a very light vote
cast at the city election at Rawlins,
less than 20 per cent of the qualified
voters voting, yet those who did vote
showed ~conclusively that they favored
the issuance of 5000 in bonds for
the purpose of putting in another sew
er system in hat city.
T~hirty-five steers, blinded by the
snow, walked Over a cliff near Wheat
land and. were killed. Many instances
of cattle seeking protection under will
lows, becoming covered with and
smOthered to death, have been discov-
cred following the recent heavy snow
storm.
L. G. Holt reports that several road
signs have been completed and are
ready for erection. The Grin CONNER
cial Club will have these signs put up
in the most advantageous places along
the highway leading into the city, the
location to be determined by the yell
lowstone Highway Association.
Livestock losses from starvation and
exposure reached far into hundreds of
thousands of dollars, according to WyO-
ming cattlemen. Hundreds of head of
cattle are reported to have persisted
along the railroad tracks and many
more on the ranges. A total of fifteen
inches of snow covered the range in the
recent storm.
Plans for the ornamental street
lighting system within the paving dis
tricts in Thermopolis have been COM
pleted and the work will be started as
loon as the necessary legal formalities
have been complied with. The posts
will be of iron, each bearing n light,
and will be set at close intervals to
light the whole district thoroughly.
That the state of Wyoming is lead
ing the nation in the prosecution of its
road building program is clearly shown
by the compiled figures of the Bureau
of Public Roads, which has just for
warded to the State Highway Depart
ment complete charts showing the
status of the federal road building
funds by states.
that a travelling and ballasting crew
of $50 men would be put at work on
the Northwestern between Douglas
and Casper within the next few weeks
and that probably half of these men
would be stationed at Douglas for the
summer. The Northwestern is plan
ming on extensive improvements in the
local yards this season and a large
number Of men will be employed on
this work.
Sidewalks and driveways about the
city hall at Casper are to replace the
present snow, slush and mud. The
City Council In session let the contract
for the construction of walks and
driveways leading to the principal en-
frances to the city hall building. This
will include a driveway on which fire
trucks will leave the fire headquarters.
The improvements and work of con
struction is to cost $7,24O, according to
the bid accepted and let.
J. +. Bruce, one of the Oldest resi-
dents of Lander, so years old, commit
ted suicide at the home of his niece,
Mrs. E. A. Mcdonald, by firing into his
body a bullet which severed the spinal
cord, and caused almost instant death.
Illness and suffering caused him to
grow Respondent, 1t is believed. The
suicide was discovered when smoke
was see coming from the aged mans
room and it was found that the bed
clothes were on fire. Bruce was a vet
eran of the Confederate army, who
served throughout the Civil war.
Stockholders of the Wyoming &
Northwestern Railway Company, which
owns the line over which the Chicago
& Northwestern operates trains pc
tween Casper and Lander, Wyo, voted
In annual meeting at Casper to sell 200
miles of railroad, and all franchises,
rights and appurteDances, to the Chi
cago & Northwestern, the latter to as
sumo all debts and liabilities, release a
mortgage executed by the company in
favor of a New York loan and trust
company and cancel all bonds secured
by this mortgage. Eight stockholders
of tile road attended the meeting. 9th
err considerations which entered into
the transfer were not made public.