The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-01
WYOMING
STATE NEWS

UNUSUAL severity at Guernsey the pub
lie school building and three resi-
'ieilces were struck by lightning.
Madeline Menckley, aged IS. daugh-
ter OF Mrs. Josephine Mencklev Of
Rock Springs, Wyo., fell dead at Red
ding, Calf, while singing beside
piano. She was visiting relatives
there
Roy King Of Los Angeles, entered in
the br"ncho riding contest at the Cas-.
per stampede, was injured internally
When horse rolled on him after pitch.
ing MIN off. King was bruised over his
entire body but no bones were broken.
Byrl Mnrkctt, - years old. of Buff.
faio, Wyo.. riding Buck" bay horse
belonging to Clyde Lawyer, won the
iorty-mile marathon race from Shel.
'dan to Cle:.Tmont, Wyo., in two hours
ana twenty minutes. He captured q
$40 prize offered by citizens of Clear.
mont. Sixteen riders participated.
Yellowstone park is rapidly gaining
IN popularity as u national playground.
This Is shown by the great increase in
travel for the year 1920 over that OF
1919. The number Of tourists visiting
the park for the year 1920 up to Aug.
81. Is shown to be 72.121: while the
year 1919 shows "a total of 56.231, Civ.
Ing this year an increase of 1880.
Fred Royal of Chugwater, who was
crushed beneath a four-room house,
sustaining fro <,tv l..
below the shoulders, is still alive ut q
hospital at Wheatland and hope for
his recovery is held. The fractured
vertebra was removed by an opera.
tion and Royal is beginning to have
sensation in his lower limbs.
wyoming did its share in the rec.
ord-breaking number Of new oil wells
completed during August, but of the
forty compilations in the state, nine
were dry aud three were gassers and
new production amounted to only ..
$40 barrels day as against 3,73C
barrels from thirty-one wells. com.
pleted in July. of which six were dry
and two developed gassers.
Hurry f. Cheese,nan, living on
ranch near Sunshine. Park county, had
the interesting experience of being u
resident of four counties without NOV.
ing his domicile. When he settled near
Sunshine more than thirty years ago.
this region was part Of johnson
county. Later Fremont county was
created, taking in the Sunshine dis.
trict, then Big Horn county was
formed. including the Sunlight basin.
and finally Park county was cut Oft
from Big Horn and Cheeseman's home
was included in the new county.
william l.. Carlisle, the train bandit
whose exploits have filled more news.
paper columns than those Of any fic.
ton character Of like stamp, is leadin.
an exemplary existence III the peniten.
tiary ut kawlins by spending his ct.
forts on attempts at artistic embroidery
work. Much of his handiwork has been
sold to provide him with funds to pur-
sue studies which he has taken up. Car.
Isle still suffers from the wound in his
chest received when captured by Of
ficers last winter and he is yet unable
to perform much manual labor,
The preliminary hearing Of Francis
Barrett was held before Judge High
ley of Rock Springs, change of
venue having been made from Green
River Justice Court. Barrett was
charged with the murder Of Paul
Walker, whom he shot and killed on
Aug. rs at ranch near Linwood,
Utah. In a controversy over a horse.
According to the evidence given ut the
trial BY Barrett and an eye witness,
the killing was done in self-defense
and the evidence did not justify pros.
ecution on the murder charge.
Montana and northern Wyoming coal
miners. after three days in conference
with representatives of the operators
Of both states ut Billings, Mont, have
gained n flat wage increase Of $3.50 u
day for men and 81 cents for boys, IF.
fective from Aug. 16.
Sheridan Is the latest city to enter
the ring in an attempt to secure the
establishment Of the state Odd Eel
lows home there. Buffalo aud Cas-
per have already declared their inten-
tons of trying to get tho home. and
Buffalo is said to have offered approx
ima,ely $4,000 to secure the home.
The matter will not be decided for AL
most a year.
John :. Federhen. Il veteran of the
World war and Il member If the chey-
enne fire department, was instantly
Killed. and Thomas Holland, an agent
of the federal immigration Inspection
board at Cheyenne. was seriously i'll
cured by shots fired by zee Geow, ~
years Old. Chinese. who was ON his way
10 the city jail. escorted by Holland
ana W. Il. Mansfield. federal inmirra-
non inspector. ,;euw. who is Il ne,,,-
her ct Chimes" tong. is alleged 10
nave been snug@led into this country
from Canada two months ago.
The Union Pacific is receiving the
FIRST of twenty-five engines from the