, 1920-12-02
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


After months of delays. prospectors'
permits, under the terms of the new
oil leasing act, are now going through
the general land office ut the rate of
30 a month.
Four thousand dollars is the price
on the head of G. II. Scott, alias F..
Hornsby, formerly II soldier at Fort D..
A. Russell and now wanted on n charge
of murder.
Frank Hickey, charged with the muir
der of Laben Woods. II returned over
seas soldier, at S%undance, Wyo., sew
eral months ago, vas acquitted at New
castle last night after six hours de-
liberation.
An eagle with n wing spread of eight
feet is ready for a taxidermist at the
ranch home of the %Spaulding family
near Glendo, but Walter Spaulding, s,
and his %7-year-old brother, John, whom
it attacked, are under a physicians
care.
When the Great Western Sugar Com
pany makes its payment for beets de-
livered during November the total paid
by the corporation to farmers near
Lowell this fail will be approximately
100000, or about 80 per cent greater
than the payment in 1919.
While transferring fuel oil from one
tank to another at Millbrook, in the
Little Laramie valley, the oil took fire
and before 1t could be stopped the fire
had consumed the oil in two tanks.
The oil was used for fuel oil by one of
the companies drilling in that section.
NJ. d. McKillip, real estate dealer,
completed II of the largest real es-
tate transfers ever consummated in the
Saratoga section when he sold to Oren
RuffcOrn, representing a company of
Des Moines capitalists, the Johnson
ranch of 200 acres adjoining Sarato-
ga on the west.
For the first time in the history of
Wyoming, a United States commits
sioner has been convicted of embezZle-
ment of government funds. In Fed
eral Court at Cheyenne, Leslie c.
Stalllngs, former commissioner at En-
campment, Wyo, was found guilty of
such a charge on all eight counts.
Judge Riner fined him $3.50 and costs.
Robert d. Carey, governor of wyo-
ming, has declined an invitation to at
tend the Inauguration of General OBJ
RECON as president of Mexico at the ex-
pense of the Mexican government. Gov
ernor Carey gave as n reason that he
had previously accepted an invitation
to attend the conference of governors
Mt Harrisburg, Pa.
In the first eight months of 1920.
ended August 81, Wyoming had pro-
duced II 100000 barrels of oil, or more
than was produced in the entire calen-
dar year of 1919. The states yield by
months was as follows: January, 1,17I.s
900 barrels; February. 1.167, 900;
March, 1,3l6,000; April, 1903, 1000; May,
1,36S, 900; June, 1,625,000; July, 1885,
600 August, 1,524,000.
a million head of sheep are in dis
tress In southern and central Wyoming
ms the result of range conditions pro-
duced by the almost unprecedented No
yember snowfall. From n foot to nearly
three feet of snow fell in the region
stated, and, as there has been little mild
weather since, the snow has melted
very slowly. Grass is covered by a
covering impenetrable for sheep.
Plans for "a million dollar housing
project for the benefit of its Casper
employees was announced today by the
Standard Oil Company of Indlana,
which operates reflneries at Casper,
Greybull, Laramie and Florence. Colo.
Two hundred modern five-room houses
are TO be built the first of the year
on forty acres of tract southwest of
Casper and the homes will be sold to
employees ut cost.
Hammond Will be permanently with
out n %pOstoffice unless someone is
found who will take the position of
postmaster. Word from Washington
gives this information.
Only 49S acres of the total 10000
600 acres of national forest i'm CoIo-
RADIO, Wyoming and South Dakota were
burned owe in the fire season of 1920
and the 247 forest fires which de-
velOped were detected by forest Of
Ulcers before they had burned over a
quarter acre of timber land. The total
amount of timber destroyed was 74T,-
900 board feet, .alued ut $2,2i4 on the
stump. The forest service spent S4,144
in fighting and suppressing fires.
Five OF the seven Chinese arrested
on n drug charge by federal and
state authorities In Cheyenne. wyo.,
have been released from custody. Fed
eral Narcotic Agent II. II. Westover,
who conducted the raids, announced
Leo Wing Poi and Gin Monchow. al
legged ringlenders, were given n prollm-
innry hearing in Cheyenne. In default
Of $1,000 bond each they were commit
ted to Jail TO await the action OF the
federal grand jury. Upwards OF $1,000
worth of opium md yen shee were
seized by the officers.
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