The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-05-07
WYOMING
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper tnion News Service.
Jack Taylor will have IL real oppon-
ent in Allen EuS,Hce, Kansas champ,
! who is being hroughs to Casper. April
rs. under the direction OF George Me-
I.cod.
Smallpox has broken out at HoSlcr.
one school child having the disease All
the children were vaccinated, The
school and ,mst"ffice fumigatrd and
the affected family q,arantined.
More than eighty members of the
Commercial club Of Sheridan will go
on Il booster trip in the interest Of the
Custer Battlefield highway in May.
The itinerary includes towns in South
Dakota which have taken Il great in
tereSt in the promotion of the high
way.
I.u>k. Wyo. was selected as the meet
ing place for the 1921 convention "f
the Wyoming Stock Growers ASSocn-
ton jus, before the adjournment OF its
| twenty-fOurth annual meeting at cl"y-
| cnnc, and j. e. Underwood of Under
wood. Wye. was elected president for
the coming year.
General Superintendent, 4. W. WnWi
! ruff of the Union Pacific railroad said
that, while money is hard to gel, the
securities of railroads not being as AZ
Turing as heretofore. the company will
have money enough to do much Of The
yard improvement in Laramie City dur
| ing the coming simmer
Samuel +. Phillips. one Of the pioneer
residents and retired ranchmen OF Al
bany county. died suddenly of apo
! plexy. Mr.. Phillips was 50 years old.
| He came to Wyoming in 1868 as IL gov
eminent livestock inspector, and served
in the Fourth State Legislature. Mr..
Phillips was II Confederate veteran.
Mrs. Phoebe l.. Allen, wife OF George
+. Allen. Il rancher Of Manchester, died
at the state hospital ut Sheridan from
the effects Of blood poisoning caused
by i, sting on the head by small
brown bug. Mrs. Allen was the mother
Of nine children. who with her hu>-
band. parents, brothers and sisters. SUR
vive her.
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 Oh the ranges. \ total Of fifteen
inches of SNOW covered the range in the
recent storm.
The personal effects of Guy {. Bur-
son. one Of the two Casper boys killed
in action during the world war. have
just been Sent from Washington 10y The
War Department. although Burson was
killed in the battle of the Ar.onne,
practically two years ago. Rur>on was
IL member of Company NJ, 23rd inlan-
try. Word of the sending OF his effects
was sent to his father. Albert Eur>oll.
The Burlington Railroad Company
has been sued for S7.2.OW in the bis
trct Court ut Grcybnll by Mrs Ross NJ.
Sullivan. whose husband was killed
while working as Il freight conductor
on the railroad. 1t was during il bat
tie against flames which broke au1 in
Il string OF forty hoNcars near Neibcr,
Wyo., that Sullivan lost his life. In
jurieS from burns, gas and smoke
caused his death
Following an address by l.. +. Eppich
of Denver. who spoke before the real
estate board of the Chamber of CONF
merce 1T Casper, the latter voted to re-
tain city planning expert who will
| h., ..,,1f ~ ,,.l,
Identification of the city, the laying
out of parks and Improvements and
coming measures designed to control
the growth OF the ctyS industrial bus
!, mess and residence sections to tin. best
advantage
FOlloWin" his announced policy ut
giving the fulle>, publicity to the AT
fairs of the state land office in ur,!rr
that The people of Wyoming may he
awakened to the value of their land
grants and their income possibilities.
Land commissioner Baker gave oiit i: =.
ure> for February. 1920. showing HAT
j., the receipts in his office for that
month from oil royalties alone ill.,
creased the permanent land investment
IullNS bl me STATE. me income from
which only can be used. To the extent
of Sl',.9li,>S.
= Stockholders "f the Wyoming &
. Northwestern Railway Company. Mh,,l,
, OWNS The line over which the ChirIu,,
\ \ Northwestern operates trains he,
= tween casper and Lander. Wyo.. voted
J.. in annual meeting At Casper f." sell .m
miles OF railroad. and all franchises
rights and hppurtenanrcS. to the chi
e raGo Northwestern. the latter IL uS
sum" all debts and liabilities RELEASE. a
10 mortgage executed by the company IN
! favor of II New York loan and tru~,
5 compan! and cancel all bonds Secure,
, by this mort gage. Eight Stockhn.ler>
4 Of the road attended the meeting o,l,
q cr iunSitlprl ions which eptnr.l inn,