, 1920-06-24
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

region of the United States, have made
arrangements to store their 1920 clip,
comprising approximately 5000, 900
pounds, pending the return of settled
conditions in the wool market and a
clearing up of the financial situation.
Roy Z. Bergstrom, who is in the
county Jail at Laramie awaiting trial
for the murder of his wife, Gladys Nc
Arthur Bergstrom, April Bird last, tried
to make his escape from the county
jail by saving the bars with a kitchen
knife fashioned into q saw. He vas
discovered after he had sawed about
half through one of the bars, and the
knife taken away from him.
Complete instructions to organize
the Wyoming Association of the Anna
teur Athletic Union have been received
at Casper by C. H. Reimerth from
of the vice presidents of the associa-
ton with headquarters in New York
City. Wyoming at present is part of
the Rocky Mountain Association of
the A. A. u. which is composed of the
state of Colorado, Wyoming and New
Mexico.
Carrying invitations from Governor
Carey to the mayors of he cities
which she will visit, Miss Helen Bon
ham, Miss Wyoming" is en- route TO
Omaha, Chicago, Washington, New
York, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Kan
sas City, st. Louis and Denver. Miss
Bonham was dressed in full cowgirl
attire and carried invitations to the
mayors to attend the Cheyenne From
tier show.
Cheyenne high jackers have made
away with an unknown quantity of
liquor from the basement of the post
office building at Cheyenne, where 1t
had been placed by the United States
marshal. Tile thefts were discovered
when twelve quarts of bonded whisky
were found to be missing. The liquor
was locked in a small room in the
basement of the federal building. and
Dan Hudson, United States marshal,
Dissatisfaction among merchants
and the public at Casper over the
daylight saving" effected by opening
stores at z a. m. and closing at ) p. m.
has resulted in a return to the old
hours of 8 a. n. to 6 p. M. A major
ity of the members of the Merchants
Association voted for the change, and
1t was made effective at once. The
oil ~refineries, which advanced their
shifts n hour to correspond with
the merchants hours, have taken no
action.
William Smith, convicted Of blow
inf a safe at Hillsdale, Wyo., last
August, has escaped from the state
penitentiary at Rawlins. The escape
was discovered when it was found
TINT the figure in his bed was a dunn
my. Smith is thought to have I'M
locked his cell door with a key made
from a tin can. 1t is thought that he
then went to the kitchen, cut the win
dow bars with q meat saw, and climbed
over the wall. This was Smiths third
escape.
Judge William C. Mentzer has grant
ed n temporary restraining order en-
joining he state of Wyoming from
grading the road through the John
Laycock property in the Divide coun-
try, west of Cheyenne. The plaintiffs
are a number of ranchmen of that
country, who allege that the road runs
through their property and that the
state highway department has no right
to build through the ranches of the
owners. Mr.. LaycOck's land is the
first affected, and his will be the first
case up.
The Magoon store, in which the
postoffice was situated at YOungwom-
an, a division of the Lance Creek oil
district, was burned to the ground from
fire of unknown origin. Homer Davis,
manager of the store, and Willard Ma
COON escaped from the building in
their night clothes with part of their
personal belongings.
There are 292 students registered at
the summer school of the University
OF Wyoming. Three hundred and six,
the high enrolment, was the record
of 1916. The officers Of the school
are expecting this record to be beaten,
as some of the young women expected
from the northern part of the state
a not had time to reach Laramie
when the count was taken.
Twenty-Five head Of cattle belonging
to Gene Michael of Brodus. Mont.
were drowned and killed in efforts to
rescue them after they became begged
in the mire of Powder river, north of
Moorehead. Some of the cattle were
so firmly imbedded that their necks
were broken when cowboys tried to
drag them u Before the rescue
work had been completed a rain raised
the river INT submerged the stock.
James Clark, well-known stocisman,
was shot and killed at Douglas. Roy
Brenning, an automobile mechanic, IL