, 1920-02-19
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
western Newspaper Union News Service.

oea 80 W ~" Wv
theater to be erected during the sum-
mer months. Plans are being made by
a Denver architect.
A Kaycee district homesteader, Mrs.
Rem Morrison, has made good in the
movies" and has been made the star
Of a concern producing pictures neal
Los Angeles.
Maurice Zoutte, a brakeman on a
min trip at Dietz, vas killed instant
ly when he fell in front of the trip.
The body was badly crushed. Zoutte
was % years old and a veteran of the
late war.
Rock River is to build a 100000 ho-
tel this year to care for the ever-in-
creasing influx of oil visitors in the
Rock River oil region near there. A
twO-story, fire-proof structure prob
ably will be built.
A single shipment of furs from
Douglas was valued at $4,000, the
carload representing the purchases of
one house from trappers in the west
ern and central part of the state. The
furs were sen to Chicago.
A branch office of the United
States Bureau of Internal Revenue
will be established in Casper to es-
pecially care for the interests of the
big corporations in making returns on
their excess profits. The office will
be established in the court house
from February 10 to March 10.
Scarcity of seed grain because of
the drouth last year has resulted in
the Chamber of Commerce at Their
mopolis taking up the job of shipping
wheat, barley, oats and alfalfa seed in
big quantities to farmers at cost.
Many have announced already that
they will take advantage of it.
Fire which was started by the cof-
at Lusk, totally ruined the eating
house INT did n damage estimated at
$1,000 before it was extinguished.
Mrs. Oliver was slightly burned about
the face and arms, and while her in
juries are painful, she will recover
Two hours of work by the Chamber
of Commerce workers at Casper OBJ
tanned 419 members to the Casper
Chamber of Commerce in the first lap
towards the goal of more than 1000
members. No large memberships
have been taken in, effort being made
first to get the little and active bust
ness man.
An important newspaper deal was
consummated when the Laramie Re-
publican was sold and transferred to
Frank Sumner Burrage and associates.
1t was owned by the Laramie Republi-
car Company, the stockholders being
William f. Chaplin, editor; James
Mathison, business manager, and
Frank w. S%pafford, manager of the
job department.
There were 131 Wyoming men who
were killed in action or died from
wounds received in action in France,
according to the list issued by State
Secretary Harry Fisher of the Ameri-
can Legion. The relatives of each
one of the 131 men who lost their lives
will be presented with the engraved
certificates given by the French gov
eminent in appreciation of the sacri-
flee made.
The government is keeping a sharp
y this year to see that full income
tax is paid on rents received during
1919, says Leslie A. Miller, internal
revenue tax collector for Wyoming.
The landlords Will come in for good
tax reports, many of them have sold
out al the high prices and consequent
ly have realized handsome profits. All
profits are considered income
and will be filed as such.
The plan to bond the town of Wor-
land for taking over the water and
light plants was defeated by n major
ity of So votes at n special election.
Worland is handicapped by the lack
of continuous light service at the pres
ent time.
Attorney Joseph Garst was elected
president of the board of state fair
managers TO succeed DR.. b.. F. Davis
at "a meeting at Douglas. The board
was increased to seven. Dates for the
next big fair, which, by legislative en-
actment is now conducted under the
supervision of the state, were set for
Sept. IA to II, inclusive. Plans will
be undertaken to make it the great
est ever held in the state.
Taking refuge from a storm in an
abandoned cabin on the c. A. Rocker
ranch neaf Dubois, five burros were
trapped when the door of the struc-
fura hlaw Ghut and ctaryad m daofh
Their bodies finally were found by
scent after they had been missing
three weeks. BY that time the car
casses had become so offensive that
they were destroyed by the simple x
pedient of setting the old cabin afire.
Fur pelts and black fur o~vercoats
valued at nearly $1,000, were stolen