The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1920-11-05
WYOMING
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Mrs. Helen Swain Barlow Of Den
yer, an Instructor at the WOlcott con-
servatory in that city, has been Sc
cured to give part of her time to
teaching violin at the department of
music of the University Of Wyoming.
Flying at the rate of 122 miles an
hour Pilot Pickup brought $50 pounds
of mail from Omaha to Cheyenne,
making the first nonstop flight be-
tween the two cities ever made by mail
plane pilots. He covered the 453 miles
in three hours and forty minutes.
Frank Rosenberg, 45-year-old
rancher, was shot and instantly killed
at a rooming house at Bucknum, Wyo.,
n small town about 30 miles west Of
Casper. in NatrOna county, by John +.
Dewald. a freighter and ranch hand,
who Immediately gave himself up to
the sheriff.
Ranger Milton r. Ames of the
Medicine Bow national forest, killed a,
large mountain lion, weighing about
200 pounds, IN the mountains west of
AAAIA AAL iAIueS ICSCntIN puA-
chased Il pack of hounds and succeeded
in bagging the lion on the first trip
with them into the timber.
Frank W. Mondell, Republican can
didate for representative in Congress,
suffered Il broken leg while inspecting
the Riverton reclamation project. One
message says that the injury resulted
from his falling off an excavator,
while another message says it occurred
in an automobile accident.
Wyoming has six more barristers as
result Of the action of the State Su-
preme Court in admitting that many
men to the bar. The new lawyers are !:
James r. KEN of Newcastle, Willis
Stidger Of Casper, Maurice b. Gluck
of Rawlins, Philip f. Winter of Cas-
per, Clarence l.. Smith of Glenrock
and Edward j. Plunket of Burns.
A. A. Dieleman, cashier of the Bank
of Manville, was killed and Fred Kok-
RADIO, assistant cashier in the same
bank, was seriously injured, as their
car overturned when Dieleman, who
was driving. attempted to avoid col
liding in a blizzard with a team Of
horses. Hobart Ward, another occu-
pant of the car, escaped without in
jury.
DR.. William Norwood, dentist, who
suffered Il fractured skull. died late
Saturday night without regaining con-
sciousness. The latest of the accidents,
that sustained by 7-year-old William
Bailey, .]r., son of William J. Bailey,
cashier of the Citizens National bank
occurred while the lad was playing in
front of Il school building. He is eX.
pccted to recover.
Mary Francis. a fifth grade pupil,
suffered serious injuries at Thermopo-
lis. when run over while returnin.
home from school by IL car, and lies in
the Carter sanitarum suffering from
two broken ribs and an injured lung.
which was punctured by the end of
one rib. She was also severely bruised
about the face and body. The girl ran
and fell directly in front of the ma.
chine, which WAS being driven slowly,
and tried to crawl out between the
front and rear wheels. The wheel
passed over her body.
An increased coal production of l..
100000 tons in southern Wyoming dur.
ing 1920. over the total for 1919 was
indicated by figures made public by
Robert Il. Sheldon, state coal mine in.
spector for District No. I. Mr.. Sned
don announced that during the frs,
six months of the present year the pro
luction in his district, embracing all
the coal fields of the southern half OF
the state, was 2.222O,G39 tons, an in
crease of 76S,SS3 tons, or 341h pei
cent. over the totals for the same pc
riod in 1919. This ratio. if it holds
out during the present six months. will
give the additional 100000 tons.
Frank Vorpahl and John Haakon
both of Laramie, We're killed and Nels
Grand was seriously injured at Green
vile. when they We're struck by Il pas
senger train ut RawlinS. and little hope
is extended for his recovery. The mel
We're helping to clear up Il wreck and
stepped from behind one car on tn.
track of the approaching train.
The Mike Henry Oil Company well
on the northwest quarter OF section -
in the Usage field is reported to be o.
the pump after having been connected
with the pipe line of the Illinois Pipe
Line Company. Oil is reported to
have been sent from several other wells
in the field. This report indicates tha,
the pipe line has been completed ia
the small Usage field.
Mrs. Georgia Brenning, held for fel
onious assault in connection with tn,
killing of James Clark, wen-knowl
sheepman of Douglas, in his apart
mentS in the First National Bank
building last June. was acquitted by !,
jury in the District Court. The jury
upheld the arguments of the defense
that Mrs. Brenning, through grief
threats and taunts, was mentally IRE.
SpOnSlble at the time Of th. Sh.,,ipr