The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-05-21
WYOMING
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

prared on the principal streets ut that
city a,tired in Ovclalls.
$. X. Reed. who has recently cou-
ple,ed long term of service with the
American army in Europe. accompan.
panied by his Belgian bride. whOln he
met and wOOed and won while he was
helping liberate that unhappy country
from the s,ranslehOld of the Hun, 10
the first returning soldier to bring .
bride back to ThermopOIis
The American Legion is to stage n
nationwide membership campaign
starting May II and continuing until
May -, according to a special n,es-
sage received from national headquar.
tiers by State .Adju,ant Harry Fisher
AT Casper. This campaign is the result
Of the action Of a national meeting Of
state adjutants held in indianapolis.
The baseball team from the Cniver-
sity Of California, at Berkeley, has
chosen 10 meet the team from the Uni.
versity Of Wyoming above all others
between California and Chicago. when
the team makes it's Ocean-tO-ocean trip.
Berkeley will also bring it's tennis
stars, and the Wyoming players are
already doing their utmost to get into
condition.
Arthur Weydt of Red Lodge, Mont,
was drowned in the Washable plunge.
ON the State Hot Springs reserve ut
Thermopolis when attacked by heart
trouble while in bathing. Other bath.
ers, who believed he had di, ed,
dragged his body from the pool after
his body from the pool after several
anxious moments in waiting for him tn
come to the surface.
A number of ex-soldier boys met and
organized an American Legion post, to
be known AS COkevile Post No 40 IN
account of the severity of the wealth
er, less than half the eligibles were
present. The post starts out with
membership of twenty-five, but when
the remainder of the boys get together
at the next meeting the number will
be increased to forty Six, rather Il flat.
tering showing for Il town the size Of
COkeville
Alvin \. Trumper, % years old,
field man for the Mike Henry oil Com.
pany, was instantly killed, and Helen
Fawkes, 20 his companion, was severe
ly bruised about The face and body
when II touring car in which they We're
riding turned turtle five miles from
Newcastle. NJ +. GreiSz, another field
man, was also in the ear hut he es.
capped with only minor injuries The
parry was returning from the Usage
oil fields when the accident occurred
The project of the Cheyenne Thor
oughbred Breeders Association to hold
its annual running meet Immediately
before the Frontier Days celebrations
| instead of after the big Wild West,
show, is opposed by the Cheyenne
Chamber of Commerce. The commits.
sioner> control the situation, inuSniuch
as Frontier park is city property. the
lease Of the Thoroughbred Breeders
Association has expired. the associa.
ton is applying for Il new lease and
the commissioners may write into the
proposed new lease any conditions they
desire.
The Thayne Independent Telephone
Company is the latest organization ia
be perfected in Star Valley. AT il meet.
ing held recently in Thuyne this com.
pany Was organized and plans laid for
III" establishing of Il complete telephone
system in the Thayne and Bedford.
lhere VIII be sixty subscribers on the
Ihayne switchboard and free service
vii! he maintained With the Etua rx.
change. There will also he five tele.
phones from Turnervile and Il party
line will he run from Alton to Willow
Creek
john Carey, age III. an employe ct
the Standard refinery, is in the cas-
per private hospital in serious ..ondi-
ton as the result of Injuries sustained
when he stepped from Il moving auto.
mobile and slipped. falling violently &c
the ground. He fractured his skull al
the base of the brain
The l.uSk Board of Education n. it's
regular meeting elected teachers and
decided to give them Il raise Of SlI
per month and this To be increased
according to the time which the te;,ch.
en- has been employed. Ford Il. k,tnS.
ms salary raised to S2,4OO year. The
teachers in the rural schools will hay.
The same salaries as those in TN. .i;y
clyde 4. Dunniway, president a,
'"lorad" College. has accepted IN in.
Niiatioh 10 serve on the board of ,.l,r.
tors i" the Hall OF Fame of New York
| University for the coming YEAR .uIx
Il limited number of Americas mos,
distinguished men and women ar. in.
N'led /" serve in this capacity and ii is
considered IL very high honor tn be eli
Sl'ie I" serve On the board Mr.. Dun
nlway was formerly president of the
University of Wyoming.
| Within IN hour after the home of
\ictor Johnson, a prominent attorney.
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