The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-18
WYOMING
STATE NEWS
Newsnape, Union News Service.

itehtlary by the State Board Of Chart
ties. Mr.. Hadsell. who is a former
sheriff aud United States marshal, has
| accepted the position.
Another opportunity to gain valuable
holdings in Wyoming will be offered
June 70 when the University OF Wyo-
ming sells at public auction $500 acres
or Goshen county land. The sale will
be held ut Torrington court house and
| Will begin ut 10 IL. H.
Operations in new oil field will be
commenced as soon as the roads he.
come pa>>able. The field is located at
the head Of Indian creek in Wyoming
and extends east into Nebraska. Sam
| Bryant has been arranging for the
months.
The brick and tile plant is now oper-
ating under full head of steam at
Lowell More than $1,000 hollow bricks
are in the drying rooms getting ready
for the burning process. 1t is expected
that when the plant gets in full opera.
ton that more than $4,000 blocks will
De turned out daily.
| A reward Of $500 has been offered
by the state for the capture of Harry
NJ. Francis, until recently treasurer of
Sweetwater county, Wyoming. Mr.
Francis is charged with embeZzling
$4,000 of county funds. He disap.
peared when the alleged crime was dis
covered
More contracts for road and bridge
construction will be awarded by the
State Highway Commission when il
meets at Cheyenne on June IL. Bids
to be opened on the above date have
been asked by the commission and in.
vOlve the construction of roads and
bridges in seven counties of the state.
BrOoding over separation from his
wife, f. NJ. Hustled shot and fatally
wounded himself at the home Of his
nephew, Theodore Eustler, west of
Manville. Hustled entered the room
where his nephew and the latter's two
sons were sleeping early in the morn
Ing, took a .22-caliber rifle from the
wall and shot himself in the temple.
Mrs. Betsy Whiting, the oldest
teacher in Laramie and one of the old.
est in the state, died at Manhattan,
Kan. where she was living with her
daughter, Mrs. Mary McFarlane, a
member of the faculty Of the Kansas
Agricultural College. Her husband was
for many years city engineer of Lar.
annie.
Work has started on remodeling the
new children'S home at Laramie, but i,
is expected that it will he late in the
summer before it is ready for occ,lpan
cy. Other work on the chapel is go.
ing forward, the bishops house is to
be remodeled for the deanery, and
when the work is all completed. Cathe-
dral square will be one of the most
beautiful spots in Laramie.
G. II. Snograss of Antelope Springs
WyO., suffered three fractured ribs on
the Salt Creek road while rushing to-
wards Casper in motor car taking
his brother, w. b. Snodgrass. to Il hos
pital where he was to he operated up
on for appendicitis. The car in which
the Snodgl1ss brothers were ri,lin.
turned out for a motorcycle and in do
ing so turned completely over.
To secure the advantage of a better
market small sheepmen and woulgrow
ers Of the Lander district have agree,
to pool their 1920 clips for the tim.
being in the hope of securing more ut
tractive prices with Il larger offerin:
for the buyers. Heretofore the small
grower has been handicapped in mar
keting, being compelled in some in
stances to take less than the hi" sheep
men were receiving for the same grad,
Of WOOL
John Cortlillo, Il former Denver DO
liceman, convicted recently of man
slaughter through the killing of Franz
Jennings last fall near Laramie, wa.
sentenced by District Judge Menlze
to serve fifteen To twenty years in III,
state penitentiary at RawinS
Mrs. Cora t. Wanamaker. editres
OF the ROCK Springs Rocket. died at tn
hospital at Rock Springs following al
operation. The Rocket WAS founde,
by her husband in 1907. and on hi
death ii few weeks later Mrs. Wanu
maker took charge of the paper an,
the large j"bbng business run in con
junction Herewith. BY her brillian
writing and her keen business abilit
she made the paper one of the hes
weeklies in the state.
Max Ross, registered during the wa
as an enemy alien, WAS arrested a
Rock River on Il charge of having vot
ell Illegally in the Rock River election
which gave the successful mayoralt,
candidate a plurality of four. Ross i
alleged to have sworn on registering
for election that he was an America,
citizen Both he and, his wife voted
The narrow margin by which the may
or was elected and development ma
result in Il contest of the election.
Daniel {. Haskins. brother of En-
gineer George II. Haskins of the Unio