The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-08
WYOMING
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Another building adding to the beau.
fy OF Cheyenne, will he the half-,nil.
C0n dollar Masonic ConsistOry catlie
lrnl at the intersection Of Capitol and
Twentieth street.
| John H. OLeary Of Douglas, who
was the victim of peculiar accident
month ago. is dead from his injury,
death having come suddenly, long aft.
er 1t was believed he was we'll on the
way to recovery.
| Mrs. Dewey Hester had barely time
to seize her baby and escape when she
awoke to find her home ut Llsk IN
flames. Before an alarm could be
sounded the building was nearly con.
sumed, but neighboring property was
saved.
| While returning from Superior to
Rock Springs with three passengers In
his car. William Lewis drove off an
unprotected bridge, his brakes failihg
to hold in coming down IL hill at the
approach. The car was overturned
/
passengers escaping serious injury.
Thomas Holland, formerly special
agent Of the bureau of investigation of
the department Of justice ut Cheyenne,
who was shot by zee GeOw, a Chinese,
is dead. The Chinese now faces two
charges Of murder, his other victim
having been John s. Fetcrhan, n mem.
her Of the Cheyenne fire department.
The Wyoming State Teachers AS
ISOLATION will meet ut Lusk. WyO.,
October 9Th to Sth inclusive The Of
Ulcers Of the association are doing
everything IN their power to make the
meeting interesting and instructive and
Lusk is leaving no stone unturned to
make the stay Of the association mem.
hers pleasant.
Ernest Stone. employed on the
Thomas Nida ranch, west Of Lingle,
heard shot and his hat flew off his
head. Picking 1t up he found the
crown had been PIERCED by bullet.
He was unable TO find the probable
hunter who fired the shot, but orders
were issued against trespussing Oh the
ranch In the future.
Observing what appeared to be hu.
man arm waving on the crest OF dis.
tant hill, &. :. Beach and party Of
friends who were motoring to Fonten-
ellie investigated and rescued John
Fisher, son Of homesteader, who was
helpless from the effects Of a bolt Of
I ivh i<R,
q few feet from him.
| Pronounced by forestry officials us
being something unusual in the lum-
her industry in connection witt, water
transportation, $4,000 railroad ties
were transported by means of float
| Ing" q distance Of 125 miles down the
Wind river, in Wyoming, in less than
two months, according to NJ. W..
Thompson, assistant district forester
In charge Of the forest management
branch.
More than $50 bankers from every
part Of the state were In attendance
when the Wyoming Bankers Associa.
ton met ut Casper for it's twelfth an.
nual meeting. Many financiers Of
Denver aud Omaha were present, and
Richard ). Halves, president Of the
American Bunkers' Association and
vice president Ut the First National
hank Of st. Louis, was u guest OF the
convention.
Nearly 3,OOO,OOO acres Of land in
Wyoming, California and Montana
were classified by the department OF
the interior under the stock, raising
! homestead law, which makes public
lands available for entry for stock
raising purposes In tracts Of Go acres
| or less, 1t was reported today The
areas by states are: Wyoming, b
1884 acres: California, ST. $3.50. and
Montana, 223,54g.
Oregon syndicate drilling ou the I'll.
Ter ranch, just outside Of Cumberland.
las struck pocket Of high grade oil
at depth Of 100 feet. Drilling is cou.
tinuing.
Joe Glass of Diamondville reported
! Tor work at $50 a. m, eight hours
after his automobile leaped eighty fee,
from the road between kemlnerer and
l'amondVllle and was dashed to pieces
on the rocks. Persons who heard the
crash found Glass unconscious beside
the demolished machine. He quick
~ regained' consciousness. prospected
himself for injuries, found none, com.
pletcd his homeward journey ON foot,
ana at the customary time next morn
ing was ION the Job"
The Testimony of the six-year.old
daughter Of Frank Hickey, charged
with the murder OF Laban Woods at
Sundance. may send him TO the gal
lows. The little girl, il is said. has
| corroborated the testimony of her
mother. who is suing the alleged muir
derer for divorce. that Hickey shot
Woods, his former hrother-in-law. in
the back and then dragged his body
I" creek and cast it in. Tie little
girl, it Is said. related to the prosecute