, 1920-06-17
Brief News Notes
From All Parts Of
Wyoming

Shoshoni and obtained a sum of money
estimated to rave been at least $3.50.
They escaped without leaving a clue.
On Sept. 81, 1920, the law school of
the University of Wyoming opens it's
first session. This is the final step
in a movement of several years
growth. Since 1915, the university,
through its pre-legal course, has Of
fered special academic training to
prospective students of the law.
Oscar Heisford, Casper fire chief,
the purchase of $4,000
worth of new equipment for the fire
department at Casper. 1t consists of
Il La France aerial ladder and a $50
gallon pump and a Gamewell fire
alarm system. The present equipment
is La France, so that make was pur-
chased to ~standardize the department.
Five thousand acres of Ian owned
by the University of Wyoming will be
offered at public sale at Torrington on
June % at 10 a. m. One thousand acres
of this land, all of which is in Goshen
county, is under ditch and is some of
the richest in the North Platte valley.
All llt WdltT nttutu tdu De ODId1ueu
from the government.
Nearly 100000 acres of phosphate
lands in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming
will be opened for leasing under rules
and regulations approved by Secretary
Payne of the United States Depart
ment Of the Interior, according to in
formation received by Ralph S. Kelley,
chief of the field division of the
United States land office at Salt Lake.
In the United States District Court
at Cheyenne Judge ]. A. Riner or
dered set aside the demurrer filed by
the defendants in the case of the
United States VS.. Theodore Anderson,
George Kiscaris, Nick Christopolus and
Andrew FotopOlus, charged with pur-
chasing and selling 1880 pounds of
sugar in violation of the Lever act.
Ned Frost and his party of bow and
arrow hunters passed through Cody
last week on their way from Sylvan to
Gardner, Mont, In an attempt to en-
ter Yellowstone National Park by way
Of Red Lodge. They had attempted to
go through Sylvan pass, and also by
way of Red creek, on the upper north
fork, but the sno proved too deep to
permit the trip.
Lansing H. Wells, purchasing agent
for the Yellowstone Park Hotel Com
pany, So years old, killed himself at
Billings, Mont, by sending a bullet
through his head. Ill health was be-
lieved to nave caused his act. For
twenty-five years he was at the head
of the purchasing department of the
company and a close personal friend
of the president, Harry w. Childs.
At a c%oroner's inquest into the shoot
ing and killing of Filepo Marillo, u
Mexican, by James Horton, section
foreman at Madden, eleven miles east
of Lysite, four witnesses to the trag-
edy declared hat Horton shot in self
defense. The shooting happened, It
was shown, as the elimination of n
dispute in which Marillo asserted that
Horton should pay him his wages, dis
regarding the latter's instructions to
see the station agent.
Il. w. Cooper, night telegraph oper-
ator o the Colorado & Southern rail-
road at Wheatland during the illness
of he regular operator, is charged
with rifling express packages and
shipments. Cooper was suspected
when found selling cigars and tobacco
to dealers at less than wholesale
prices. After he was thrown into Jail
for peddling without a license, an in
spection of COoper's room revealed a
large stock of stolen goods with the
original express wrappings intact.
Donald Fullerton, IA years old and
the third son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Fullerton, living northwest of Keeline,
lost his life by being dragged under a
disc. The team became mana
able and ran away from the boy, drag
ging him almost a mile.
Fred Walker, an employee of the
Briggs Oil Company and contestant for
an oil lease on section 7-46-63 in the
Usage oil field, near Newcastle, was
shot from ambush and wounded, fol-
lowing repeated alterations over title
TO the oil lease. He was rushed to Z
hospital ut Sheridan.
The fifteen graduates Of the univer-
sity high schOol were given their cer-
tificates by DIR. Aven Nelson, the pres
ident Of the University OF Wyoming.
These were Louis Longshore, Buck
num-; George Hunt, Laramie; John
Chamblin, Laramie; Orville johnson,
Robertson /; Margaret Rae, Gebo DON
aid Sweitzer. Pinedale; David Breisch,
Cheyenne; Thomas Miller, Laramie
Helen Temple, Battle Greek, Colo.
Francis Chedsey, Coalmont, Colo.
Rose Burri, Dunlap, Kan. Estene Tu-
son, Laramie Blair Stouffer, Laramie
Helen Morris, Wheatland; John Jones,
Ogden, Utah.
Ten cars of material have been de-
livered at the site of the large main
line re-icing station, to be erected by