The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-05-14
WYOMING
STATE NEWS


Ihr,y-five steers, blinded by the
SNOW, walked over Il cliff near Wheat
| land and We're killed Many instances
| of cattle seeking protection under vii
| joWs. becoming covered with snow and
! >,Iloherrd TO death. nave been t,iscuv-
cred following the recent heavy show
storm
| Although there was q very light vote
| cast 1T the city election ut KawIinS,
eSS than 20 per cent of the qualified
| voters voting. yet those who did vote
! showed cunclusiveiy that they favored
| IN" issuance of Si,.VoO in bond, for
She purpose of putting in another sew
az >ystcln in that city.
Twenty seven head of cattle part Of
| Il herd that sought shelter on III. rail-
| .'n;d ri-'ll-of-WaS and became cont
| pIrlely hidden from view. were killed
! and others injured when II gian, >nnM-
| pl"w crashed int" them while clearing
| III" Northwestern line west Of l.tlsk
| during the recent storm.
An unusua! happening in big game.
circles occurred recently when a band
|
mountain within four miles Of Rock
| Springs. Their discovery was made
! ny w. }. Stroud, the noted big game
hunter ana photographer, who was
,rampinY on the mountain.
| J.. {. Holt reports that several road
signs have been completed AMI are
ready for erection. The Grin CONNER
| ,.inl (,lih will have. th.,r.. SirpS nat ~,
in the most advantageous places along
the highway leading into the city, the
! location to be determined by the Vel
!owstone Highway Association.
After an absence Of several days II
searching party went out Ut Lander to
hunt for Glenn Rybee, 20, Il pioneer
stage driver and found him frozen to
death. He had become stalled in
| blizzard and when found was within
sight of shelter. but he had evidently
become too exhausted to reach ii.
| That the state Of Wyoming is Lead
ing the nation in the prosecution Of its
road building program is clearly shown
by the compiled figures Of the Bureau
of Public Roads. which has jus, for
warded to the State Highway Depart
ment complete charts showing the
status Of the federal road building
funds by states.
| 1t was announced Il few days ago
that yiavelling and ballasting crew
Of $50 men would be put ut work on
| the Northwestern between Douglas
nd Casper within the next few weeks
l lam ri t1l.,t .,e.
would be stationed at Douglas for the
summer. The Northwestern is plan
ming on extensive improvements in the
local yards this season and a large
number of men will be employed on
| this work.
| surveyors have started work running
levels through the east Upton Addition
for sewer and cemen, sidewalks. The
building grades will be established al
so by this survey and several buildings
! will be started as soon as the work is
completed. The plan is to lay out the
new business and residence part Ut
| Upton in modern fashion, SO water,
sewer, sidewalk and curb grades, Us
we'll as street grading, will be carried
out In coordination.
Armed with court order isS,.,, by
Judge Ralph kimbnll. who sentenced
the men, Deputy Sheriff Frank Wise
Of Fremont county obtained the release
from the penitentary at RawinS Of
George West. w. \. Cox and j W.
Mack. tlainme,l. who pleaded guilty to
the theft Of liquor in transit. lnves,i-
Cation of the case. after the men be.
| gan their prison terms. by attorneys
for another defendant in the ease led
Judge kimball to reScind his action
! and authorize that the men be brought
back 10 Lander for trial.
Tile lhrty-eighth reunion Of the
Wyoming conSi>lory will be h,id in
Cheyenne May ~. -. 26 and -. There
are already a large number OF ;,ppli-
cations for initiation.
Sidewalks and drveways about the
| city hall at Casper are to REPLACE. he
present SNOW. >luSh and mud TIL.
| city Council in session let the contract
Tor IN" construction of walks and
| nFlN""hyS leading I" HE principal en
| frances I" the city lElll building. This
| will include Il driveway on which fir.
| trucks will leaN" lhe fire heat1ui,ar,ers
! The improvements am, work of con-
s'rurl"n is t" cost $40. according Ia
| HE bid accepted and let
Approximately per cent of \a-
| 1r"na r"unlNS sheep are dead as u re
suit of the recent storm, accor,liuy IN
| Slorklhen. who believe that this nro-
portion of loss will hold good through,
"u' III" central part of Wyoming. TIL.
storm WIS characterized as the hardest
| on livestock since 1896 I.ar-. num-
hers Of dead sheep were found piled
W. i''' 'ii'eVeS We're active again.
III" carraSses Of many sheep being
| '"lnd with the hides removed. State
ana county Officers are busy seeking