, 1920-10-07
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming

was reelected state regent of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
ut the state convention of that body
held in that city.
After a year in which many other
towns have been combating the So
called Skinny" evil, Cody's town
council has decided to prohibit the
"shimmy" and 'other l~ascivious''
dances.
1t looks as If the University of
Wyoming would have the heaviest
football team in its history. The
coaches are now selecting men from
the list for the different positions on
the team.
Claude Teanor, a cafe cook, who
shot ana killed his wife after arous-
ing her from bed in Casper, died in
IA hospital from n bullet wound re-
ceived in the head when he turned
his u upon himself.
Virginia Mudd of Beaver expert
enced Il singular accident. On enter
ing n hotel at that place, the child
attempted to caress n large Maltese
cat sleeping in II chair near the door,
which resulted in the animal spring
ing at her face and biting her on the
cheek and lips.
Grief over the death of his son was
held responsible for the death of
James O'Leary, seventy years old, at
Douglas. The son, John O'Leary, died
from I'M lries received when n horse
kicked n Ditchfork that he was using.
The father refused to be consoled and
began to decline in health rapidly.
Fire destroyed twenty-five tons of
hay and 300 bushels of wheat at the
farm of Guy l.. Shipmen, north of
Basin, besides burning a tractor. A
~threshing crew was at work threshing
wheat when n spark from the tractor
fired the stack. The separator was
saved, but the fire spread so rapidly
the tractor could not be gotten away.
Cheyenne is not only building many
new houses but manufacturers are
also recognizing the superior railway
facilities and advantages afforded
them. AT the corner of Reed and
Twentieth streets the Crystal Ice cor
poration is erecting one of the most
modern ice manufacturing plants in
the west.
The Platte Canon Mining district
near Guernsey, is now furnishing more
than two-thirds Of the lime rock for
the great sugar factories of the west.
Within the past few weeks two new
quarries have been opened and a lease
secured on a third, which will be
opened extensively this fall.
Three men, Oren Hall of Salt Lake
City, w. Bigler of Kemmerer and J.
V. Geutirrez of Bingham, Utah, were
instantly killed near Kemmerer when
an automobile in which they were rid
ing rolled over an embankment. The
machine was rounding a curve at the
time of the mishap and it is believed
Hall, who was driving, lost control.
1t Is a matter of satisfaction to Rock
Springs people to learn that drilling Ia
in progress on the property of the Lost
Creek Drilling and Producers Corpor-
alton at the Lost Creek dome, the well
having been spudded in and now drill
ing. All preparations were completed
and every detail looked after before
the well was started so that there
WOULD De no delay.
Snow will not seriously interfere
with the air mail service in the
Rocky Mountain region, 1t is antici-
pated by officials of the Cheyenne air
mail field, who are preparing to equip
mail planes with runners, which Will
make 1t possible for them to land and
take off In the snow. The scheme was
tried out in the East last winter and
was found to be practicable.
The guardians Of Mrs. Mary h.
Smith, insane widow of the late Amos
w. Smith Of Big Plney, have agreed
to settle litigation involving the wild
Cw's rights in the estate of Smith
by accepting $4,000. The remainder
of the estate, which has been esti-
mated at from $4,000 to 100000, will
20 TO seventeen other heirs, the prln-
cipal of whom are three nleces of the
deceased.
NJ. II. Rlnker, railroad employee at
IVA, was saved from burning to death
when, attracted by his screams, fellow
workers found him wrapped in flames
n rolled him In blankets, but not
until his clothes had been burned and
he had been burned severely from his
waist down. Rinker was printing a
gasoline engine with alcohol when 1t
exploded and drenched hun with the
blazing fluid. He is being treated In
the hospital ut Wheatland.
49,
Charles S. Greenbaum, grand keeper
of records and seals of the Wyoming
grand lodge of Knights of Pythlas, died
Mt his home in Laramie City. He was
the father of Stanley Greenbaum, state
dairy, food and oil commissioner.
Ten children In six and one-half
years-this is the eco of Dir. and
Mrs. Clarence J. Walker of Llngle, I'm