The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-10
WYOMING
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service
The Wind River Refinery at Lander.
Wyo., 10 shut down temporarily, await
Ing action of another refining company
which has been doing n small refining
business In the smaller Wyoming oil
fields.
Marion Waegle, 20, who committed
suicide at Buffalo by taking poison, a
week ago confessed that she poisoned
her father-in-law, Fred Waegle.
wealthy ranclman, in April, 1919, ac-
c0rding to the police.
Dry land wheat in Goshen county,
based on the results of tilreshing to
date, will average twenty bushels to
the acre, it has been estimated This
seasons corn crop is the best ever
grown, and on dry land will compare
favorably with yields further east
where rains are frequent.
Struck by bolt of lightning while
building new barn on his ranch near
Dayton, Thomas a. Cobb, prominent
resident of Sheridan county, was in
stantly killed, and his partner who
was working with him Mt the time but
! who was about ten feet from him, was
| stunned
horses and equipment for as many men
! have been shipped by the s,ute for the
use Of Riverton's troop G in the WyO-
ming national guard. The troop will
| ride overland to basin early in Septem-
Der for the first annual camp of troops
| from six towns to he held there.
John H. Seeley of Cokeyille, pioneer
stockgrower Of Wyoming, owner Of
large pedigree Ianbouillet sheep and
Hereford cattle herds, was stricken
with apOpleXy while on fishing trip
to Fish lake and died within an hour.
His wife, younger son, Oliver, and two
married daughters were with him at
the time
Large classes in the Rverton public
schools that cannot be accommodated
in present buildings will be held in the
city hall again this year until proper
facilities can he provided Construc-
ton Of new building has just been
started, and until it is completed part
of the high school will make use Of the
municipal building.
Carl Christensen. 80 years Old, was
electrocuted ten miles south Of Tor
rington, while working Oh dead"
transmission line Of the federal re-
clamatiOn service system. For some
unknown reason the high tension eur
rent was switched on and passed
through Christenscn's body. He fell
| thirty feet to the ground, and died two
hours later.
Donald Ashton, the secretary of the
Laramie Council of Industry, has been
appointed by the city council TO select
site for Laramie park at the top OF
the Snowy range. at Brooklyn lake, and
when 1t has been selected ii will be set
aside for park by the Medicine Bow
national forest. improvements being
undertaken by the city and the Coun-
Gil of Industry
The most expensive piece Of road
ever built in the United States. ii is be-
lieved, except in the mountain dis
trictS, will shortly be constructed be-
tween Casper and Salt Greek, WYE.
according tn officials of the federal
aid road bureau of Denver. -Four miles
Of the highway, nine feet wide only
and paved with concrete, will cost
more than Si6SG or So 900 per mile.
Frank Prayer. who came to Colorado
from Germany in 1859, settling in the
region of Pixies Peak. and to Albany
county, Wyoming. in 1863, died at Lara.
ME City. He was 81 gears old, and
fought Indians and Wild beasts in his
effort to establish home in the West
for his family Of three boys and three
girls. His wife and six children We're
with him when he died
Washable Day, an annual event in
the Woriand territory. has been set
for Friday. September 10th. and many
1afm products and stock viii be dis
played. full day of entertainment
also has been arranged for visitors.
J. Roy Colvin of Cheyenne, deputy
dairy, food and oil commissioner for
wyoming. caused the arrest or the
managers OF two restaurants in Lara
ME city for violating the pure food
laws, alleging that the managers al
lowed their pies and other bakery
products to remain exposed to the
flies, dirt and dust One was fined
$40 and costs and two SO and costs
each.
Preparations have been begun for
extending the Union Pacitic's North
Platte valley line thirty-tnree miles
west from Haig, Neb.. half wov
through what is known as the Goshen
Hole district of Wyoming, SAYS a dis
patch received from Gering, Neb.
which adds that engineering clmps are
heihs established along the proposed
route. Extension of the line will fur
h'sh railroad facilities to what is ex-
pected TO be rich sugar beet and