, 1920-10-28
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper union views Service.
william Ninsmith of Laramie, the
oldest engineer in point of service on
the Union Pacific in this state, has
just completed his fiftieth year as an
employee of the company. He began as
a fireman in Laramie.
Mrs. Helen Swain Barlow of Den
YER, an instructor at the Wolcott con-
%servatory in that city, has been Sc
cured TO give part of her time to
teaching violin at the department of
music of the University of Wyoming.
Flying at the rate of Id miles an
hour Pilot Pickup brought $50 pounds
Of mai from Omaha to Cheyenne,
making the first nonstop flight be-
tween the two cities ever made by mail
plane pilots. He covered the 453 miles
in three hours and forty minutes.
Wyoming corn condition on Octo-
Der l, was 90 per cent of normal, COM
pared with 20 per cent last year same
date, showing this year n % per cent
gain over last year and a 2 per cent
gain over September of this year, &C.
cording to the last report.
Ralph Weeks and r. A. Montgom-
cry, who were arrested August 2Sth,
charged with the theft of u large
amount of merchandise from the
Union Pacific from cars in transit,
were arraigned in the District Court
at Rawlins, their trials being set for
November 10Th.
Frank Rosenberg, ~45-year-old
rancher, was shot and instantly killed
at a rooming house at Bucknum, Wyo.,
a small town about 30 miles west of
Casper, in Natrona county, by John P.
Dewald, a freighter and ranch hand,
who Immediately gave himself up to
the sheriff.
Roy E. Bergstrom, who was convict
ed of murder in the first degree with
out capital punishment, for killing his
wife last April, was sentenced to i'm
prisonment for life In the ~penitentiary
at Rawlins. He said he had nothing
to say why sentence should not be
pronounced.
Frank w. Mondell, Republican can
didate for representative in Congress,
suffered a broken leg while inspecting
the Riverton reclamation project. One
message says that the injury resulted
from his falling off an e%xcavator
while another message says 1t occurred
In IN automobile accident.
The first gas to be piped to Casper
was turned into the mains for use in
refining oil at the Midwest refinery
by the New York Oil Company. The
company expects to have gas for do
nestle and commercial use in the resi-
dences and later in the down town
section by the first of the year.
October l. The average yield per
acre according to the preliminary esti-
mate was 20 bushels. compared with
10 bushels last year same date. Quail
ity of this crop is % per cent of nor
NAL. Estimated production this year
4.611 900 bushels, compared with g.
15S,00O bushels last year, December.
1913, estimate.
Ground will be broken Immediately
for the new Scottish Rite cathedral, a
100000 edifice to be erected on Capt.
tol avenu and Twentieth street, at
Cheyenne. The contract for the work
on h foundation of the structure was
given to Archie Allison, the successful
bidder, when bids for the initial work
were opened and considered.
Wyoming has six more barristers as
a result OF the action of the State SUI
preme Court in admitting that many
men to the bar. The new lawyers are:
James p. KEN Of Newcastle, willis
Stidger of Casper, Maurice b. Gluck
of Rawllns, Philip +. Winter Of Cas-
per, Clarence l.. Smith Of Glenrock
and Edward j. Plunket Of Burns.
The Standard refinery plant MT Lar
annie is now under operation. The
Standard takes the wax OH from the
Midwest refinery. extracting motor
gasoline by the Burton process, got
ting other b~y-products, and leaving
only 3 per cent of waste in the dlstii-
late from he Midwest plant.
The Mike Henry OIL Company well
on the northwest quarter of section "a
In the Usage field Is reported to be on
the pump after having been connected
with the pipe line of the Illinois Pine
Line Company. OIL is reported to
hnve been sent from several other wells
In the field. This report indicates that
the pipe line has been completed to
the small Usage field.
Walter Newell, the third of the pro-
hibition agents accused Of the murder
of Frank Jennings near Laramie. Sen
tember 9TH, 19l9-the other two-Pete
Cordillo and John Cordillo, already
serving terms In the state prison at
ltawlins for the crlme-will be placed
on trial in the Laramie County Dis
trict court at Cheyenne. before Judge
Mentzer of the First Judicial District,
an order for change of venue from Al
bany county to Laramie county hav-
Ing been signed.