, 1920-11-18
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

The labors and visions of ten years
were W by the formal opening OF
the Cathedral Home for Children in
Laramie.
Because of a limited contingent
fund only a limited number of copies
of the Wyoming historical depart
ment can be published.
E. NJ. E|llithorpe, chief IF police of
Casper, has rendered his resignation as
chief TO the city council. Mr.. Ellithorpe
has been HE of police since January.
Joe Eddleman and Paddy Reagan,
both Greybull stars of last season
Paddy for a short time with the Cas-
per nine-have been signed to play
with the Detroit Tigers,
A report from Washington brought
the information that Secretary Payne
of the Department of the Interior, had.
granted application of the Columbine
Oil Company and the Ohio OH Com
pany for a lease on the east half of sec
ton 12-39-79, one of the most valuable
tracts claimed by independents in
the Salt Creek field.
John Thompson, a large sheep
owner at Wheatland, has completed
the deal for the purchase of the Way
side ranch. the old Colonel Stanton
ranch and part of the Paul Pascoe
holdings, embracing several hundred
acres of fine grazing lands in the
Laramie mountains, east of Laramie,
and intends to convert the holdings
into a sheep ranch.
A fire Mt the Armstrong plant at
Ohio City in the Rock Greek field com
pletely destroyed the boiler house and
the attached still of the Armstrong
company, which makes gasoline from
gas from the wells, entailing a loss of
about $1,000. The fire was caused by
the bursting of one of the gas pipes
which runs through the boiler house,
where intense hea is maintained.
Good roads, the great development
of the automobile industry, and the
See America First" slogan, brought
National Park, exceeding all records
for the great playground by more
than 10000 visitors. With it came
1856 automobiles and motorcycles,
which exceeded the record estab-
lished in 1919 by more than 5000
automobiles, and tends to show hat
the large National Vacation LAND is
only in it's infancy. Hundreds of
tourists from every state in the
Union. and many from foreign coun-
tries, spent from four to ten days,
- 1900, 49,, 49,
mer. touring its beautiful scenic re-
gions and fishing in the abundant
trout streams.
The body of John z. Woodward, air
mail pilot, has beer found in the wreck
age of his plane at Tie Siding, forty
miles west of Cheyenne and fifteen
miles southeast of Laramie, Wyo.. A
snowstorm was in progress throughout
the section. 1t was believed Wood
ward fell while attempting to make n
landing. The discovery of Woodward's
body and his wrecked plane was the
result of "A t%hirty-hour search on the
part of peace officers, railroad section
hands and groups of citizens who had
been securing the country between
IN mn ~ 81 III NIX
Woodward's failure to arrive in Chey-
enne on schedule time. Woodward's
body, strapped in the seat of his
wrecked machine, was found in a small
pocket of rock. 1t was found by a
searching party from Laramie, after
other parties had passed within 100
feet of the scene.
In the first eight months of 1920,
ended August 81, Wyoming had pro-
duced 100000 0 barrels of oil, or more
than was produced in the entire calen-
dar year of 1919. The states yield by
months was as follows January, ILL.,
600 barrels; February, 1,167, 900
March, 1,316,000; April, 100000; May,
1,36S,000; June, 1,625,O00; July, 1885,
900; August, 1,524,000.
With assets totalllng $50, 1858, 915.47,
the most important item of which is
leaseholds valued at S24,S61, 976,54, the
third annual report OF the Producers
& Refiners corporations discloses a
continuance of the expansion and prog
ress of this company as recorded in
the two preceding years of It's history.
Surplus held in reserve at the end Of
the year totalled S5,20T, 516.19.
A new gas safety ordinance and n
milk ordinance were passed at the
regular meeting OF the Casper city
council. The milk ordinance is termed
as being as good as any in the state.
1t was passed and requirements made
according to the recommendations Of
DIR. j.. II. oDonnell, who made inspec-
lions and tests, and those OF ]. Roy
Colvin. state dairy inspector.
Donald NJ. Forsyth of Cheyenne be-
came the youngest insurance COM
missioner in the United States when
he accepted the appointment ten
dered him by Governor Carey.
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