, 1920-11-04
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming

measure TO DIV problems arising
from unexpected congestion in the Cas-
per schools.
Harry Colbinger was killed ane
Mark W. Davis and Hank Dry injured
Mr.. Dry seriously, when a roadster in
which they were riding turned turtle
on n bridge near Stroud's crossing five
miles east of Casper.
william Bailey, Jr., seven-year-old
SOD of William Bailey, cashier of the
Citizens National Bank of Casper, re-
ceived a fractured skull while playing
in front of the school building, but is
expected to ecover.
Ranger Milton f. Ames of the
Medicine Bow national forest, killed a
large mountain lion, weighing about
200 pounds, in the mountains west of
Laramie. Mr.. Ames recently pur-
chased a pack of hounds and succeeded
in bagging the lion on the first trip
with them into the timber.
Robert II. Coleman, a Split Rock
%ranchman, has been arrested charged
with completely in the assassination of
Mrs. Nancy Wales, who was MORALLY
wounded by persons who fired through
a window of her home at night. Cole
man is the third man arrested in CON
nection with the investigation of the
murder. 2
The serious condition of the II.
m~onths-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. f.
Smith of owen was relieved when a
large fence staple, which the infant
had swallowed, was successfully re.
moved from it's stomach after it had
been located by means of an X-ray ex-
animation. The baby suffered no i'll
effects from the experience.
A. A. Dieleman, cashier of the Bank
of Manville, was killed and Fred Kok-
RADIO, assistant cashier in the same
bank. was seriously injured, as their
car overturned when Dieleman, who
was driving, attempted to avoid col
liding in a blizzard with a team of
horses. Hobart Ward, another ocou-
pant of the car, escaped without In
jury.
The statement of net receipts by the
forests in District No. 2, whose head
quarters are at Denver, for the quar-
ter ended September 80, indicates that
the Medicine Bow forest retains its
lead. The receipts of that forest to-
tai $13,169.61 for the quarter, its near
est competitor being the San Juan for
est, in Colorado, whose receipts were
only S7,654.21.
DIR. William Norwood, dentist, who
suffered a fractured skull, died late
Saturday night without regaining con-
seriousness. The latest of the accidents,
that sustained by ~7-year-old william
Bailey, Jr., son of William J. Bailey,
cashier of the Citizens National bank,
occurred while the lad vas playing in
front of a school building. He is ex-
pected to recover.
The new cathedral home for children
in Laramie will be formally opened on
November o. The opening will be made
an occasion of considerable Importance.
if the weather is pleasant "A large mo-
tor party will leave st. Marks church
that morning about s O'Clock, returning
the same evening in time for dinner.
Luncheon Will be served the party at
the Cathedral home in Laramie.
Mrs. Georgia Brenning, held for fell
onious assault in connection with the
killing of James Clark, well-known
sheepman of Douglas, in his apart
ments In the First National Bank
building last June, was acquitted by a
jury in the District Court. The Jury
upheld the arguments of the defense
that Mrs. Brennlng, through grief,
threats and taunts, was mentally ire
sponsible at the time of the shooting.
The state contended that she was sane.
Mary Francis, a fifth grade pupil,
suffered serious injuries at Thermopo-
lis, when run over while returning
home from school by n car, and lies in
the Carter sanitarlum suffering from
two, broken rib and an injured lung,
which was punctured by the end of
II rib. She was also severely bruised
about the face and body. The girl ran
and fell directly in front Of the ma
chine, which was being driven slowly.
and tried to crawl out between the
front and rear wheels. The wheel
passed over her body.
An increased coal production of l.
100000 tons in southern Wyoming dur
ing 1920. over the total for 1918 was
Indicated by figures made public by
Robert I. sheldon. state coal mine In
spector for District No. l. Mr.. Sned-
don announced that during the first
six months of the present year the pro-
duction in his district, embracing all
the coal fields OF the southern half of
the state, was 2,220,039 tons, an in
crease of 76S,SS3 tons, or SAN per
cent over the totals for the same pc
riod in 1919. This ratio, If it holds
out during the present six months, will
give the additional 100000 tons.
c. l.. Story, o.. proprietor of the
Snow White laundrv NJ TinoIa .yo.