, 1920-09-09
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
western Newspaper Union New, Service.

Dttu Optllth ~ udlLlN aANti ho'Aho
been under the process of construction
for the last year.
Despondent over i'll health. Mrs.
Fred II. Lowey, the wife of the prose-
cutting attorney Of Natrona county
committed suicide by shooting herself
at her home in Casper. She is sur
vived by her husband, who is a candi-
date for reelection.
4. carload of Western county benton
lite is on its way to New York city, from
which it will be shipped to Europe. The
consignment was loaded recently at
the mines near Newcastle belonging to
Frank w. Mondell, Republican floor
leader of the national house of repre-
sentatives.
A romance which began in Colorado
and was continued in France culminat-
ed in wedding bells, when Miss Max
inc Thatcher and Elmer w. Ace were
united in marriage. The ceremony
took place in the home of the groom's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. WIN. Ace, at
Rock Springs.
The Armstrong Gasoline plant in the
Rock River field is nearing completion
and is expected to be in running order
next month. The work on the plant
has been somewhat delayed because of
railroad congestion, but the work has
been pushed especially hard and is not
far behind schedule. tet
Two Of the largest liquor and drug
rings in the history of the Rocky Noun
tain region were rounded up when fed
eral and state officers arrested 10 al
Iegedgiuicit whisky and drug sellers
and manufacturers in Wyoming and
Montana and confiscated narcotic
irIgS and liquors valued at 100000.
Henry Johpsop, Charles Coleman
and Ray Thomas have beeh placetf
under arrest because of the, belief of
Fremont county authorities hat the
three know something regarding ..tbe
murder of Mrs. Nancy Wales in the
lower Sweetwater country. All ave
entered pleas of not guilty in Justice
court.
The new starch plant of the Wyona-
ing D~ehydrating Company is expected
to open sooD in Basin The plant will
make starch and potato flour frop,
small unsuitable potatoes and fcuiis.
which nave formerly been a waste to
the growers. 500, 600 has been spent
in the construction aud equipment of
the plant
Fred Royal of Chugwater. aged 40
years. is in a serious condition at IL
|,heatland hospital as a result of a
broken back when he was caught un
der "A skid in moving a house. ExamiJ
uation shows Il complete fracture OF
rhe spinal column just below the shout
ders, the Displaced ivertebraef overlap
ping nearly two inches.
Drilling for oil near Shoshoni, Wyo.,,
has brought toriight two valuable coal
deposits which are to be developed as
soon IA equipment can be secured and
organization for mining the cOal per-
fected. The Howe well, drilling on
land six miles northeast ! from lSho-
slioni. passed through q. twelve7fQpt
coal vein Of exceptionally high grade.
Mack Brown. whose case 'has been
taken up by. the Home Service Section
of the American Red Cross at Casper,
is wanted by those Interested in his
case. 1t appears that Mr.. Brown APP
pealed to the Red Cross to secure his
bonus from the government and liz
quiries made by Congressman +. w,
MOndell show that his bonus check
and his original discharge certificate
had been mailed by the department
and that it had evidently been received
but the check cashed by someone else.
W. G. Birkhaeuser, street and water
commissioners in Sheridan since 1915,
has resigned and has moved to Denver,
where he has accepted a position with
the Gates Oil Company. Mr.. Birk-
haeuser is credited with putting
through many of the improvements in
that city. including the paving of six
districts, and the installation OF the
system of water meters in use at the
present time.
The forest service of the department
of agriculture has awarded TO Slim
son & Swanson of Georgetown. Colo,
the contract for the building of TWO
stretches OF road from Centennial to
Brooklyn lake, on the SNOWY range,
and will expend $500 In making the
remaining part Of that road available
for traffic, with orders to begin work
immediately. The contracts are from
rhe bridge over Libbey creek to Bar
hers fish pond and from the foot OF the
hill to a point 800 feet beyond the
hrIdnp nyer Nnsh's fork The council
Of the city of Laramie has been asked
to select a site for a community play
ground at Brooklyn lake, which the
Laramie council of industry VIII pre-
pare for the purpose. nt. tg A;n5.
The grand lodge Of Wyoming,
Knights of Pythias, and the grand tenn
ole Of wyoming. Pythisn' Sisters, met
At Casper August 20 aud 81. 1920. hnv-
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