, 1920-05-13
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
Newspaper Union News Service.

partment to cost 100000 were author.
lied by the City Council at its last
meeting. A modern alarm system will
be included. A reduction in insurance
rates is expected to follow the Install
alton of the new equipment and the
building of another truck station.
Among the many recent organiza-
lions formed and perfected in Casper
within the last two months is that OF
the Business ana Professional WOm-
ems Club, which is to work in con.
junction, 1t is said, with the Y. W. C.
A, which is being started in that city.
Miss Mae Winter is president of the
club.
The American Legion is to stage a
nationwide membership campaign
starting May II and continuing until
May %, according to a special mes
sage received from national headquar-
tiers by State Adjutant Harry Fisher
ut Casper. This campaign is the result
Of the action of a national meeting OF
state adjutants held in indianapolis.
Leaping from the cab of a locomo-
tive with a jest on his lips, Elias San
doval, %, an employee at the Union
Pacific roundhouse at Rawlins, alight.
ed in the center of an adjacent track
squarely in front of O locomotive
which was backing into the round
house. He was run down and Instant
ly killed, his body being mutilated.
A number of ex-soldier boys met and
organized an American Legion post, to
be known as Cokeville Post No. 40. On
account Of the severity of the wealth
err, less than half the eligibles were
present. The post starts out with a
membership of twenty-five, but when
ther remainder of the boys get together
at the next meeting, the number will
be increased to forty-six, rather q flat
teriDg showing for q town the size OF
Cokeville.
The Good Roads meeting Of coun-
ties surrounding Rawlins, including
Carbon and Sweetwater counties,
passed a resolution indorsing the pro-
posed highway from Rawlins. Wyo., to
the Ferris oil field, connecting this
field then with Casper. This action
assures Casper and Natrona county of
the cooperation of Rawlins and Car
bon county in respect to the much
needed highway from Casper to the
Ferris field.
Ernest Nath, -, Cheyenne, was so
attached to his new .22-caliber rifle
that he took it to bed with him, plac-
ing it between himself and his chum,
Teddy Poland, who was spending the
night Mt the Nath home. Later some
thing happened and the rifle was dis
charged, the bullet penetrating the
Nath boys leg at the hip and emerg-
ing at the ankle. The course of the
missile was just beneath the skin and
the wound Is not serious.
Clyde A. Dunniway, president of
Colorado College, has accepted an in.
vitation to serve on the board of cleo
tors to the Hall of Fame of New York
University for the coming year. Only
a limited number Of Americas most
distinguished men and women are in
vited to serve in this capacity and 1t is
considered a very high honor to be ell
gible to serve on the board. Mr.. Dun.
nlway was formerly president of the
University of Wyoming. =
Alvin A. Trumper, % years old, a
field man for the Mike Henry Oil Com
pany, was instantly killed, and Helen
Fawkes, 20 his companion, was severe
iy bruised about the face and body
when a touring al In which they were
riding turned turtle five miles from
Newcastle. M. e. Greisz, another field
man, was also In the car, but he es-
capped with only minor Injuries. The
party was returning from the Usage
oil fields when the accident occurred.
Riding on the running board of a
motor truck loaded with coal and driy-
en- by his father was a great lark for
6-year-old Burton Hall at RawIins, but
death was waiting at the end of the
ride. The child slipped, plunged to
the ground and the truck passed over
his head, causing instant death. Frank
Hall, the father, threw on the e,ner-
gency brakes rs his son cried out, but
too late to stop the machine in time.
The father collapsed after he had ex-
tricated the child's body.
What Is considered to be the largest
building contract made in Weston
county this year was closed in Upton
recently by several Spearfish residents
and +. NJ. Zimmers. manager Of the
Western Lot and Sales Company. A
was signed for the immediate
erection of twenty-five residence build
Ings in the East Upton addition. The
work win cost 100000. That the
buildings will not be Of the "boom va
is evidenced by the fact that
they will cos close to $4,000 apiece.
Work is to be begun within fifteen
lays and after May 10th one building
will be started each week.
The Thayne Independent Telephone
Company is the latest organization to
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