, 1920-04-08
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming

IaS wien Tioyu II. bpiNbH- dEtu IL
died of the disease at the pesthouse.
He had been taken sick on a ranch
near there.
Casper was chosen as II next meet
ing place for the Wyoming Associated
Industries, carrying the palm from
Laramie by one vote. The meeting
in the oil city will be the annual one.
and will be held q January.
Military training for public school
pupils at Cheyenne has been made
compulsory and every physically fit
boy of IA will be forced to do his bit
Mt drill three hours ii week. The or
der was issued by the school board.
The Lance Greek oil camp suffered
a serious reverSe when the two-room
schoOlhOuse erected by the Ohio Com
pany for the benefit of its employees
children was destroyed by fire. Tenn
porary quarters will be provided for
the remainder of the school term. The
loss is estimated at $4,000.
Diamonds and sample jewelry worth
between $4,000 and $4,000 were
stolen from the Clyde Smith jewelry
store al Torrington. Wyo. The evil
dence Indicated ut least two men had
entered three trunks belonging to ].
Washburn, a travelling salesman for
m Omaha iewelry company, and es-
capped in an automobile.
Margaret Biddick, the woman found
on the hillside southeast of Sher-
idan, came to her death from exposure
while in a demented condition, was the
verdict of a%.coroncr's jury. The won
an war reported missing and articles
of her clothing were found, after
which a searching party started u
Her body was found lying in the snow.
Contracts for The shearing of 6O,O00
sheep at the shearing pens at Opal
been closed, and an additional
10000 will be shorn at the pens this
total run through the pens 100000.
Nearly 100000 pounds of wool will
Ne removed ut the pens, it is antici-
as the fleece average this wear
IS expected to be better than eight
pounds.
Jose Benjamin Lara has been sell
cnced to II penitpntiary term of from
u to 30 years following his conviction
before District Judge Tidbalt on a
charge of numbering Ruby Burch at
Rock River on January 10Th. Lara
vas in the act of robbing II man named
at Rock River when his pistol
exploded. the bullet striking the Burch
woman in the stomach. causing her
leath. Lara insisted that he was not
the person who fired the fatal shot.
The Midwest Refining Company's
lalI team. las years champions of the
Rocky Mountain region and winners
IF the Denver tournament, will begin
practice after spending a couple of
weeks "bOiling out and getting into
condition for the season at the Big
hot springs at ~Thermopolis.
Manager Arbogast believes he has the
fastest aggregation ever gathered to-
gether in the West in recent years and
will again make a bid for The cham
pionship.
With spring shearing scheduled to
start in Natrona county April "a,
many herds Of sheep are expected TO
return from the different states and
counties in Wyoming where they have
been grazing this winter. The herds
are expected to come into Casper start
ing the first Of April and nearly all are
expected To he in by April 10. Nearly
0 1000 head of sheep are expected to
he Sheared in Natrona county this
year, this being about % per cent less
than the number sheared last season.
While adjusting "A belt on "a wood.
saw which he had been running. Adam
Rockwell. %, eX-service man and weIl
known through Weston county, was in
stantly killed when he was dragged in
to the saw. The accident which re
suited in the death of the youth oc-
Cured at the Kudlock ranch near
Fourcorners.
William l,aymer, n Worland under
iaker, borrowed 500 at the bank and
paid up II number of small bills before
placing II stick of giant powder under
his head and touching off the fuse with
IA match. a woma found his body In
a lonely spot while taking "A walk. Loss
Oh HIS Swings WHEN MS nome WaS re-
Gently destroyed by fire Is believed to
he the cause of his suicide.
II is reported that the original town
site of the city of Usage was complete
Iy sold out in thirty days, and that res
eryatiOns from out of town purchasers
have been received and filed sufficient
to take the entire first addition TO the
OWL Of Usage. The lots in the business
section are being turned every day at
fabulous prices, many of the original
purchasers making over 800 per cent
on their investment.
Jay Goodrich, Joe Markham and
John Wort spent nearly an hour In the
icy waters of jackson lake, near Jack
son. when Il wagon loaded with grain