, 1920-07-29
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming

is said TO nave been the oldest woman
In the state.
With seventy to eighty patrons each
Of whom has paid his bill in advance,
in the form of a $50 subscription, the
Lower Star Valley Telephone Com
pany, an Independent service, has been
organized and will be in operation this
fall.
The Thurman Toggery store at Rock
Springs was broken into and about ST.
900 in merchandise stolen. The goods
stolen consisted of mems shirts, suits
and shoes. A sun of money left in the
cash register was overlooked by the
thieves.
Shipments of crude oil from the Fort
Steele end of the pipe from the Lost
Soldier field has been resumed, fol-
lowing q shutdown due to repairs in
the receiving tanks at Fort Steele. Oil
Is now loaded there for the Utah Re-
filming Company.
The fossilized skull of a prehistoric
reptile has been unearthed on Ben
Griggs' mining claim north of Coke
Vile. Griggs dug up the fossil while
driving a tunnel. 1t will be sent to the
University of Wyoming or some other
institution for Identification.
All records for travel in Yellowstone
National Park were broker when L.
1888 persons and PAL private automo
biles were admitted. More than 26,-
900 persons have visited the park this
season, about 20 per cent more than
during the same period last year.
Frank w. Mondell, Republican floor
leader in the House of Representa-
tives, has filed papers for renomina-
ton as representative at large from
Wyoming. 1t is expected he will have
no opposition in his own party. The
state primaries will be held Aug. II.
Mrs. Verne L. Wilson, managing ed
tor of the Crook County Monitor at
Sundance, was married to Harvey
Ferdinand, manager for the Salisbury
Thompson Telephone Company. The
bride is the daughter of the late Tom
Harper, who was prominent in demo-
cratic circles in Cook county. 1t is
understood hat she will continue her
work on the Monitor.
Walter Berg is recovering at a hos
pltal at Casper from a beating at the
hands of three thugs in the Burlington
yards. While two men engaged Berg
in conversation from the front a third
began to beat him owe the head from
the rear. His cries ~momentarily CON
fused his assailants and he made his
escape to a house from where he was
taken to the hospital.
Infection of a gunshot wound, hat
was not thought to be serious, result
ed fatally for William KraIl, a Sublet
rancher, and eliminated with q charge
Of first degree murder being lodged
against Steve Laslch, his neighbOr.
Lasich is in the county Jail. The
shooting was precipitated over a row
On water rights. Krall encroached on
Lasich's ditch rights, according to the
county attorneys information. Lasich
became enraged and shot Krall in the
leg.
A representative of the Presbyterian
church was at ~Thermopolis recently in
v~estigating sites for a sanitarium for
that body. With local people they
looked over the state reserve, the Nc
Mantle farm located a half mile
north of the big spring which has a
flowing well Of water at a temperature
of 1876 degrees and ample to irrigate
10000 acres. The Garrett tract was
also looked over thoroughly. This tract
Is greatly favored as 1t has two hot
springs that flow more than 10000 900
gallons daily.
The grand cOmmandery of Wyoming,
Knights Templar; the grand chapter
Of Wyoming. Royal Arch Masons, and
he Holy Order of High Priesthood,
formed OF past high priests INT grand
high priests of the Royal Arch, at their
meetings at Rawlins decided to hold
the next meetings at Lander a year
hence.
If'plans work out, Cheyenne may
have a new government hospital. The
Chamber Of Commerce has been noti-
fled by the authorities at Washington
that Cheyenne was under considera-
ton us a possible location for the
structure. The climate is ideal for a
recuperation hospital and all efforts
are being made by the Chamber Of
Commerce to cur its location here.
The big contract for paving at Their
nopolis Is completed. There are now
tight blocks covered with concrete
flooring. On Broadway, which is 100
feet wide, there is a center for parking
autos and near the intersection of
streets are plots for growing flowers
surrounded by grass. Drinking foun-
aims Will be placed on the curb rim of
his greensward and in all there will be
,everal of them. The cost of his i'm
provement willtbe about s150,OOO.
The most extensive tourist travel
n the history of the state is now in
violence daily, and each week shows
IN Increase in h number of cars