, 1921-10-27
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
western Newspaper Union News Service. =,

enn,w was elected president of the Wyo-
ming State Teachers Association at
the closing session of the annual con
vention at Thermopolis.
Adam Refs has pleaded guilty to a
charge of manufacturing liquor on the
ranch of Gov. Robert d. Carey, eight
cen miles west of Douglas, and in lieu
of money to pay Il $400 fine and costs
has been consigned to Jail TO serve out
the time.
C. Il. Garfield of California has tax
en- charge of the Union Consolidated
OIL Company holdings at the Corder
place and on c. p. Budd's properties
in the Upper Green river country.
Drilling operations are now in full
blast.
John Naylor of Central City, Neb.,
has contracted to purchase 1900
head of lambs and expects to contract
for the purchase of ut least 10000 adj
ditional head in Wyoming. He pur-
chased $4,000 lambs at Moorcroft ind
Gillette.
n. L. Corthell of Laramie proposed
to the Cheyenne Chamber of Com
iitltt tiul S|lleN tlnt, LuIulHle anu
Rawllns unite in hiring one city man
ager to run all three towns. The plan
was taken under consideration and
Will be discussed at the November
meeting of the organization.
I~ncendiarism is held responsible for
the destruction by fire of the Golden
Gate Inn," a roadhouse one mile
SOutbanSt Of Cocpar mhara IL &c oil
legged orgies have been held nightly for
several months. 1t was the second de-
struction within a few months of a
roadhouse by fire, another having been
burned south of the city.
Growth of the parcels post business
at the Casper postoffice is reflected
in the check being taken to determine
whether the department is paying its
way. On one day 1,O53 parcels were
delivered through the Casper office,
also indicating that the local public
is not behind those of other sections
in shopping by mail.
Arrangements for the transfer of
the operation of the Saratoga & En-
campment railroad of Wyoming to the
Union Pacific were made in Omaha,
Neb. Morse Brothers of Denver, own
ers of the road, met with Union Pa
cific officials and Superintendent j. L.
McShane of the Wyoming road to com
plete the details of the transfer.
The funeral of Nathaniel KimbaIl
Boswell, who died at Laramie, was
held with Masonic burial service both
at the undertaking rooms and at the
cemetery. The honorary ~pallbearers
were Jesse Converse, NJ. n. Grant, OF
to Gramm, A. G. Jones, II. C. Brown
and DR.. II. L. Stevens, all members of
Laramie lodge and past masters of the
lodge.
Tourists in 2,340 cars who visited
the Casper tourist camp during the
season just closed, spent a total of
S33,362.39 in the city, according to ac-
tual statements OF individuals col
lected by the Casper Chamber of Com
merce. The largest sum to be spent
by one tourist was S213.35, who added
on the card handed him: "Thank you
Just the same"
A nearly new sedan, driven by John
Reneke, was overturned down a steep
embankment near the Ames monu-
ment and wrecked. The road at that
point is badly rutted and the car be-
came stuck. Mr.. n Mrs. Reneke,
their daughter and her friend, Miss
Murray, got out TO push the car and
extricate 1t from Its position. The
car, instead of going ahead, was so
balanced that 1t tipped over, going
down a sixty-foot embankment.
The Colowyo mine, near Centennial
Is producing ore from a vein found In
the bottom of the tunnel, taken from
under the track leading to the face
Of the mine, that Is assaylng from &c.,
900 to $4,000 In gold to the ton. Spec
linens of the rich ore were taken to
Laramie with the statement that the
ore taken from this vein would aver.
age at least $1,000 to the ton.
A c%oroner's jury exonerated Police
man W. A. Rogers for shooting and
fatally wounding Ray Chapman, col
ored, In Casper. Rogers testimony
that he shot in self-defense was cor
robornted by other officers, who said
the negro fired first. Chapman Is un-
derstood to nave told county officers
that he fired after the policeman and
did not know he was shooting ut an
officer.
Mrs. ora Il. Decker, wife of Wal
ter Il. Decker, postmaster at Tie sid
ing. wns Injured at Boslcr when her
automobile was struck by n Union Pa
clfic locomotive on n crossing. A sur
geon was summoned from Laramie,
Wyo., who took her to n hospital In
thnt city. Mrs. Decker received a cut
over one eye and some bruises about
the body. The automobile was almost
completely demolished.
State highway surveyors completed
the survey for the Basin-B Burlington
highway which viii be built the COM
ing Yenr. The clilzens of HnsIn do