, 1921-02-03
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
western Newspaper Union Nov. Service,

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ton law and providing for return to
the convention system of nominating
candidates for public office.
Wyoming veterans of the world war
VIII be exempt from taxation up to
S2,OOp under the terms of a bill APP
proved by the Lower House in COM
miftee OF the whole recently.
Torrington is to have n new S125,OOO
high school building, if the voters ap-
prove a proposition to bond the district
for that amount, the money to be made
available in time to complete the plans
and have the school ready within the
year.
Fred Cannon, Douglas carpenter,
lost three fingers of his left hand when
the torn finger of a glove he was wear
Ing drew his hand on to the knife of
n planning machine he was operating
in his shop. The fingers were cut off
clean at the second joint.
Apprehendcd by revenue agents in
sweeping raids at Casper resulted in
the arrest of ten operators of Illicit
stills. Harry j. Devine, Casper police
sergeant, and nez Collins were held
on $1,000 bonds for appearance to an
swer charges of owning u still intend
er for use in violating the federal pro-
hibitlon laws.
Legislation compelling the War De-
partnent to turn Fort Mckenzie, Wyo.,
over to the United States Public
Health Service will be reported out by
the louise committee on public build
ings and grounds, it has been an
nounced. The fort will be used in the
future as II hospital for war risk pa
tents IL the bill is adopted.
students from the University of
Wyoming who attend the r. o. IT. q.
training camp this summer will go TO
Camp ] evils, Wash, according to word
received in Laramie by Capt. B. c.
DAILY. h camp is to start the middle
lof June and will last for five or six
weeks. More than % from the Lara
mic State School probably will attend.
Cigars, cigarettes or tobacco in any
form will be forbidden to boys under
Is years old in Wyoming, If the Legis-
lnture adopts Il bill introduced by Rep
resentative Joseph ii. Neville of Big
Horn county. The bill would make it
unlawful to buy for, give or sell any
of the prohibited articles to boys. 1t
also would make the possession of
such articles by u boy a misdemeanor.
Postmaster Guy Shoemaker of Lar
annie has been informed of an order by
the Postoffice Department closing the
lobbies in all postoffices where u night
watchman is not maintained at o
O'Clock at night, the Hobbies to be
opened at about 5 in the morning. He
says the reason is the large amount of
lawlessness In the Hobbies of the office,
rowdyism being one. form and love
making another.
japan will enter a protest against
the construction with American capt.
tai of a large wireless station at Shang-
hal, with branches Mt Tientsin, Chi-Fu
and Hardin. says the newspaper Nichi
Nichi of Toxic. This action will be
based on the claim hat. the work
would infringe upon concessions grant
ed japan, authorizing this country to
build wireless plants at points in the
interior of China.
Dennis Hogan, Il foreman for the
Hysell Construction Company. sub
contractors on the Union Pacific work
near Evanston. was instantly killed
when he was struck by passenger train
No. 81. Hogan was walking on the
track about two miles east Of Knight,
and II is presumed he did not heal the
train which rounded a curve just be-
fore hitting him. His back was broken
and he died Instantly.
Pat Knapp and r. Williams, two
coal miners employed by the Po-
posla Coal Company Mt the company
mines near Poposia and Hudson, were
killed when a big rock In the No. 2
mine fell on them.
Tobacco wis formally buried Mt Cow
ley, following a campaign Of n week,
during which all merchants of the city
were visited by a~nti-tobacco workers
and promises secured from them to
cease selling tobacco. The ceremony
included n parade. with two brass
bands, mournei-s and n coffin In which
rested the corpse of Old King Tobac-
CO. The action followed "A religious
campaign against the weed started by
the Church OF the Latter Day Saints.
A memorial was introduced in the
Wyoming Senate requesting Congress
to refrain from granting authorization
for the storage of water within the
boundaries OF Yellowstone park for ir-
rigation or power purposes. Residents
of both. Idaho and Montana are seek
ing congressional grant of special priv