, 1921-06-23

CuTl JHCkSOn Oh Luramle, MyO-, mas
been appointed prohibition director for
Wyoming. He succeeds Lloyd G.
Sampson with headquarters Mt Chey-
II
Caught in the act, the police say, of
loading $3.50 worth of stolen automo-
bile tires into an auto in which his
wife and three children were waiting,
Edward Wright of st. Marys, Kan, a
tourist, was arrested in Cheyenne.
The Midwest has struck an immense
gnsser at 2,79T feet on the Golden
Eagle dome on Observation-Disclosures
ground. Theflowis 60,000.000 cubic feet
per day. The oil and is expected in
the mex 300 feet and "A gusher is prob
able.
Twelve men were injured, two seri-
ously, by the collapse Of Il ~scaffolding
Mt the refinery of the Standard OIL
Company of Indiana in Casper. The
men were plunged to a cement founda-
ton Uttered with pipe, a distance of
thirty feet.
Two bandits uttered the home of
Carl Smith in Rock Springs. and when
he struck one the other shot him
While he lay wounded on the floor the
men ransacked the house and took
what money Smith had in his pockets.
Two suspects have beer arrested.
Mrs. Minnie Gagnos ana daughter,
Mrs. Lena Hausler, of Cheyenne. have
been arrested at Baltimore, Nd. on a
federal warrant said to charge impli-
90 alton In ON oIlnnaA 1onI f.o-l
cording to a report received in Chey-
enne. They are said to nave been en-
route to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
An operation for removal of the bull
let imbedded in the thigh of Miss Mar
garet Grier, shot through the body and
in the thigh by Samuel A. Underwood
In Cheyenne n IN before Under
wood committed suicide, has been sue
cessfully performed. Miss Grier with
stood the shock of the operation well
and her recovery is expected.
After he is alleged to have shot his
former wife. Alfred p. Roberts. 90
years old. former member of the State
Legislature, was found dead in the
former wife's home in Kemmerer. He
was shot through the temple. 1t is de-
clared by authorities to have been a
case of suicide. Mrs. Roberts was shot
in the side. She is expected TO re-
cover.
Albert c.. Watson, a brakeman on the
Chicago & Northwestern between Ian
der n Hudson. was instantly killed
when n train jumped the track as it
was nearing Hudson recently. Several
cars left the track and turned over as
he train rounded a curve, and Watson
was found crushed beneath the wreck
age. Watson lived in Lander, where
he is survived by a wife and daughter.
Attorneys for the state of Colorado
are preparing to argue for the third
time the celebrated WyOming-Colorado
water case, involving the diversion of
water for irrigation purposes from the
Laramie river, or the west slope of the
continental divide, TO the plains of
northeastern Colorado. Word has been
received from Washington that the SUI
preme Court Of the United States has
restored the case on the docket and
asked for new arguments. The case
has been pending in the Supreme
Court since 1910. when the court, on
the application Of Wyoming. as a SOW
ereign state. assumed original juris-
dictlon.
A half dazed or demented woman
giving her name as Margaret Boriss of
Denver, said to have walked from that
city, was found sitting on the steps of
IA farm house at Durham. fifteen miles
east of Cheyenne and was brought to
the sheriff's office in that city. Of
Ulcers We're unable TO obtain any infor-
nation from her other thar the name
and the statement that she had
trudged more than 125 miles.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, leader of
h women's movement In the United
States, delivered the ba%ccalaureate ser
mon TO the graduating class at the
University Of Wyoming. It was by far
h most scholarly and eloquent ad-
dress ever heard In that city. Mrs.
Gait was awarded the degree of doctor
of laws, this being the first honorary
degree ever conferred by the unlver-
sity. For this historic occasion, Mrs.
Katherine A. Morton. state superin-
tendent Of public instruction Miss
Eunice Anderson, state historian, and
Mrs. Avery Hnggnrd of Cheyenne
were present. The presentation was
made by President Nelson. members
of the board Of trustees being upon
The platform. Later n reception was
held nj Hoyt hall.
Chester J. Chandler, mailing clerk
at the Casper postofflce, pleaded guilty
Sefore NJ. p. Wheeler, United States
District Court Commissioner, TO n
charge of embezzlement growing out
Of the pilfering OF special delivery and
first-class mail which passed through
his hands. No statement could be is
sued from the Cnsper office an fbe az.