The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-08-05
WYOMING
STATE NEWS


Pacific Railroad Co. closed several
months ago, when an order for re-
,rpnc!lment was put into effect, are to
I've re-opcned August LIST. About 50
men will I've put back to work.
The Lowell Carpenters Union has vol.
UNFAIRLY reduced wages from IS to 81
per day. Reduction in the cost OF liv-
ing and n desire to do everything pos
sibie to bring about Il revival In build
ing operations are given as the reason.
Mrs Killman. 81, and her daughter,
I months old. were drowned ten miles
west Of Rock River on the Lincoln
highway. recently. Mr.. Killman and
another daughter, pa years old. were
rescued after II hard struggle, as they
we're Ell route from Albert Lea, Mimi,
t" Califov,ia in an automobile.
The postnffice Of pitchfork, Wyo..
was robbed recently for the third time
in four months. The first robbery oc
cured in April and netted the robber
$40 The second was In June, when
$3.50 was taken and the assistant post
mistress bound and beaten. The lat
Isl robbery resulted in a $50 loss.
\ Young man. II or IS years old,
whose identity has not been estab-
,She,l. fell from train two miles
"ast Of Wamsutter. while stealing Il
tide. and was instantly killed. 1t was
| 'eleved that he was Arthur Salmon
Il Everett. WASH, but descriptions
rom that city do not seem to fit him.
Harry Noll. II years old. who was
employed. with his mother by carni-
val company. was found dead. his head
terribly crushed, in vacated barn in
Cheyenne. That the boy was muir
''rred is the belief expressed by Sher-
;ff +. George Of Laramie county. who
said the lad had been beaten on the
head with heavy iron bar.
Charged with having stabbed z. p
Roberts, veteran baggage master at
the Burlington station at Casper, in
the head and arms with pocket knife
when the latter did not serve him as
quickly as he demanded. Lon Prunty
for murtlerous assault. Roberts vii
recover. it was stated in Casper.
WyOminS's share OF the $4,000. 900
stock loan pool. which was formed a
short while ago by stOckmen and bank.
ers Of the western states for the re.
lief Of the livestock interests, is now
available. The amount available to
StOckmen Of this state will he about
S:0OOG0. which will be loaned through
local banks. after they have approved
the security offered.
]. W. Magee was fined $50 and PAU
Rreniulan $50. when they were fount
guilty at Saratoga of killing an ell
out of season. AT Rock River Il Greel
'aborer was fined SO and costs. SIS
for killing sage chickens. two Hanna
men paid fines of SD and costs eaci
FOR killing doves. while Japanese a
!;nNIins WAS convicted of selling game
fish and paid Il fine OF 500 and costs
As the outgrowth of an explosion
which destroyed the home Of Tom LII,
ut Frontier. Wyo, Lux has been ar
rested. Officers allege that Lu,
placed a stick of dynamite under tn,
house. following Il fit of jealousy HI
had accused his wife Of familiarit,
with another man. Officers say. n,
one was in the house. which was shat
tered by the explosion.
One of two tanks fired by lightnin;
on the Midwest tank farm west o
Casper hi.rned itself out after o5.Oo
barrels of crude oil had been saved b,
pumping from under the flames. Sal
wage from the second tank. which wa
eXtinguished by the use Of chemicals
totalled 63.NW barrels Of crude out O
approximately l55.OOO barrels and re
ducing the possible loss from $4,000
tn 100000 including damage to tanks
George +. White, Union Pacifi
brakeman of Laramie. was struck il
the right ear and made deaf by hal
stone during II heavy storm recent
in that city.
Wyoming is now in possession of tn
Hot Springs reserve near Saratog,
Attorney General W. L. Walls havin
found that the title to the land was /
satisfactory shape and all other oil
stacles having been removed. Flaw
,, in the title held the transaction up fC
,, several months. until trouble abOl
several lots owned by the Saratoga
Encampnent railroad could he strigl,
ened out. The last Legislature pr,
vided that the state should buy the r,
serve.
, Liberty bonds totaling $1,000, pro-
erty of the First National Bank I
, Rock Springs. WyO., missing since la
January. have been traced ut last,
is reported. and as Il result a prom
I nent Denver mmn-prOminent In s
. ciety as well as in business-may ia,
: civil or criminal action, or pOssib
: both, because of his alleged come
Q ton with the matter. His wife, wi
j. occupies an enviable position in De
!. YER society, also has been brought In
the case.
7 Two Mexcans arrested as suspec