, 1921-06-02

A drilling rig belonging to the Assoc
ciated Oil Company, near Rock River,
was totally destroyed by fire. All the
company's tools being employed on the
job were lost. The origin of the fire
is unknown. The loss is estimated at
S25, OOO.
Edna Turen, who also gave the name
of Jennette Huston, whose mother.
Mrs. Osborne, lives at Estes Park,
Colo, is in the custody of the sheriff
at Laramie, pleaded guilty when ar
raigned on the charge of forging the
name of Andrew inquest of Foxpatk
to n check given him by the Wyoming
Timber Company for $100.13.
Mitchell Cowan was bound to the
District Court at Thermopolis on a
charge of first degree murder in con-
nection with the death of William
Hastings from a knife wound inflicted
a month previously. Bail was fixed
at $4,000 and In default of bondsmen
he will remain in Jail until the Octo-
Der term Of the District Court.
Instructions have been sen to the
forest rangers in the Medicine Bow
forest to resume reporting of fishing
conditions. These reports are submit
ted weekly to the district forester at
Denver, who furnishes the information
to the public in the form of n bulletin,
so that the prospective fishermen are
Informed through the local papers
where fishing is best.
Henry Kreger tried to chop a hole
in a can that had held ntt~roglycerine,
neal Worland, and now he is in the
hospital and may not recover and two
men who were standing nea by were
knocked down, but not injured. All
the explosive had not been removed
from h can. Kreger's right leg was
blown off, and he was severely mutt
lated.
Lawrence Carter, 2-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Carter of Casper,
suffered a broken neck and almost in
slant death when a motorcycle which
he was trying to mount fell over on
him. The child was the next TO the
last of u family of nine children, seven
of whom had died. A brother was
killed under an automobile less thar a
year ago.
Edward Wagner, foreman of the
James Chrisman ranch on Big Piney,
is in "A hospital at Kemmerer with Sc
rious injuries as the result of the uni
versal Joint of a truck he was driving
becoming disconnected on a steep hill.
The truck ran to h bottom of the
grade, overturned and crushed the
driver beneath it. Wagner sustained
internal injuries and, it is feared, a
fracture Of the spine.
Not what to have, but what not to
have, is the aspect which has been
assumed by the problem of the citi-
zens' Frontier Days Committee of ar
ranging attractions to fill In between
the big thrillers-the worlds cham
pionship rough riding and steer-roping
contests-of the wild western celebra-
ton which has made Cheyenne famous
n which is to be repeated for the
twenty-f:fth time, July 26, 81, %
and 20.
The First National Bank of Rock
River, Wyo.. and The First State Bank
of that city have been consolidated
the First National absorbing the State
Bank and increasing its capital to
$4,000 and its surplus to $4,000. Alvy
Dixon, m of the large holders of
land in the Rock Creek oil fields. was
elected president, with c. d. Spnldlng
of Laramie and George f. Abbott of
Cheyenne as vice presidents, and l.. C.
Butler of Rock River as cashier.
Ed Schunemann, a ranchman on the
Sibylee creek, northeast of Laramie,
lost six horses. four farm horses and
two saddle animals. when the hired
man went to the stable to feed the
horses, and gave them by mistake oats
from a sack which had been poisoned
to kill %gophers. When he returned to
the stalls after breakfast he found all
six animals dead.
The Laramie Lions Club has decided
to send a large delegation TO the dis
trlct convention TO be held at Long
mont, Colo, June ., the party going
down by automobile. The club has
elected George A. Campbell as the OF.
fetal delegate, and the club will make
an effort TO have a district convention
held at Laramie for the benefit of the
Lions Clubs in Wyoming.
II Is intimated hat there will he
about 600 acres planted to potatoes
on areas tributary to Laramie, nh in
crense of more than 100 acres over
last year. The ground is said TO be
In better condition for planting at this
time han for nearly a score Of years.
The crop last year was large. and the
demand was not rs great as expected,
but this ear it is believed the export
trude win be large.
The Wyoming Masonic Conslstory
has elected 100 candidates for eleva-
ton to the Scottish Rite degree nt the
semi-annual reunion which is to be