, 1921-12-08
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming

tons Of coal to the Oregon Short Line
Railroad Company during the next
year.
Negotiation of a five-year contract
with the reclamation service for addi-
tional water from the Platte river to
supply the city and the refinerles at
Casper has been authorized by the
city council. Such water was obtained
during the year just closing under a
temporary agreement.
One hundred and three thousand
bags of sugar were manufactured by
the Great Western Sugar Company
during the campaign just ended ut the
Worland plant. The output exceeds
last years production by over 10000
sacks, which is attributed to Il higher
sugar content in the beets.
Losses amounting to $4,000 resulted
from a fire at Gillette which broke
out in the Johnson livery barn and
spread to the Little Daisy lunch room,
Johnson's secondhand store, all of
which 1t destroyed, and the hotel, the
interior of which was damaged con-
siderably. The blaze was charged to
directive wiring.
One of the important actions of the
court at Kemmerer was the admission
of the will of the late James Nickel
son, the Big Piney cattle king, to pro.
bate. The widow was appointed ex-
ecutrix without bond. The estate,
when appraised, probably will approx
mate three-quarters of a million dol
lars.
A few hours after Fred Roors, an
%ltlnerant, had been released from Jail
at Evanston, following arrest ut the
request of the Ogden police N their
subsequent direction that he be lib
Grated, his body, severed by a train,
was found on the Union Pacific
tracks a few miles from town. He is
supposed to have fallen from a train
while stealing a ride.
Due to an error in the proclama-
ton of previous proceedings which in
validates $4,000 worth of water
bonds voted at an election at Grey
bull, contract for the Improvement
work has been cancelled and another
special election authorized by the City
Council to issue $4,000 worth of
bonds, bids on the project having in
dicated that the latter amount would
he sufficient.
Cave man tactics In domestic af-
airs scored a point at Basin when
James Smith of Greybull. who pleaded
guilty to felonious assault in come
ton with an attempt to chloroform
and abduct his wife while divorce pro-
ceedings were pending, was paroled
by Judge Metz on petition of the wife,
after Smith had been sentenced to a
term of eighteen months in the state
penitentiary.
AT the annual meeting of the Glen
rock Community Club which was fea-
tured with n banquet at the hotel the
following officers were elected for the
new year by unanimous vote of the
members: DR.. H. l.. Harvey, presi-
dent NJ. ii. Clark, vice president c.
L. Smith, secretary; f. o. Carson,
treasurer John Fenex, chairman of fl
nance and trade expansion C. r.
Bandy, chairman of civic Improvement.
Three boys, the oldest only Is years
Of age, are facing trial in court at
Casper for the theft of two blooded
bucks and six lambs stolen from the
Burlington stockyards where they had
been unloaded for feeding. Two of
the boys, IL is alleged, had one buck
and three lambs confined in n small
pen northeast of the city, while the
third lad had made similar
ments to take care of his share of the
flock in another location.
Ralph w. Barr, In company with
another man. was killed I'm Montana.
He was u over by a passenger train
IN the Northern Pacific tracks. Barr
formerly lived in Worland.
After spending an hour in the Icy
waters % the Big Horn river north OF
Thermopolls, Il. J.. Perkins was res
cued by companions who. heard his
call for help. Perkins was treading
he thin Ice of the river in order to
reach IA vantage point for duck shoot
Ing. when the ice ave way and he was
precipitated u water over his head.
On coming to the surfDce he man.
nged to reach the edge of the Ice and
succeeded In holding on until rescu-
ers arrived.
An oil-field map OF Wyoming Just
issued. Is the fifth Ola series Of maps
showing the oil fields In certain states
that Is being prepared by the United
States Geological Survey, Department
OF the Interior. Besides showing by
colors the locations OF the oil and gas
pools, including every district that has
yielded either oil or gas in commercial
quantity, 1t indicates by appropriate
colors and symbols the locations of
pipe lines and ~refIneries and the DO
sltions and names of 1872 anticlines.
Geo. d. Nelson. pioneer resident of
Casper and prominent in civic and
welfare movements for n long period