, 1921-03-03
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
Western Newspaper Union New. Service,

ness while In the City Drug store for
the purpose of buying medicine, Erwin
Searles. a well known young farmer of
the Eagle Nest country, collapsed and
died within n few minutes on the drug
store floor at Wheatland.
jess Ruby" Van Dyke and "Goldie"
johnson, arrested at Sheridan on a
charge of being the highwaymen who
entered the Wondra pool hall at Deitz
and at the point of pistols robbed the
owners and sixteen occupants of near
iy $1,000. maintain their innocence of
participation in the crime despite iden-
~tif1cation by. victims of the holdup.
Ranchers of the Deer Creek region
launched plans for an irrigation pro-
1ect at Il meeting held at Glenrock. 1t
was shown that by the construction
of a dam at one of two points in Deer
Creek canon, above Glenrock, suffi-
cient water could be impounded to III
rigate several thousand acres and
steps will be taken to secure general
support for the project.
Ranchers of the Deer Creek region
launched plans for an irrigation pro-
ject at a meeting held ut Glenrock. 1t
was shown that by the construction of
a dam at One of two points in Deer
Creek canon, above Glenrock, suffi-
cient water could be i%mpounded to ir-
rigate several thousand acres and steps
viii be taken to secure general sup
port for the project.
Carrying an urn containing one-half
of the ashes of the remains of E. \.
Whitney, who died in the early days
of the war, leaving a S1,000,0O0 edu-
cational endowment to Sheridan coun-
ty, j.. ID. Thorn, executor of the Whit.
Dey will, is to sail for Switzerland
April Z to bury the ashes in a ceme-
terry overlooking Lake Geneva, as di-
rected in the will. The remaining half
of the ashes will be buried later in the
Sheridan cemetery.
The Stockgrowers' State Bank Of
Saratoga, recently closed on the order
of the state examiner, reopened for
business On Feb. %, under the man
agement of Fred ii. Healey of En-
campment and associated interests. A
reorganization of the bank was eff.
fected at Cheyenne, 1t is understood,
and officers will be announced this
week The institution will have strong
financial backing, according t o the an
nouncement of those in charge.
Eight hundred and fifty thousand
dollars will De available for continuing
york on the Riverton Reclamation pro-
ject canals during the coming year IL
appropriations included in the sundry
civil bill recently passed by both
houses of Congress are not reduced
by conferees. The Riverton project
now Is the largest reclamation work
being furthered by the government in
Wyoming and millions remain to be
spent in carrying 1t through. Hun
dreds of irrigated farms will be added
to those already benefited here.
The state game department has COM
pleted h planting in fourteen coun-
ties of the state of twenty-eight dozen
topknot quail imported from Arizona.
Two dozen quail were planted in each
OF the following counties Park, Big
Horn, Converse, Carbon, Niobrara,
Fremont, Lincoln. Uinta. Platte, Hot
Springs, Johnson. Washable. Sheridan
and Laramie. The department plans
to plant ten dozen quail in five other
counties as soon as the birds are re-
ceived. "The quail are OF the hardy
mountain type and should thrive in
Wyoming" said State Game Warden
Judklns. ave hope that eventually
the Wyoming sportsmen may enjoy ex-
cellent quail shooting"
Following a confession In court by
the Wyoming Hereford corporation OF
its inability to pay him $265, 900 which
he advanced to the corporation, Henry
+. Crowell of Chicago. owner OF IA
large block of the corporations stock,
has Instituted proceedings In the Fed.
eral Court at Cheyenne for the ap-
pointment OF a receiver for the com.
pany. Counsel for Crowell said that Il
was not the Intention to throw the cor.
poratlon into liquidation or to dispense
its herd of 1900 registered Herefords,
which Is II OF the b~est-known In the
world. The herd, II was stated, Will be
preserved and eventually the corpora
tion will be able TO pay out In full. The
c~ompany's ranch neal Cheyenne COW
ers 25,00O acres Of the Grow Greek
valley. Raymond Hustled OF Denver is
the concerns general manager.
New York.-Cries of graft raised
by members Of the New York police
department following an order requir.
Ing the force to wear two and a half.
inch cuffs on their summer uniform
pants were under official investigation.
An advertisement has appeared in sta.
ton houses, II Is claimed. calling atten.
ton to the fact that n lieutenant had
resigned to enter the tailor business.
Kirby S. Long, AZ, died Mt the Doug.
las hospital OF injuries received when
he fell from a haystack ut n ranch on
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