, 1921-02-10
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
lwsstern Nerspaper Union News serles. }

The chiropractOrs of the state are
making n strong effort for recognition
by the Wyoming Legislature.
Laramie is to have another hospital
according to information given out
there.
By an overwhelming majority the
governors bill for the creation Of a
state department OF law enforcement
has been passed by the House.
A bill creating n special commission
with power to investigate and fix
prices on OF both at the mines and
in retail establishments also was
killed.
One work train sideswiped another
work train at Knight, Wyo., and the
death of an engineer and injury to four
other employees of the Union Pacific
system resulted.
The new Midwest Refining Company
hotel, reported to be one of the hand
soonest and most elaborate even erect
ed at an oil camp, probably wiz be
opened in the Salt Creek field on Feb.
u.
Senator Francis L. Warren recently
introduced a bill in the Senate for the
relief of certain ex-service men whose
rights to make entries on the North
Platte irrigation project, Nebraska
Wyoming, We're defeated by interven-
ing claims.
Curfew will ring every night in Their
mopolis at o p. M, according TO n new
order put into effect by the city coun-
ell. At that hour all children under 16
years of g who are nor accompanied
by their parents must leave the streets
and all places of public gathering.
Every miner and company man has
been laid off by the Kemmerer Coal
Company because of what was report
ed to be a slight falling off In the de-
mand of railroad coal. These mines,
including those at Frontier, Sublet and
Susie, have resumed operations.
The Strand theater, Rawlins' new
100000 playhouse, erected by Messrs.
Johnson and J. e. Bangs, which as
been in the course of construction for
the past eighteen months, is rapidly
nearing completion and will be ready
for the formal opening about the mid
die of February.
The oil well on the Dixon lease on
section "a of the Rock Creek field,
where Lance Creek Royalty has an in
terest of one-half of the mineral rights,
is averaging 1000 barrels Il day, ac-
cording to advices received. There are
three other wells on the lease being
drilled by the Ohio company, one of
which is down $500 feet.
Mrs. Mary Walker of Casper, a Wild
ow, can start earning n livelihood fol-
lowing emergency legislation passed
by the Wyoming Legislature. 1t au-
thorizes the practice of dental hygiene
in the state. The measure had pre-
viously been passed by the Senate, and
under ordinary progress would pass
the House in about ten days, but the
lower body and the chief executive
made it an emergency measure when
they learned the widow was unable to
practice her profession until the law
was enacted.
Acting under the direction of Judge
Metz of the District Court at Basin,
County Attorney Little, assisted by G.
A. Earring. speciol nrosecutor fnod In.
formation charging the Midland Coz.
bon Componv and tho Occidopto, Nh
and Gas Company with violations of
h Wyoming law prohibiting the use
of natural gas for the manufacture of
carbon black within ten miles of an in
corporated town or city. Both com
panies are charged with violations on
4S7 counts, convictions on which would
result in maximum fines of $4,000.
From the vicinity NJ Io,m con,as
word thar mounta,n i,ons ~ no. 80
scarce ms general heller would ,aya +,
Reports ore Tint cat,,o ana aaar a.
quite large numbers have been killed.