, 1921-03-31
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
western Newspaper rnIoa New. Service.

pretty well completed and as soon as
1t is considered safe to begin work on
account of freezing, the work will start
in
Pat Whelan, pioneer resident of Lar
annie and an inmate of the county
farm, was killed when he was run
down by an automobile in front of the
home He had been to the mail box,
a block away and was returning when
j. johnson and Carl Johnson, driving
n car, struck him.
Going to Rock Springs to attend the
funeral of a friend, James Klaudlan-
Gus, a coal miner, collapsed on the
street and died in IA physicians office
Il few minutes later. Death is attrib-
uted TO an injury to the brain which
he sustained in Il mine accident sever
nj months ago.
The body of Paul Waters, . years
old. wounded by his mother, Mrs. J, Il.
Waters. when the latter shot her six
children Mt the family home neal Kane
prior to taking her own life, was bur-
led beside the bodies Of two brothers
and Il sister. also victims of the trag-
edy. He died suddenly after he was
believed to be on the road to I'VE
Wood alcohol claimed another vic
tim when a man known as Billy Moran
succumbed at Rawlins hospital after
suffering untold agony for three days.
He had gotten hold of denatured al
cohol and had proceeded to drink it
after slightly diluting 1t with water.
A ftAe Ita .la,tI Z ... r..-1 II. -
real name was Charles Duty and that
his home vas in Newark, N. ].
AS the result of an announcement In
Sheridan offering that Il cleanup COM
mittee would pay 5 cent for every
twenty-five flies killed by school hill
dren, 22,S07 dead flies were brought to
the committee by enterprising pupils
in one day. For the bodies about S45
was paid by the committee. Seeing
how easy it appears to be for children
TO kill flies, the number that will have
TO be killed in the future to earn 4
nickle was increased to 100.
A wireless station OF sufficient
radius to communicate with the "seven
seas" is to be established in Wyoming,
at either Rock Springs or Cheyenne,
by the Postoffice Department, in con-
nection with the air mail service. That
is, the station win be utilized by the
air mail service, but its primary pur-
pose, 1t is said, Is to complete a sys
EN- of wireless stations across the
continent which may be of inestimabIe
value to the nation in time of war.
After years of bitter rivalry, the
owner and residents of the rival town.
sites of Big Piney and Marbleton,
which adjoin. have adjusted their diff
f%erences and united against u common
rival-Pinedale. The development is
h result of authorization for the or
ganization of the new county of Sun
lette. Big Piney and Pinedale are
rivals for selection as the county seat,
and the Marbletonians have consented
TO merge with Big Piney in order to
assist the latter.
A. McCurtain, cashier of the Su-
perior State bank. is again on the Job
ms usual. but with his left arm in n
sling as Il result of an with
three yeggmen whom he surprised in
h act of attempting to open the bank
safe when he returned 10 his living
quarters, in the rear of the bank build
ing. at about midnight. One of the
burglars fired several shots at McCur-
tain and all three then fled. One bull
let Inflicted n flesh wound in McCur-
tain's arm. The robbers obtained
nothing.
Work ON the new high school build
ing, which was started late last fall at
Riverton, will be resumed In the very
near future N present good weather
continues. according to an
ment made by the Rlverton school
board Necessary preparatory work is
being done 20 there win be no delay
when the contractors return to the job.
Attorney Don Wakemnnaof Sheridan.
defending Frank Wilkinson, Gillette
rancher charged with the murder of J..
II. Carlton ear his ranch north of Gil
lette. in June. 1919. has advised JOS
eph Hare. clerk of courts for Camp
bell county, that wilkinson's plea for
a change OF venue has been withdrawn
and the trial will probably be held in
Gillette.
Sheridan county may be the first TO
take advantage OF an act OF the recent
Legislature permitting counties to
bond to obtain funds for highway con.
struction. The county commissioners
have under consideration submission
Of n proposal to issue S556.000 Of coun
~ highway bonds. this proposal TO be
passed IN by the voters of the county
at the special election May 10th when
n proposal to issue 81, 100000 OF state
highway bonds VIII be submitted.
A gale, which reached a velocity OF
fifty-eight miles an hour, did more
than $1,000 worth of damage to plate
glass windows in Cheyenne recently.
The wind, which arose without warn.
ing, blew in n 500 plate glass window
OF the Citizens bank building and then