The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-08-26
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STATE NEWS
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The Fremont county fair will be held
at Lander Sept. Z to 10 and splendid
exhibits of farm and ranch products
are expected.
| Fred Satterwhittle, an employee Of
n Casper refinery, accidentally shot
himself In the leg above the right knee
while out hunting. He will recover.
Suit has been brought against the
town Of Thermopolis by the first M
tional Bunk for $69.91S.37, alleged to
be due the bank on city warrants for
a period from the latter part Of 1919
to May, 1921.
The estimated acreage by percentage
Of cultivated hay Is 100 per cent, COM
pared with 1O7 per cent last year same
date. Condition. 81 per cent, com.
pared with 1O2 per cent last year, and
50 per cent for the ten-year average.
Workmen are completing demolition
Of the first hospital building erected III
wyoming, st. John q. hospital ut Chey-
enne. The old hospital, which was
erected by Laramie county in the early
'7Os, has been torn down to make way
for the Frances Warren Pershing Me-
mortal hospital, which is being erected
| on the same site.
Forrest Lewis was accidentally shot
by his brother, b. NJ. Lewis, while GU,
hunting sage chickens, near Baggs,
the charge having entered the boys
body and passing clear through, some
shot lodging in teh arm on the other
side. The wound was serious and he
was taken to Craig, Colo, for treat
ment.
Charles Eggs, pioneer Of Green Riv.
er, is dead after IN illness Of two days
and burial took place in the Rivervlew
cemetery. He went to Green River In
1883 and purchased the Big Horn no.
tel and opened retail shoe store. At
the time Of his death he owned many
desirable business and residence prop.
critics there.
The game of cowboy" cost Andrew
Thomas McConn. II years old, his life
while ut play with two compa Mons Mt
Gillette. His feet were caught in the
moose of lariat trailing from the sal
die of Il pony and he was dragged
when the animal bolted until life was
extinct. When the pony was finally
captured, all Of the boys clothing was
torn from his body.
While out hunting near Alcova,
Charles f. Miskell, deputy sheriff. was
bitten twice by rattlesnake and only
speedy dash in the Carey motor car
from AlcOva to Casper in an hour and
twenty minutes apparently saved the
life of the man. John and Frank
Carey Immediately after Miskell was
attacked gave first aid treatment and
| started on a wild drive to save the dep
uty sheriff's life.
United States Marshal Hugh l.. Pat
| ton has announced that under orders of
the Federal Court he would sell at pub
lie auction in Cheyenne, Sept. ~, the
entire property of the Wyoming 4 Mis-
souri, River Railroad. eighteen miles in
length, and operating between Aladdin,
| Wyo.. and Belle Fourche, S. d. The
sale is to satisfy judgment of $685.
600 held by Mahlon s. Kemmerer of
Pittsburgh, Pa, whereas the entire
property is valued ut only $4,000.
We'll, guess I'm going this time !"
said J. f. OReilly, Il Horse Greek
ranchman. us he was carried from a
drug store in Laramie, where he had
collapsed, to his automobile for re.
moval to hospital. The man was
right, for he died In the machine be-
fore the hospital was reached. He
had long been sufferer from organic
heart trouble, and upon several occa-
| sions he had collapsed, but this was
the first time that he had ever en-
pressed the opinion that it was his
| last.
Records of the Laramie, Foxpark
and Bow ranger stations OF the Metll.
cine Bow national forts show that the
amount of precipitation during June
and July Is far above the normal. At
Laramie 100 inches OF rnin fell in
June, while the normal Is but lis
incses. In July the amount was 255
inches. and the mean is but 1.73
inches.
Practically all crops, according to
reports, and condition figures show a
marked decrease Of productions of the
important crops Except potatoes) of
the state, as compared with year
ago. Also from the July report, result
Of the severe drouth With hot winds in
the north, northeast, and east districts.
Also from shortage Of irrigation water
| ip the north districts, coupled with
grasshopper injuries to many Of the
leading crops In the several counties
Of the state. Many farmers will be
unable to make the second cutting of
alfalfa. Pastures are suffering consid-
erahls damage, fields Of grain have
been injured to certain extent by
these pests. Condition of sugar beets
show decrease of per cent In the
past thirty days. caused by web worm.