, 1921-07-21

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lowstone Park, otto Koenlg Of Cody,
using II light tackle, landed a 1888
pound Mackinaw trout.
Bitten by II r~attlesuaKe, Clara, the
11-months-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Spencer. ranchers residing
AT Orchard Mesa, is dead. The reptile
was hidden in n pile of ashes when it
bit the child.
An increase of S2,29S,365 in the
monthly clearings of the Casper banks
since February of this year is shown
in the statement of the Casper Clear
ing House Association. Clearings for
February totalled So, 136, $4,000, and the
increase continued until the high mark
ness n financial conditions in gem
eral have continued good there.
The acreage of corn this year is
1000, as compared with $1,000 acres
last year, showing an increase of 10
per cent. The condition of his crop
is 96 per cent. of normal, as compared
with 81 per cent. n veal ago same
date. Forecasts a production of about
1.7S7, 900 bushels, compared with $780,
go bashels last year., December, 1920,
E0NiiilditNs
After he had made "A high dive into
the waters of Bessemr lake. neal Salt
Creek, the body of Il. o. Yount was
found with a wound on the head, indi-
eating that he had struck some metal.
lie object on the bottom of the lake
which knocked him unconscious. Yount
was swimming with several compan-
ions when the fatality occurred. After
his div he did not reappear, and his
companions began a search for him.
Because outside bidders for $780,
600 of Wyoming state highway bonds
are lacking, the state of Wyoming will
buy the bonds for itself. In other
words, the state will purchase bonds
Of its highway department as invest
ments for its educational department,
paying for the bonds funds
lated from the lease and sale Of state
school lands. Under his arrangement
the state will pay 8 per cent. interest
to its school fund.
Fifteen aliens who made application
for citizenship in the United States
District Court at Cheyenne each re-
ceived an American flag from the pa
trlotic education committee of the local
chapter of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution. Mrs. w. C. Mentzer,
chairman of the committee, accom-
panied the presentation with an ex-
preston of the hope that the citizens
to-be would realize the value of citi-
zenship and the obligations which it
imposed.
The body of Andrew Brae, ranch
employee, who was drowned in an at
tempt to ford the Platte river a few
miles east of Casper on July ., was re-
covered in Big Muddy, after being
washed twelve miles down stream.
Chicago 4 Northwestern brakemen
made the recovery when they noticed
a boot and spur projecting from the
water about fifteen feet from the bank.
Brae was riding with four companions
when his mount lost its footing in the
current and both were swept away.
The grand encampment of the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows Of
Wyoming, In session M Casper, elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: Grand patriarch, Fred A. Proc
W. me- fAAhN . HAhAAhA iAAk ~ ltaAf "a L.
Phillips, Casper grand senior warden,
William Ault, Evanston grand scribe,
Thomas Cottle. Green River: grand
treasurer, d.. l.. Darr, Basin; grand
senior warden, Louis II. Schmidt. Cas-
per; grand representative for 1922
1923, David McCullaugh, Laramie.
Sheriff Lee Martin and Coroner Lew
NJ. Gay returned TO Casper from the
Bad Water country, seventy-flve miles
northwest, with the body of an Arme-
MAN, name unknown, and Ed Holmes,
q ranch employee, who gave himself up
to the authorities for killing the Ar
menian. Holmes declared he shot in
self-defense. after being fired upon by
his victim and suffering a slight wound.
Found guilty of attempting to snug
gle a revolver and a can of red pepper
to her husband, in jail awaiting trial
on "A charge OF automobile theft at
Cheyenne, Mrs. Malcolm Almond was
fined $50 and sentenced to sixty days
In jail. Police claimed that the wom-
ans attempt to smuggle the gun and
pepper into the Jail was part of a plan
for a wholesale jailbreak.
Wyoming Consistory No. 1 will place
in the Frances Pershing Warren Me-
mortal Hospital. now under construc-
ton at Cheyenne, a bronze memorial
tablet to the wife Of Judge John A.
Riner OF the United States Court for
the District of Wyoming, n thirty
third degree Mason. Mrs. Rlner died
recently. The memorial, which will be
n tablet. will be placed on the door of
IN operating room.
There is "A large epidemic of tire
thefts In Casper, according to records
on file at the city police station. Seven
have been stolen since July Z, 1t was
reported Mt police headquarters. Some