, 1921-05-19
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
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neved to be the first in Wyoming his
year from that cause.
George Girrbach, 40 years old, n no.
bo, was killed by a o.. p. freight train
seven miles east of Cheyenne when he
lost his hold while attempting to swing
aboard II moving freight train.
The school enumeration of Laramie
school district. which embraces Lara
ME and some outlying territory not
thickly settled, shows that there are
2,361 children in the district between
q and 2 years. Last year the enumer-
alton showed 2,0Sl, n gain of $50 for
the year.
Sixteen thousand letters, partly
burned, but not beyond legibility and
Identification were taken to Cheyenne
from Rock Springs, Wye. They were
the moil cargo of the airplane which
burned, causing the death of Pilot Wal
ter Nj. Bunting. The mail has been
sent on to its destination.
The sixth annual meeting of Group
No. l of the Wyoming Bankers Asso-
citation will meet in Greybull on June
4. Harry Hlme of Basin is president
of the association and Sidney Smith OF
Lowell is secretary. This group COM
prises all the banks of the Big Horn
basin and is the largest In the state.
Incomplete returns from a special
election held in Wyoming at which a
proposal to issue S1,S00,00 o of state
highway bonds was submitted, indl-
cate that the bond issue was authorized
by n vote of 10 to 1. In some towns
several hundred votes were cast for
the bonds and not one against the is
sue.
Philadelphia wool merchants have
agents in Fremont county negotiating
for the 1921 clip and follower from the
1920 clip. on the basis of an advance
of 10 cents a pound. A price of from
Is to 20 cents a pound is forecast by
the agents, but not guaranteed. There
il about 100000 pounds of wool in
Fremont county.
Tommy Gloyd, 8 years old, of Their
mopolis, is in serious condition from
a wound in the groin caused by a jaw
elm. The injury occurred while high
school athletes were practicing jave-
lin throwing. The Gloyd child was
struck by one of the spears and a
wound that required several stitches
to close was cut In his groin.
The State Bank of Garland, Wyo.,
has been closed by the state bank ex-
aminer because of depleted reserves.
The banks capital was $4,000. De-
posits We're approximately $4,000. Re-
sources, according to last months
statement totaled $50, 900. This is the
fourth Wyoming bank to close within
h last six months. Two of these,
however. have reopened.
A trial, long and wordy. has grown
out of n killing Of a pet coyote owned
by Charles Downey ut Lander, Dow
ney charged Joe Markovich and N.
Mattovich with malicious trespass and
alleged that they came to his house
and killed his coyote. The coyote had
attacked a young pig, belonging to the
defendants, when 1t strayed too zeal
to the coyote which was chained up at
the Downey home.
Wyoming will not be represented at
the annual convention of the National
Association Of Secretaries of State
which is to be held ut Helena, Mont,
next August. Secretary of State w. e.
Chaplin, also State Treasurer A. ID.
Hoskins and State Auditor l. G. JEFF
fries, who have been invited to attend.
have decided that they may not legally
draw on their contingent funds for the
expenses OF such a trip.
News has been received Mt Douglas
of the confirmation OF the appointment
OF Il. j. Erwin to be register and that
OF Wilkie Collins to be receiver of the
United States land office at that place.
The all-woman government of jack
son, believed to be the first in the
country, vas reinstated by the election
held there by n good-sized majority.
Mrs. Grace G.. Miller was reelected
mayor. Mrs. Genevieve Van Week and
Mrs. Faustlna Halght were elected
councilwomen. Miss Pearl williams
was r%eappointed tow marshal and no
man will have any hand in the affairs
OF local government for at least anoth-
er year.
Charles McMasters, 20 years old
died Mt Casper as the result Of being
almost frozen to death during a bllz-
card last winter. During the height of
h storm, McAiasters came across a
homesteader's cabin and asked for
shelter. The owner Of the cabin re-
fused to take him In, and the man
again started out in the storm. Both
of his feet were frozen, making ampu-
tntion necessary. He never recovered
from the shock.
III perils Of stage coach days were
brought TO the attention OF a party of
motorists when an armed bandit held
them up on a road near Lyman. The
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