, 1922-08-03
LATE NEWS
From All OUer
w YOMING

Sunrise, was drowned In the Platte
river south Of Guernsey while swim
ming with his boy friends
Four to five years in the state penl-
Tertiary was the sentence imposed on
j. a. Curtis, who pleaded guilty to a
charge of forgery when arraigned be-
fore Judge c. o. Brown in District
Court at Lander.
Broken heads played n big part in
the frontier celebration in Cheyenne.
Chief victim in the injured list was
Private ole Oleson of F. Troop, Thir-
teent cavalry, who was dragged 300
yards by his maddened charger in a
cavalry charge.
Eddie Bergis of Shutter, Okla, was
crowned king in the Frontier Day
show. Eddie set a new worlds steer
roping record with a catch in 20 10
seconds, displacing Ben Johnson, also
an Oklahoman, who broke the same
record by roping his steer in 20 As
seconds. Johnson lowered the record
SET by Red Lowrey last year.
Fire caused by n defective light wire
completely destroyed the Antlers no
tel. cook building and Raster meat
market at Basin. Guests of the hotel
and a rooming house barely escaped
in their night clothing. The estimated
loss is $4,000, practically all were
by insurance. A sudden veering of a
north wind saved the Basin State bank
block, which was damaged.
The Medicine Bow National forest
service is advertising for bids for the
furnishing of the material, the work to
he lone by forest rangers and forest
guards, for the building of an observa-
tory and residence for the observer on
Medicine Bow peak, altitude .12,005
feet, the highest point in southern
Wyoming. The lumber will have to be
hauled twenty miles on automobile
trucks.
To Mrs. John Burnett, wife of a
rancher of Medicine Bow, Wyo., goes
the 500 reward offered by Gus Hyers,
Nebraska state sheriff. for Information
leading TO the arrest of the Omaha
chain bandit, Fred Brown. Sheriff A.
A. Sanders of Rawlins, in giving Mrs.
Burnett the check, stated that it was
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ing Brown and telephoning the news to
the officers that led to his capture.
The United States District Court for
Wyoming. on application of the Chi
cage, Burlington & Quincy and Chi
cago & Northwestern railroads, issued
temporary restraining orders against
interference by striking shopmen with
tho nrnnartr ~. aunnlnrAG Of fhA ru-n
roads. The restraining orders are d.
rected specifically against striking
shop craftsmen at Sheridan. Casper,
Lander, Gillette and Greybull.
Roy C. McLatchy. alleged cattle rus
tier extraordinary, has been located at
last. He is in the p~enitentiary at Deer
Lodge, Mont. inc ut the close of his
two-year term there will be returned to
Wyoming to face a charge of having
stolen an entire carload of stock at
Casper, shipping Il to Chadron, Neb.,
and there disposing of 1t for $1,265.
McLatchy escaped from Deer Lodge in
October, 1921. The Casper ransac
ton is alleged to have taken place in
May, 1922.
All the principal crops in Wyoming
improvement over the June LIST
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