, 1922-05-25
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
western Newspaper Union New, Service,

Tod there was only one candidate
for mayor, Archie f. Pollard, who has
served as councilman.
A. II. Sparks vas killed by the ac-
cidental discharge of a rifle at his
ranch south of Rock Springs, the ball
penetrating his heart and death re-
sulting almost instantly.
In Greybull the hottest election fight
in years brought Il IL vote of I'VE
LOO. The Citizens ticket, headed by
Ed Landers for mayor, won out by a
plurality of 147 votes.
Owing to confusing clauses in the
session laws of 1921, which garble the
law applying to the election of munich
pal officers, there will be no city cleo
ton held in Evanston this spring.
The 100000 school bond issue car
ried at Glenrock by a so to / vote, al
though only $50 persons cast the bal
were named as school board directors.
Word came from Granger that
Teddy" Mackey had attempted to
commit uicide at that place, when he
drank a half bottle of lysol. He was
badly burned by the poison, but the
application of heroic treatments saved
his life.
TIE Wyoming State bank, Lusk's
oldest banking institution, was reor-
ganized at a recent meeting held at
Lusk, and the capital stock doubled.
The institution recently acquired the
building and modern fixtures of the
Bank of Lusk.
e. X. Moorehouse is held in the
Johnson county Jail at Buffalo, waiting
hearing before Justice Raymond, to
answer to the charge of bigamy. Bond
has been fixed at $1,000, but so far he
has been unable to raise the necessary
amount.
At the annual city election in Moor
crof. Mrs. Charles Kirby was elected
mayor, and Mrs. ]. A. Stewart and Mrs.
r. r. Houston, members of the City
Council, over their male opponents.
This gives the ladies the mayo and
half the council.
In the ciTy election in Big Piney Law
n Bess was elected mayor, l.. ID.
Tanner and Jess Fuller were elected
to fill the two-year terms as council
men, while Nels P. Christensen was
elected to fill the one-year term as
councilman. Tanner is u MEMBER of
the State Legislature.
Ed. Pritchett ended his earthly ca
reer after vainly trying to solve some
of life's serious problems and giving up
in despair. With an automatic pistol
pressed against his right temple he
pulled the trigger in a room in Billings.
He was the son of Sam Pritchett, Bur
lington engineer at Grybull.
Casper will donate 1000 barrels of
flour to the starving of the Near East,
If the campaign launched there meets
with success. The Casper Chamber of
Commerce, Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis
Clubs are sponsoring the campaign and
ill make all solicitations, the city be-
ing divided into four districts.
The Cheyenne land office has re-
celved notification from Washington
Of the allowance of about $50 home
stead entries of $40 acres each (graz-
ing homesteads) in the Cheyenne dis
trict. Information was received, also,
that about $50 other entries of this
character will be passed on soon.
The building committee of the b. 2.
o. E., Rock Springs, let the contract
for the erection of the new Elks home
on bids which had previously been adj
vertlsed for. +. II. Cowell of Denver
was the successful bidder and was
awarded the contract for the erection
of the building at n figure close to
1000.
Not guilty." was the verdict of the
jury at Wheatland In the trial of Doug
las Roberts, charged with the murder
last summer Of his brother-in-law, Cap
tain j. Jackson. The verdict was
reached after a few hours delibera-
tlon. Roberts defense was that he
acted to protect himself.
Sheriff U. A. C. Thomas went to Ar
vada to investigate complaints that the
little city had reverted to the old days
Of the wild and woolly west and shoot
ing out glass windows and lights had
become n popular diversion. A COM
mlttee Of Aryada residents waited on
the sheriff and asked for a thorough
investigation.
Secretary John w. Cook Of the Ian
der Commercial Club has been corre-
spending with S. n. Leek of the Jack.
SON. Wyo., Club, who is asking II there
Is not II possibility OF having passen-
gers, freight and possibly mnil for theIr
section all routed through Lander. He
says the railroad lending into Victor,
Ida, which Is their nearest railroad
point, has been giving about the poor
co, possible service and is now about
to cut off the passenger service alto
gether and putting on a mixed train
three times a week.
One of the Oldest ranger stations in
the Medicine Bow national forest, the