, 1922-10-11
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NEWS ITEMS

lightning.
Royalties accruing 10 the federal
government from oil. natural gas and
natural gas gasoline amounted in
August TO S77S,37S. of which SsSS,Sl9
was credited to Wyoming
David P. Hollshouse, 30 years old.
tank worker, who came to Casper from
Oregon. Texas. was killed nj the Tex
as Company's plant east of Casper
when his head was crushed under a
heavy boiler. He Is survived by his
widow and four. children.
One hundred thousand brook trout
were received In Dayton from the
Bozeman, Mont, government hatchery
and were distributed inmediteiy at va
rious' points along the Tongue river on
top of the first range OF the Big Horn
mountains. The fish were procured
through the endeavCrs of the Sheridan
Rod and Gun Club.
SIX of seven alleged 1. w. w. ar
rested at the instance of Salt Greek
legiunnaires on charges of disturbance.
based on attempts to create labor trou-
Bile, pleaded guilty when arriligned In
Justice Court in Casper. and were
fined $50 each and dismissed with the
understanding that they are 10 leave
the city at once -
With 545 stusieptst registered to date
for the present school year. the Uri-
yersity of Wyoming shows an increase
ever the enrolment ut this perio9 last
year of l32 students, or about ~ per
cent. This Increase presuges h early
attainment of the 1900 enrolment
goal. for the state school Is becoming
better known each year.
Probably the third largest deposit
Of coal In the world is being opened
five miles east of Gillette by The Mnrk
Shields Coal Company The vein ex-
tends to a depth of ninefy-five feet
and covers an area of 500 acres. Only
two other fields in the world are larg-
er, 1t is claimed. those of France and
India and one in Australia.
The Thermopolis Gas Company hns
turned gas into its mains at Therinop-
Oils. supplying consumers Of Thermop-
oils and neighboring towns for the
| first time. For a number of months
work of laying the pipes In the alleys
and back streets has been going on.
and many homes and manufacturing
Industries of the city are ready for Its
use.
Forty thousand tons of beets. pro-
duced on 5000 acres of land in the
Sheridan and Little Horn valleys nd
jncent to this city and Hardin. Mont,
are being utilizedSby the Holly Sugar
Company In Its annual grinding cam
paign in its mills in Sheridan. The es-
timated production of sugar from this
years. campaign will be 100000 100
pound bags, or 5000 tons of sugar.
The Great Western Development
Company, recently financed TO o n
struct Irrigation projects adjacent to
Basin. will begin construction work on
the first unit in October. q. w. John
son has the contract for the earth
construction at a cost of $4,000. The
first unit will water 10000 acres with
in seven miles of Basin and will be
settled under a colonization plan.
Wyoming electors on Nov. 1 will
vote on the location of a-5tate tubercu-
losls sanitarium. for which an initial
appropriation of 100000 was made by
the last Legislature. Any town in the
state is eligible TO candidacy for the
Institution provided its altitude Is less
than $3.50 feet, Its location not more
than i've miles from a railroad, lis ell
mate unny, Its water supply pure and
convenient and Its citizens prepared to
provide q site Of not less thar forty
! acres suitable for agricultural pur-
poses.
Two and one-half miles from the
Muddy Range station in the heart of
| the Big Horns and easily accessible
| from the Black and Yellow trail. ex-
| ploring parties from Buffalo have dis
| covered a new cave extending from a
rather Insignificant opening between
| two large rocks Into the mountain
| side to u shaft that has an abrupt drop
| Of about thirty-flve feet.
Supervisor IL. C. Hilton of the Medi-
| cine Bow National forest has nm
nounced that the lookouts ut the Medi-
| cine Bow peak. the highest point In the
| Medicine Bow mountains In Wyoming,
and at Sombre hill will be continued
after Oct. l, the date on which. ordi-
narily, these lookouis are laid off. on
account of The extremely dry weather
and the greut fire hazard.
Joe Trombello. Italian coal miner of
KIeenburn. wyo., is In the Sheridan
| county JUL al Sheridan, charged with
the murder of Fred Hoffman 10, Mt
| KIeensburn. Trombello was captured
by a posse at Decker. Mont. where he
was In hiding at the ranch home Of
Pete Bambaca- He fled from the home
as the posse approached and IA chase
extending owe two miles ended. His
body was riddied with buckshot.