, 1922-11-22
SHORT
w YOMING
NEWS ITEMS

Tor governor. defeated by W. Il. Ross.
Democrat. with II reported niajorily oil
ieIween LOO and I,hOO votes.
In his winning race for reelection.
Senator John b. KendricA carried
every county but one-Gosiien-it was
shown on incomplete figures. lie
swept through his nome county by a
Dig majority, and even succeeded in
cip,uring Congressman MJndell's by II
sinuiler one.
.Ionu II. nendrick, Democrat. was
fe-eic. led 10 the United States Senate
over trank W. AicnueIi, Republican,
by II majority liiu ON The face of
eturiis exceeds 5000. Winter. Iiepub-
iicnn. leau OYER Rose. Democratic. for
,'unsiess. and the offices other Than
rlv goverDorsiiip nave safe leads.
Sheriff Homer Payne of Wheatland
as s,ne 10 California 10 arrest and
bring back % Wyoming q. W. Supp on
the Charge OF cattle stealing. The in
forIn,inis are Air. and Mrs. Sam Gov
Ington. The matter of the arrest Of
Sapp was placed in The hands OF the
California officers some time ago., but
the defendant put up an extradition
fight and there was considerable d"iuy
in getting the matter through.
By oruer vi October 70, 1872, Ger
am lands which were Included in
nyuinlng segregation List No. ~,
were restored 10 the public domain
and VIII be subject To entry where
designated under the stock-ruising
homestead act, by qualified adjoining
entry uien and puten,ees, for II period
vi ~ days. beginning November %,
ly22. 10 and Including February ~,
ly23.
The crushed and burned body taken
from the Union Pacific wreck i'll Borle,
Wyo.. eight miles west oil Cheyenne,
Was identified as that of L. w. Steven
son, Cheyenne shop foreman. Inc not
Ralph Moore of kawlins. as previously
reported. Stevenson was riding in the
rubuose of an extra freight train
which was struck from behind by am
other. freight. The caboose was de-
inolished and The Stove in H. set fire
10 the ni'iss OF kindling wood.
Three railrOad uien were killed on
Sherman hill near Cheyenne in two
wreck caused by what was described
us the worst blizzard in Az years. A
lIird collision occurred at HiIlsdale,
Is miles east OF Cheyenne. All acct
dents were On the Union Pacific. The
dead: Edwin w. Stevenson, 80, OF
Cheyenne, shop foreman; l.. {. Grath,
IS, OF Denver, freight brakeman; L.
h. Hallingsbufg, of Laramie, express
fireman.
Returns complied from all but a few
small precincts served to cut the lead
OF w. Il. Ross, Democrat, to less than
1000 in the race for governor of ,Wyo-
ming. His majority stood ut y6S. I'm
less serious errors are discovered in
tie unofficial count, he will finiah
1000 votes ahead of his Republican
opponent, John w. Hay. The election
of Associate Justice Fred H.. Blume to
succeed himself in the State Supreme
Court, is assured by u majority over
Judge V. ]. Todball of 1000 to 5000.
The Equitable Trust Company OF
New York and Lyman Rhoades. trus-
tee, through Fred b. Miller of Lara
nv wv i1NSiftis haNC dlPhCu u tIc
United States District Court at Chey.
anne for authority in the discretion of
the receiver of the Colorado. Wyoming
4 Eastern railruad when and as CON
diiions warrant same, to suspend iiir
operation of the ruilroad exten,
from Laramie TO Walden and e.,
mont. Colo, during the months OF lrs
runry, March and April. Ii sucli on
ditions are met with In January or In
May, likewise TO suspend opera .ls
N his discretion during such months.
William II. Ross, elected to the gov
ernorship of Wyoming, Will be the
states first $1,000 chief The
last Legislature Increased the salary
of b governor from $1,000 to $4,000,
but under tie constitution the incum-
bent in the office could not draw the
Increased amount, therefore Governor
Carey's compensation has been only
$1,000 a year.
II annual report of the supervisor
of the Medicine Bow National forest
for the ear ended with the oming
of the first snow, on the fires of the
year, showed that there were fourteen
fires fought by forest officers and a
large number of other small ones ex
tinguished by the fire patrol on the
Colorado, Wyoming x Eastern railroad
and others than forestry rangers.
There We're three fires from lightning.
four from sparks from u locomotive.
five caused by campers, one by brush
burning nnd on from cause unknown.
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