, 1922-09-13
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NEWS ITEMS

at SIeriuuHr Mdrk L1uuiiu, !. hiiSiiah,
came in contact with a high voltage
line and "a elcctrocuted.
John Berkle, an employee Of the Car
ter ranch, near Cody, received a disio-
Gated hip when he fell from a load Of
hay on which he was riding when the
wagon tipped over.
DR.. Henry George L.orenz, a hypno-
fist who has been filling AN engage
ment in a Sheridan theater, Is under
arrest, charged with having hypnotized
two Sheridan minors in violation Of
the state law.
Robert w. Palmer, 16 years old, is
in "A critical condition at Greybull as
a result of IN accidental shooting. The
bullet passed through the bladder and
liver. A group of boys were examin-
ing a new holster, when the trigger of
the supposedly unloaded gun caught
In the holster and the III was dis
charged.
In a more or less detailed statement
II few days ago, the Casper Herald
said the New York Oil Company rad
purchased the Casper Tribune. The fl
nancial column of the Denver Post
contained q similar report. Minal
Young. president of the New York OIL
| Company in Casper, and the Casper
| Tribune both deny the statement.
Detroit Wyoming Oh Company has
resumed drilling at $500 feet in its
test on the Goshen dome near Torring-
ton after setting 6A-inch casing. The
Muddy sand was found dry in this hole
ut 3,460 feet, but a second sand is ex-
pected Mt about 1900 feet. The test
will be carried to the 4,500-foot level
before 1t is abandoned II no produc-
ton is encountered.
J. -. Jones of College Station. Tex,
chief of the division of animal indus
try of the Texas State Agricultural
| College, and Il. NJ. Peters of sub-sta-
tlon No. IA, in southwestern Texas,
have purchased from the King Bros.
Sheep Company of Laramie forty
Rambouillet ewes to be shipped to Cal
lego Station after Oct. /, to be used in
| tile breeding experiments in that state.
A gasser of 25,000,0 600 cubic feet ca
| pacity has been brought in on the Bas-
ter Springs structure north Of Rock
Springs. The gas was struck at 2,640
feet on the southeast quarter of sec
ton 1916 04 and the roar of the gas
could be heard for miles. The gas Is
wet and operators are greatly encour-
aged in their belief that the structure
| viii develop into an oil producer.
Seventeen thousand, three hundred
and fifty-three dollars and sixty-three
cents-that was the net profit on the
1922 Cheyenne Frontier days. And 1t
was the biggest margin ever realized
In the twenty-slx years history of the
show. This despite the fact that this
years attendance, owing to the uncer-
tain Industrial conditions, did not equal
either that of last year or year before
last.
State Chemist L. E. Walters of Lar
annie has completed an analysis Of IN
consumed iced and of the stomach
contents of the cattle that died In
Goshen county recently, presumably
poisoned. His report, forwarded to
| State Veterinarian b. Il. Davis, is said
to prove c~onclusively that arsenic was
present in the specimens examined and
that the cattle died of arsenic poison
Ing.
Seized with uncomfortable and vio-
lent insanity shortly after being re-
moved to n hospital In Gasp. for
treatment, Chas. Cannon, 90, was
committed TO the state hospital for the
insane at Evanston as soon as u jury
could be empannelled. Gamman at
tackled several nurses Mt the hospital,
and the efforts Of half a dozen men
! were required to loosen his hands from
the throat of one.
Emil Wills, rancher, living thirty
five miles north of Lusk, was found
dead, his mutilated body hanging from
the saddle of u cowpony on which HI
had started to vote In the recent pri-
mary.
Gov. Robert d. Carey issued a state
ment corceding that he had been de-
feated by John w. Hay for the Repub-
lican nomination for governor In the
primary election. Governor Carey said
that unofficial returns received made
II appear probable that he had lost
the race. The governors statement
declared that he would remain a Re
publican and IL he should ever be a
candidate for another public office, It
would be on the Republican ticket.
Mrs. Mary Gonzales, % years old,
and Charles u. Salaz, %, her nelghbor,
are In the Sheridan County Memorial
hospital, both suffering from danger
GUS wounds made with razors, Salaz
being so seriously injured he may