, 1922-08-31
LATE NEWS
From All OUer
WYOMING

ployed at the Casper shops of the Bur-
lington railroad, according to an
nouncements from the division head
quarters.
Reflection of the suns rays came
lei causing a small cOnflagration in
the window OF the Tripeny drug store
at Casper. when a small blaze started
in the draplngs was extinguished.
Dick Stone of Gillette is in receipt
OF Information from Arno b. Cam
merer, acting director of the Depart
ment OF the Interior. that the sum of
$500 has been appropriated for the
erection of a shelter cabin at the base
Of DEVILS Tower.
His team taking fright at a huge
rattlesnake and dashing frantically
across a hay field. George O'Neil of
Greybull was thrown from the hay
rake when 1t struck an irrigation
ditch. The rake passed over his body
he was badly injured.
Harry Harder, 10, died recently
upon his arrival at the hospital. after
having been struck by a bullet from a
revolver in the hands of Everett
Meyer, of the same age. in a field
zeal Crow Creek on the Fort Rus
sell Military Reservation. Officers
are convinced that the staying was ac-
cidental.
out OF a total of 6,96T cars carrying
24,3SS passengers, which during the
month of July entered Yellowstone Ma
tional park, by far the largest number
chose the Cody gateway. All Of the
states with the exception of Delaware
were represented in the list, while two
machines enrolled from Hawaii and a
number from Canada and the District
of Columbia.
DIR. Arthur Griswald Crane of Edin-
boro, Pa, has been elected president
of the University of Wyoming. He
finds that it is taking some time to
satisfactorily wind up his affairs as
president of the Edinboro Normal
school, and also his own personal bus
mess, and he asked for and has been
granted leave of absence from the uni
versity until Oct. l.
As "A result of the finding that the
water from Soldier Spring, one of the
sources of domestic supply used at
Laramie. vas contaminated from the
state fish hatchery. the city council di-
rected the mayor and city attorney TO
demand of Governor Carey and the
state fish and game department that
the hatchery be removed to n point so
low that the waters from that institu-
ton cannot find their way into the
city supply pipes.
Sale Of the assets of the Citizens
State Bank of Upton. which was
closed by State Bank Examiner Ru-
dolph Hoffman recently. has been
made to w. l. DUNN Of Cheyenne,
cashier of the Citizens National Bank.
Dumm's bid was the only one received
in response to the notice OF the sale
July s and was for $4,000. Creditors
will receive a dividend of about 16 per
cent in certificates of deposit, bearing
an Interest rate Of ) per cent.
Engineers from the state highway
department are eneamped in Plum
bago Canon, northeast of Laramie. en-
gagged in surveying for a highway to
connect the Lincoln highway in Al
bany County with the Yellowstone
highway in Platte County. 1t was
stated that the survey would be COM
pleted this summer and the road con-
structed g year, through the CO
operation OF the state and federal
government, as a federal project. The
distance between Laramie and Wheat
land is about seventy miles. but the
new road is expected to be shorter
than that, connecting at the nearest
points ON the two highways.
The Lincoln County Miners Hospl-
tai recently received a substantial
cash gift TO be applied TO the nurses
home OF the hospital. The donation
was from Mrs. ). u. Thorne, nee Ger
trude Kemmerer, daughter OF NJ. $.
Kemmerer, founder Of the home. The
fund Is to be used in rug furnishings
for the home. which Is among the best
nurses quarters In Wyoming.
A walk from Sioux Falls, $. D., TO
the national capitol at Washington.
ID. C.. by Mrs. Kenneth S. Anderson
has at last resulted In the release OF
her son. Joe Anderson. a former Fort
ID. A. Russell soldier. Joe was con-
victed in the United States District
Court In Cheyenne Of forgery and SEN
fenced TO serve two years in the fed
eral ~penltentinry.
A new geyser has appeared in Vel
lowstone park. without preliminary
manifestations a quiet mud pool near
the head OF Obsidian creek. In Yellow
stone park. erupted recently and sent
a column Of steaming hot mud and
rock 200 feet int the air. The erup-
lion Inundated the automobile road be-
tween Mammoth Hot Springs and Nor
ris Geyser basin. and covered the
ground for several acres.
County Treasurer -Fentherstone has