, 1922-08-03
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DIFFICULTY. Wyo.. July 3lst.-
On Thursday evening Medicine Bow
and vicinity were visited by the an
nual cloudburst and flood. The
do~npour was terrific. The water
tore across the country. carrying
sand. brush and debris with it. piling
II up in heaps on flats and lowlands.
Bridges were swept away. sand was
piled high in the roads. Trains were
delayed at Ridge. Tourists expert
enced the greatest inconvenience,
and those who were not tourists were
no less fortunate. Cars were stick
ing in the mud on every side. Sew
eral drivers lost their religion. and
many more anne very neal doing so.
The bridge over the dry wash neal
Ridge. where last summer a oma
and baby were drowned. is again de-
moraliZed. However. the highway
gang will have it repaired again in
short order. A good. steady rain in
this vicinity on both Thursday and
Friday nights did millions of dollars
worth Of good.
DR.. and Mrs. Sell made a trip to
Cheyenne the middle of the week,
to take in a little of Frontier Days,
and were caught in the flood on their
itlulH NOME On thursday evening
and were compelled to be Out all
night. They had an awful expert
ence. between being stuck in eighteen
inches of water and mud. and getting
wei as drowned rats. and lots of 9TH
err difficulties that accompany such
a state OF affairs. DR.. Sell at last
Ragged train No. 7 II got back to
the Bow, then got another car and
went back after Mrs. Sell who was
enjoying an outing down in the
vicinity of Ridge. in mud about a
o o deep. She was one among many
though for several cars had found
cred up there and stuck. and the
passengers were all as happy as she
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Finkbiner.
Bobb!c and George. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Jefferis spent Thursday eve-
ming at the Ellis ranch. and got
back to town just in time to e 10y
h results OF the cloudburst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jack and
family from Rock Springs were
guests at the Sullivan ranch last
week. returning from there to their
home. They had visited relatives at
Elk Mountain for some time.
Mrs. Barforth. who has been car
ing for Mrs. F.. R. Richads and
baby daughter. for the past three
weeks. left for her home at Rock
River on Saturday last.
Mrs. Phelps from Idaho Is al
guest at the West ranch in the
Basin, where she intends spending |
the
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Amoss and
little daughter. Agnes. were in this
community for a few days last
week. visiting at the Ellis and Silta-
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Hanna on Thursday.
Bayle Finkbiner was at the Sui
livan ranch last week, visiting Wyeth
Sullivan. and the two rode with the
calf roundup for several days. and
feel :hat they are well on the road
to "cow-puncherdom."
Mrs. Chas. Ellis, John Ellis and
Miss Ada Loring made a trip to Ell
Mountain on Saturday afternoon,
where they visited relatives and
friends until Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. JOhn Dolling and
family and Mrs. Won Barren made a
trip down in the Rock River farm.|
ing country on Saturday where they |
purchased a lot of garden stuff and
wheat for the little chickens. They
report everything flouishing after
the flood in that country on Thurs
day evening.
VIM. Black was a business visitor
in Medicine o on Saturday after
noon.
Billie Ahlstrom returned to the
Long 9 ranch on Saturday afternoon.
after riding for several days with
the Basin calf roundup.
Miss Hazel Watkins went to
Hanna OF Thursday. where she at
tended the dance that evening. rel
turning home the next day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Finkbiner and two
sons went to the Sullivan ranch on
Saturday afternoon, and stayed until
Sunday evening. Bayle returned
home with them.
Miss Crystal Scott left last week
for an extended trip through the
west, intending to go to the coast.
She will be gone until fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Johnson were
in the Bow on Saturday afternoon.
The Rock River Review is fast
coming to the front as one Of our
leading papers. The Medicine Bow
edition. naturally attracting the
most attention in this part OF the
county. Several copies of the paper
come to this postoffice. and we think
it is nothing short OF awful II a CODY
is lost.
Mr.. Griffey visited his family up
on the ranch below old Carbon, on
Wednesday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. George B%roadhurst
and family stopped in the Bow on
Saturday afternoon. while en- route
from their present home in Nebraska
to Saratoga. where they will visit