, 1922-08-09
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Orville Johnson, ~17-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Johnson of
Sunrise. YVES drowned in the Platte
river south of Guernsey while swim
ming with his boy friends.
Four 10 five years In the state peni-
tertiary was the sentence imposed on
j. a. Curtis, who pleaded guilty to a
charge of forgery when arraigned be-
fore Judge c. o. Brown in District
Court at Lander.
Traffic over the Union Pacific west
of Laramie was delayed for several
hours a few DAYS ago by a washout at
Ridge. near Medicine Bow, 1000 feet
of the eastbound track and 800 feet of
the w~estbound track having gone out.
A new worlds record for roping and
hog tvinc n steer was established dur
ing Chevenne's frontier DAVIS exhibit
tons by Ben johnson, Oklahoma horse
man. johnson accomplished the feat
In 20 As seconds, one-fifth Of n second
faster than the former record made at
Cheyenne in 1921 by Fred Lowery, al
so an Oklahoman.
Fire caused by a defective light wire
completely destroyed the Antlers no.
tel, cook building and Raster meat
market at Basin. Guests of the hotel
and a rooming house barely escaped
in their night clothing. The estimated
loss is $4,000, practically all covered
by insurance. A sudden veering or a
north wind saved the Basin State Dank
block, which was damaged.
The United States District Court for
Wyoming, on application of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy and Chi
cago & Northwestern railroads, issued
temporary restraining orders against
interference by striking shopmen with
the property or employees Of the two
roads. The restraining orders are d.
rected specifically against striking
shop craftsmen at Sheridan, Casper,
Lander, Gillette and Greybull.
Calvin Matthias, 81, operating en-
gineer at the Casper plant of the Ma
trona Power Company, was ~electrocut-
ed and died instantly when he
grounded a strong current while max
ing repairs on the switchboard. Math-
las, it was said by company officials,
neglected to throw off the switch
which would have protected him. His
widow and two small children survive
him.
The hottest election fight of the
wyoming American Legion convention,
which closed at Torrington recently,
deyeIoped over the choosing Of the ma
tional executive committeeman.
Charles b. Plummer of Casper defeat
ed VIII G. Metz Of Sheridan, IA to II,
after a battle in switch units Of the
state rallied t. the side of the two
largest posts In Wyoming. Other Of
ficers elected were: DIR. A. B. Yonk-
en-, Riverton, commander; DR.. Il. j.
Goppert, Ccas, vice commander; Lloyd
I. Herrin, Eorland, finance officer,
and Fl. II. oyer, Kemmerer, state ex-
ecutive committee chairman.
A. X. Matheson, %, of Lander, was
found lying dead on his bed in d room
of the Skinner apartments at Their
mopolis, when the door was forced
open after the landlady became
alarmed on not being able to get re-
Spouse to calls at the door. Under the
mattress on his bed was found a small
powder box which had contained a
large quantity or strychnlne, and two
empty four-ounce bottles which had
been fiiled with chloroform The pol
sons mad been purchased the day be-
fore under the guise that they were to
be used FOR making prairie dog bait
and for cleaning clothes, and had evil
IDENTIFY been taken by the young man.
Turning his car from the Birdseye
pass road to plunge over a bank when
he say that a collision was Inevitable,
r. S. Glover of K.lgore, Idaho, suffered
injuries from which he died in a hos