, 1922-01-18
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
western Newspaper Union New. s.r,io..,

nail Roy b of Newcastle sus-
tained a fracture of the wrist when the
car slid off the jack and ran backward
upon him.
The store building, contents and per-
sonal property of NJ. L. Burns, in ad-
dition to $500 in cash, was destroyed
by fire at Fox Park, a logging camp
fifty-four miles west of Laramie.
There was no insurance. The cause of
the blaze has not been determined.
At the annual meeting Of the Casper
Rod and Gun Club the following direc-
tors were named for the new year, in
Guiding officers of the concern: Jack
Scott, president; A. A. Schultz, vice
president; Harry Ward, secretary Fl.
J. Peterson, treasurer; Frank Algeo,
@. P. Plummer, ]. w. Johnson, direc-
tors.
An increase of S7,45O in the 1922
budget over the appropriations for
8 2 was voted by the board of coun-
ty commissioners of Sheridan coun-
ty at their meeting at Sheridan. The
1922 budget is $140,7 $50 compared with
$133,300 for 1921. Election expense of
$1,000 and the addition of deputy wa
ter commissioners and live stock in
speetors are the chief reasons for the
increase.
A new irrigation project that will
cover 10000 acres of land in the b.
nanza and Broken Back sections of
Big Horn county has beer financed,
the incorporation being for 100000. A
large reservoir will be built in the Big
Horn mountains east of Ten Sleep
lakes and the water brought over to
Broken Back creek. The Bonanza
unit, comprising 10000 acrs, will be
built this year.
After living more than six months
with a broken back, Peter 7. Oumakis,
SO years old, coal miner of Cumber-
land, Wyo., died in Denver at st.
Luke's hospital. He had been in the
hospital for five months. Oumakis
was injured in a mine accident in Cum
berland las summer. His spine was
fractured. In the hope that he might
be cured he was taken to Denver,
where he has relatives living.
Representatives of farmers and
stockmen's organization from Sheridan
county are to go to Cheyenne Jan. %
for the purpose of submitting claims
Of exorbitant and discriminatory inter-
state freight rates in various instances.
The delegation is to go to Cheyenne
upon the invitation of the State Public
Utility Commission, which is sending
GU notices to all sections of the state
asking that complaints be presented at
a public hearing for that D on
that day.
A project for an eighty-mile water
pipe line from the Pathfinder dam TO
Casper is contained in the plans of the
Casper Community Extension Corpor-
alton for identifying Its tract adjoin
ing Casper on the south. The water
will be used to create lakes and for
domestic and commercial purposes in
residence districts which will be laid
out with ample provision for parks.
Landscape plans for the section were
submitted to the annual meeting of the
organization for the first time.
Building work in Casper during 1921,
exclusive of the huge construction pro-
grams carried out by the ~refineries,
amounted to approximately 100000,
or the equal of the 1920 program, &C
cording to statistics complied by the
city engineers office. During the
twelve-month period nearly 1000 per-
mits We're issued by the city, ranging
from small structures TO office build
lngs. In connection with the improve
ments 1t is pointed out by the city en-
gineer that actual cost of construction
during the asst year exceeded esti-
mates by probably 80 per cent, making
the amount expended nearer So 10000.
Just three days after the last cent
on its cost of construction had been
paid, the Masonic Temple at Rawlins
was almost completely destroyed by
fire. 1t will be necessary to rebuild
entirely the interior of the building, 1t
vas announced, and the damage to
the building alone, exclusive of fur
nishings, is estimated at $4,000, COW
cred by insurance.
The organization of a local dairy as
ISOLATION has beer completed at Sara
toga. About fifty ranchers of this
community have signified their desire
to engage in the dairy business and
their applications for dairy stock ag-
gregate n total of 525 head. The next
procedure will be to negotiate the NEG
essary loan through the War Finance
Corporation.
Governor Carey notified the federal
department of child labor that the
state of Wyoming would enter into CO.
operation with the department with re-
gard to carrying out the provisions of
the Shepard-Towner act. The work
will be carried OF through the State
Board of Health by a bureau of ma
ternal and infant hygiene. Wyoming is
n ot the first Of the western states
to signify Its intention to cooperate
with the provisions of this act.
Clearings of the Casper banks as
shown by reports of the Casper Clear