, 1922-07-19
WYOMING
STATE NEWS
COMING EVENTS.
July 25-2S-Frontier Days Celebra-
ton, Cheyenne, Wyo.

ident of the First National Bank OF
Lander at a meeting of the directors.
He succeeds d. A. Randall, who has
disposed of his stock.
Charles Erickson, 35. of Laramie.
was instantly killed one-half mile east
of Rock River when an automobile IN
which he was riding plunged over o
twenty-foot embankment.
Judge Melville C. Brown of the 20
lice Court of Laramie fined his wife
Nancy Fillmore Brown. $1.00 for using
water out of hours. Mrs. Brown ap
peared in court. The judge paid the
fine.
Construction work has been started
by the Yampa Development Company
on its project of development in north
western Colorado and the Snake river
valley district Of southern Wyoming.
The initial work is being done on an
irrigation project.
Charles Hysham, son of G. j. Hy'
sham, wealthy .ranchman of Moorcroft
was killed near Sundance when ar
automobile in which he vas speeding
overturned and pinned him under
meath. His companion, named Sunder'
land, escaped without injury.
The city council of Laramie has
awarded to J. S. Schwartz of Colorado
Springs, Colo, the contract for con-
meeting Pope Springs with the city wa
ter supply, and for laying new water
mains at Soldier Spring for the pur-
pose of bringing he water direct from
the spring to the mains.
The fact that the large per cent Of
taxes gathered in the state goes to
the schools, and that any effort to re-
duce taxation means the cutting down
of education facilities, was emphasized
in the talk made by Governor Robert
d. Carey at the meeting of the Sheri-
dan County Farm Bureau in Sheridan.
Herman B. Gates, former Wyoming
state treasurer and more recently oil
operator in Denver, has formed an in
vestnent company in his old home
town of Worland, was shown In arti-
cles of incorporation filed with the
secretary of state of Cheyenne. The
name of the enterprise is the Gates
Investment Company.
His mind shattered, James Carroll,
h~omesteader, residing at the head of
Buffalo creek, in Sheridan county,
kept vigil yer the corpse of his bro
fore neighbors made the gruesome dis
coyery. When physical exhaustion
overcame him, the demented man slept
on the same bed beside the horrible.
decomposing body of the dead man.
A fight to have incorporation of the
town of Henderson declared null and
void On the grounds that at the time
of recognition the village did not have
the required population Of $50, was
terminated In court at Basin WHEN
Judge Isley returned a ruling in favor
of the defendants. The judge held
that the town had enough people when
Incorporated and that the proceeding
was entirely regular and legal. The
suit was brought by the attorney gen.
eral in behalf of the state.
Earl Felix Sturgeon, 10 years old,
youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs. william
Sturgeon of Wheatland, was dragged
to his death by his own saddle horse,
while riding to his brothers ranch at
the edge of the Laramie plains. In un-
saddling his horse the reins. which
were tied together, caught in his spur
and before he coUid extricate himself
the horse became frightened and bolt
ed. Friends who witnessed the acct
den raced after the horse but young
Sturgeon was dead before they could
assist him.
Or. f. w. Beckman, who has been
In charge of the work of inspecting
dairy cattle in the north end of Big
Horn county, reported that he had con
Guided the work of testing 1,176 cows
at Beaver, Cowley, Byron, Kane ano
Lowell, and that in all that number
there had been found but three which
shows tubercular signs and had to be
killed.
The Texas Oil Company's Wyoming
refinery is to be located about two
miles east Of Casper, 1t was officially
announced by Judge +. w. Freeman,
| n charge of the western division for
the Texas Company at Casper, and nc.
tual work on the refinery will begin
as soon as n few details about the land
on which the plant is to be located
have been ironed out.
Two new street cars of the one-man
type have been purchased by the
Cheyenne Electric Street Railway
Company and will be put In operation
on their line in Cheyenne during the
latter part Of August. The ears are Of
the type known as the Birney Safety
Electric street railway cars. Their
use will eliminate the necessity OF
using both a motorman n conductor
as is done on the cars at present.
L. A. Reed and ]. S. Reed have sold
to the Midwest Refining Company 29.3