, 1922-05-04
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
western Newspaper Union News ser,Ice.l

10, Wyo., for the past three years, has
been chosen MS principal of the Lara
mic high school in place of Prof. r. c.
Kruger.
A radio station has been installed at
the University of Wyoming, and radio
grams have been copied from several
other large sending stations, including
Minneapolis, Washington, Arlington,
Denver, Los Angeles and Omaha.
Miss Elizabeth Morrow of Illinois
has been made dean of girls and in
charge of girls athletics. at the Lar
annie high school, and m of the teach
ers of English. Orion Neff of Cody
was made conductor of boys athletics.
George w. Patterson, who gained
fame by leading the case in which the
Cordillo brothers and Walter Newell
were sent to the state penitentlary for
the murder of Frank Jennings in 1919,
announced recently in Laramie that he
would be n candidate for reelection
as county and prosecuting attorney.
There are now about 200 students
enrolled in vocational classes at the
University of Wyoming, and new stu
dents are being enrolled at the rate of
ten or twelve a week. For n time
there was a decrease of the total num-
Der, but now the list is being augment
ed several Colorado towns having sent
former service men to be trained.
The city council of Basin has ac-
cepted n report of n board of experts
on the water and light 1t Basin and
will call for a bond election to vote
100000 for improvements at the plant,
which will include the installing of gas
engines for power instead of using gas
under boilers, as at present, which is
expected TO save 5000 per month for
fuel.
The Natrona county Republican cen
trial committee in session in Casper,
adopted resolutions advocating the
calling of Il grand jury to investigate
the administration of county affairs
as a means of determining whether
gossip and rumors reflecting upon of
ficials have any basis in fact.
Representatives of defense attorneys
secured the release from Jail in Casper
on a writ of habeas corpus, issued by
II. Bullack and Roy "Curley" Calling
ton, former Casper policeman, who
were rearrested on their failure to APP
pear in court for preliminary hearing
on a charge of having attempted to
bride Sheriff Joe l.. Marquis to secure
the release of a county prisoner.
A committee of thirty or forty per-
sonal friends of the Rev. George Chal-
mers Richmond, deposed minister at
Evanston, WyO., agreed to wait upon
him and try to induce him to go to Los
Angeles and give up his tempestuous
attempt to reform Evanston, which he
has termed "the most wicked city in
America" What his answer Will be
remains to be seen. The latest word
received from that town says he has
defied efforts TO get him to leave.
The citizens frontier committee
which is arranging for the annual
Frontier Days celebration in Cheyenne
July %, 26, % and 2s, is advertising
for forty head Of No. l bucking horses
and ten head of No. . bucking horses,
also ten head of just plain, ornery
bucking horses. The No. 1 horses must
be super-buckers and are intended for
use In he championship rough riding
contest. The No. 2 bucking horses will
be used in the women's contest and
the just ordinary buckers in the bare
back riding contest.
The commander of the bnttleship
Oklahoma. Is not interested in Waymon
Hughes. able seasan, who confessed to
Chief of Police George Troastle Mt
Cheyenne Tint he was a deserter from
the Oklahoma's crew. News of Hughes
presence in the city Jail at Cheyenne
was broadcasted by wireless. The
Oklahoma picked up the message at
sea, and the commander OF the ship
wirelessed a reply suggesting that
Hughes proceed to the nearest navy
recruiting station and report. Chief
Troastle thereafter promptly liberated
the prisoner.
The most important irrigation con
ference held in Wyoming in recent
years closed In Lander with a complete
understanding reached by the state Of
Wyoming. the Indian reclamation serv-
Ice and the federal reclamation service
with the Federal Farm Loan Bank OF
Omaha, relative to the handling of wa
ter rights and Irrigation projects In
the Wind River and Big Horn water.
sheds. The result viii he the release
Of II large amount Of federal land
bank money, the applications for which
have been held up by the apparent con.
nict over water rights between the fed.
ernl and state governments.
. The office OF the forest supervisor
at Laramie has forwarded letters OF
trnnsmittnl to el nermlttees of the
Medicine Bow national forest who are
TO Craze cattle or horses upon the for.
est during the coming season. Letters
Of transmittal for sheep permits viii