, 1922-06-29
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
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harness classes and running events
Will make up the purses for this at
traction at the Wyoming state fair at
Douglas in August, according to the
announcement of Otto Boln, fair man
ager. OF this amount, $1,000 will be
| given the n
The second largest individual wool
clip shorn in the world, that of the
Warren Livestock Company, and n
half of the largest wool clip shorn in
the world, that of the Swan Land &
enne recently, for a price not an
nounced, but said to be well above a
quarter of a million dollars.
Douglass will be the scene of the
annual encampment of the Wyoming
cavalry troops this fall, according to
word received from Ad%jutant General
r. l.. Esmay by Charles A. Guenther.
Esmay said the school of instruction
will open at Douglas about August 30
and that the encampment program
would open about September 6 and
continue for two weeks.
Two attorneys who have been buy
ing up the claim rights of what are
declared to have been original loca-
tons on oil lands in the Salt Creek
field, have filed suits against the Mid
west Oil Company and associated cor
pOrations and individuals for the pos
session of oil leases valued at many
millions of dollars-some place the
value as high as S40,000,0OO.
On recommendation of the State
Board of Pardons, Governor Carey
committed the sentence of Afford E.
Walker from hanging to life impris-
onment. The attitude of the state of
ficials was that Walker was the lesser
offender in the murder of Taxi Driver
Louis Failer south of Cheyenne in
March, 1921, and that it would be a
miscarriage of justice to have Earl
Moss, whom ii regarded as the greater
offender. escape death while his part
e in the crime a hanged.
Charles Eckdahl, a clothier of Lara
mic, was splitting kindling when he
struck his left hand with the Ratchet.
The bones in the first and second fin
gers of his left hand were severed.
Eckdahl had lost the greater part of
both fingers in an accident in Illinois
some years ago, and only the "stumps''
suffered from the latest accident. Not
far from his home is the home of
James King, a railroad engineer, who
fell n broke the portion of his leg a
few months ago that had been left
after an amputation.
Destruction by fire Of the house &C.
cupied by Kirk Walter, town marshal
Of Mills, west of Casper, recently pre-
coded and followed by a stream of
threatening letters signed TX. X. K"
eliminated in the arrest of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. X. McCane by operatives OF
Sheriff Marquis office. Now Mr.. and
us. McCane are being held on a d.
rect charge of matchmaking G.. T.
Boyle, mayor of Mills. and for inves-
tigation relative to their connection
with sending other letters both before
n after the recent blaze at Mills.
The Cody Memorial committee is
jubilant over news concerning the
statue of Buffalo Bill, which news has
been received from Mary Jester Allen
of New York City. Mrs. Allen, who is
a niece of the late Colonel Cody.
writes that after a conference between
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney and james
West, executive head of the Boy
Scouts of America it is practically set
tied hat the Boy Scouts OF America
Will TAXI up the matter OF raising the
money and make Ii a great interna-
tional movement with the statue to be
made by Americas famous woman
sculptor.
James II. Jones. general counsel of
the Western Pipe Line Company, has
announced that for the next two wears
at least. the Midwest Refining Com
pany will furnish the pumping facil-
lues Tor the common carrier pipe line
which he Western Company is build
ing from the Salt Creek field to Cas-
per.
The board of trustees of the Uni.
versity of Wyoming, at its meeting In
Laramie, closing the mmencement of
W, elected the following officers
President. William c. Deming of
Cheyenne; vice president. Dean Pros
ser OF Tie Siding; treasurer, +. W..
Geddes OF Deerwood. reelected; sec.
rotary, Fay 4. Smith. who has been
acting secretary for several months.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
hnilroad Company Is making surveys
Tor n railroad line which will be built
to the Salt Creek and Teapot oil fields,
fort N-fINa miIAo partl. ~ n..... ..t.t.
IN the next year, according TO admls-
sions of high railroad officials, who
added that Harry +. Sinclair OF the
Mammoth OIL Company was financial
~ Interested In the project and that
II would be carried out unless unfor-
'een circumstances should arise.
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