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, 1923-07-01
ANTI-MOB

The stubborn and successful fight
made by Sheriff Dixon in Savannah
Georgia, against a mob bent on
iynching a negro contrasts strikingly
with the course followed in many
instances by other peace officers.
At Columbia, Missouri, recently the
Sheriff meekly stood aside and let
a mob break into the Jail, explaining
afterward that he could not have
stopped the lynchers and would only
have caused needless injury to some
of them.
The Savannah officer, though he
had an enraged crowd to deal with,
stood his ground. He first had a
fire hose turned on the mob, but
this only brought a rain of bricks.
He then held the mob at bay until
State troops came and mounted
machine guns around the Jail. The
mob did not care to charge under
these circumstances.
In the annual report Of lynchings
made by Tuskegee Institute it was
recorded that during the last year
law officers prevented lynchings in
fifty-eight instances, either by STRAIT
egg or by force. In four cases they
used arms. 1t probably is not
merely a coincidence that in the
same year the number of lynchings
dropped.
Southern sheriffs who resist
lynchers do more to hold this evil
in check than any single law could
do. 1t is of course their duty to do
SO. even at great personal risk, and
fortunately there is evidence that
the stubbornness of sheriffs in this
respect is growing. Any community
that desires to do so can stop lynch
ings. 1t a elect sheriffs like Mr..
Dixon and then back them up in
keeping the peace.
, 1923-07-01
Home Wrecked

GILLETTE. wyo.. June 3o.-A
cyclone swooped down In the neigh
borhood Of Teckla, demolishing the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey j.
Gilbert and also some sheep sheds
and corralls belonging to John
Paisley.
Fortunately. Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
were away from home at the time of
the storm. Had 1t not been for a
trip to Buffalo. they would both have
been at home when the storm struck.
The house was picked up, and carried
a distance of about 500 yards with.
out disturbing the fence that sur,
rounded 1t. Hardly a sound board rel
manned except the floor which was
left intact. The rest of the building
was converted into kindling. The
loss on the rouse was complete.
A few miles away. some corralls
and sheep sheds belonging to John
, 1923-07-01
To Repair Road

GILLETTE. wyo.. June 3o.-Fol-
lowing the visit of inspection OF the
commissioners of Campbell county
to the old stage line in the northwest
corner of the county. Senator John
B. Kendrick and the commercial club
of Avada pledged support in the
work of repairing the road.
According to F. v. Portz. who was
in Gillette. the Arvada business men
have pledged the sum of $3.50 in cash
as well as labor. and Senator Ken
drick will build about one mile of
road without a cent of expense to
the county, which will also do its
share. 1t is understood that a shale
crossing will be put in above the
mouth of l. X Bar creek. and the
ranchers will do their part providing
the county carries put its agreement.
For IS years this road has been n
stage line. Some OF the Campbell
, 1923-07-01
To Build Pool

RIvERToN. wyo.. June so.-The
local post Of the American Legion
under tho leadership of DR.. A. B.
Tonkin. recognizing the lack Of
recreation facilities for the people of
Riverton. particularly for children,
have decided to provide a swimming
pool for immediate use.
The Legionnaires have secured
permission from officials Of Ditch No.
l to excavate and construct a pool
on a site adjoining the irrigation
ditch east Of the riverton high
school.
Work on the project has been
started. To insure sanitary conci.
lions a fresh supply of waite will be
running through the pool all times.
This will be provided for by the in.
stallation OF n large intake pipe
which will divert water into the pool
from the irrigation ditch and an out
let pipe through which the water
will flow back into the ditch.
Present plans contemplate the con.
struction of bath houses as all swim,
mers will be required to wear bath.
ing suits. II necessary, shower baths
will be installed later.
The Legion's pool is primarily for
the Riddles of Riverton. but will be
available for use by all citizens OF
the community.
, 1923-07-01
Bubble Bursted

SHERIDAN. wyo., June ao.-A
day and a half OF welded bliss for
Jesus Saliba,S 80. and Josephine Mar.
GUS. II, Mexicans, was shattered
when a police squad. headed by Chief
of Police Ole Pointer. bore in upon
their one-room fiat at 116 North
Sheridan.
The two disappeared Tuesday after
they had been refused a marriage
license by County Clerk Willard s.
Doane because the girl was under
age. A few hours latter. the parents
brother OF the girl appealed to
the police for help in locating them.
1t now develops that the two ran
to Hardin. were married and
set up housekeeping.
Police have not indicated what
action they will take. Tho irate
mother of the bride insists that the
marriage be annulled forthwith.
, 1923-07-01
Paving Held Up

DOUGLAS. wyo.. June 3o.-whiie
the property on Center and
Fourth streets declared overwhelm.
ingly in favor OF paving those thor
o~ughfares. the plan was sIdetracked
when 1t was found that there was no
money available to pay the federal
aid proportion of the work. The
funds Of the State Highway depart
mnet have all been appropriated and
there is none available for the pur-
pose for which it is wanted here.
While the result is disappointing, it
has not dampened the ardor 70 those
who believe that the paving of the
two streets is the best thing to do
and no doubt the plan will proceed
as originally intended as soon as the
matter of federal aid can be adjusted.
, 1923-07-01
Killed By Fall

DOUGLAS. Wyo.. June 5o.-J. Z.
Roberge. aged 30 years. was killed
when he fell from the top of one of
the tanks at the Clayton tank farm.
a distance of forty-flve feet. He
struck on his head and was badly
mutilated. death being instantaneous.
Roberse was a riveter's helper and
was working on the inside of the
tank at the roof. He stepped upon
a lossened plank connecting two OF
h movable scaffolds and was
plunged to h earth. narrowly miss.
ing n fellow workman in the fall.
He was unmarried. a sister living
at Westfeld. Mass. being tho only
relative. He was a resident of Doug.
las since his employment at Clayton.
, 1923-07-01
Stream Stocked

RAwLINs. wyo.. June so.-A
party of local anglers planted APP
proximately GOO. 900 trout in streams
in the south end of the county. These
flsh were received from the fish
hatchery at Saratoga and were plant
ed in the south fork of the Savery,
in Little Jack creek, in Muddy and in
Fish creek.
1t is the cooperation Of Superin-
tendent Baldwin with local fisher.
men that is keeping the county
streams we'll stocked with trout and
enables followers of Isaac Walton TO
feel assured of good fishing in the
years to come.
, 1923-07-01
N@5@p
THE CASPER
PROGRAM

Irrigation project west OF Casper
to be authorized and completed at
once.
A complete and scientific zoning
system for the city of Casper.
A comprehensive municipal and
school recreation park system. In
GLIDING swimming pools for the
children of Casper.
Compilation of the established
Scenic Route boulevard as planned
by the county commissioners to
Garden Creek Falls and return.
Better roads for Natrona county
and more highways for Wyoming.
More equitable freight rates for
shippers OF the Rocky Mountain
region and more frequent train
service for Casper.
, 1923-07-01

Wen. I know this baby when he is
stu under sentence In the OK Plan,.
as am intimidating; and he is not
such a bad Egg at that He is arouno
ooing the best no can. and is makinr
some good dough, and will Spend Il
on occasions! He is not broke much.
put AFTER he is signing his stuff on
ms other sheet he is Notoriusly In.
solvancy all the tlmel
He is getting quite n peace Of
chance where he is engaged in Quot.
ing Himself. as I understand It: even
more than he gets when on the Tines
so am quite Puzzled about how h.
now always Fat and is looking 10,
the Loan of a Finnif every once In A
while from this guy and that! VI.
sertainly does ndt buy as much as h.
once does at Paste Pots, or Bars. ana
is getting more Jack, and ia Having
Less-so 1t looks to me like it is very
NJ sterious. and I am Remunerating
hnout this no little. and am consider.
ably Fogged Up over IL!
Wei, of course 1t is none of nv
bizness but still a guy Is Untitled to a
little curiosity In this world, and /
am buzzing this baby about where
does all his Dough go: but he shuts
up like n Paste Pot which has not got
Protection. and will say nothing
which is very unusual for this baby.
so ] tell him he should see a Doctor
forthwith
, 1923-07-01
OFFICIALS TAKE RIGHT
ACTION

Prosecuting Attorney Embree a.
Foster and Sheriff Perry A. Morris
took the proper action yesterday
afternoon In suspending Under
Sheriff Cantlin from duty, pending
n full investigation of the shooting
Of Mrs. ]. D. Newcomb, wife of
the proprietor of the North Center
Hotel Mrs. Newcomb, it will be
wildly recalled, was perhaps fat
ally injured when a bullet from
Cantlin's gun bored through the
back of the Ford in which she was
riding on the Yellowstone Highway
near Evansville Friday night.
The Under Sheriff said immed-
lately after the accident that he
had fired but two shots. Other
eye witnesses reported that four
shots were fired. Cantlin says
that he shot at the ground and the
bullet which injured Mrs. Newcomb
must have ricocheted. glancing from
a rock in the road. The hole in
the back of the car, It is reported
by men who have seen the machine
is a smooth, round hole.
Wild talk of '1ynching" penetrat-
ed some Casper circles last night.
That was ridiculous, on the face of
It. We leave lynchings to the
"Sohd South" at least for the
most part. Casper wants no part
of them. Further wild talk will
probably result from this unfor-
tunate tragedy. 1t always does,
but there is no reason to go at a
solution Of the matter with hys-
terra born Of inadequate informa-
ton and unreliable facts.
The Under Sheriff says he shot
at the ground. If the hole in the
back Of the car is round-and the
bullet must have passed through
the hole to hit Mrs. Newcomb-then
the bullet did not glance. It was
a direct hit. Bullets which glance
from stones do not make that kind
of a hole. And If some of the
facts, as now reported, r true, 1t
is probable that a charge OF man
slaughter may be preferred. At
last the Under Sheriff finds himself
in serious difficulty.
The cause of all this trouble was
or is alleged to be-that the New
comb car, after repeated cautions,
bid not dim its lights, as is required
by law. That seems at first blush
trivial. But remember that stats
tlcians for accident insurance COM
panies have repeatedly stated that
from sixty to eighty percent of the
automobile accidents which occur
at night are the result of careless
persons who refuse to dim their
lights.
Under Sheriff Cantlin, II he shot
at the ground, was unwise. Ger
tainly the accident proves that he
was a dangerous official. Men who
shoot on that sort Of provocation
are not good public servants. Yet
he may have thought he was acting
for the public veal. And he may
, 1923-07-01
Lander Wants Road

LANDER, wyo.. June so.-rha
promoters OF the North and South
railroad will examine carefully int,
the feasibility and desn <oility of en-.
tending their line from Casper n
Lander and thence south and west ia
a junction with the Union Pacific
and the Oregon Short Line. This
was determined at a meeting held
here by officials of the new enter.
prise and Lander business men.
, 1923-07-01
Bank May Reopen

GILLETTE. wyo.. June so.-In all
probability. the recognized Bank Of
Gillette will be Del for business on
Monday. July Q. according to a state
ment made by State Examiner Byron
S. HUE.
The opening could have been OBJ.
served earlier. but there is SO much
detail work to be done that the dlrec-
tors think II best to have all this out
of the way before doing anything
else.
Through the splendid work that
has been done here by Mr.. Huie, a
direct saving of 5000, 900 has been
effected through the saving of the
, 1923-07-01
Rock Kills Miner

KEMMERER. wyo.. June 3d.
vittorio Missaggia. an italian. was
killed by a fall of rock in the Oakley
mine. Death was instantaneous, tho
rock crushing his head.
Deceased is survived by his mother
who is living in Italy, by his father
who is at present In this country but
whose address is unknown; by a
brother in Glencoe. a sister in D.a-
mondville and a brother residing in
California
, 1923-07-01

have been protecting somebody else
as umo has 1t. A thorough inves-
tigation. which is what the Sheriff
and Prosecuting Attorney have very
properly ordered. is the only thing
which can determine the matter.
, 1923-07-01
I'VE NEWS from WYO DINING
Items and Articles About Men and Events Throughout the State

bnak from direct failure. The heavy
loss will come on the former stock
holders. Tho expense of lawsuits
has been eliminated. the sum of $780,
900 is made through the action OF
surety companies. and other conces-
sions are also gained.
Tho new directors will meet within
a few days to arrange final details.
, 1923-07-01

county ranchers who will benefit by
the road Improvement are Senator
Kendrick. Fred Creswell. Fred Whit
ten. A. o. Uelrick. Colin Williams.
and the old Selway & Powers ranch.
, 1923-07-01

It is very likely that nobody will
ever find out h this Limper is do.
Ing with his spare money because he
Is not Hog.tied, OIL Married, n there.
fore has no over-H ls.Head
through his Manager. or wife). But
he gets Potted for himself one night.
/ am hearing from some guys which
work on h same Rag with him that
his stuff is sertainiy Going Great. be.
cause people il always writing In ana
sending for fifty OF a hundred back
copies OF some Issue which has got
a story in It by him-and enclosinR
Cash. saying. what n great story IL 1,
this guy writesi But / do not think
anything in particular about that. nc.
oept that there is lots OF Loose Nut,
In h world in additions to the oneA
Henry Ford puts on his Productsl
Well. this baby goes out and Rets
n skinfull, as / say. n day. ana
that night he is SO illumined he writes
In a letter to h Circulation Manager
OF his Rag, or Sheet. on tho Offacs
Stationary Not only that. but he pulls
n even worse Skull Play by signing
his own namel He enc!oses Cash ana
says send Fifty Copies of Such a
Edition. which has a Great Yarn in
1t by that Delightful Writer Soand
So mentioning himself.i
I certainly get n Great laugh out
OF this hey? Here is this Cuckoo so
Pleased at his Yarns that he is writ.
ing in and buying Back Numbers in
Largo Quantities. SO he will be max.
ing a Good Showing with his Boss and
the Circulation Department. That Ia
the way he spends all his extra Fish.
or Boneless Herring, Readerl SIM. I
suppose ne considers II is a Good
Investment. at that!
, 1923-07-01
N YEAR AGO TopAY

Two negroes convicted Of Grim
inal assault lynched near Jesup, Ga.
Nearly 100000 railway shopmen
in United States went on strike.
, 1923-07-01
SUNDAY, JULY 1, 1928.

Paisley were wrecked by the storm
No other damage has been reported
SO the storm was probably connned
to a small area.
, 1923-07-01

3NcddCIb.
Well. readers. 1t is sertainly a Hot
Skitch what a lot of trouble guys
will go to in this world to get them
selves Appreciated and Understood
hey2 / know OF babies myself which
are married three or four times to
date. but any time there is a new
Jane or Broad around which is not
Hunchbacked. Crosseyed or actually
crippled in the Dial or Face. these
birds will be In there telling her con
fidentially that their wives do not
Understand Theml They always say
that Danes is vain and all; blu / will
admit that when It to Vanity.
Vanity, all is Vanfpy" Shelly, 1
think. 1t will not be n Cleopatra
that is round getting handed the
Prize consisting of a Celluloid Curling
Iron, believe mel 1t will be Mark An.
thony which will be handed the Vic.
tors Crown of Poisoned Ivyl
And the chances are, do you get
Mark into a corner and worm the
truth put of him, 1t will probably
not be his Shape nor the Battle of
Anti-Ox that he is Proudest of. It win
be his speach over the Body of
Caezer, or I miss my guess! I will bet
he is never without n copy or two OF
It in his Togga to hand around among
DISTINGUISHED Friends and Admitting
Relatives. hey? However. this is more
or less besides the point, l guess!
Well, as I am saying. I nee know
a guy which works on Rag, or paper
in New York. and has just got him.
self a Byline. as we say in this news
paper game. He is just off OF Mr.. Ox's
Times, where a guy can not sign hIh
name TO a story unless he is at least
as good as VIM. Shakespeare and has
got Letters to Prove It! This baby is
working thus, unknown to fame as
we poets has It. for some time; but
when he leaves the Times and goes
down to another Pape somebody down
on this new Rag he is working for
carelessly tells him he can get himself
n by.line las we reporters has II
about putting signatures over stories).
and Sign his Articles.
Well, Reader, IL just about ruins
this Baby. and he is not such a Bad
papers like the N. Y. Times should
noN Dt hllbNtu lou InuCn 4
guess-llke guys coming out Of n
Hospitable or n Asylumi 1t kind OF
roe TO your head. as the bird says
which buys the hair-tonic.
Well. reader. this guy Is ~sertainly
Terrible, I give you my word. md ia
around every day for a while after
this asking his friends and anybody
which will pass the time OF day with
him do they see the Story he has in
this mornings Pape! He has Got you
either way. Reader. because do you
say you do not SEQ Il. he will Square
Away and pull n copy out of his
pocket and stand over you Threaten.
ingly while yoI read Il: and do you
say You do SEQ 1t, he will Quote some
OF tho best passages at Great LENGTH
II seems as Don as this baby gets n
Py.line he becomes n By.wordl And.
also, n Kissing (Biron. l believed. He
is the kind OF guy which should never
be allowed 10 Sign his namc to any
thing accept n 1. o. U.-and l win
, 1923-07-01
REMOVAL NOTICE

Harmed Bros, and the City FhrnI.
ture Co, have moved to their new
ocatlon, 234 South David. Phone 249.
, 1923-07-01

Bed bug juice. guaranteed to kill
all vermin; will not stain bed cloth.
ing. Apco Products Co. Phone 2s6.
, 1923-07-01

VANCoUvER.-vic Foley, of this
city, claimant to the Canadian IAN.
tamweight title, and California" Joe
Lynch. of San Francisco. fought ten
fast rounds to a draw here last night
, 1923-07-01
"By-Line' Sometimes
Turns Guy Into By-Word
And A Kissing, Reader!
BY JOHN HANDSHAKEK
alias Weed Dickinson.)
Special Casper Correspondent.

not be Surprised does he quote from
these. some day. car he write moth.
ing elsel
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-14
The Lowly Ihatched cottane

We sing 1t, a hundred years after
but the nearest we come to a '.iowly
matched cottage again." is a bungalow
at $4,000 and all the modern improve,
ments.
Anything resembling a matched cot.
tage that man dwells in is the shack
In the woods where he goes for his
summer vacation, and the brief tarry-
ing he does there only emphasizes the
necessity for a bathtub, electric light
and hotel mattress" repose.
Few of us have seen a real matched
cottage. x
1t is only in literature for us, and
British literature at that. Even John
Howard Payne's home, still In exist
ence, was shingled. But we feel that
we could scarcely get up a surge of
the pulse over, my heart with rap
ture tingies, beneath those cottage
shingles"
No, John Howard Payne was right.
He was as-right as a genuine poet is
always. The romantic verbiage of
poesy is its own and to fit it to the
prosaic specifications of exactitude
would spoil 1t utterly. 1t is the lowIy
matched cottage forever.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-14
STAMP MAKERS JAILED
Secret Service SEXES Millions of
Fake Labels, Stamps and
Printing Plates.

New York-Thirteen men were ar.
rested and millions Of bogus govern
nent revenue stamps, whisky and
champagne labels with the plates
from which they were printed were
seized by operatives OF the United
States secret service in two raids here
1t was announced.
Chief Secret Service Operative Jo-
Seph A. Palma, who conducted the
raids. declared that the men had
been flooding the country with the
lake labels. Presses and other print
Ing paraphernalia were seized.
The arrest OF IL men in New York
and the seizure there OF counterfeit
stamps, medical liquor pre-
scriptions and withdrawal permits
a declared by Chief Moran of the
secret service to be one of the most
important raids conducted by the
government in many months.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-14
CHINA THREATENS
JAP GOVERNMENT
Peking Insists That Toxic Apollo
gize for Recent Killings
at Canghsa.

Paris-The Chinese foreign office
sent a note to Toxic demanding an
apology, indemnities and the punish.
ment OF the Japanese commander and
his marines who shot down Chinese
supporters OF a Japanese boycott at
Changsha, province OF Human, June 2.
The note demands the withdrawal
Of japanese %gunboats from Changsha,
which is a treaty port on the Slang
river, punishment OF the Japanese
commander and. marines from the
gunboat Fushimi; inyentication Of the
families OF Chinese who we're shot
down during the disorders; an official
apology from the Japanese gover
ment, and guarantees from Toxic
that there will be no recurrence OF
such affairs.
The rioting at Changsha, June 2,
and at Shasi. province of Hupen,
May is, was the result OF the move
nent that has swept China curing the
past few months for a boycott of all
things japanese in retaliation for
Japan's refusal to abrogate the IA.
nous "Twenty-one demands" treaty
Of 1915.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-14
6ards Threaten Strike.

Something entirely new in the wa,
OF strikes As reported in the Manches
ter Guardian The Anglesey bards-
poets whose vocation has been recog
nized at an Eistedfodd-always hav,
been admitted TO the country's Eis,ed
Todd IN the production of badges, hut
owing to the abuse Of this privilege
the committee has ruled that admission
to the Eistedfodd at Cemaes Bay shell
he by ticket only. AS a result the
bards threaten to strife.
The committee, however. announces
Its adherence to this decision. In
which case the writer winning the
'chGir poem" may miss the customary
bardic reclamation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-14
BERLIN PLEADS
FOR new FARLEY
Preparations Note Declares AbiI.
ity to Pay Can Only be Fixed
by Conference.

London-Germany's new r~eparations
oner, which was delivered to the for.
eign office, suggests a conference with
the allies to fix the amount OF repara.
ions Germany must pay and the meth.
cd OF paying. German embassy off.
Gals predicted If the offer was unac-
ceptable the Cuno government at Der.
lin will resign. o
While the foreign Office has not re-
ceiyed an official report on the Brus-
sells conference, it was understood
Belgium persuaded France that, in
the future. the allies must act jointly
In answering German representations.
British officials believe the French
will give way and consent to evacua-
tior of the Ruhr if the German offer
gives an opportunity Of satisfying pub
lie opinion.
Germany offers to guarantee re-
ceipts from these setting aside for
the r~eparations account 500, 900, 900
gold marks annually, beginning July
/, 1927.
The government promises to sub
5ect business, banking industry, agri-
and traffic to a first mortgage
levying a tax which will yield $780,
100000 gold marks annually.
Customs and excise duties (on
goods not necessities) are pledged
and 1t is estimated these will bring
about 200. 000, 900 gold marks annually.