, 1923-05-02
TdOsHoRT
WYOMING
NEWS ITEMS

contract has been let for II $4,000
hospital to be erected at Lavoye, in
South Salt Creek. .
Harold WEIGH of Lander signed IL
contract to ride for II yeur for the Uni
versal people and left for Los Angeles
to begin work ut once Hr.. rTHFNt -
Arrangements have been completed
or the second annual state track meet
. be held in Douglas at the state fair
grounds on Saturday, May .. About
III schools have signified their inten-
lions of sending teams here and over
100 contestants are expected to take
part. .IfIILI
Forty farmers recently held u meet
ing at Rock River, addressed by f. A.
Watson of Harmony, vice president OF
the Albany County Farm Bureau {;
Stanley Edwards of Laramie, secre-
tary of the Laramie Council of Indus
try, and l.. T. Oldroyd, Albany County
Agricultural agent. hi- 13liI.
A tract of 1000 acres in Carson
county, Wyoming, was opened to entry
by former service men of the World
war under orders issued by the In
NCllVl DtlldI lilltlll IttclltlN II liz III
the land will be accepted from veter-
ans until May IA and from the general
public after hat date. li"lf laGIgrr
The second public appearance in
Casper Of the Ku KluX Khan was re-
corded when six hooded knights Wis
tied u ''hoodoo' party being held by
young people Of p Emanuel Baptist
church and presented them with an
envelope containing $50 as n donation
toward II piano for which the young
people are working. I.r.r-.
Gillette was visited by n representa-
tive of the United States Graves Reg
istratiOn Department, who Informed
Mr., and Mrs. ii. j. Cook, parents of
Cary j.. Cook, World al veteran, who
was killed at Chateau Thierry, that
the body buried in the local cemetery
last year is not that of their son, but
is that of another deceased soldier
named Smith.
The county commissioners of AL
bany county have agreed TO erect foul
buildings on the county fair grounds,
for the Albany county fair, one this
year, for exhibition purposes, 11S by "a
feet. The building will be OF wood, one
story high. Others will be added I'M
til the full number has been supplied.
The county fair will be held in Sep
TENDER. FHH| .HHHaI- GUS IT.l..
The elk herds in western Wyoming
decreased by approximately 5000 dur
ing 1922 while the moose gained
slightly, according to announcement by
forestry service officials ut Ogden,
Utah. Hunters killed approximately
200 elk, according to estimates. A
game censu covering a all western
Wyoming forests up to January /,
1928, follows elk, 10,067; moose,
l,6SO; mule deer, 1861; mountain
sheep, S35. -rt -- f..g
so Claiming that mother love and a de-
sire to ge her S1year-old daughter out
of the clutches of her husband had
prompted her to take the trip from
Greybull, Wyo., to Lodge Grass, Mont,
with DIR. W. s. Bennett, one of Wyo'
ming's most prominent physicians, in
DR.. Bennett's automobile, Mrs. Jennie
st. Clair Of J~ohnstown, Colo, and for
merly of Greybull took the stand MS
the star witness for the defense in the
case against DIR. Bennett, charged with
violating the Mann Act.
The Wyoming State Land Board
awarded to the Midwest Refining Com
pany u five-year lease on the famous
Section 36-40-79, Salt Creek field, de
scribed as the richest square mile" OF
oil territory. The Midwest viii pay
the state a royalty of Go per cent OF
the oil produced. The board awarded
to the Mutual Refining Company q
contract TO purchase state royalty oil
from the Salt Creek field, ut % cents
below the posted MIDI Continent price
with a minimum of S1.50 per barrel.
II. C. Alexander of Omaha, railway
mail clerk, was arrested ut Cheyenne
by postoffice inspectors from Kansa.
City, charged with robbery of thu
mails. Alexander has been in the rail
way mail service for thirty years ant
has been u clerk in charge for fifteer
years. Alexander mt first denied tina
he had been robblng the malls, bu
under prolonged questioning Is salt
INJURY 10 nuNc uuihit'Su II Sciies "
| thefts of letters and packages extend
ing over a period of six months.
Evidently expecting former Governo.
II. d. Carey as his victim, a bandi
held up the driver of the Carey car u
Carey station OF the Burlington
Charles Carey of Cheyenne had beei
visiting Mt the ~Careyhurst ranch and
young man employee had driven him Il
Carey station TO catch the train. Afte
he had entered the train n man stepped
up to the driver Of the auto and aske'
him where II. ID. Carey was. Tn
driver told him he hnd taken the train
The fellow pulled a gun and told TIN
driver to give up what money he hat
and, when told that he had none. de
clnred himself from Missouri and In
titutp II spurch. The apnrch ipIda