, 1923-05-17
LATE NEWS
From All OUer
w MING

the age of q n 81 years In the dis
trict, against 1852 a year ago, a gain
of 331.
Organization of the More Beautiful
Sheridan Club" has been perfected
with Harry Palmer as president. The
club consists of one member from each
civic, commercial and "fraternal or
ganizatlon In Sheridan.
Ordinances creating paving districts
covering 20 city blocks in various sec
lions of Sheridan are pending before
the city council, following the defeat
of protests against the creation of sew
eral of the districts.
Ralph DEMO has been Installed as
president of the Sheridan Rotary Club,
succeeding Senator N. A. Pearson and
John Patrick of the PIX ranch has
been elected president of the Sheridan
Lions Club, succeeding Harvey Iona
baugh.
Seven Arapahoe Indians from the
Wind River reservation in Fremont
county, headed by Chief Henry Lee
Tyler, recently visited in Casper to ne
gotlate for representation of their
tribe at the rodeo to be staged in
Casper in July.
The result of the Platte County
school fair track meet held in Wheat
land was: Guernsey, 101; Glendo, 70;
Wheatland, GS; Chugwater, 8. For the
best high school display Wheatland
ranked first; it also captured the
grade school display.
Natural gas for Worland next fall
was assured when pipe for a line m
Meeting up the greatest chain of gas
fields In the world was ordered. The
line will be a 14-inch carrier from
Basin to Jordan's mill on Norwood, at
which point 1t will branch.
The Midwest Refining and the Ohio
OIL Companies recently announced a
reduction of 10 cents in the posted
prices of all grades of Wyoming and
Montana crude oils purchased at the
wells. The reduction Is the third
made in the last month.
o. L. Robertson, Jr., of the Colo
rado University at Boulder, has been
made instructor in engineering at the
University of Wyoming. Glen Hart
man, assistant professor in agronomy,
to take the place of ]. G. Overpeck,
resigned to go to Arizona, has already
arrived and assumed duty.
The will of the late Levi ]. Letter
of Chicago, over which the present
heirs are now squabbllng in the Chi
cage courts, was filed for probate and
probated at Cheyenne in the First Ju-
dlcial District of Wyoming. The
document is in the record of Clerk of
Court I. Joe Fisher. 1t was recorded
In 1904.
II. d. Livingston, former county
treasurer of Park county and at pres
ent n resident of Coaldale, Saskatche-
wan, Canada, was made defendant in
a warrant issued at Cody charging him
with embezzlement of county funds in
the sum Of S1,121.70 during the time
he was In custody of county money
as treasurer.
w. Thompson of Thermopolis won
the second annual Wyoming inter-
scholastic track and field meet at
Douglas, plling up 20 points of the
score of SO by which the Thermopolis
"a OAiNldSStu all OlntT entrants
Thompson's individual score was IL
points greater than that of the team
placing second-Casper, which annex
ed only IA points. Douglas, Greybull
and Pine Bluffs tied for third place,
with 10 points each, and Cheyenne
and Sheridan tied for fourth with 0
points each. Lander scored @ points.
Glenrock 4 and Rock Springs and
Manville 3 each. Shoshoni was the
only team that failed to score.
Fire did about 5000 damage to the
printing plant of the Kemmerer Came.
ra, mostly on its linotype, and about
an equal amount Of damage to the
building. The newspaper was permit
ted to use the typesettlng machine in
the office of the Republican while its
WI was being repaired.
Trains are to be moving over the
Wyoming North x South rallroad he
tween Salt Creek and Hlco, the south
ern terminus of the road at the iunc-
ton of the Burlington and Chicago x
Northwestern, by June 20, IL is de-
clared AT the offices of the roalroad in
Sheridan. oil tonnage from Salt Creek
Will be shipped by rail for the first
time at that date, unless present plans
mlscarry.
The Union Pacific Railrond Com
pany which owns the Union Paclflc
Coal Company operating in the terri
tory adjacent to Rock Springs in
agreement with other railroads has
decided to start Immediately the stor.
Ing of coal on Il large scale, which will
keep the mines busy for some time to
come. Storage already Is under way
on what is called the long hauIs, TAX
Ing In Colorado and Nebraska points,
and Wyoming will be the next In line.
Frank Dores. wante at Cheyenne.
WyO. on "A churue of murdor a.,o~a