, 1923-03-29
LATE NEWS
From All OUer
w Y o MING

Hidden Dome, where they were work
ing.
DIR. e. Z. Levers, one of the states
foremost members of the medical pro-
fession in Wyoming and former presi-
dent of Wyoming State Senate, died at
Sheridan Friday afternoon from blood
poisoning.
Forest Supervisor Hilton announced
that in agreement with the policy es-
tablished, all payments for grazing
fees on the Medicine Bow national for
est must be made in full prior to the
opening of the grazing season.
Elwood Il. Davis. who has resigned
his position MS state dairy inspector,
has sold his property in Cheyenne to
William ]. Mcdonald. Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis expect to leave soon for Ohio to
enter the hot house lamb raising bust
ness. The formers term in the state
office expires April I.
There are approximately $4,000 hives
or colonies of bees in Wyoming. Each
colony, during the honey gathering
season, consists of about 10000 indi-
viduals. There We're, therefore, on the
bee ranges of Wyoming during last
season 72S, 100000 of these industrious
-harvesters of natures choicest sweet.
On the authority of Secretary of the
Interior Work, it was announced in
Washington that the federal govern
ment will receive sealed bids for the
sale of royalty oil in the following
Wyoming fields: Lance Creek, output
1.300 barrels n day Big Muddy. 800
barrels; Lost Soldier. 900 barrels /;
Grass Creek, 500 barrels Derby Dome,
80 barrels; Hamilton Dome. loo bar
rels, and Usage. so barrels; total
5,130 barrels a day. Proposals for This
production will be received until noon
of May l, and proposals may be made
for five or ten-year periods from July
/, 1922.
G. N. Haskell, In a message to the
Casper Tribune, confirms the report
that a contract has been let for the
construction of n north and south rail-
road through Wyoming and Montana,
projected by interests of which he is
the head, but denies that Casper will
be the southern terminus of the road,
49, IL OAAAbAth hiED1lA AltC-
The contract calls for the construction
of a line from some Intersection of
the Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad in
Montana to an intersection with the
Union Pacific in southern Wyoming"
the message states. 1t is generally
conceded that Miles City will he the
northern terminus, but doubt Is ex-
pected whether the railroad will enter
Casper or pass through Natrona coun-
ty at a point farther west.
A shortage of S2OO,OOO in the nc
counts Of the Bank of Gillette was dis
closed as the result of an investigation
of the institutions books by the state
bank examiner. The bank has been
closed since March D., when Mark
Shields, president, committed suicide.
The shortage may reach S250.000 when
all the accounts have been checked.
according to Byron HUE, stnte bank
examiner. A shortage of s96, 900 has
been discovered in cash accounts, he
stated. This had beer covered up, said
Mr.. HUE, by means of charges to cor
respondent banks of items which had
had not been credited. Fake notes
amounting to 100000 also were dis
covered, Mr.. HUE asserted. while Sill
0 in Liberty bonds, belonging to cus-
toners of the bank, are missing from
safety deposit vaults, he added. The
investigation disclosed that 100000
belonging to the bank was used by Mr..
Shields to develop a mine which he
owned, according to the state bank ex
aminer. The shortage has been ac-
cumulatlng for a number of years, said
Mr.. HUE.
Edmund II. Davis has assumed
charge OF the editorial and business
end of the Kemmerer Camera. For the
past yenr he has been assistant editor
and foreman of the Smith County
Journal of Smith Center, Kan.
The Elks of Laramie have given $50
to the fund being raised to send the
Laramie high school basketball team,
the champions of the state Of wyo-
ming, to the basketball tournament at
Chicago University, and also gave a
dance to raise funds TO provide the
boys with spending money while on
the trip. The plan Is TO raise about
$500 for expenses, and to provide a
comfortable sum for the use OF the
boys In seeing the sights of Chicago.
1t has been announced that the
wyoming Board of Pardons would
meet at the state penitcntinry ut Raw
Inns Wednesday morning. April 4, to
hear the petitions OF John and Pete
Cordillo and Walter Newell for Glenn
ency. The three are serving long
terms for the murder OF Frank Jen-
nings near LnrninIe on the night of
Sept. 7, 1919. They were In the em-
ploymcnt OF the Stnte Law Enforce
ment Department ut the time of the
Staying.
Contractors Mccain 4 Admins have
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