, 1923-06-20
SHORT
NEWS ITEMS

Floyd A. Roach, wanted in Wyom-
Ing on q cattle stealing charge, will be
returned from Ozark, Mo-, where he
was apprehended.
The Monarch Engineering Company
Of Denver, which has the contract for
constructing the addition to the bridge
across Little Wind river, east Of
Riverton, has completed Its work.
State Labor Commissioner Frank
Clark said that 1t was not his inten-
ton to enforce Wyoming's new child
labor law SO as to prohibit absolutely
the employment Of all youths under
that these are protected morally, men,
tally and physically.
Revival Of trade in the Riverton
Valley following postwar depression
Is reflected in receipts of the River
ton postoffice. The first five months
Of 1923 shows an increase in receipts
Of 10 per cent over the first five
months Of 1922 and a 83 per cent in
crease over the same period for 1921.
All officers Of the Wyoming Stock
Growers Association were reelected,
with n exception, at the closing ses-
sion Of the Fffty-first annual conven-
ton in Cheyenne. The one exception
was the office of secretary. from which
Miss Alice Smith recently resigned
after forty years Of service. DR.. B. 3.
Davis was elected to the position.
Miss Esther Schmidt escaped without
injury from an unusual accident at the
hama 90 ha. ,,~,In nartl 0-ah- ~AA.
Wheatland. when the team she was
driving attached to a beet roller ran
away, throwing her in front Of the
heavy Iron implement, which passed
over her body. Miss Schmidt was able
to get to her feet at once, without any
apparent injury other than slight
bruises.
Walter @. Phelan, Cheyenne attor-
ney, was elected state deputy ut the
Wyoming state convention at Kemmer-
err Of the Knights of Columbus. Chey-
enne was selected as the 1924 nven
ton city. Phelan succeeds Charles A
Cullen Of Casper. About fifty dele
gates representing the six X. G. coun-
ellis in Wyoming, also representatives
Of the Supreme Council, were In at
tendance.
A working agreement involving 90
600 acres Of the best grade bituminous
coal lands was entered into by F. L.
Norman, a representative of the Has
kell interests, and the Mt. Evans Coal
Company, holder Of valuable coal
acreage In Moffat county, Colorado.
The agreement was signed following q
visit Of the Haskell representative to
Craig and vicinity in the interests of
the North and South railroad. says
the Rawlins Republican.
The Southwestern Petroleum Com
pany, drilling near Medicine Bow, has
encountered oil in the first sand, which
Is accepted as evidence that the struc-
ture Is closed and thar, as conditions
exist in Wyoming, u free-flowing well
will be the result with deeper drilling.
There were rumors of oil in the well,
but the presence of a small amount In
the first sand was definitely con-
firmed by word coming from the scene
Of operations.
Ex-Governor Robert d. Carey got
into the oil business and out quickly.
Sometime ago the Venus OIL Company
was organized with Carey as presI-
dent. The company owns producing
properties In Texas Inc Louisiana
and leases In Wyoming. Finding that
his duties as president were requiring
too much OF his time from home, the
governor resigned. The company is
under the management of Glenn b.
Morgan, former state geologist of
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Shreveport. La.
More than 10000 inches of newspa-
per space has been employed by the
public utility companies of Wyoming
the past year to make known their af-
fairs to their customers and the peo-
pie In general. These figures were
made public in New York City by wyo-
ming utility men attending the annual
convention Of the National Electric
Light Association.
Two deaths occurred ut Casper
from Injuries received recently In nc
cidents. Donald Myer, 10, died of
shock and burns suffered recently. He
tossed a wire over an electric trans
mission line, grounding a strong cur
rent which burned his hand off. Mel.
son Rnnds, 35, succumbed to injuries
received In n fall from n scaffold en-
ployed In oil tank construction.
DIR. Il. +. Davis, president
OF the Frontier Days committee, an
nounces ho has 5.vvO attractive From
tier Days post cards for free distribu-
ton The cards are about 81 by Az
Inches In dimensions. The front In d.
vided into two spaces. In one there
are lines for address and stamp, on
the other a small portion In taken by
a limo or two on Frontier Days cele-
bration.
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