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, 1923-09-13
two C0NYICTS ESCAPE FROM
THE STATE PEN SATURDAY

driving the stolen car were not the
escaped convicts. These men ap-
apparently old hands at the game.
gave their names as Lester Odle and
Ray McWilliams.
According to their own story.
they had taken the "a under
OF noise made by \ freight train At
! o'clock Sunday morning. and had
been delayed by n wheel coming off
due to a garage mechanic failing
TO replace a cotter pin. To further
complicate the offense OF these two
walking tourist OF $40 this side OF
Wamsutter. This man was In the
Sheriff's office filing his complaint
when the car thieves were brought
in.
Both Ogie and McWilliams are
housed in the county Jail awaiting
trial in the District court. which
viii be called October sth.
Although every possible means
OF escape from Rawlins have been
watched carefully absolutely no
trace has been found as yet of the
two convicts who escaped.
Barrett. one OF the escaped con-
victs, Is known to be Il desperate
man and has caused considerable
trouble ut the ponitentiary. SEN
fenced TO serve ten years Barrett
had served about half his time when
no made a sensational escape and
was at liberty for several months
before being picked up ut Los
Angeles. After being brought back
TO h ~pententiary Barrett was
guarded closely and for almost four
years he has had absolutely no op-
portuniiy TO escape. The prison Of
ticials are OF the opinion that Bar
rett had planned the recent escape
Tor some time before Attempting
IL and state that his chances OF
climbing over tho top OF tho cell
house and down the front OF tn,
building without being soon wcrc
very slim and show Just how dcspcr-
ate tho man was.
Martin, also was a bad actor. and
was boing watched closely. Ho had
only served a few months OF his
sentence when he escaped. Martin
In the man who escaped from HIS
guard recently while being brought
to the pcnitcntiary but VIVA re
c.-."-c" VIII : Gov :-x ..,,,
the escape.
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that only by the construction OF THIS
project could the Saratoga 4 En-
campment railway be kept going.
II was also shown that this project
is the cheapest one remaining in the
United States to be constructed As
no reservoir will be needed as a
diversion canal will irrigate the en-
tire acreage.
Senators Warren and Kendrtck
invited Commissioner Davis to per-
sonaliy Investigate this project and
promised to meet him At Cheyenne
and accompany him ovef the ground
at any time he desired. Commit
sionsr Davis promised at that time
to Investigate the matter immedi-
atsly and the visit Tuesday was In
compliance with that request.
When Commissioner Davis and
party reached Cheyenne they were
Joined by Senator Warren. Senator
Kendrick, Congressman Winter.
Governor Ross. State Engineer 6aw-
yer and Assistant State Engineer
Sharp. This party left Cheyenne
for Walcott on No. II Tuesday
morning. At Walcott they were met
by representatives from Raw1ius
and Saratoga and were conducted to
Saratoga, thence ove the ground
to be reclaimed to Encampment
whore lunch was served at noon.
In the afternoon the party was
conducted to the Beaver Creek fats
where many acres OF former sage
brush land has been reclaimed and
is now under cultivation. This land
was shown TO Commissioner Davis
In order to convice him Just what
could be accomplished when water
was placed on Carbon county land.
After visiting this section the
party then returned to Saratoga
and the trip made to Walcott over
the old road which goes through
the very center OF the project.
Tho party reached Rawlins about
six o'clock Tuesday evening and .
dinner served our guests At the
Ferris hotel that evening.
Commissioner Davis In talking to
. representative OF Tho Republican
Tuesday evening after Viewing the
project stated that tho project WAS
very much better than he expected
even after studying the report of
the engineers who had surveyed Il.
He stated that he was amAsed at
the wonderful productivity Of tho
land In tho Platte Valley and could
thoroughly Just what tho
construction Of this project would
moan 10 the state Of wyoming.
Commissioner Davis stated that
ono Of the dangers In securing the
project was that OF the owners OF
tho land placing too high 4 value
II. thereby making II prohibitive
to tho farmer who desired 70 buy
II.
Those who comprised tho party
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CIl8llIC anu us CATS was UuC
scattered for yards in all directions.
Merchandise carloads that were be-
ing switched around when the bump
came we're likewise strewn over
six or eight tracks.
This confusion. coupled with large
crowds of spectators which assem-
bled throughout the morning. made
the scene one long to be remem-
bered.
Edward La Ear, Pathe represent
alive here covering the Rawlins
Rodeo for hi scompany. was much
in evidence at various points Of in
terest. He has secured some splen-
did pictures OF the catastrophe, and
promises to send them to the
IStrand, where they will be shown
to Rawlins audiences At some dater
date.
Trainmen and others commented
ON the luck Of No. II being late;
for had this passenger train been
standing at the depot on schedule
time the side impact Of the wreck
would have turned the story into
one Of loss Of human lives. It was
estimated that the rear pullmana
would have been Just about opposite
the worst section of the wreck.
The extent Of damage in dollar
was not computed at time Of going
to press, but Is known to run well
up into scores Of Thousands OF dol
lars. Engine No. 5000 a be put
into condition quite easily, It Is
Thought. since It remained in an up.
right position and inflicted rather
than received most OF the damaging
blow. But the other engine. No,
1864. is apparently smashed into
nothing but junk. and II freight
cars were badly injured, many OF
them being completely demolished,
Those in charge Of the wreckins
crew yesterday morning estimated
that at least an entire day would
be needed for clearing the wreck
from the yard tracks. All traffic
In the mean time was being sent
over spur tracks we'll away from
that upon which the smash occur.
red.
Members Of the crew. on Soo3
and Slsl respectively weee: Logan
tffrsman: r. L. Lowell. head brake
man who was killed: L. z. Naher.
conductor: and one other brakeman
whose name u not known 1t this
office: Joe O'Melia. enSinser Of No.
+4s%; r. Grass. fireman; c. J. Mur.
ray. helper: N. g. Parker. helper:
and n. G. Brown. foreman OF the
switching crow. All are Rawltus
men. working out OF this city q
division point.
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The project extends from south
of Saratoga clear to the Union Pa
cifc al Walcott with the Saratoga
4 Encampment railway bisecting it
almost the entire distance. All the
fne land between Saratoga and Wal
colt would be placed under this
ditch.
When the Union Pacific took over
tho Saratoga 4 EncAmpment .
couple Of years ago one Of the main
reasons for doing 30 was the posi-
biiity that this project would b con-
structed and tonnage thereby in
surcd for the railroad. However.
apparsnkly. no pcogtsse had bsea
made towards securing the project
"a recently Senators Warren aud
kendrtck called upon Commissioner
Davis and presented the proposition
directly to him. II was explained
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PROJECT VIEWED
BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Commissioner Of RECLAMATION DAVIS, SENATORS WARREN
and kENDR!Ck, CONGRESSMAN WINTER, governor ROSS
and Others VISIT PROJECT In Platte VALLEY

on Tuesday last made an inspection trip through the Platte Valley. h trip was for thu pr
pose of viewing the proposed Saratoga Reclamation project which the government and state
surveyed recently udr a joint ageemnt
Commissioner of Reclamation ". Davis, ccompanhd by Chief Engineer of the Rha
nation Bureau, F T. WEYMOUTH and Chic Counsel for the Bureau. Otmmar HamIe,w were
here Tuesday specially for the purpose of viewing this project in order that a ecomnenda
The engineers report made following the survey of this project recently showed that it
could be constructed for approximately 5000 per acres d that 10000 ores of the finest land
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Jay l.. Johnson. Elk Mountain.
Steve Adams. Dad.
Brady Benson. II. d. Ashley. Al
fred II. Manor. Ellis Herring and
JOS. With OF Encampmcnt.
willard y. vogei. Arlington.
Henry Priquctt. John a. McFar-
lanc. W. II. Large and Frank Swan
o OF Saratoga.
]. W. Hildcnbrand. I. j. Rendle.
Ole Olson. VIM. Holland. A. @.
Kaufman. Jas A. Phillips. q. j.
Nelson. Alex Gordon. Bert Maxon.
J. X. Slater. l.. II. viviop. ]. q.
Harris. W Daic-- I'D . !. nasG
Of Rawlins.
, 1923-09-13
|CITY ENTIRELY SWAYED
BY BEST OF R0DE0 SHOWS
TOWN and SHOW PROPER Vie With EACH other
in PUBLIC Interest. COWBOYS THR0NG
Streets And CITIZENS CROWD ARENA

Comradly greetings such as Howdy Bill, Hello Charlie, have
gone completely out of existence in Rawlins during Rodeo days.
If a man wants to show his friends that he is a real fellow at
this time he must tap him gently on the back being careful
not to break a shoulder bade) and below "ride 'er Cowboy
The stunt may, with perfect taste, be varied to Let 'er buck,
fellow-but greetings not saturated in the spirit of the rodeo
are frowned upon.
Merchants, tho a little tardy in some few instances, perhaps,
have decided that Rodeo is not Rodeo minus decorations, and
have acted accordingly. Store and office fronts thruout the
business district reflect the decorating ingenuity of their tenants.
, 1923-09-13

accustomed riders, no doubt, re-
fused &c pull leather" But one
thing could happen. and it did. Gus
described a beautiful parabola over
the horses ears. lighting with a
thud and bounch some feet away.
It is rumored hat the President OF
the Rawlins Rodeo Association is
moving to create a fat prize for the
hardest fall for next years Rodeo!
Yesterdays show was Justly
criticised on one point: too long a
time seemed to elapse between
events. This error. II 1t actually
exists outside of the minds OF i'm
patient onlookers, will undoubtedly
be remedied at today's and to-
morrow's sessions.
Unofficial yet fairly accurate re-
turns from the gate show that more
than 1900 persons attended the
opening performance. There were
easily 900 automobiles parked At
vantage points around the big race
track-a decided Improvement upon
the arrangement last year. These
figures would indicate that from
five to sir thousand persons will
enjoy the three day program.
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who viewed the project Tuesday
were:
Commissioner of Reclamation d.
W. Davis.
Chief Reclamation Engineer, T.
E. Weymouth.
Chief Reclamation Counsel Otta-
mar Hamele.
Secretary to the Commissioner. T.
d. Brown.
Senator Francis r. Warren.
Senator John b. Kendrtck.
Congressman Chas. +. Winter.
Congressman Addison Smith OF
Idaho. chairman OF the House Recla.
nation Committee.
Governor w. b. Ross.
State Engineer c. d. Sawyer.
Assistant State Engineer g.. g.
Sharp.
U. p. Colonization Agent Smith.
Geo. E. Brfmmer. II. Larsen. L.
+. Armstrong. X. II. Alcorn, G. NJ.
Bergen, Guy Miller. II. Z. Dunlap
and J. z. Hayes OF Rawiins.
F. II. Hesly. l.. @. Davis. NJ. d.
McKilltp. Joe NUM-. Il. I. Martin.
w. G. Condict, Winthrop Condict.
and Bert Peck OF Saratoga
Mr.. Duffy and w. J. Thorn OF
Buffalo.
!. b. Perrine OF Twin Falls. Ida.
w. NJ. E%nglehart and Editor
Seekins OF Encampment Joined the
party Mt that point.
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pOxlN0 EXHIBITION
AT OPERA HOUSE n

Sport lovers q &aWt1n0 ere voeY
much Interested In tho boxing tx.
hibition which will bo held At tho
Opera House this cvoninG under tho
auspicos OF tho Fro Department.
Tho main event will be between
Hobby Moore Of Denver and Nobe
Ayala Of RAwiins. Although Moore
holds . decision V . Ayala. friends
Of the latter claim that tonight the
score will be evcned up.
Admission 81, - and -.
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was scarcely affected by the ba
it, and the speed of the switch
slight when the crash came.
AS soon as it became apparent
that the o%nrushing engine could not
be stopped, Engineer O'Melia on the
switch engine set his locomotive in
reverse and the crew got hastily
OUT of the way of danger. This act
on the part Of O'Melia undoubtedly
saved the string Of z carr at his
command from much more serious
damage. as they were under way
when the blow fell and going in the
same direction. On the larger en-
CINE q like scene was enacted. but
the crew were compelled to jump
from the speeding train q consider
able risk. Engineer Stroud On this
train, finding that he had NO braking
power at his command back Of the
sixth or eighth car due to the fact.
presumably. that an air connection
had come loose or had not been
properly set. put his locomotive into
but It continued to bear
down upon the switch train at q
speed hat was not materially slack
o4OA. az oASSfSAOu VI - ~
Lowell. head brakeman who lost his
life. the crew abandoned the east
bound train near the depot. 1t Is
thought that Lowell. either thru ig-
norance Of the fact that . crash wa
coming or thru . sense Of duty to
his train. continued to set hand
brakes until they hit. The impact
tossed the luckless man into the air
and q horrid wound was inflicted
at the back OF his head when he lit.
causing instant death.
MI. Lowell had been in Rawlins
but q short time, but had made
many friends among his companions
In that time.
A check Of papers and other means
OF Identification on the unfortunate
head brakeman who was killed, ~
Investigated by the H. Rasmussen
undertaking staff. indicates that
Lowell came from Denver, whore he
wss known under the name q CAL
lagher. A wire to q friend to whom
. letter was found addressed on the
psfson Of the dead man disclosss
that Lowell. or Gallagher. has rsla.
tives In California. These are b.
Ing notified and funeral arrange
ments will ~ nAh0, Satse. .
Coroner C. W. Jeffrey announces
today that the inquest will be held
tomorrow.
After moro than two hour ter.
rifle effort on the paN OF the
wrecking crow II damaged freight
carr and the two engines were still
lying ~ they had stopped. Big
sseea gondolas. fail Of coal. w@o
twisted into every conceivable an
gle and condition. their contents
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Mrs. M. E. Pickett is entertaining
her brother and his bride, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Aver. for the Rodeo
days
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L.. o. Of NJ. WILL
HOLD CONVENTION HERE

dates set for the state convention
of the Loyal Order of Moose. to be
held in the North sta Hall in this
city. John w. Miller OF Casper will
have charge OF the convention. and
many delegates are expected.
, 1923-09-13
BRAKEMAN LOSES LIFE
IN RAILROAD ACCIDENT
ONE Of worst WRECKS in HISTORY OF SEVENTH
DISTRICT OCCURRED IN YARDS YESTERDAY
MORNING WHEN BRAKES DID NOT WORK

Roaring into Rawhns from the stiff grade between Hadsen
and RawHns, helpless because of an uncoupled air connection
six or eight cars back of the engine, freight engine No. 5O03,
with a string of AZ loads and II empties in tow piled into a
switch engine, opposite H. Larsens lumber yard yesterday
morning at $50 o'clock, resulting in one of the worst wrecks
in Rawlins' history.
Engineers of both engines, sensing the crisis, had set their
steel Leviathans in reverse. The enormous weight and mo-
mentum of eastbound engine No. 5000 together with it's load
was scarcely affected by the backward spinning wheels beneath
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was scarcely affected by the o.
it, and the speed of the switch
ollnhf ,x.hon tho nHaah came
Evening star., 1923-03-18

acontinued on Fourth Page.S
Evening star., 1923-03-18

almost got me. All you want Is an
other scalp. isn't it, now? But I'm
taking mine with me. Thank you,
you lovely, heartless personw
Lefty began to ask herself if the
thing for which she had been wait
ing-the thing for which she had re-
fused to accept any substitute, how
ever desirable it might appear--had
ever really existed.
Have I asked too muchr' said
Lefty to herself.
She got in the way Of going off
alone for hours In the little roadster
she drove, of thrashing out by her
self the whole contradictory scheme
Of things, OF looking helplessly for
a way out and never finding one.
One afternoon early In a windy.
implacable March, when something
went wrong with her engine and the
roadster limped painfully back into
town just at dusk, a slanting rain
had come up and a savagely gusty
east wind. There was nothing for
1t but to leave the machine at the
nearest garage and go home on the
street car, whlch Lefty did, filled
with q cold and bitter resentment
She was thoroughly wet by the
time her car came. Her white or
CANDY collar. wilted into a limp and
miserable string. lay upon the blue
serge Of her o0As eellsx. NJ hair
Evening star., 1923-03-18

see whether tn rewards is akel to me
heeroyio sacrifices.
"An' I'm almost ready to offer to
thrade In a couple iv millyon years
rr- wan pipe full Nv kinni-kinnicF
whin tn corner iv me eye catches
th' date on tn top iv q pa-aper. -
"It's on'y two days to Pathrick's
day an a dauntless man can stick
It out!
But dear me, tn sixteenth iv
March is long day. It's tn longest
day in tn year. Haythen asthrono-
mers say It amt, but know betther
AN be tn same token tn siven-
teenth Is tn shortest. It's like a
dhream. It don't last more thin a
minyit but millyon things can hap
pen in It, Annyhow, 1t comes ar
round at last
|, Many iv me frinds goes out to
meet It. Not mo. mind ye. But ye
can bet I'm staAdia' on tn dure step
Evening star., 1923-03-18
Letty's Mother Had Her Doubts
as to the Wisdom of Declaring
the Girl Should Be Condemned

, when did you find out that he
bored your"
Lefty flushed slow and painful
crimson. when I had a Goodnight
before last, and ! wouldn't let him
kiss me, and we had nothing else In
the world to talk about. or course.
rye been afraid all along. only at
first IL lost my head a little"
Her father was implacable. do
you consider that you are being en-
tirely fair to him?'
II do" said Lefty unsteadily. He
ought not to want me, now that I've
| told him."
"Matty." said Letty's father sternly.
perhaps you can convince your
daughter-"
Mrs. Fairweather put out a shak-
ing hand and covered Letty's cold
one.
Convince her OF WHAT" she asked
recklessly. II think she's perfectly
right"
So the family end of it rested there
Chan went north about that time.
EoR Lefty to allow a man to
i monopoli2e her now implied
frankly that the man was a brilliant
fellow, no dullard. And only the men
| themselves knew that something else
about her drew them-a hunger and
thirst after happiness. like a flower
turning to the sun. She danced over
a good many hearts that year, but
! her dancing grew in lightness, and
she had a smile that healed.
| Some time in the following April
she became engaged TO DR. Miller, a
| young physician who had come south
| from Johns Hopkins with reputa-
ton already far from negligible. He
made charming love TO Lefty. not
violent, perhaps. as Chan's had been
but of delicate and reverential cast
Then one afternoon early In May
Lefty came to her mother and said:
Mother. I've got something to tell
you. My engagements broken"
| "Oh, my dear-my dear!' cried the
| unhappy lady. whats the matter
now?" When Lefty looked stubborn,
she added, piteously. S"Did you
again?'
mo" said Lefty. IT didn't"
You don't mean" gasped Mrs.
Fairweather: "you can't mean that
he"
| Lefty explained tiredly: I'VE have
talked 1t over, that's all, and we see
that we've made a mistake. We think
the best thing to do--the only thing
to do" she amended firmly. "is to
call the whole thing OFF,"
What is 1t. dear?" pleaded her
mother. Lovers quarrels, you
Know
Nothing half so nice" said Lefty.
II tell you, mother. we've talked it
all over-endlessly We're friends
we've never had an unpleasant word
but we've don't belong to each
other. that's ALL"
| DO you think that's a very deli
| cate way of putting it?" asked her
mother with a touch OF annoyance.
More delicate than marrying him
when don't love him" said Lefty
| briefly.
This thing OF being engaged
| and--'
''Disengaged?"
| $50 often. you know. Lefty. It isn't
quite nice. People will talk horribly"
Had you rather have me married"
Lefty inquired dispassionately. "and
then divorced"
"She will go through the woods"
Evening star., 1923-03-18

waitin' fr it with me pipe in me
hand.
I'm woke up be a detachment iv th'
a-o-aithches from suburb marchin'
by with a la-ad blowin' Garry Owen
on a fife-a chune that's made war a
pleasure in ivry part iv the wurruld.
, They've took no chances on bein' left
out iv tn parade but started befure
daybreak. There ARE green rags
with yellow harps on thin, and the
tri-color flag of green, white and gold
in ivry window. excipt O'Leary's an
he puts out what he calls tn pagan
sunburst iv OIL Ireland which was
tn flag he says that we followed be-
foure we were converted.
Hes tn turFible haythen, but
Father Kelley says. 'Niver mind him.
He's tn on'y citizen in tn ward, ex-
cipt tn foreigners. that I have to thry
to convert he says. But f'r him. he
says, Td frget all me argymintA.
Evening star., 1923-03-18

"At half-past four?" he suggested
"Five's better" said Lefty.
A sudden gust Of rain smote their
forgetful faces.
"Oh, good-nightw cried Lefty.
And thanks again.
"Hasta la vista, senorita!" said
the man. lifted his old felt hat. and
strode away through the shadows
He took the umbrella with him.
Lefty ran up the walk and rang
the bell of her fathers house She
was thrilling to her chilly finger tips
with a new flush of life. She had
touched hands with romance in the
dark, and that voice fingered in her
ears.
T ATER that night she decided she
IL would not go to the meeting
place next day. She would never see
him again.
But go she did.
The rain was still steadily falling
at half-past four. Lefty slipped a
rafncoat over a smart dark frock
pulled a soft. dark hat on over her
bright brown hair, and drove herself
down TO the old gray building In
which the towns treasures Of ar,
were housed.
He was waiting for her at the
farther end of a long room full Of un-
important watercolors. He was hold
ing the old felt hat in one hand, and
she saw that his hair had q crisp
dark wave.
"Am I late?" she murmured.
Yes, but I was sure you would
be-" he assured her
They sat down upon an unholstered
seat. They took stock Of each other
Evening star., 1923-03-18

birch and elusively sweet as roses
after rain. Something about Alec An
derson called to her insistently. She
was at her best with him, delicately
impulsive, full Of a charming reck-
lessness. honest as a child. Life at
last seemed about to flower beneath
her touch.
Then she went with him, the last
night of his stay, to a dance and sat
out a waltz on a low white bench In
the shadow of a locust tree in bloom.
Music came to them family. She
knew that he was going TO kiss her.
and he did. While she listened, with
her heart quickening in her breast.
he told her softly:
That's for goodbye. Lefty.
know your type! ! thought 1 knew
how to take care of myself. but you
Evening star., 1923-03-18

& there's wan thing that ST.
Patrick did fr Ireland that
l like betther thin anything
else" said Mr.. Dooley, "'tis
tn day he fixed f'r his birthday. He
converted tn haythen chiefs tits
thrue, an he dhroye out tn snakes,
an a good job he made iv both, but
he niver showed his sanity charack-
ter betther thin whin he fixed on tn
seventeenth iv March fr his birthday.
"No wan knows whin he was bor-
IN. He wuddent tell an no more wud
/. But he was a thoughtful an a
janyal man, Hinnissy, an says he to
himself:
"'Iv coorse, afther I've gone firm
| this pleasant island to return no
afther me will want to cillybrate me
birth. I've got to fix date FIR thin
whin 1t won't be hardship. 1t must
be a big day that iv'ry wan'll look
| for'and to with hope an look back
on with regret that it's past
80, bein' and injanius man as we'll
as holy, an we'll read In tn calendar,
he named day that was sure to fall
somewheres In tn middle iv Lent.
AN now, about this time iv tn
year, I'm beginnin' to get tired iv
Lent It's fine thing in It's way
an 'tis betther an cheaper thin that
place where ye'er boss goes whin he's
had too much to ate an dhrink--
Carlsbad, that's it--besides bein' good
FIR tn soul as we'll as tn body.
But about tn end iv the first
| month I begin to feel that I'm too
healthy an far betther thin amy man
| ought to be In this sinful wurruld.