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, 1923-05-31
COUNTY TAKES IN
$4,000 in fines
MANY BOOTLEGGERS PLEAD GUILTY
TO ILLEGAL SALE Of LIQUOR
FINED $500 EACH

business was good at the County
Court House all day Monday and as
a result Of such sudden prosperity
Carbon County took in exactly 3d.
5000 cash and costs in 10 criminal
actions brought before Judge It'd
ball.
The money was taken in rs a re-
suit OF the arrests made in our fair
city recently, there being eight out
Of the twenty two taken In custody
in that memorial arresting bee who
felt guilty enough of the charge of
selling intoxicating liquor to throw
themselves upon the leniency of the
court.
Among those who plead guilty In
the district court were seven girls,
some fat and some lean. and all
charged with the illegal sale OF in.
toxicating liquors to innocent liquor
seeking gentlemen representing tn
State Law Enforcement Department
i-otherwise known as Governor
Rose Army and Navy" Mildred Ray
mond, Marian Palmer. Mrs. T. H
Smith, Bee Meyers, Billie Reynolds
Marguerite Webster and Irene
Brown, we're the seven women hailed
before Judge Tidball and each and
every one was assessed 100000 and
costs-totai (outside OF aforesaid
costs) being %$2S00.00. Altho sew
erai OF the girls stated afterwards
that they had come prepared Tor
5000 fines, II was not long before
the entire 100000 was raised n
the girls had returned from whence
they came. True there were . eou-
pie Of girls who had not prepared
for such stiff ines and they wore
consequently force to draw upon
friends for the ''balance due" bat
they raised the money rather than
APPEND . few weeks In tho caro- OF
the county.
In addition to the $500 there
was $l,l0O ine money received by
the Clerk Of the Court from three
gentlemen visitors to the court
housc-Jewel Aldrich. Dave WOLF
son and Frank Bulger. Jewel waa
fined $500 and costs for gambling:
Dave $500 and casts for permitting
gambling and Frank $500 and costs
for the illegal sale OF intoxicating
liquors.
Yes. business was good for Car
bon County last Monday-$3.sOO.oo
for one days work In the court
room-and 365 days as
tive as Monday would mean S1.+z3.-
500 in the state school fund and a
hundred years from now Il wou!o
amount towel anyhow 1t would
be SOME revenue.
, 1923-05-31

The action OF the Haskell repre-
sentative. altho not conclusive evid-
ence that 1t has been definitely de-
termined to build through into
northwestern Colorado. indicates
that North and South Railroad OFF,
Gals are planning upon making the
extension and is IN more fact which
brings added encouragement to
hackers OF the movement to bring
the Haskell interests and their rail-
road into Rawlins and on through
to Craig. 49,,
The vast area Of coal lands which
| drew Mr.. Norman's attention on
tains coal OF a depth OF twenty eiEh'
feet-there being two veins, one
twelve feet deep and the other six
teen feet deep, with but twelve fee'
! Of slate between the two.
"One of the most rational boost
er talks ever listened to by q Grail
%audience'' is the way the CRAIG EN-
ptre in its issue Of the 23d describ
ed the address delivered to Crait
business men by Mr.. Norman on tn
preceding Saturday evening.
At the meeting at Craig the Has
kell representative read a telegram
from his chief telling him to max
1no REPRESENTATIONS regarding In
North and south Railroad mo mere
fore. altho Mr.. Norman was a
to make any definite assurances =
the Craig people. he did express M
Admiration OF the Craig district say
ing that at is one of the most prom
ising undeveloped empires to b'
found anywhere"
In mentioning the Haskell inter
ests the Craig Empire says:
at rs not going to be long neior'
this country will know whether o.
not this much needed railroad VII
be built. 1t 8 one Of the character
ist,c~ Of the Haskell bunch to az
THINGS right now. When a com
many looks over country. lays GU
and builds 33l miles OF railroad
within n year. nobody will donn
that doing things is = specially. Yer!
likely It Will not be two months
.oorrib,y not more than two wreks-.
until this section will know its rat
IN fhta line"
, 1923-05-31
WRECK SMASHES 7 CARS
! HUGE engine DERAILED
EASTBOUND CHERRY SPECIAL" COLLIDES With
DERAlLED Freight CAR. engine Crew
ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY BY MIRACLE

Seven west bound freight cars, one east bound steel re-
frigerator car and a mammoth $1,000" engine were deraled
in a wreck nine miles east Of this city early yesterday after
noon Attic the wreck resulted in a general smash-up no one
was seriously injured.
The accident happened when the middle car Of an eighty
two car westbound freight train was deraned as the result Of
the breaking of one of the wheels. The car was thrown over
onto the opposite track just as an %eastbound cherry special
arrived and in the collision which followed the westbound
1000" engine and the first Of the fourteen refrigerator cars
in the train were deraled and thrown down the side Of the
road bed. Neither the refrigerator car nor the engine was upset
, 1923-05-31
COMMENCEMENT EXERUsR6
HIGH SCHOOL THIS EVENING

Tonight At the At4h SCHOOL anal
torium Rev. DR.. Fraser, OF the
Presbyterian church will deliver the
Commencement address to the twelve
young people who will this evening
be graduated from the Rawlins High
School. The subject Of DR.. Fraser's
address will be THE Qualities OF
Life"
A program Of great merit has been
prepared for the evening and a large
audience 10 expected to be present
during the exercises.
Last Sunday evening at the High
School Auditorium WAS AeD4 the Bac-
Oonarea&e services and The gradu-
o11Dg students ahA theaS many
fpSosds were fortunate In having
heard . very strong and Inspiring
address delivered by Rev. Father
Scheilinger. The program last Sun
day evening was . very pleasing one
throughout and consisted Of the sing
ing OF Holy. Holy. Holy" by the
congrcGstton. an invocation by DR..
Fraser. Rev. Schellinger's address on
the subject Of character" and "Oh
Divine Redemer" by the High
School 0lee Club assisted by Miss
Helen McMicken. II. D~reItensteiu
RuGh Rognsr. Mr.. Robsfh and c. A.
Anderson. Rev. Edwards closed the
services with the eeAellction.
, 1923-05-31

The fact that engine 1881 did not
bears out the statement Of Mr.. A. H.
turn over after having been derailed
Fetters, designer of this class OF
engine and Chief Mechanical Engin-
Ger of the Union Pacific Railway
Company, that this engine is 80 con-
structed that 1t will stand erect after
leaving the track. Yesterday was
the first time in the history Of the
road that an engine Of this class was
completely derailed and in this
wreck the designers theory was
found to be correct.
In addition to the damage suffered
In the demolishing OF the seven
freight trains and the derailing OF
the 1000" engine and the steel re-
f~riEerator car all telegraph wires at
the point Of accident were torn down
and all Geographic communication
with Denver severed. The Western
Union, however. is still able to COM
municate with the east by using the
wires to Salt Lake City and broad
casting east from tho station there
A. soon as word was received by
U. p. officials here OF the wreck yes
terday afternoon wrecking crew.
were hurried to the scene OF the &C
oident and work was started ut once
70 clear the tracks Of the wreckagt
and to replace the twisted rails.
The fact that there vas no los
of life in the smash-up "Wednesday
seemed all the more remarkable q
the large number Of local people who
visited the scene and saw the vast
amount Of wreckage yet unmoved BY
the WreckinG crows.
, 1923-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY IN
RAWLINS OBSERVED
LARGE ATTENDANCE At The LEGl0N'S
MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM
YESTERDAY MORNING

In spite of the unsettled weather
yesterday morning the Memorial Day
program prepared by the local post
of the American Legion was well
favored with a large attendance OF
Rawlins citizens who wished to
honor the memory of the dead of
the former wars.
The Legion Auxiliary. local lodges
and individuals had decorated the
graves previous to the holding Of the
ceremonies at the Rawlins ceretery
and all was in readiness when the
Memorial Day procession arrived on
the grounds.
The procession was formed at the
corner Of fifth street and Cedar
shortly after ten O'Clock and with
color bearers from the American
Legion in the lead. the march wa
begun. Following the colors came
the Rawiins Band. a uniformed
American Legion firing squad, I
large number OF uniformed and non
uniformed ~ex-service men, a number
Of veterans OF the Spanish-AmericaI
War sn6 4 large delegation from
the local lodge Of the Independent
Order OF Odd Fellows.
Among those who spoke durini
the ceremonies ut the cemetery wer'
Mrs. M. Sawyer. q member OF tn
Salvation Army and Attorney N. r
Greenfield.
Mrs. Sawyer spoke eloqueutly o
the work Of her organization durini
the war and Of the fine morale O.
the American soldiers overseas and
in this country.
Attorney Greenfield In delivering
the principal address OF the day
spoke at length on the meaning and
value Of Memorial Day and paid
touching tribute to the soldier dead
, 1923-05-31
y rs m M FHE0

r. C. Craven and wife arrived
wednesday from West Virginia, MT:
|Cr,ven 10 employed As mechanical
foreman with the J. @. White Engr.
Corpn.
p. H. Lefmbach Of the Producers
4 Refners Corpn.. spent SUNDAY
nshiag on Spring Creek.
R. L. Mitchell and W. L. Mccarthy
of the J.. @. White Ensr. Corpn. we're
among those attending the dance ut
Dr.. C. X. Francis in company
with Mr.. and ME- p. \. richardson
and J. A. saratori spent sunday In
the Ferris OIL Fields.
w. I. Betting. Purchasing Agent
for the ]. @. White Dner. Corpn.
and wife, and Drs. Peterson spent
sunday fishing on Cow Creek:
I. N. vaikenburg. Auditor Tor Tne
J. @. White EnGr. Corpn. arrived
Monday from New York City and
viii spend some time here - on
nection with his duties.
J. J. Hiiper Purchasing Agent TOT
the Producers and Refners Corpn. In
company with George Pierce ana q.
III. Hiiiiard spent Sunday fishing on
Spring Creek.
Work has started on the second
battery Of the disabling plant. con-
risting Of ten stills.
Work has commenced on the
Dubbs stu or Cracking Unit. tn
battery will also contain ten OF the
baseball made its nrst appearance
lin Parco. Sunday when the Once
Force stacked up asainst the outsid.
ers. Both teams played . Eood
game. The ANAL score befns . tie
of q TO 8. II Is hoped that 4 real
team will ne picked from Parco and
cone good games ara expected b.
IN the reason II over.
Mn. C. l.. Cr.ig underwent An OPP
erstion 4 the Memorial Hospital the
6rst Of the week from which she IN
convsiescing very nicely.
Robert Benedict Of the Produe-
srs 4 Renners Corpn.. IL back to
vork after having accompanied AIS
wife 20 Denver. whore b UNDER
wcnt an operation In 81. Luke's Hoe.
pitai. Ffiends Of Mrs. Benedict VIII
k .nieased TO learn that the opera
tion was successful.
, 1923-05-31
BOB and LEE Will
MIX FRIDAY night

The big treat Tor local followers
Of the art of boxing (and 6shting)
b all arranged.
The padded ring in the Rawlins
Opera House has been thoroughly
cleaned Of all trace Of the many and
bloody encounters of the not dis
tant past and nve pairs Of fighters
are reArin' to step . fast pace BE-
fore local fans to morrow night.
The boys who will head the main
10 have rounded into the best OF
condition and each is confident OF .
X. O., before the big ten round bout
10 we'll under way. Both boys spe-
cialise in nghting and boxing ID said
to b but . side line with them. Each
are sluggers from the word go and
either may win the Aght BY the
Knock out route.
Tho Rawlins Fire Department In
>pkomoting the bout to be staged here
tomorrow friday night nav to 1t
that they got two Of the classiest
liRhtweEhts to be found In his Sec
tion Of the county and It IL predicted
that neither . referees or Judges
decision will be necessary to decide
~ to who will be the winner.
Bob Moore. besides winning cham
O'Deir. Of Salt Lake City. are the
two hds to step into the ring for
the ten round main bout tomorrow
night and clippings received BY the
promoters from the Denver and Salt
Lake City papers have nothing but
good 10 . Of the home town nght-
NJ.
Dso Moore, besides winning cham
pSeasAtp honors while . member o.
the American Bxpeditionary Forces
In France. won considerable fame
this year By wadinE through the 1St
pound class Of fighters at the 1873
d. A. C. Boxing tourney.
Lee O'Daire has mt and held his
own with the best Of them around
Salt Lake City and on the Pacific
Coast. Like Bob he 10 reported To
b. Q terrific swatter and has won
many dghts BY administering the
In the semi finals local fans will
80 NO other than Young Riley,
Of Salt Iahs city. and Freddie
Hayes 0f Deaver. These boys can
travel ~ . fast rate and the promo
tsrs are esetain that there viii b
pasaly Of action during the iii
rosaAs they will battle.
Throe more preliminary matches
eAve been aSFangod-making an al
dt4ionai II rounds Of high class box
TseAsGs for tomorrow's hght will
~ o. 0ale at the Rawllns Fire Do
partneat and At the Headquartera
Pool Room.
, 1923-05-31
WAR VETERAN BURIED FRIDAY

Last Friday afternoon at the
Methodist church were held the SER
vices of T. G. Hayes, n of the very
early residents OF this city. Rev.
Edwards o%fficiated.
The deceased served his country
curing the entire Civil Wal as a
member OF an Illinois regiment OF
infantry and saw service in nine Of
the hardest fought battles OF the
war.
T. c. Hayes came to Rawlins
when this city was a mere village
and for the past half century has
resided within the state. Before
coming to Wyoming he was Joined In
marriage to Miss Sarah Bacon OF
Wisconsin.
The deceased is survived by his
wife and seven children, OF which
number there are five sons and
two daughters. and by the large
number Of old time friends both in
Carbon county and at Buffalo where
he passed away due to the infirmities
of old age.
, 1923-05-31
FAREWELL PARTY FOR
SUIT. AND MRS. ANDERSON

On Tuesday evening Of this week
. tsaehsrs' pacnic was held at Nine
Mile Springs. being IN the nature OF
. farewell party for supt. and Mrs.
G. A. Anderson. The caravan LEFT
the high school about four o'clock
and travelled over roads none too
goo6 to their destination. the bad
roads being completely forgotten In
the enjoyment OF the Wow At tbs
Geeing. A sumptuous supper was
Deeparod over the open fire. which
Vas greatly oatoyed b. everyone. A
~ oeoel1stea o. ths repsst. MT
Qn1kAes. I've orator 81 the day. In IN
address expressed bis 70.
sfe< 20 The gueots q Aonee 1t their
teaviae naWltAs. Mt beins content
VITA 0AAinG ~ ogeel1snt speech
he produced . gtft which 10 Pre-
ssatsd 70 Mr.. aaa Mrs. Andsrson IN
behalf Of the tsaeAefS. The geft. Z
Coleman Camp 0tovo. Was . happy
Inspiration % Nj. And Mr.. ,Anler.
Q plan TO drive to California. ~
WI make good . Of Il. TIE -
oasson 10 one which will - 1oeo
romsmbsrsd b. the guests cf Aoeos
- oae q the ~pleasantest dur1ng ehoos
cay u lAW1ins, and they WIKI 60 a.
peco tholr ao~oeeciskion 70 oil the
6aWitoo en1ho9s for the Gift - we'll
o. loe tAo1s Uoed-wiil an4 srfeed-
, 1923-05-31
REItTAGNOLLL AND FAMILY
HAVE A VEIN ElsW URST PAItTf

Al,ho no measurements were TAX
en-. Il Is estimated by those In At
tendance that something like 10
yard. of weinerwursts were consum-
eS by 4. c.. Bertagnolli and twenty
Ave employees OF local telephone ex-
change at n "weenie' roast held
two miles from FIT Steele last Mon
day evening. No n can say FOR a
fact as to Just how many yards OF
hot dogs" Bert consumed but an
interview of his fellow workers
brings out the fact that the twenty
Ave consumed in all about hve YARDS
Best vas tho twenty-sixth In the
maryland there were Ten yards OF
"wcenics" consumed.
Just q simple matter OF subtract
ion Sherlock.
Following the roast the telephone
employees attended tho dance Mt
Fort Steele. arriving back In Raw
Inns At midnight.
In order that tho telephone opera
tors on duty might be able to at
tend tho party Monday evening. Miss
May Eaton. Mrs. Clifford Eyre. Mrs.
Thomas Stevenson and Mrs. Walter
! Cnilaher. all Of whom are former
telephone operators OF this city. came
TO the rescue and took tho places
OF the four girls who otherwise
would have found II necessary to re-
main on duty.
Among those present In last Mon
days affair we're c. J. Mckee. Wire
Chief for tho state Of Wyoming. Earl
siyder, Equipment ForeE:r from
Denver. and w ID. Carey. another
Telephone company official who 10 In
] this vicinity on a tour Of Inspection.
, 1923-05-31
INTERESTS MAKE
sure Of R. R. Tonnage
10000 ACRES OF COLORADO COAL LANDS WILL
SUPPLY north and SOUTH RAILROAD With
TONNAGE IF ROAD IS BUILT south

A working agreement involving twenty thousand acres of
the best grade bituninous coal lands was entered into recently
by F. L. Norman, a representative of the Haskell interests and
the Mt. Evans Coal Company, holders of valuable coal acreage
in Mofat County. The agreement wa entered into following
a visit of the Haskell representative to Craig and vicinity in the
interests of the North and South Railroad.
The terms of the agreement are based on a tonnage royalty
basis and are contingent upon the beginning of the construction
of the proposed North and South Railroads extension from Ilco,
Natrona County, to Craig, Colorado.
, 1923-05-31
Mr.. and Mrs. 2. W. Woods spen

Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Woods spent
Sunday and Monday In Rawlins from
their home at Encampment.
Miss Louise Jones has returned
from Golden, Colo. where she has
been spending a three weeks vaca-
tion visiting relatives and
NJ. G.. Finley made a business trip
to Baggs and Dixon the hrst OF the
week. returning home yesterday
w. II, Lovesy Of the Utah OIL Re
Nning Co. is spending several Gays
In the city this week from Salt Lake
on matters OF business for his com
pany.
Peter Cook. formerly OF Rawlins.
now located at Atlantic City. Wye.
Is q business visitor here this week
Mr., and Mrs. Henry Mueller and
daughter. Miss Emily. left Monday
OF this week for Ellis. Kansas. where
they expect to spend several weeks
visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. NJ. Stnrtzell spent
Saturday evening and Sunday In the
E.ncampment section on a hshing
and outing trip. returning home sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. %. y. Campbell the
FIRST Of the week moved to the camp
bell ranch on Pass Creek where
they will spend the remainder OF
tho summer.
p, l.. Welsh spent Tuesday In
Rawiins from his home In Dixon.
on a business mission.
John Mahouey Ia spending the
week In the city from the ranch. be-
Ing confined to his home by illness.
, 1923-05-31
ROCKY MOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY
ESTABLy01dED m NEW HOME

Considerable bewilderrnent haz
been experienced lately by local cit
ixens who called around At the old
location OF the Rocky Mountain Gas
Company offices only 10 md that
the company. building. Offices and all
were there no more. -.
The fsct OF the matter ID gas com.
pany and building have moved "a
Fourth street and are again to b
foand doing business on the new 10.
cation between the O'MslA reajdenc,
and the Diks Home.
The as company tulidong ;wAs
moved from nfth street. 70 make way
for the Daisy Block which Will soon
be under construction on that street.
, 1923-05-31
CAR SALES THIS WEEK

way Garage include: Evan
ZONES. uanna Hudson S~peedster:
Cow RYAN. Essex coach: Adolph
ErIckson. Essex touring: c. A. Good'
Essex touring: N. II. Nelson. chev.
ro,et sedan: carl Larsen. Chevrolet
touring: John Evers. Chevrolet tour
ing: Paul Tikkanen. Hanna. Chevro,
Iet touring: Eddie Robertson. nsea
Ford sedan: ]. d. Garea. Ford tour.
ing: and James s. Kaufman used
Ford touring.
Rawlins Motor Co. sales inciure
pert Chadwick Of Hanna. Buick
sport touring. DR.. r. G. Aten. Buick
four door sedan.
, 1923-05-31
COUNTRY CLUB TO MEET FRIDAY

Tomorrow evening at eight o'clock
at the City Hall the members Of the
Rawlins Country Club will hold a
meeting for the purpose Of electing
directors and officers Of the organ
ization for the coming year.
Besides the election there will be
several matters of great Importance
brought to the attention of those
who have signed up for membership
and all those who have applied for
membership are urged to be present.
, 1923-05-31

A. c. 0ehr 10 confined to the Mem.
orIal Hospital this week suffering
with . badly fractured leg. sustain
heavy sinfocrs at ans cemn At the
tinG along vsry ven. MIA Win e
good news 70 bic May Haw1ins
frieads.
, 1923-05-31

Mrs. A. w. Fields returned the
later .art OF hast week from Green
SSvsr there she has bsea spending
~" ~ month visiting relatives ana
fsiHs6s. she was accompanied home
~ M mother. Mrs.. kesstes. Who
VIII mead sons time here - Ass.
1olas GueSe.
, 1923-05-31

WIN. Hobbs motored down &c ar
annie on sunday last and spsnt the
day with friends. returning Monday
morning..
, 1923-05-31

r. C. Mitdlewood Is able to bt
out and around again. being entire.
ly recovered from an attack Of Ia
grippe.
, 1923-05-31
FIRE ON FRONT STREET

rlItFS oN FfSONI bIfSEEI
Sparks from a passing locomotive
this morning set fire to one corner
OF the roof OF a front porch on West
Front street.
The Fire Department arrived on
the scene shortly after the blaze
was discovered.
, 1923-05-31

ALL NIGHT SERVICE - RAW.
Inns GARAGE. b-S1.3s
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SPARKS

IF Europe had . sulIivan NV
it might help some.
we note that the diaplys -
hosiery on incoming liners il
growing lesser and lesser.
Youth must Be singed before
IT dreads the fire.
Clotheslines sometimes reveal
family secrets
ee..ss W s.ssE ~ y $50 isssss,
The early bird often sets =
job on milk wagon.
A stitch in time also saves =
silk stocking.
The man who takes = Tier -
stocks often ends In 9 nose sdive.
Al play and no work makes
Jack lounge lizard. se
A tip on the market i e go gOOd
asroEle On the races,
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RADIO RAGTIME
MN-LIMEwATER.

MN-L1MEWAT
HeIlow, Cinders.
- How dye ashes? What's
on yer pompadour today? .tss1
Got q couple o. wise creckers
today. Simple.
All right-shoot.
Wen. here's . starter:
Why do people always look
at q cows taiI?''
Because it was never seen be.
fore.D
oh. baby. our readers win have
20 stop and think over that one.
!. brother. eM
IN say they win. But ship an
ether. maybe they're smart to-
night.
All right, grab this one:
why can't they pinch q bare
5 1oot man for carrying liquor"
because he isn't q bootleg
GER"
Boy. that's new. an you got it.
didn't yer. Wen, see IL you can
ret this one. it's newer stfll:
'sWha&'s a bootleggeris favor
&c song?"
open yer mouth an. let the
Hnoonshine In"
Zowie. guessed 'em an. You
must hang out where they. make
It.
You said II. senseless; I'm
quoting prices, am.
Eken lookout, boy. or they'll
l.hAus you where there's too many
barssl.~.
Ouch. I'm wounded.
? So long. Ashes. 49, !:
-ss CfiinchilIa, tCinders.
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EBEN OBSERy YES

0ORIIRorgIA, with 3 biz a q
stocIin's to mend, sayasthat
~ the feller who said NE yas
one darn thing after another knew
what he was talixfn: about.
Some gals thinks the smell Of
gasoline il ayEeeter than y altar Of
roses.
Folks that come out here TO cit
close to nature generally bring
along lot Of fancy clothes.
L never heard Of y stockholders
customer gettin' blisterspon his
hands from countin ! profits.
90
BY this time q lot Of folks ought
to be gettin, used to divorces
What they now call polite Ian
guage used to- be called soft soap"
Rouins stones seem to be drivin'
q lot OF these here wrecked autos.
notice that when the collectin'
plate ii passed 81 Lunpkin looks
as though he'd ben hit by the in-
come tax.
Some felIers that come up heEN
to paint the old crick ought to. be
turned loose on paintin' barns.
notice that 9 Teller has come
out with new cure for what ails
you. still folks win continue to
keep passln' on.