, 1923-01-10
SHORT
NEWS ITEMS

YORK store III Laramie, was Silot anu
dangerously wounded when two men
undertook to rob his store.
There's Megonis, employed at No. y
mine, and George Karras. Kemmerer
shoe sinner, both Greeks, are held on
the charge of assault on the person Of
Il girl not yet II years of age.
The Modern Woodinen of Basin
have elected The following officers for
the ensuing year: ID. IL. johnson, Z.
T.; +. NJ. Hime, advisor; u. l.. barr.
banker; Louis Blakesley, clerk.
c. w. Axtell, u well known capital
list and oil operator at 1herlnopoiis. is
preparing plans for II large apartment
house to be ! tied in the downtown
section of the city. Last year Axtell
erected Il 100000 residence.
Worland is attracting nationwide
attention as II resort for persons af-
flicted with asthma Those interested
in the towns welfare prophesy that
in the near future Worlund maj be
for asthma what Rochester, Mimi, is
for surgery.
VI wa -
ing the closing of the DietZ mine, OPP
Grated by the Sheridan-W Wyoming Coal
Company, has thrown Il number of
miners out of work. Fifteen miners
and their families have already left
fer Rock Springs, Wyo., where they
are to be employed ut the Superior
mines.
n.... . oil. I,NIr,I anil
lightweight acres OF state land in Ma
lrona county was sold at Casper al
prices ranging FROM SO to SO an mere
when II was auctiuned to the highest
bidder in the first sale held since last
summer. The holdings are largely
grazing lund and brought u total of
$500.
Roy Bedford, Sheridan attorney, has
been elected commander of Donald
Garbutt Post, American Legion, sue
ceeding Adolph Kerr. Bedford's term
began Jan. l. Shirl p. Butler has
been named vice commander; Howard
Sharp. adjutant Herbert Sheone, fl
nance officer, and Ned Coca, service
officer.
When Albert Haines, 80, of Lowell,
was found dead in his sort drink es-
Establishment, DIR. Nj. ii. Smith, county
coroner, was notified by phone and
asked Justice Willis to impunel Il
jury and conduct an inquest. Haines
had been hunting and on returning is
believed to has shot himself acct
dentally while cleaning his gun.
While %excavating a new building on
the Il. G. Benson ranch on Cash creek
above jackson, Burns Ferrin plowed
out the skeleton of "a man at u depth
of about four feet, says the Jackson
Courier. The skull and bones were re-
moved to the home of DIR. Huff and q
careful examination revealed the fact
that the remains were those of u man
about 30 years of age.
A meeting of the county superin-
tendents of the counties Of the Big
Horn basin was held ut Basin, recent
ly. Mrs. Bertha X. V~andevender of
Big Horn was selected chairman and
Myra Shelton of Hot Springs county.
secretary. The rural school work for
xxi yea was planned on u uniform
schedule. Reports from the various
counties shows u high standa-d of ru.
raj school efficiency maintained.
While probably more cars of pro-
duce of great value have gone u Of
Wheatlaud thun out of any other city
In Wyoming, all records are believed
TO have beer broken when IL carload
of comb honey was sold ut Akron, o.,
for approximately $4,000. The cur
was loaded by the Honey Producers
Association ut Wheatland and was ac-
sold 1t. The product was all grade AL.
Il. Il. McNally of Sheridan, the dis.
trict deputy grand exalted ruler of the
Elks in Wyoming. will pay nn official
visit TO Laramie lodge on January 8.
for the exeinplificatlon OF the ritual.
He announces a meeting OF the exalted
rulers and secretaries of the lodges I
the stute ut Cheyenne on January 10
at 10 II. IN. and will preside ut that
meeting.
Sheridan's long dream of a north
and south railrond, connecting Casper
and Miles City, with Sheridan as the
headquarters, appeared a step nearer
to realization with the receipt OF n
Telegram from New York conveying
the Information that the road will be
built provided reasonable federal,
state, county md municipal co-opera.
tion is extended the project"
At the quarterly meeting OF the
Northwestern Wyoming Medical So
clety, DR.. Frances NJ. Lane OF Cody
was honored by being elected the next
president. DIR. Lane has been secro-
tury of the organization since Its In
ception and II moving spirit In Its nc.
tlvities. DIR. N. ID. Nelson OF Their
mopolIs was elected Vice president md
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