, 1923-06-13
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NEWS ITEMS

ming will be held in Laramie Sept. u,
when Bishop Mead of Denver will pre-
side.
Judson Brown, q teamster working
for the North & South Railroad Com
pany. was instantly killed when struck
by lightning near Casper.
DR.. L. @. Smith, a practlcing ply
stefan of Casper since 1918, has been
appointed county health officer to
succeed DR.. J. E. O'Donnel.
Improvements to the Casper water
system to s approximately $276,OOO.
Of which $4,000 will be spent In res
ervoir construction. is projected by the
city council for the coming year.
Russell Cluph, the 3-year-old son Of
II. w. Cluph, agent for the Colorado,
Wyoming & Eastern Railroad at Coal.
mont, Colo, was drowned in a stream
near Coalmont a few days ago.
w. B. Miser, 80. a homesteader, was
killed, a new school house valued at
$4,000 was demolished. many ranch
buildings were smashed and Burling-
ton telegraph lines were leveled, when
n tornado, accompanied by hail and
rain, swept u 30O-yard path near Lar
Int. Wyo.
Judson Brown, IS, teamster, en-
ployed by a sub-contractor on the
Wyoming north and south railroad
was killed by lightning, II miles
southwest of Salt Creek. Fred Arnett,
sitting on the wagon seat beside
Brown, was hurled to the ground and
burned, but escaped death.
An express shipment of 100 turkey
eggs from the flock Of Mrs. Allie
Hawkins Of Frankfort, KY, was re-
ceived Mt the King Brothers farm near
Wheatland. This stock Is reputed to
be the best in the United States on
the basis Of Its winnings in contests.
The price paid Is understood to be
well in excess Of $500.
The most important event reported
recently in the wool trade In Wyoming
Is stated by Dean John A. Hill, the
wool expert at the University Of Wyo-
ming, to have been the sale Of the
clip Of the Swan Land and Cattle Com
pany of Chugwater at 4S cents a
pound. exclusive Of the ram fleeces.
This Is n very large clip, and the price
paid is the highest reported so far in
the state.
Fort D.. A. Russell troops who will be
In summer camp at Fort Douglas,
Utah. started on their march a few
days ago, expecting to make the AS
mile trip in twenty-nlne days. One
troop of cavalry, one battery of artil-
Iarv md n hand ona r,oleV- a. s-I-
The troops will arrive In Fort Douglas.
which Is on the outskirts of Salt Lake
City, on June %, after travelling from
fifteen to thirty miles n day.
Contract for the second $4,000 i'd
ditlon to q Casper school to be award
ed within ten days time has been
awarded by the school board to George
Cottrell, who will start work immedi-
ately on q structure that will provide
six more class-rooms and 5anitor's
quarters ut the North Casper school.
At the same meeting a firm Of local
architects was authorized to 60 ahead
with complete plans and specifications
for the 100000 Junior high school, for
which bonds were voted q year ago.
Twenty-Five Transfers employed on
construction Of the Wyoming North
and South railroad at Buffalo, so
miles south Of Sheridan, lost q strike
for an Increase Of wages. They were
being paid forty cents an hour. All
were discharged after they made
known their demands, which the con-
tractors charge, were brought about
through agitation by three alleged
members Of the /. w. w. The sheriff
and police at Buffalo gave the agi-
tators t~wenty-four hours to leave the
country.
Overlooking of trucks used for
transportation purposes over the state
highway between Casper and Salt
Creek hereafter will meet with off.
cial complaint, several such vehicles
having been turned back during the
last few days by ]. @. Glover Of the
state highway police, who has turned
his attention to this problem along
with other infractions Of the state
road laws.
DR.. d. F. Davis, manager Of the
Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration,
announced the letting Of contracts to
Eddie Mccarthy Of Goldsmith, Wyo.
Paxton Irvine Of Douglas, Wyo., and
Art Carpenter Of Islny, wyo., for 800
head of horses and cattle to be used
In the twenty-seventh revival Of the
famous Wild West carnival In Chey-
enne. July "a. %. &c and q. The con-
tracts call for seventy-flve longhorn
steers, 100 lows and calves, 65 wild
horses, 30 head Of top COW horses and
80 head Of outlaw bucklng broncos
Brahma cattle have not been n
trncted. The bucking broncos
signed up include some Of the most
vicious stock ever reared In the Pow
der River and Crazy Women sections
Of wuon,lno u,hlch aro S