, 1923-02-22
LATE NEWS
From All OUer
w 7 O MING


Milton Cozzens ended his life by
shooting himself with IA high-powered
rifle at Byron. He was alone in Il
sheep wagon at the time. Worry over
financial troubles is believed to be the
cause of the suicide.
Miss Agnes nling, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Killing of Saratoga,
suffered Il very serious and painful in
jury as II result of the accidental dis
charge of Il .32-culiber pistol Mach
she was handling.
Martin Eugene Freeman, II, em-
ployed as caretaker OF Pre-. arty belong
Ing to the Hawkeye oil Company at its
holdings north of Mule creek, was
found dead in his cabin by a fellow
worker many hours, probably, after his
demise.
The Albany county chapter of the
American Red Cross has been re-or-
ganiZed by the election of Captain
Constant l.. Irwin, the ad%jutant of the
Reserve Officers Training Corps of
the University of Wyoming, as chair
mar
Owen S. Hoge. representative from
Sheridan county, who vas stricken
with smallpox soon after he came TO
Cheyenne to attend the legislative SEES
sion, is out again. He expects to take
part in the last weeks work of the
lawmakers.
1t is said that electric current for
the Hot Springs Light x Power Com
pany at Thermopolis will soon come
from Boysen dam. The old electric
plant will be remodeled into an ice
plant and the furnishing of artificial
Ice be commenced in June.
Fire destroyed the church and Our
ner block in Henderson, 70 town ten
miles south of Basin. The fire de-
partments of Basin and Greybull re-
sponded to an appeal for aid, but the
fire had gained Roadway to such an
extent the entire block was doomed.
County Assessor W.. A. Comfy has
discovered, on going over his returns,
tina. 53,675 acres will be added to the
taxable property for. 1923 in Albany
county that did not exist in 1922, made
up in large part, he thinks, from home
steads that have been taken from the
government.
Expenditures in Casper for public
improvements last yea totalled S437,-
91T, of which SOL, 625 was for paving,
a statement prepared by city officials
shows. Several miles of paving were
laid during the year and the present
year will witness u large increase in
this program.
Juan de Dios and Elias Archuleta,
Mexican brothers, ~apprehended ut Cas-
per for the murder of Antonio d. Var
gas, lieutenant governor of New Mexi-
co, in 1914, will fight eXtradition TO
New Mexico, and TO hat end have re-
tanned Alex h.. King of Casper as
their attorney.
Frank A. Holiday of Laramie re-
Gently named II member of the Board
of Trustees of the University of
Wyoming. in place Of DIR. A. b. Ham
ilton, Also of Laramie, is a native of
this city. He is Il graduate from the
University of Wyoming and will be the
only alumnus ON the board.
A body, which is believed to be that
of james Cahill, was found floating
in the Platte river near Casper. The
man had been dead for five Or six
months, it is believed. 1t is thought
the man fell in the river or committed
suicide several miles above here. Fire
men recovered the body from the
stream.
The district conference of the Chey-
enne district, Wyoming conference, of
the Methodist church held u two days
session nj Cheyenne with Bishop
Charles l.. Mead presiding, assisted by
Supt. William +. DUNN of the Chey-
enne district and all the pastors of the
churches in the district, comprising the
southern part of the state.
Pinned beneath an overturned auto
mobile oil the ice of Green river. Sam
McCourt. 3S. froze TO the ice, but de-
spite fractures of leg and shoulder
blade and agOnizing injuries to his
spine, was able to cut himself free
with II pocket-knife. He then cruwled
up the steep river bank INT to his
home, about 100 yards beyond.
Charcoal fumes in "A refrigerat, car
on the local between Kemnerer and
Montpelier are believed responsible for
the death OF II newly married couple.
Trainmen discovered the bodies. With
them were papers which Indicated they
were froi.. -auho Falls. A marriug
| certificate found on tie man showed
that they had been married in Decem-
Der, 1022.
The Thermopolls banks show an in
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