, 1923-10-31
SHORT
WYOMING
NEWS ITEMS

AhA1s ~ " AAAACNA J%os
Il resident of WheatIand, was killed in
stantly when she was struck down by
an automobile driven by Guy Car
michael.
About a third of the houses occupy
ing the site of the new Union Pacific
depot ut Laramie, which are beIag va
Gated, have been sold. and their remOv-
al Is expected to start soon
At a special meeting Of the town
council Lester Powell was elected
mayor OF Powell to fill the vacancy
caused when Rev. J.. l. Taylor re-
signed as mayor to re-enter the Bap-
fist ministry
Alleged delay in the delivery Of a
message telling of the serious Illness OF
her child Is made the basis of a suit
filed against the Western Union Tele-
graph Company at Casper by Mrs.
Grace Wilson, who asks damages OF
$20,SI7.
Lee Weathers, taxicab operator and
brother of W.. D. Weathers, prominent
oil operator of Casper, died at a Cas-
per hospital from a bullet wound in
fllcted by his own hand with suicidal
intent No motive has been furnished
for his act other than possible finan-
ciaI difficulties
Damages of $500 against Dr.. E. C.
Clegg. physician Of Monarch, Wyo.,
were awarded by a jury in District
Court at Sheridan I Tom Mccoy, who
sued for $4,000 damages, charging
DR.. Clegg with negligence in caring for
a fractured eollarbone sustained By
Elinor Mccoy, his s-year-Old daughter.
Damages Of $500 against DR.. E G..
Clegg, physician OF Monarch, Wyo.,
were awarded by a jury in District
Court at Sheridan to Tom Mccoy, who
sued for $4,000 damages, charging DR..
C1egg with negligence in caring for a
fractured collar bone sustained by
Elinor Mccoy, his S-year-oId daughter.
The body Of II. Watkins, sleeping
a porter on Burlington train No. 30,
wrecked in Cole creek, sixteen miles
east Of here, Sept q, has been recov-
cred Watkins body was the twenty
first out OF a possible forty recovered
from the wreckage. 1t was identified
through his keys, a watch and locket
and a tie pin
Search for R. Standen, 70 years old.
prospector, who has been missing since
floods visited Sheridan county last
month, was abandoned when a party
headed by D.. H Steere, his ~son-in-Iaw,
returned to Sheridan after a fruitless
~seven-day search In the mountains
The party expressed the opinion that
the prospector persisted in the storms
Search for R. Standen, ~prpspector,
who has been missing since floods WIS.,
tied Sheridan county last month, was
abandoned whom a party headed by ID.
II. Steere, his son-in-Iaw, returned to
Sheridan, after a fruitless seven-day
search In the mountains. The members
Of the party expressed the opinion that
the prospector persisted In the storms.
More school houses are needed in ev-
cry quarter of Wyoming, according to
reports received by the State Educa-
tional Department. Nearly everywhere
school buildings are overcrowded and
In some towns, notably Casper. part
time classes are being conducted in
an effort to give all the pupils equal
opportunities. At Casper the enroll
ment Is more than 5000, compared
with 5000 last yea
The case founded on complaint OF
4. w. Keslar OF Hillsdale against Geo.
w. X. Weaver. Rex Weaver and Al
bert Nash, was dismissed In Justice
Edwards court In Cheyenne because
the prosecuting attorney and the pros
ecuting witness failed I o appear. kes-
lar had charged the defendants with
assault and battery on Oct. 2. and they
have each been out on S25 bonds.
which were returned to them.
Sugar beet yields in the Rlverton
district this season will run as high as
eighteen tons per acre, according In
sugar company representatives ut Rlv-
erton. Shortage Of labor for topping
and pulling has resulted In a slow har-
vest, but 1t Is believed that all beets
Will be out OF the ground before freez-
ing weather sets In.
Three Inmates Of the Converse coun.
ty Jail Mt Douglas, Wyo., escaped by
saving bars OF their cells. They are
Jim Eaton. a convict from the state
p~enitentiary ut Rawlins; Jack John
son, charged with automobile theft.
and Lem Skinner. charged with arson.
How the prisoners obtained the saw
with which they cut their way to
freedom is unknown to Sheriff A. w.
Peyton.
Three persons r dead from car
bon monoxide fumes al Casper as n
result of sleeping In ~non-ventilated
rooms with gas q left burning.
Mrs Vernon Sundwell and her son.
Elmer sundwell, aged three, were
found dead by the formers husband.
a stillmnn at the refinery, when he re-
turned home from work. Ransom