, 1923-02-15
LATE NEWS
From All OUer
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Altei July L, 1875, the yOnlng Ell
genics law may be effective in al
copnties as result OF n bill introduced
In h Legislature by Oliver Chambers.
official approval was given the
Colorado river compact by Wyoming
when Governor w. Il. Ross formally
signed the bill ratifying the pact.
About $4,000 is needed for the
building of armories and the support
of the administrative work of the Wyo-
ming National Guard, says Adjt. Gen.
II. l.. Esmay.
Sixty-three members have been add
ed to Boy Scouts rolls in Casper
through Il brief campaign waged by
the organization. Seven new patrols
will be organized.
The entire enrolment of the Rock
River high school was in Cheyenne re-
Gently. chaperoned by Prof. r. L. Park.
Fourteen students made up the party,
which visited the Legislature and the
Cheyenne high school.
Martin Eugene Freeman, IL, en-
ployed as caretaker of property belong
ing TO the Hawkeye Oil Company ut its
holdings north of Mule creek, was
found dead in his cabin by a fellow
worker many hours, probably, after his
demise.
Mrs. C. l.. Wiley, Casper, Wyo., was
awarded a judgment of $50 and costs
against her landlady, Mrs. Chas. Lund
man, for having her household effects
moved into the street when she was or
Inra1 m tnnEn and xvaG rtnahIn m find
a location.
The New York Store, Buffalo's larg-
est department store, was Quilted by
fire originating in the furnace room
recently. The loss is estimated at $751;
500. Insurance carried totaled $4,000.
The store was owned by Fred Billing
er. 1t was established tw~enty-three
years ago by Stevens Fryberger & Co.
of Sheridan.
Frank Matus, proprietor of the Bar
ret Park resort, near Oakley, died at
the l.. c. NJ. hospital, at Kemmerer,
from knife wounds and a gunshot
wound, sustained in "A family row
staged between himself and his wife.
Matus refused to talk concerning rne
affray, and died witt his side of the
story u~nrevealed.
Three men were instantly killed by a
gas explosion in the Usage field near
Newcastle. The dead are l.. A. Bald
win of Casper, oil promoter; Joseph
]. Klodt, ranchman and official of the
Newcastle Oil Company, and Barton
ID. Raybun, an employee of the Midwest
Refining Company. The men had gone
into a cave storehouse to inspect sup
plies when the explosion occurred.
james II. Walton, district governor
of the Rotary Club, recently returned
to Cheyenne from Il two weeks trip
through the district, which includes all
Colorado clubs, two clubs in the San
Luis valley, five clubs on the western
slope of the Rockies and the club at
Clayton, N. NJ. The trip was in the
interest of the district convention
which will be held in Cheyenne March
I, s and .. Every club expects to be
represented at the convention, md
many will have large delegations pres
ent.
All products taken from the ground
In Wyoming are TO be taxed under the
terms of II bill offered in the lower
house OF the Legislature by John a..
Stevens of Albany county. chairman of
the oil and gas affairs committee.
Crude oil is TO be. assessed / per cent
on the gross revenue coal, l per cent
on gross value iron ore, 3 per ent on
gross value; natural gas, u of l per
cent on gross value; all other miner
.I. I ,,n- cont nm, vnIra ThfC L.
to provide the state with additional
revenue.
Judge Charles +. and Mrs. Winter nf
Casper have left for Washington, ID. c.,
where Judge Winter. who Is congress-
man-elect, will get in touch with the
duties of his office. The tentative as
Segment OF committees will be made
and 1t is very important for Wyoming
that Judge Winter probably will re-
main in Washington until June /.
The Western States Oil Company is
hauling large quantities of well sup
plies to Hamilton dome while the roads
are passable. II is rumored at Ther-
mopolis that this field, which has been
inactive for two years, will be n busy
place commencing In March. There are
some thirty-five producing wells in this
field in the shallow sands, but IL is re-
ported the deeper sands will be pierced
This season.
Disputed title 10 100 acres of Teapot
oil land ON which drilling by the Mu-
tual OIL Company was stopped last
year by n detachment OF marines sent
TO Wyoming by the Navy Department,
will be settled in court as the result of
filing Of u suit at Casper by II. G. Tay-
Tor and John +. Camplon, both of Den
yer, ard james q. Darden of New
York. rgninst the Mammoth OH Com
pany, which Is now drilling on the
and.
Located near the exact spot where