, 1923-11-21
SHORT
w NC
NEWS ITEMS


and with it their 3-year-old son, George
Harold Scharen.
Burglars tried to blow the safe in
the office of the American Railway
Express Company at ThermOpolis, but
failed in their efforts.
A %trainload of Albany county feeder
cattle left Laramie recently for Cedar
Rapids, La. The cattle will be sold d.
rect to feeders in the corn belt.
John FOtus, aged 43 and a native of
Greece, accidentally shot himself on
the road between Rock Springs and
Dimes, one-half mile from Dimes.
r. c. Meyers, Henry Morganstein
and b. Landon were arrested at Cas-
per on charges of having cashed
fraudulent checks at Casper stores.
Two hundred and seventy-five thous-
and dollars worth of 5 per cent water
and sewer bonds of the city OF Casper
were sold to Bosworth, Chanute & Co.
of Denver.
Wheatland now has a new postof-
flee building that is making people sit
up and take notice. 1t Is now located
In two large rooms in the west end Of
the Commercial hotel.
The state and federal governments
VIII cooperate in solving the problem
of the threatened embargo on Wyo-
ming hay because of the prevalence
of weevil In some of the southern
counties.
Hanging from one Of the hinges on
the door of his room with a rope
aroun his neck william Perfel was
found in a room at the White House
in Douglas owned and operated by
Mrs. William S. Howard.
The harvesting of the first extern
siive bean crop grown on the Shoshone
project has proved that beans are one
of the most successful crops that can
be produced there. The yield runs
from $50 to S75 per acre.
A poker game run by Joe Myusko-
vich In the back room of II soft drink
place at Kirby was raided by holdup
men and the gaming tables and the
cash register in the soft drink depart
ment robbed of about $500 in cash.
Archie Allison was elected mayor of
Cheyenne, defeating Dan c. Barksdale
by forty-eight votes. Clarence Holll-
day and w. w. Busselle were elected
city commissioners, defeating Frank j.
Galllvan and w. II. Owens, the latter
being an incumbent. The total vote,
$500. exceeded by more than 400 the
.-- ia, 'e e,!s
history The yOfp. Allison or .
B%arksdaIe. 1889. RusseIIe l S7e. Gal.
Iiyan. l.634: Holiday. 21a2 Owens
1.69O.
'"e eo"-
oisaniAaoioh oi the various
to"ns IN the Big horn basin met In
BASIN recently for the purpose of per-
manent organization to be known as
the Big Horn Basin Federated Club.
the objects Of which are to promote
eeffectfvely by cooperation the agri-
cultural, commercial and industrial in
terests of the Big Horn Basin. Talks
we're made mt the meeting nv Val Kus.
ko. ~npricultural opent Of rho ppr,,r,-
ton. Gus Holm of tho pork 70 p,rL
highway. II Rohertson or~i,irator
~ commercial corn gro,vIng In hot
section II. ]. Allen. county agent of
Park county l.. Il. McDaniels, county
agent for Big Horn county. Under the
constitution adopted the board OF d.
rectors or the organization VIII be com
poseu OF the p~resiuehts OF the various
cohirciai CLUBS Oh the animated
eo"ns'
Mayor Charles Sheldon was defeat
ed for reelection by J. Frank Kirk
patrick. City Commissioners Archie
MacCarty and II. Allen Floyd were re-
elected defeating Mrs. ANNA u. Smith
ana l.. .. Walthinn' The term OF Of
nee Tor the new administration begins
Jan. i. the election was Sherilan's