, 1923-08-15
SHORT
WYOMING
NEWS ITEMS

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State Fair that the pre-
now off thep ress and ready for mall
ing.
DIR. ]. r. Hylton, Democratic state
chairman of Wyoming, advocates the
selection of Senator John b. Kendrick
as the Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent In 1924.
The crop of alfalfa on the ]. d. Per-
kins ranch, west of Laramie, Is said to
be the finest ever cut there. Thirty
eight Of the sixty acres turned out
more than sixty tons.
A heavy flow Of gas has been en-
cOuntered in the well being drilled for
the Ohio Oil Company at Rex Lake
dome, northwest of Laramie, in the
Little Laramie valley. The gas has
been cased off.
Ed. Cawrse of Four Corners, near
Osage, was instantly killed, and his
son, @. d. Cawrse, was fatally injured
when their automobile was struck by
w~est-bound Burlington passenger train
No. Al, a few days ago.
Mrs. william Murdoch, wife Of a vice
president of the North & South rail-
road, living at Sheridan. sustained sew
eral rib fractures and throat cuts when
the automobile she was driving
crashed into a street railway guy pole.
Caught In a swirling torrent of wa
ter in what Is ordinarily a dry hollow,
Mrs. Fred Brain, SO, was carried to her
death at a point on the Yellowstone
highway, thirty-five miles north of
Cheyenne. Her body was recovered
down the draw" ten miles from the
point where she was drowned.
Decision to petition the Wyoming
Public Service Commission for permits
| sion to abandon street railway service
on Main street In Sheridan was an
nounced by David w. Jones, manager
of the Sheridan Railway and Light
| Company, following conferences with
stockholders of the company and city
| officials.
Embezzlement of funds from the
American Railway Express Company
| Mt Lander Is charged against a man
giving the name Of ]. Wilsey, who is
| being held in the Laramie county Jail
| by United States Marshal Hugh L. Pat
ton. Wilsey was arrested at Dayen-
port Ia, and was brought back by Dep
| uty United States Marshal Kinney for
trial.
During the Old Settlers Reunion at
New Fork Lake, a historical society
was organized. Hon. p. w. Jenkins,
member Of the State Advisory Board
for the Third Judicial district. wns made
president. The purpose of the society
Is to gather facts concerning the early
development of Green River valley
from the old timer. These facts Will
be recorded in SubIette county and will
then serve as reference for the State
Historical Society.
The Wyoming Children's Home So
ciety has purchased a residence at 1910
Washington street, Cheyenne, and is
now having the building remodeled In
to a receiving home. Offices Of the
society will be moved from the Hynds
building as oon as the work Is com-
pleted. 1t Is planned to use the build
ing as a home where children may be
brought from all over the state for OBJ
servation and examination while the
society Is investigating the prospective
faster homes of their charges.
Representatives t the number of
nearly twenty Of every coal company
operating in the southern Wyoming
district, met In the Union Pacific Coal
Company offices ut Rock Springs to
consider various questions confronting
them, particularly those OF safety de-
vices in the mines and the observance
Of safety first In the operating Of the
many properties of this district.
Joseph Hrobernick, a miner EN-
ployed in the mine Mt Sweetwater. was
instantly killed by a fall Of rock.
Edwin O'Donnell. sheepherder. whose
body was found on top OF Clear Creek
mountain In the lower Big Horns, was
killed when struck by lightning, Cor
oner Lew NJ. Gay learned after driving
to the scene Of the tragedy about
eighty miles from Casper.
james Miner. alias A. @. Clark.
nlins W. j. Clark. alias The NANCY
Kid" who was arrested Mt Littleton,
Colo, and later turned over by the po-
lice mt Denver to Sheriff Herring and
County Attorney Patterson Of Laramie.
and brought to Laramie recently, was
held for trial on Aug. 10. on u charge
Of stealing u Dodge car from f. N.
Hitchcock Oct. o last year. driving II
to Laramie n selling II to a man
there. the officers finding II md four
other cars, Including n Dodge thought
TO have been stolen ut Fort Collins.
Colo, ut the fence" Miner said his
one ambition now Is to get his hnnds
ON the man who ''squenied" IN mnde
possible his return to this city for
trial. Ball wns fixed ut $1,000. Miner
being sent to the county JILL In de-
fault.
The Union Pacific has n force OF
men ut work converting the Edison tun-
mel. between Laramie and Rnwlins, ITO
feet long. into N cut. by tho