, 1923-08-01
SHORT
WYOMING
NEWS ITEMS

ceremonial recently at winch IlIIy-tWO
candidates walked the burning sands.
1t is estimated that around 70 per
cent Of this years Wyoming wool clip
is still In the hands Of growers with
no possibility Of selling at the present
time. ,A.
The Casper City Council has donated
a fifty-two-acre tract Of land south
west of Casper to the Wyoming North
& South railroad for a freight ter
minal.
After having put through a measure
of much wider interest In the West
than was the n for which the
special session was called. the Wyom-
ing Legislature adjourned.
E. NJ. Eaton of Grand Island. Neb.,
was instantly killed when the autOmo-
bile in which he was riding turned
over on the Yellowstone highway, a
few miles from Chugwater.
With the clearing off Of the first
crop of alfalfa hay more effective ef-
forts are being put forth In the fight
against the grasshOppers. H. ]. Thorn
as, county agricultural agent, stated in
Sheridan.
The derrick on the Burkhart &
Beard well at Cooks gap. between Lam
der n Rawlins, vas burned from ig-
hitting gas. Ira Thomas and A. b.
Pearce, employed at the well. wer
badly burned.
Damage which may reach a total of
$4,000 was lone In Sheridan by a
%cloudburst, which ripped up a dozen
city blocks Of wood paving | n the bus
mess district, flooded cellars ind made
a Quagmire Of country roads.
Tie Siding road, which years ago
was the Lincoln highway and which in
recent years has been summed by mo-
florists because OF Dale Greek hill, has
been reconstructed by Albany county
and now is a first-class highway.
William Brownley, said to be from
Walden, North Park. Colo, was in
stantly killed, and Mrs. Brownley was
~severaly burned by a lightning bolt
which struck their camp In southwest
Casper during a recent thunderstorm.
Jack Piz, residing at South Cumber-
land, was taken into custody when
Sheriff L. d. Christensen and Deputy
Sheriff Thomas Whitaker from KEN
merer, ralded his pace and found him
in a dugout operating an eighty-five-
gallon still.
The giant serachlight at the
Cheyenne Air Mail field was given a
preliminary try-out for the first time
and the projected beam Of light pene-
trated the ozone for miles, being clear
ly visible in Burns, just striking tho
~hOuset0ps.
Comforting Of the degrees Of holy
priesthood on q class OF candidates
closed the two-day Joint state conven-
ton Of the Royal Arch Masons n
Knights Templar at Sheridan. Doug
las was chosen "A the convention
place for July. 1924.
Excavation on q town swimming
pool at the southwest corner OF the
city park in Wheatland was begun
under the direction Of Messrs. Benton
and Buechner. who had been appoint.
ed at the last meeting Of the Lions
Club to devise ways and means.
Announcement has just been made In
Laramie that through the courtesy of
the officials of the University Of Wyo-
ming and the director Of the United
States-W Wyoming hOrse-breeding sta
ton. maintained at the experiment sta
ton stock farm in Laramie, the Al
bany county fair, to be held at Lara
mie, September B.. o and 7, Will have a
special exhibit OF thoroughbred and
standardized horses.
Laying Of the first track on the new
North 4 South Railroad was under
taken at nlco, the point Of junction
of the new railroad with the Chicago
& Northwestern's track, west Of Cas-
per, George NJ. Huss. vice-president of
the railroad, announced In Sheridan.
after a telephone conversation with
ID. O.. Fenstermaker, the railroads
chief engineer. ut Illco. The event,
originally scheduled for June %. was
postponed by delays in arrival of
material. especially rail bolts.
The much-discussed Colorado river
COnlpuCt, WhiSht IL uaay AaeAAASus WAL
provide the first instance Of as many
as seven states getting together and
amicably settling a question Of their
respective rights to the water In =
basin embracing the entire Southwest.
promises to be dwarfed In comparison
with a movement started in Cheyenne
by the Wyoming Legislature. The
lower house voted unanimously and
the upper house seconded the action
by the same vote today. for a bill
providing for a commission that would
adjudicate the dispute now existing
and that will come up from time to
time regarding the waters Of the en-
tire western half Of the United States.
Wyoming ranges are the best In
years. the lamb crop will be u fourth
larger than last year. nm average calf