, 1923-10-24
SHORT
WYOMING
NEWS ITEMS


bodies Of the engine crew were not
found.
Harvesting Of the largest crop of
potatoes ever grown in the Pine Bluff
district Is well under way. The rainy
weather held up the work for u few
days.
j.. f. White, one of the pioneer resi-
dents of Rock River, fell from n hay
stack on the L. L. Fades ranch, near
that place and WINS killed. He was
helping with the haying.
John Melonis. a taxi driver, was taxi
en- from his automobile, gagged and
robbed, n left in the sagebrush at u
point about four miles west of Rock
Springs on the Green River road.
A Douglas jury in the trial of E. ].
Cantlin, former Casper undersheriff
charged with murder In connection
with the fatal shooting of Mrs. ]. d.
Newcomb, arrived at a verdict of not
guilty.
The Peerless coal mine at Gillette,
formerly the property of the late Mark
ii. Shields, has been sold to eastern
men represented by L. c. Raymond of
Newcastle. The consideration was
$4,000 cash.
Terrible beyond description Is the
way people are describing the floods
in Powder River valley, now that the
rains have ceased and the waters are
seeking their natural channels, says
the Gillette News.
Lewis Carr Butler, formerly vice
president and cashier of the First
National Bank of Rock River, was ar
rested by federal officials in Denver a
few days ago on the charges OF en-
bezzlement and attempting to defraud
the bank.
Nathan Somberg of Omaha sold to
John II. Judd of Houston, Texas, for
a price said to be $4,000, section 80,
township II, range 76, in the heart of
the blackburn tract, Little Laramie
valley, that was exploited by the late
E. ]. Bell.
Action looking to provision a greatly
enlarged water supply for the city of
Casper has been taken by the council
in retaining engineers to make a COM
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Casner moup,o,n ord an .nam
which have their origin in the hills
uear Casper.
Mora s.hoo, hs
oru onan,an % WnS.e
,onor,s rooo;,od ~ ,hs 49, -
fiona, Donor,r,or 49, on..aS".
scboo, hn,Id;ros Nc ouor,ronna.s 90
in some to,,ns not,h,, 60. -.
time ~, sses orc hain1 oondna,oS ~
an effort to Give nj, tho nrniIs ooraI
opportunities. AT Cosper the enroll.
ment is more than 5000, compared
with 5000 last year.
Father and son are candidates for
the nomination for mayor in the only
two cities in Wyoming having com
mission form of government-Sheridan
and Cheyenne. In Sheridan, NJ. b.
Camplin, former mayor, is seeking the
nomination against three other candi-
dates at the primary election October
%. In Cheyenne, Harry Camplin, his
son. is seeking the nomination against
a Held or four candidates at the prim-
airy. election there the same day.
Estray cattle in Wyoming will have
u charge OF SOD per head for the
cost OF pecuo II they are owned by
noh-ihehipers OF the wyoming Stock
Association, and have been or
shah De caught by the inspectors OF the
associatioh AT any or the market CEN
tiers. No charge' however, shall be
mnde Tor the inspection Of sucking
calves. ms provision was made when
the executive committee Of the associ-
utioh met IN cheyenne last week at the
cnii Oh fresideht ). l.. Jordan.
The corr crop still promises to be
the largest ever produced, and It is
forecasted mt 2.267,0 900 bushels COM