, 1923-10-10
SHORT
WYOMING
NEWS ITEMS

AEc-.4-- OF WHICH many o. Tie OEL-rc
Of those believed lost have not been
recovered
Swollen By terrific rains the waters
Of the Big Goose and Little Goose
creeks left their banks and dashed
over wide sections OF Sheridan The
Gus sections Of the town
One hundred persons were drowned
when Burlington train No 80 en- route
to Denver, crashed through a bridge
TWO miles west Of LOckeTr. WyO- df-
teen miles east Of CASPER, into the
swollen waters Of Coal creek
DesOlarion grips the valley Of the
Biz Horn river for sevenIy-fve miles,
or between TherInopOIis. wyO, and
Greybull. WyO- with crops wiped out
and all ranches flooded No estimate
Of the damage has been given
4 shepherd dog owned By Jess Stack
wood held City Marshal Lee Nsther and
Coroner 2. H knight Of ThermOpOlIs
ozek for nearly an hour when they at
tempted I enter the room IN the PARK
hotel in which her master lay dead
StzckwOod died while alone with the
dog
u.d-tIme stage coaches have been
impressed into service between many
Wyoming points that have been
washed out OF rail communication. a
regular coach service having been In
stalled between ~ThermopoIis and
shOshoni TO take czre Of traffic be-
tween Casper and Billings
A low mortality record was estab-
IIshed for Sheridan county during
Earl Whedon, county health officer.
Only three deaths occurred during the
month In August there were eighteen
deaths The highest mortality record
for the county was 1UU deaths in one
month.
A c. McComb was found guilty of
man-laughter by a jury in the District
Court at Casper in connection with
the death of 10-year-old Layoile Dug
gins, who was Instantly killed when
the automobile in which she was riding
and driven by NcCOInb crashed into d
loaded truck which had been left
parked on the street
F. ). Burrage. editor and publisher
Of The Laramie Republican. recently
announced the purchase of the Lara
iuie Boomerang. WyomIng's oldest
newspaper, founded In 1881 by Edgar
william C~BiH'D Nye. The paper
will be merged. the lame of the new
publication being the Laramie Repub-
jcan and the Laramie Boomerang.
Engineer Cass Of the Forest service
has completed the survey OF the pru-
posed road leading from Brooklyn
lake across the Snowy Range to Head
quarters park within the Medicine Bow
National forest This is the last link
OF this road. planned for construction,
connecting Laramie and Saratoga in a
direct route across the Snowy Range.
That the farmers OF the section are
staging a comeback, and this year
produced all manner OF good crops,
was Indicated at Pine Bluffs first an
nual Laramie county fair. The agri-
cultural displays were pronounced
splendid, with the corn making u par
ticu'ariy good showing. Hogs and
cattle, In the livestock exhibits, were
OF the best.
First train service to Salt Creek,
forty-fiye miles north of Casper by
highway, center Of n of the richest
oil districts in the world. was -stab-
llshed by the Wyoming North & south
railroad from ulco. fourteen miles west
Of Casper, following completion Of the
Illco-Salt Greek link of tn. Haskell
line thar eventually will extend TO
Miles City, Mont.
The Basin State Bank Is now in the
hands OF state Examiner HUE. Clos
ing Of the bank was due to heavy loss
es on cattle and farm paper. The loss
Is estimated at s201.OOo.
BIZ Carlisle has appeared in a new
role. AT the state penitentiary at
Rawllns the once notorious train ban
dit. who attracted national notoriety II
few years ago by his daring exploits
In holding up Union Pacific trains and
then making his ESCAPE. battlrd for
i've hours against a fire that RACED
the prison shirt factory and threatened
ther emaind.f OF the plant.
A lamb club has been formed In
Laramie among the youngsters, with
Wilbur Brettcll as President, George
Herriek Hs Nice-president, Miss Irene
Knight Us seeretaiy, and Floyd Phil.
lips, Martin Erickson, KATE Baker,
jack Bailey and Herbert King, Jr., us
members. H. J. King OF the King
sheep Company vas made leader. The
club will buy two lambs each. feed
them for ~ days. sell them at uuc-
tlon. and compete FOR prizes for the
most gain and b best methods em-
ployed They nrr To pay for the
lambs ana accept whatc,e r profit nc.
crues by the feeding.
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