, 1923-05-16
SHORT
MING
NEWS ITEMS

Kinney Coastal OIL Company Is down
2,475 feet with Its deep test well in the
Bolton Creek field south Of Casper.
This Is the only operation under way
In the field at present.
The Wyoming Union Pacific League
has o completed Its organization
and a schedule Of games has been
worked out between Laramie, Rawlins.
Green River and Evanston.
The school census of Laramie school
district, Just about completed, shows
that there are 2,2s3 children between
the ages of 9 and q years in the dis
trict, against 1852 a year ago, a gain
Of 3S1.
Organization of the more Beautiful
Sheridan Club" has been perfected
with Harry Palmer as president. The
club consists of one member from each
civic, commercial and fraternal or
g%anization In Sheridan.
Ordinances creating paving districts
covering 20 city blocks in various sec
tons Of Sheridan are pending before
the city council, following the defeat
Of protests against the creation Of sew
eral Of the districts.
The Muddy Creek unit within the
Medicine Bow national forest, with an
estimated stand Of $4,000 railroad
ties and 100000 feet Of sawlogs. has
been sold to the Wyoming Timber
Company, OF Hanna.
Ralph DEMO has been Installed as
president of the Sheridan Rotary Club,
succeeding Senator N. A. Pearson and
John Patrick of the PIX ranch has
been elected president Of the Sheridan
Lions Club, succeeding Harvey Iona
baugh.
Seven Arapahoe Indians from the
Wind River reservation In Fremont
county, headed by Chief Henry Lee
Tyler, recently visited in Casper to me-
gOtlate for representation of their
tribe at the rodeo to be staged in
Casper In July.
Tho result Of the Platte County
school fair track meet held in Wheat
land was Guernsey, 101; Glendo, rs;
W~heatland, IS; Chugwater, 8. For the
best high school display wheatland
ranked first; It also captured the
grade school display.
Natural gas for worland next fall
was assured when pipe for a line con-
Meeting up the greatest chain Of gas
fields In the world was ordered The
line viii be a 14lnch carrier from
Basin to Jordan's mill on Norwood, at
which point 1t will branch.
Howard Kenimnn, taxi driver /;
Ralph Adams, oil field worker, and
Babe" H~ightower, lady barber, were
detained by Sheriffs forces pending
an investigation of the shooting Of
Walter Brosias. a cook, at a soft drink
Darior In Teapot four miles north of
Casper.
Fire did about 5000 damage to the
printing plant Of the Kemmerer Came.
IA. mostly on Its linotype, and about
an equal amount Of damage to the
building. The Newspaper was permit
ted TO use the typesetting machine in
the Office Of the Republican while its
own was being repaired.
w. Thompson Of Thermopolis won
the second annual Wyoming inter.
scholastic track and field meet at
Douglas, piling up 20 points Of the
score OF 90 by which the Thermopoiis
team outclassed all other entrants.
T~hompson's individual score was II
points greater than that of the team
placing second-Casper, which annex.
ed only ID points. Douglas, Greybull
and Pine Bluffs tied for third place,
with 10 points each, and Cheyenne
and Sheridan tied for fourth with 0
points each. Lander scored @ points,
Gisnrock 4 and Rock Springs and
Manvills 3 each. Shoshoni was the
only team hat failed to score.
r. d. Livingston, former county
treasurer of Park county and ut pres
ent a resident of Coaldale, Saskntche.
wan, Canada, was made defendant in
a warrant Issued at Cody charging him
with smbezzlement of county funds in
the sum Of S1.121.70 during the time
he was In custody of county money
a. treasurer.
Trains = to be moving over the
Wyoming North 4 South railroad be-
tween Salt Greek and nlco, the south
ern terminus OF the road at the June
don OF tbs Burlington and Chicago x
Northwestern, by June 20, 1t is de-
clarsd at the Offices OF the roalroad In
Sheridan OIL tonnage from Salt Creek
will b shipped by rnil for tho first
ums u that date, unless present plans
miscarry.