, 1923-02-21
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NEWS ITEMS

Earl Haynes, the ~17-year.old son of
Bruce HayLts OF ArmIHlo, acciuentdi-
Iy shot himself through the knee while
out hunting coyotes with anotnt boy.
SiXty-three members have been add
ed 10 Boy Scouts rolls In Casper
through Il brief campaign waged by
the organization. Seven new patrols
will be organized.
Miss Agnes .>ling, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William King OF Saratoga,
suffered 4 very serious and painful in
jury as II result of the accidental as
charge of II .32-caliber pistol M..cn
she was handling.
Martin Eugene Freeman, II. en-
ployed us c%uretuker of pro. ,rty belong
ing to the Hawkeye Oil Company at its
holdings north of Mule creek, was
found dead in his cabin by II fellow
worker many hours, probably, after his
demise.
Mrs. c. |. Wiley. Casper, Wyo,, was
awarded II judgment OF $50 IL costs
against her lundludy. Mrs. Clus. i.und-
man. Tor having her household effects
moved into the street wlIel she was or
dered to move and was unable to find
Il location.
Located near the exact spot where
Mrs. George Henderson, spir1tuulist of
kleenburn, had declared the Lody was
lodged, miners nj Acme, near Sheridan,
recovered the body of Carl Morley, D.
year-old sol of h. Morley. who was
drowned when lie fell through the ice
two weeks ago.
The district conference of the Chey-
enne district, Wyoming conference, of
the Methodist church held II two days
session ut Cheyenne with Bishop
Charles l.. Mead presiding, assis. ID by
Supt. William +. Dunn OF the Chey-
enne district and all the pastors of the
churches in the district, comprising the
southern part of the state.
Frank Matus, proprietor of the ar
RET Park resort, neur Oakley, died t
the l.. c. NJ. hospital, at kemmerer,
wound, sustained in Il family row
staged between himself and his wife.
Matus refused To talk concerning une
Lffray, II died with his side OF the
story unrevealed.
Pinned beneath an overturned auto
mobile ON the ice of Green river, Sam
McCourt, IS, froZe to the ice, but de-
spite fractures of leg and shoulder
blade and usonizing injuries to his
spine, was able to himself free
With II nocket-knife. He Their crawled
up the steep river bank and to his
nome, about 100 yards beyond.
It. .-... T.. -
IN the local between Kemmerer and
Montpelier are believed responsible Tor
the death OF u newly married couple.
irainmen dis covered the bodies. With
them We're papers which Indicated they
were fro,-. --aho Falls. A murriag
certificate u on the man showed
that they hud been married in Deem
Der, 1877.
a bill 10 create a Wyoming tax fact
finding commission To be composed OF
the governor, the secretary of state
and the sta,. treasurer, was offered in
the Legislature by X. H.. Alcorn, chair
man of the House revenue committee.
The commission would investigate and
report on the possibility of giving the
state a complete revision on its taxa
ton system.
Three men were instantly killed by a
gas explosion in the Usage field neal
Newcastle. The dead are L. a. Bald.
win of Casper. oil promoter; Joseph
j. klUdi, runchman and official of the
Newcastle Oil Company, and Barton
ID. rtaybun, an employe of the Midwest
Refining Company. The men had gone
into II cave s~torehouse to .spect sup
plies when the explosion occurred.
Following an ull-day debate, the
lower house of the Wyoming Legisla-
ture approved the Jeffrey bill, nuthur-
izing the practice OF chiropructic In
this state. The measure has not yet
come up In The Senate.
The Western States Oil Company is
hauling large quantities of well APP.
plies to Hamilton dome while the roads
are passable. II is rumored at Their
mopolis that this field, which has been
inactive for two years, will be II busy
place commencing In March. There are
some thirty-five producing wells in tins
field in the shallow sands, but IL is re-
ported the deeper sands will be pierced
this season.
james IL. Walton, district governor
of the Rotary Club. recently returned
To Cheyenne from u " weeks trip
through the district, which Includes all
Colorado clubs, two clubs In the san
Luis valley, five clubs ON tile wester..
slope of the Rockies and the club at
Clayton, n. NJ. The trip was in the
interest Of the district convention
which Will be held in Cheyenne March
I. $ and .. Every club expects 10 be
represented ut the convention. and
many viii have large delegations pres
ent.
County Assessor w. A. Comfy has
discovered. ON go.ng over his returns,
that 53,0I5 acres will be added to the
InNnhle nroneriN for lu2l In Alhnnr