, 1923-11-07
SHORT
NEWS ITEMS

q robber attacked him with a handax
as he entered his lodgings In ThermOp-
oils
The first number Of Volume II Of the
WheatIand HI Life, the mirror Of stu
dent activities and opinion at the
Wheatland high school. came off the
press last week.
r d. Keslar, a fireman on the Union
Pacific, was killed at Ramsey, seventy
two miles west Of Laramie, when he
was struck by the Union Pacific fast
mail train His body vas brought to
Laramie.
An injury which may him the
loss of his left foot was suffered by
John Daley, sheepman, when the wheel
Of a freight car passed over his foot I n
the Chicago 4 Northwestern yards ut
Casper.
Dr.. A G. Lory of Fort Collins, presi-
dent Of the Colorado Agricultural Col
lege, was the speaker at the laying Of
the cornerstone Of the new half-million
dollar gymnasium at the University of
Wyoming.
Hazel Emore Morgan, S-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George A.
Morgan Of Ucross, Wyo., died in a
Sheridan hospital from burns sustained
when she poured gasoline on a fire,
mistaking 1t for kerosene.
What promises to be a new oil field
has been opened up by the Utah OIL
Refining Company N the Black Noun
tain dome In Hot Springs county, WyO.,
where a test well down 3,1S0 feet Is
bailing between twenty-five and thirty
barrels Of crude daily.
The Midwest Refining Company has
drilled In two new wells on leases of
the Wyoming Associated Company IN
the Salt Creek field. One Is making
400 barrels initial production from 1,463
feet on section 234O79, and the other,
section 14-4O-79, uncorked a flow Of L.
1893 barrels ut 2,O1O feet.
Former Gov. Robert D. Carey. on a
visit to Casper, announced hat he
would attend a conference In Des
Moines, Iowa, on Nov. g. Z and 8 of
members Of he regional executive COM
mittee of the Boy Scouts of America.
Wyoming is represented on this COM
mittee by the former governor.
Secretary G. l. Furnald Of the Low
ell Commercial Club received a wire
from the adjutant general stating that
the contract had been let for the build
ing of an armory ut Lowell and that
material would be shipped and con-
.structiOn work started just as soon as
the state received a deed TO the lOca-
ton which the town was furnishing.
at E PasO several weeks g on a
charge of having taken a mortgaged
automobile out Of Wyoming, pleaded
guilty when a~rraigned before Judge
Robert R. Rose In District Court 1t
Casper, and was sentenced to q year
In the ~penitentiary. She Will be taken
to Canon City, Colo, to serve her SEN
tence.
The Ohio OIL Company. which Is
drilling the Rex Lake well, on a per-
centage basis for the owners of the
lease, twenty-five miles from Laramie,
Is preparing t. drill another well IL the
Rex Lake well meet requirements,
and a located a site a quarter Of a
mile northeast of the Rex well, on SEC
ton 23-16-77, belonging to the Union
Pacific.
Charles w. Sheldon, incumbent, and
J. r. kirkpatrick were nominated for
mayor, and Archie McCarty and ii.
Allen Floyd, incumbents, and Mrs.
Anna b. Smith and L. G. Waltman
were nominated for commissioners in
the recent primary election In Sheri-
Ian Two candidates for mayor and
four candidates for commissioners
were eliminated.
As u result Of the provision by Con-
gress for the return Of fees to the
counties In which the national forests
are located, almost $4,000 has been
returned to Albany and Carbon, this
representing 25 per cent of the receipts
from the sale of timber, rentals OF spe-
cinl uses, grazing OF cattle IND sheep
and other activities upon the Medicine
Bow national forest.
Five hours from the time selection
a jury was started in the case OF w.
II. Cramblitt, charged with manslaugh-
ter In connection with the death OF
Hugh Honeycutt, the defendant walked
OF the District Court room In Cas-
per a free man. Honeycutt suffered a
skull In n brawl with Cram
blitt Mt a grading camp near Casper on
Sept. o last. Self defense was claimed
by the defendant.
The recent commission form munich
pal primary ut Cheyenne resulted in
the nomination of Archie Allison, con-
and Dan c. B%arksdnle, realtor,
for mayor. Three other candidates re-
scattering votes. From u field
ten candidates for city commissions
ers the following four were nominated:
Clarence Holiday, Frank Gnlllvan. w.
II. Owens. w. w. Busselle. Allison re-