, 1924-01-23
LATE NE VS.
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The body of Dan Burns, an oil drill
er. was found frozen stiff in the AS
pen mountains, near Rock Springs. He
was employed by the Producers and
Refiners Oil Company.
Fred Palmer, 13-year-old lad, has
been returned to his parents in Doug
las, Wyo., after having run away to
Casper, the former home of the fam
lily. Palmer was found asleep in the
burlington station in Casper and told
the police that he had been deserted
by his parents.
Leroy Ieck, q Union Pacific brake
man, pleaded guilty in Justice Court in
Laramie to bigamy and was held with
out bail for sentence. 1t was charged
that Yeck married May Stone, 16,
daughter of a railroad conductor, on
Dec. 3 last, and that he has n wife and
two children living in Beaver Crossing,
Neb.
Mrs, Stanley c. Jones of Laramie,
whose husband disappeared Dec. 20,
with the explicit intention of going to
Tie Siding, south of Laramie, to pick
up Il disabled car and who had not
been heard from since hat day, re-
ceived a telegram from her husband,
saying: Gar gone, nearly dead,
broke; send $50"
George w. Cook, SO years old, an
employee of Il Casper refinery and Il
resident of Casper for sixteen years,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart with Il high-power
rifle. Cook was found ut the corner
Of Ash and Industrial avenues, where
he accomplished his purpose by sit
ting on the ground and attaching a
wire to the trigger of the rifle The
nan is survived by IA widow and six
children
Because his wife had cast n voodoo
spell over him, Ellie Simms, 80 years
old, n negro, hit her over the head
with n piece of lead pipe and then cut
her throat, police here say Simms told
them when he walked into the police
station and gave himself up. The
woman's body was found in her home
at Sheridan New Years eve by the po-
lice, who have been looking for Simms
ever since. After the murder, Simms
said. he went to Crawford, Neb., and
hid in a shack in Il cornfield near that
town, but that his conscience impelled
him to return and surrender, the po-
lice said.
Corn ranked third among the grain
crops of Wyoming acreage in 1928, &C
cording to the Wyoming annual crop
report just issued. Wheat and oats
tying for first with approximate acre
ages of 175.oO0. Corn is fast becom-
ing an important feed crop in many
sections of the state and has shown II
larger increase in acreage than any
other crop during the past three
years. The acreage this year is esti-
mated at 10000 acres against 112,-
900 acres last year and $1,000 acres IN
1921. The production this year Is
placed at 4.O5O.OOO bushels from u
Yield of twenty-seven bushels, COM
pared with 2.6Ss,OOO bushels last year
from a yield of tw~enty-four bushels.
Truck operators and owners of Cas-
ger are behind u movement to protest
the application of the Wyoming North
& South railroad for a certificate CT
necessity which would permit h rail
road to receive interstate shipments Of
freight. Formal protest will be filed
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission at a hearing on the application
at Sheridan on Jan. %. At the present
time all Interstate freight for Salt
Creek Is consigned to Casper, and
much of 1t is transported by auto truck
to the oil field. Four hundred truck
drivers now engaged in hauling oil
well and other supplies to Salt Creek
will be thrown out of work, II Is
claimed, If the Wyoming North &
South railroad Is permitted to reduce
rates below the point where truck
owners are able to show a profit
The Laramie council has authorized
the payment of $4,000 on the bonds
of Il former Issue, now about thirty
five years old. and bearing I per cent
interest, which one of the council es-
timated had cost the city more than
$3.50 for each dollar Of the Issue. The
bonds were issued and sold and no
provision made for n sinking fund for
their redemption. They are held by X.
ii. Homer, president OF the Albany
National Bank. to whom h warrant
Will be made payable.
The Albany County Cattle n Horse
Growers Association, comprising near
v all the cattle and horse breeders In
the county. has authorized the pay
ment of $50 as u reward for the I'M
sarthing Of the Bert Netters horse
:hief ring and the conviction of nearly
all the members, to Art Langman of
the Colorado Horse and Mule Company
Of Denver, who ave the Information
that enabled Sheriff Herring of this
county to recover fourteen head of
horses and capture Vetters and four
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