, 1924-07-16
LATE NE VS.
From All Over
w O MI N G

interests of Detroit are SETTING 1zn
inch casing in a test well near CuarH
sey, WyO, where drilling was recent,y
started.
OF the s6,5Oo,OOO appropriated for
for forest roads and trails, Wyoming,o
apportionment is S175,36S from the for.
est highway fund and S124,26S from
forest development fund.
Associated Oil Company of Califor.
MIA is moving material and equipment
to its leases or sections % and o6 NJ
the Baxter Basin field in southern
Wyoming, where new wells will be-
started in July.
A new epoch in the transportation
of United States mail was written in
| Cheyenne when ii. "A. Collision. flving
from Rock Springs, Wyo., brought his
plane, carrying male from San Fran.
cisco, to an easy landing, the first of
eastbound night air mail. This was
the first time that an eastbound air
mail plane ever landed on an illumI.
mated field.
The enrolment at the first term Of
the summer school at the University
Of Wyoming faiIs a little below that
Of the first term last year, but Dean
Maxwell believes that the out-of-town
registrations for the second term will
bring the total enrolment for the seq
ond term above the figures of last
year and make the total for the two
terms fully as large as in 1923.
T1l-vto Nan-,~ rn,.- lit
football player, Is now in the Park
county jail awaiting trial, after an ex.
citing trip to Chicago and an attempt
ed escape on the way back. Noonan
is charged with larceny at the home
Of Mayor Trueblood In Cody, where he
was being given a temporary home.
He made his escape and got as far as
Chicago before being apprehended.
The $55O.0OO needed to operate the
Casper schools for the coming year
will be available and those who nave
administered expenditures for several
years will continue in authority, as a
result of action taken at the annual
school meeting and election in Casper.
The tax measure was approved by ac-
clamation and present members Of
both the district and high school
boards were reelected.
The criminal action in the United
States District Court in Cheyenne in
which Charles F. Peterson. federal pro-
hibition agent. was charged with as
sault and battery on Oscar Nelson OF
sheridan, was dismissed. When the
case was called before Judge T. Blake
Kennedy the complainant failed TO re-
spond, and the action was dismissed
On motion Of Albert ID. Walton, United
State district attorney for Wyoming.
c. L. Titus Of Cheyenne, wyo, man
ager of the Mountain States Telephone
< Telegraph Company, was elected
president of the Wyoming Public Util-
tiles Association at the closing session
OF the annual convention In Casper.
Potts, Rawlins, first vice president;
]. ]. Withrow. Sheridan, second vice
president; Il. T.. Richardson, Lowell.
treasurer: and Charles st. John, Chey-
enne. secretary.
ID. A. Randall, a banker of Douglas,
Wyo.. must stand trial in the United
Stntes District Court at Cheyenne on
five count of an Indictment returned
against him recently by a federal
grand jury, MS u demurrer and a mo-
ton to quash the true bill was de-
MED by District Judge T. Blake Ken
nedy. In the Indictment Randall Is
charged with having negotiated loans
from his bank for clients and to have
accepted something Of value In return.
Sheriff Ole q. Peterson of Cotwood
county. MIMI, obtained at the govern
or's office in Cheyenne extradition pa
pers for Bernard Koob, who is about
To be released from the wyoming
penitentinry at Rawllns. where, since
1920. he has been serving a term for
larceny. Koob Is wanted in Minnesota
on n charge OF first degree grand lar
ceny. a%ntedating his arrest In Wyo-
ming. Two others convicted of the
Minnesota crime are serving terms OF
fifteen years.
A decision concerning what day Is
the last day that discounts are al
lowed by public utilities companies
has been handed down by the Wyo-
ming Psblic Service Commission US
the result Of a recent hearing. From
now on. when a discount is allowed On
n bill up to u certain date. and the
last day of the discount privilege fnlis
on a Sunday or a legal holiday, theh
the last day shall be extended over the
next following day of business says
the ruling. Thus, II the discount on
n bill expires on July 4 and July
should come on n Saturday, then tne
would be allowed until Mon