, 1924-05-21
LATE NE VS.
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Hetus OF Ine community. y meeting
was held at which time a board of di-
rectors was elected.
Lack of evidence resulted In the dis
missal of the S2O,16O damage suit
brought against DIR. Frank CARL, Cas-
per dentist. by Ollie Lewis. The plain
tiff charged that CARL had broken off
a tooth and left part of his Instrument
in the plaintiffs jaw.
Investigation of the Casper-Alcova
irrigation project, Natrona county,
Wyoming, would be authorized under
a Senate resolution reported by the
louise irrigation committee. The reso-
luton was amended to include the De
chutes (Oregon) irrigation project.
Mrs. Susan Thompson, wife of ]. W.
Thompson, died in Casper of burns re-
ceived when she lighted a match in n
gas-filled room at the family home in
Casper. The blast caused the ceiling
of the room TO fall in, trapping Mrs.
Thompson. She is survived by u hus-
band and one child.
The town of Lavoye, populous enter
of the Salt Creek oil field, which was
technically wiped off the map by an
order recently issued by Judge 7.
Blake Kennedy in United States Dis
trict Court ut Cheyenne. upholding the
claims of the Ohio Oil Company to land
occupied by the town, is experiencing
a building boom.
AT n meeting of the depositors of the
Powell National Bunk arrangements
were made for handling the trust fund
into which one-half of the deposits
have been placed. C. NJ. Jump and o.
E. Bever were elected as trustees of
the fund, to represent the depositors.
The bank reopened for business about
May l.
DR.. A. W. French, Wyoming State
veterinarian. states that Wyoming's
modification of its foot-and-mouth
quarantine regulations has been mis-
understood in many quarters. DIR.
French, in explaining the situation,
said that Wyoming had only acceded
to the governments request to allow
fresh fruits and vegetables to come
through without fumigation because
the government had pointed out that
those products were not carriers of the
foot-and-mouth disease, provided The
commodities were packed in new, clean
paper or excelsior.
Ed Richards, undersheriff, returned
to Sheridan from Clearmont, where he
headed n searching party for o. c.
Spence, recently cashier and heaviest
stakeholder of the Clearmont State
Bank which was closed voluntarily by
the directors following Spence's disap-
p%earance. The party searched the
country thoroughly for several miles
from Clearmont, where Spence's car
was found in n gulch the morning aft
er his disappearance. The theories of
suicide and accidental killing had been
advanced, but no trace of the mans
body was found.
Twenty-Five hundred wells, at an ag-
gregate cost of S3S,000,000, will be
drilled in the Salt Creek and Teapot
oil fields within the next five years, 1t
was estimated in Casper by f. l.. Esta-
brook, g~eologist for the Midwest Re
filming Company. At the end of that
time there will be approximately $500
wells in the two fields. The number
there now Is less than 1000. This eN-
penditure will be in addition to mil
lions spent for pumping equipment n
other field improvements, that will re-
quire a great outlay for materials and
labor. The drilling cost is based on
a probable outlay of $4,000 per well,
which is highly conservative as the
average will be greater thar this fig
ure.
A. ]. McWhorter, Joe Osborne and
Dwight Walker, representing the Fort
Laramie Oil and Gas Association, and
Mr.. Whipple of the Foreman OIL Com
pnny, were in Scottsbluff last week
making final arrangements for the
drilling of Il test well north of Fort
Laramie.
William ]. Naismlth, the oldest en-
glneer in point Of service on the Union
Pacific, now retired and ~pensioned,
died at Olympia, Wash, and the body
was brought TO Laramie for burial. He
was porn ut Paterson, y. j.. Feb. !,
1858. and entered the service of the
Union Pacific oct. 10. 1870. retiring
Feb. /, 1923.
Losses estimated at $4,000 resulted
from n fire which burned m the sec
ond floor of the Townsend building,
Second and Center streets, in the cen
ter of Casper's business district. Di-
rect damage from the fire, which start.
ed from a short circuit In the room
used for the fuse box and electric
control. was small, but the Stockmen's
National Bank, the Metropolitan store
and the NJ u. Barnett Quitting CO.,
occupying the ground floor locations,
were flooded with water.
The Sheridan Lions Club Is making