, 1924-09-24
LATE NE VS.
From All Orey
w Y O M | N G

largest registration ever uOteu on the
first day, 5S7. In 1922 the registra-
ton was AL and in 1923 1t was 525.
This does not include vocational stu
dents.
Felix Peren, u Mexican charged with
leaving n burning campfire In the
Medicine Bow national forest, and mr.
rested ut Walden, Colo, has been
brought to Laramie and lodged In the
county Jail. charged with violating a
state law.
Harry Cromwell and c. ]. Lockhart,
FEDERAL prisoners, who broke jail at
RivertOn. were captured by Fremont
county officers who laid in walt for
he pair along the roalroad, ten miles
EAST Of Bonneville. The men offered
10 resistance.
The Ohio OIL Company, drilling ut
500 feet in section 81, lex Dome
ield. twenty-five miles west Of Lara
ME, is reported to have reached the
Muddy sand, with n good showing of
ii. The well will be drilled to the
Dakota md later to the Lakota sand,
nd is expected to be finished in about
.wo weeks.
City Engineer Nelson of Laramie
eports that the receipts Of his office
or lot surveys, drain permits, water
unnections and building permits have
Exceeded during the first eight months
# this ear any one year in the his
DRY of Laramie, he having collected
LOG in the firse six months and
1919 in the eight months. The cost
If the buildings for the year SO far
viii total $4,000. while that for the
whole Of last year was only $685.. 600.
The Federated Commercial Club OF
the Big Horn Basin met in Powell.
lteyn Leedom. editor of the Lowell
%'hronicle, acting secretary. presented
l constructive idea adaptable to any
western community. He suggested q
etter-writing contest in an effort to
sdvertise and Interest outsiders In q
community. Anyone interested Is to
yrite letters to friends and relatives
n other sections of the country, de-
scribing the advantages and interesting
.eaures Of the local town or commu
iity.
The Denver office of the U. s. En- |
lloyment7 Service of the U. s. Depart |
men of Labor reports that Industrial
md employment conditions In wyo |
ling have improved during the past |
.Ionth. especially in coal mining. rail.
Dad activities and Oil field develop |
nents. Resident labor is more fully |
mpioyed with exception Of building
'.iechanics, principally carpenters |
While n surplus Of migratory (mostly
:ommOn) labor exists. the numbers
Ave greatly diminished. some finding |
employment In seasonal agricultural
york and many migrating to the har. /
yes fields of Montana and other
wheat belt states to the northeast. on |
developments in the Salt Greek fields
ontinue active; n large oil company
having Increased personnel In Its field |
operations by approximately 300 dur |
ne the past sixty days. Labor for OIL
field work Is plentiful but II large
turnover is evidenced Industrial |
plants including oil reflneries, con-
fiue fulI-time operations. Building.
While slackened somewhat, Is now
considered IN a more normal basis. A
moderate surplus of building mechan.
les exists. Many of the larger cities
and towns continue construction work
on extensive municipal improvements, |
principally street paving. Railroad
activities have improved during the
past month, the shops now runnlna
full time schedule for the first time
in several months. Conl mining has
increased and miners are now en-
ployed four and five days n week.
Paul Taber, oil company teamster
whose body was found with a bullei
hole through the heart ut Lavoye In
the Salt Creek oil field. 'came to his
death ut the hands Of IN unknown
-'erson according tn the verdict of
a c%oroner's jury returned in Casper.
W. Il. Dinneen was awarded n GER
ificate of public convenience and ne
by the state Public Service
Commission In Cheyenne. autht rizing
him to operate u bus service bsfween
and Fort D.. A. Russell and
n parts Of Cheyenne. The npplica.
ion Of the Casper Bus 4 ~TrnLsporta.
ton Company, the company opemtIna
busses to the South Side and PershIns
Heights, was denied.
United States District fudge +.
Blake Kennedy. declared In Cheyenne
he may not appoint o receiver to
Renr Admiral Joseph Strauss,
resigned. even though application may
De handed hin for n new appoint,
lnent. This action, he declared, wns
n view OF the fnct that the Bureau
N Mines was on the ground ut Tea
pot Dome and WIS competent and Gu
n'ble of handling the governments In
crest In the r~ecelvership.