, 1924-07-09
LATE NE VS.
From All Orey
W O NJ N G.

A"e wyoming PuDlic Utility Assoc,.
alton convened in Casper last weoI,
Z. p. Bacon Of Casper, president n,
the association, presided, and man
public utility men prominent in tho
Rocky Mountain region were in az.
tendance.
Two more lives were added to ,ho
CHASTITY toll exacted by the coal m,nos
when two miners In the Frontier mine
ut Kemmerer were crushed by n fon
Of rock and instantly killed. The mon
are George Mankus. single, and WI.
liam Baydon. married.
Frank w. Mondell, former congresS.
n n director of the War Finance
Corporation, was admitted to practice
law In this state. by the State Board
Of Law Examiners, at Thermopolls
last week. Charles L. Carter and
Maurice Cone of Sheridan also were
admitted to the bar.
Steps to protect ranchers, whose
land has been damaged by railroad
construction work, and Sheridan per.
sons who have paid money to the
North & South railroad fund are being
taken by the railroad committee of the
Sheridan Commercial Club, following
a meeting of the committee.
OHM Mahnkin and James Daugher.
ty, employees of the Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
were presented Theodore n. Vale
bronze medals for courageous work In
restoring toll service during last years
flood season. A picnic was held by
employees to celebrate the event.
Civil action. seeking $1,000 damages,
has been filed in Hot Springs District
Court against NJ. c. Wachtel. state law
enforcement commissioner, by William
Milliken. The suit alleges that Wach-
tel caused Mllliken's arrest on charges
of perjury and that the action was dis
missed by the prosecuting attorney
without prejudice. Wherefore Milllken
Is suing Wachtel.
Arrested In Casper by postoffice in
spectors, Edith L. Daley. former post
mistress at Bonneville. Wyo.. has con-
fessed to the embezlement of $3.50 in
postal funds. and to the failure TO re-
NIT certain fees on c. o. D.. parcels.
She will be held under bond pending
action of a federal grand jury at Chey-
enne. She has been relieved of her du-
ties as postmistress.
The Hoistein-F riesian Association OF
America recently issued the following
announcement: "New Wyoming But
ter Champion. wyoming's new cham
pion Holstein cow for butter produc-
ton in seven days as a Junior 2-year-
old Is Ormsby Echo Sylvia Korndyke,
Of the Wyoming Hereford ranch herd.
ut Cheyenne. Her record is 2Si.i
pounds Of milk, containing 1882
pounds butterfat-eQual to 1894
pound Of butter"
Crude production from Wyoming oil
fields for the month of May aggregat-
ed 3,652,539 barrels, of which 2.s6O,-
SIT was from Salt Creek. according TO
figures just compiled which indicate
u slight decrease from totals of the
previous month. Salt Creek production
In May was 83,O29 barrels more than
In April but the month contained one
more day and the average of 5000
barrels daily produced by the field
shows some falling off.
william G. Deming has relinqulshed
the edltorship of the Wyoming state
Tribune-Leader after nearly twenty
five years of service. and has been sue
ceeded by John c. Thompson, Jr. or'
Deming's name continues at the mast
head" OF the Tribune-Leader as thai
Of president of the Tribune Publishing
Company. Pressure of his duties as
president Of the United States Ciyh
Service Commission makes 1t advisa'
BILE for him to reiinqulsh the editor
ship.
Construction OF the Wyoming North
& South railroad from Casper to Miles
City, Mont. will be carried to comple.
tion In the shortest practicable time
II Is stated In a message received III
Casper by Charles s. Hill. vice presi'
dent Of the railroad. from p. ID. Saklat-
vala, president OF the Middle States
OH Corporation. The latter has charge
Of the financing program.
C. w. Easley. agent for the state law
enforcement department. was arresteo
In Cheyenne on n Hot Springs county
warrant charging violation OF the sta.o
prohibition law. He gave bond OF sou
Easley Is accused of selling liquor 10
william MIlliken Mt Thermopolis III
May. Complaint against Easley Is
signed by Fred Wykoff, prosecu'ins
attorney OF Hot Springs county
John NJ. Snyder, state TREASURER, mas
returned to Cheyenne from Washins
ton. ID. c.. where he spent several days
on business connected with his OFFICE
Wyoming laws require the State treas
urer to receive and disburse the pro
ceeds from the government oil royai.
ties. Snyder estimates that the STATE
share OF government royalties TOT un u
fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, VIII