, 1924-04-16
LATE NE w S
From All Over
w Y O M N c.

inflicted by an unknown ussaiiunt, ac.
cording to Haddenhnm.
Midwest Refining Company has
drilled in n well rated at 1O5 barrels u
day on Wyoming Associated lease, sec
don 30-i0-7S of the Salt Creek field.
The well was completed at 1920 feet
and will be shot for larger production.
Nebraska Oil Association is starting
a test six miles west of Guernsey. This
is the same company that drilled near
Guernsey last year and is reported to
have had evera showings of oil and
gas but lost the hole through a bad
fishing job. The new location is one
half mile southeast of the old one.
Prior to the departure of Eugene
McAuliffe, president of the Union Pa.
cific Coal Company ut Rock Springs.
for Omaha, after attending the obse
quies for his associate, vice president
and general manager, T.. s. Brooks, ne
issued n circular announcing the APP
pointment of George Il. Pryde as act.
ing general manage of the company.
Pryde has been superintendent OF the
company.
Marine Oil Company, it is reported,
Is preparing to abandon its No. . test
well on the Sheldon dome, Fremont
county, following collapse of the cas-
ing at 3,400 feet. Although considera.
bic oil and gas developed in the first
test of the structure last year, the
same sands were found dry in the sec
pnl NCall and II Is understood that a
third well will be drilled this season
in the opposite direction from the plo-
neer test.
Two hundred and fifty dollars, to be
awarded as special premiums at the
State Fair, has been donated by the
Midwest Refining Company, according
to A. ID. Faville, commissioner of agri-
culture, who announced receipt of the
notice of the company. In addition to
giving this money for special premium
for the fair winners, the Midwest will
at this fair put in another oil exhibit
similar to the one last year. This eX-
hibit is u miniature oil field in full OPP
Grafton IN II is declared to be very
instructive as well as entertaining.
Inc OlllclulS Oh lle Oredl NtSleTH
Sugar Company of Denver, who are
working in connection with the Colo
rado & Southern Railway Company,
toward building and having in opera
ton n sugar factory in Wheatland in
1925, called ]. A. Elliott, chairman of
the sugar committee over the phone
and stated that n spur would be
hti1t Inv thn railway rnmnnnv this
spring, and hat parties would be sent
to Wheatland TO Iron out a few kinks"
before letting the contract. This APP
pears to clinch the sugar factory Tor
Wheatland. as there is an agreement
between the two companies that If n
spur is built, reaching IA larger acre
age of beets, the factory will be
erected.
"Wyoming'' is the title of a twenty
four-page booklet put out by the com.
missioner of agriculture, A. D.. Faville,
In connection with his department. The
booklet describes Wyoming, its crops,
lands, oils, recreational advantages,
railroads, highways, resources, mar.
kets, temperatures, schools and popu.
lation and outlines what Wyoming
Needs Every bit of information car
ried in the booklet has beer gathered
from authentic and reliable sources
which tends to dlsprove the expressed
assertion that the booklet is "stretch-
ing II IA point" according TO Faville.
Fifteen thousand copies of the booklet
have beer received ut the commission
er's office and they will be distributed
to commercial clubs over the state.
william Cammock was so seriously
injured by n fall of rock from the roof
of the coal mines at Gebo that he died
n few minutes after the accident.
The 11-cent lamb has arrived in
Wyoming. Byron Wilson of Mckinley,
secretary of the Wyoming Wool Grow
ers' Association, stated hat this price
was being offered for Wyoming lambs
for fall delivery. The quotation Is Il
half-cent advance owe the figure OF II
week ngo, and n full cent greater THAI
the price offered ut this time last year.
"One cent II pound increase IN the
price Of Wyoming lambs to
SGOO.OO0," said Mr.. Wilson, commenting
on what the 1924 price, ms compared to
the corresponding 1923 price, means to
the flockmnsters Of the state. Mr.. VIII
son announced that organization OF the
Wyoming Cooperative Wool Marketing
Association has been completed. Wyo-
ming flockmasters will be keenly In
terested in another bit of news sup
piled by Mr.. Wilson-thnt the Inter
state Commerce committee OF the
United States has voted to fnvorably
report the Truth-ln.Fnbri bill. Infor.
nation to this effect is contained in II
telegram to Mr.. Wilson from Senator
r. L. Warren.
Early completion Of n wafer system
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