, 1924-07-23
LATE NE VS.
From All Orey
w O M N C

- ~ was DuI0Gn IN
death when f1re destroyed the small
house In which he was sleeping at 2lo
Tyler street, Casper.
Max Milmauk Of Cheyenne =
killed by lightning at Speer, Wyo.. SIM.
day, July 8. The same bolt seared
William Dolezel. who will recover.
Jerry Sullivan Of Powell, age 30 a
laborer In the employ Of the reclama.
ton service, was killed while at work
by coming In contact with a heavy
voltage wire.
The Buffalo Bill American Assoc,a.
tons statue of Col. W. f. Cody fBut.
falo Bill), was unveiled, with lmpres.
sive ceremonies, as the sun was sinking
July 4th. The flags that had yeileS
the statue were released by Jane Gar.
low. granddaughter Of the famous
scout.
Harry Wirth, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
J.. Wirth Of Encampment, died at the
Memorial hospital in Rawlins from the
effects Of burns received near Encamp-
ment. 1t is reported that the accident
occurred In the hills one and a half
miles out Of town, and that he walked
that distance to town after being scald.
ed over almost his entire body.
Harry ]. Mills. former vice COM
mander Of the George vroman Post.
American Legion. was elevated to the
chief executive office In an election to
I'LL a vacancy caused by the resigna.
ton Of Owen A. Muck. Thomas Hay.
mond was elected vice president.
Committees o appointed at the
same meeting to have charge Of ar.
rangements for the State Legion con.
vention which opens In Casper Aug. 25.
c. P. Plummer, former national vice
commander Of the Legion, was appoint-
ed general chairman of all committees
From Warren. Pa, to the Hawaiian
Islands, Boy Scouts and Scout lead.
ers are coming to Frontier Days
Cheyenne, In response to the invita-.
lions sent out to the 100000 Scouts
and leaders in America by the Chey.
enne Scout Council. Several leading
citizens Of Warren. Pa, are conduct.
ing a Father and Son" tour of the
West and have written the Cheyenne
council that the party will stop off
and e the big Frontier show. W. H.
Hutton. scout executive of Maui, Ha.
wall. has written that he will be at
the show but that It is too far for him
to bring scouts with him.
The annual meeting Of the Rocky
Mountain Coal Mining Institute will be
held at Rock Springs Aug. 9, 7 and s
this year. F. ]. McCarty of the Union
Pacific Coal Company and local chair
man Of the committee on arrange
ments, said that the complete program
would be announced within the next
few days This Is the first time that
the institute, the membership Of which
IL composed OF coal operators and OPP
~erattves from Utah. Colorado, New
Mexico and Wyoming, has ever been
held In a city as small al Rock
Springs. The Wyoming state first aid
meet will be held there also during
these three days.
The booster tour arranged by the
Casper Chamber Of Commerce fol-
early In June and postponed on &C
count of unfavorable weather and road
conditions, moved into eastern Wyo
ming and western Nebraska on July u
according to a schedule that VIII De
carried out, ruin or sunshine" Towns
and communities that will be visited
include Parkerton, Glenrock, Douglas
Grin Junction, Glendo. Wheatland'
Guernsey. Fort laramie. Lingle, Tor
rington, Lusk. Manville and Shawnee
all In Wyoming. and Henry. Morrill,
Mitchell. scottsbiuff, Alliance. Hem
ingford. Marsland. Crawford and Har'
rtson. In Nebraska.
Nearly a third Of a million dollars u
to be spent in Wyoming on forest high
why's during the fiscal year beginning
July /. according to word received
from Senator John Il. Kendrick, VINO
obtained his Information from e. A.
Sherman, acting forester, at Washing,
ton. That includes the sum Of S2l,oW
for widening certain stretches OF tno
Sheridan-Loveil road and $1,000 iof
49,
other trails and roads In the Big Horn
national forest. The appropriations
are a part Of the $4,000 which Is 70
be spent on the portion of the roau
from Steamboat Rock west to LoVeu
by the forest service and addition 10
the $4,000 to be spent by the fedora,
bureau Of public roads on the roau
from Dayton to Steamboat Rock
Gas from the Baxter basin fe'o''
sixteen miles south OF Rock Springs
and said to contain one Of the largest
gas wells in the United States VIII %
available to Rock Springs citizens tor
fuel purposes after Sept. 1, 1t mas oeen
announced by the Producers anu w
finers' Corporation. The south haii
the city will have gas Aug. l. IWea
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