, 1924-10-29
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Republican convention in Cheyenne.
The buffalo zero at Pioneer park.
in Sheridan, will be doubled in the
near future by the acquisition by the
city of w two-year-old buffalo cows.
NJ. Mitter of Denver has announced
that the Rock Springs Goa and Min
ing Company will open its coal prop
the next few weeks.
Under the Wyoming statutes all
persons living in Incorporated towns
or cities who would vote ut the No
vember election, must register prev
ious to election day.
A call for bids for extensive i'm
prOvements at the Sheridan County
Memorial hospital was issued by the
hospital board, following a meeting of
that body last week.
Ray Lathrop, connected with a Cas-
per real estate firm, died while being
brought to Casper from an accidental
gunshot wound received while hunting
ducks on n lake twenty-five miles
southwest of Casper.
ut Is my opinion that prospects for
the completion of the North and South
railroad are vastly brighter now than
ut any time since work was suspended
on the DAD a year ago" said Senator
John b. Kendrick, United States sen
ator from Wyoming, in a recent inter
view in Sheridan.
The highest price for lambs so far
reported this year is that secured by
the Chris Juell sheep outfit for about
$500 head of fine feeder lambs that
he contracted to Il Fort Collins firm.
The lambs, which were loaded Mt the
Rock Springs yards, were sold for Tx
cents a pound f. o. b.
Sage chickens are more plentiful in
western Wyoming han they have been
at the same season in many years,
despite the fact that a large number
of the birds were killed last fall, ac-
cording to Game Warden George Par
fit of Rock Springs. A~ntelopes also
are more numerous than usual, thriv-
ing under protection. Deer are plenti-
full, but hunters are not bringing
many in.
Wounded by the hail of lead from
two charges of a shotgun fired at
them pointblank as they lay asleep in
the bed Mt their home at Rock River,
Charles Sholes and his wife are near
death In n Laramie hospital. William
Duncan has been Jailed, charged with
the shooting. Duncan is said to have
attended n party at the Sholes home
and to have become angered over some
trivial incident.
An advance step in the development
of the Indian along lines of education
and civilization is seen in the visit of
the Rev. II. ii. Balcom. head of st.
Michaels mission on Wind river near
Lander, who. with full authority from
the government to proceed with his
plans, goes to the meeting of bishops
Of the Protestant Episcopal church to
lay before them the details of build
Ing a s~elf-governing Indian village and
secure their sanction and approval.
Awards from the Wyoming State
ing S49,520.32 have been made to WI
dows and children OF victims of the
recent explosion in the Kemmerer
Coal Company's mine at Sublette, in
which thirty-nine miners lost their
lives. The awards, to fourteen WI
lows and thirty children. were made
by the District Court of Lincoln coun.
ty. The awards to the widows total
$4,000 and those. to the children.
$21,520.32.
Again, during the season OF 1924, all
Yellowstone park trave records were
broken. according to official statistics
compilation of which has just been
completed. The total travel was Ia
1853 persons, compared with 1882 in
the season of 1923. of the total 1904
persons arrived prior to the official
opening, which occurred on June Goth.
The Increase OF 5,S06. or nearly 8 per
cent over last seasons total travel, Is
regarded by park officials as an ex-
cellent showing.
In IN effort to curb the inroads of
predatory animals upon the sheep and
cattle which are fed on the Wyoming
winter ranges, the United States Bio
logical Survey has stationed several
Of Its crack predatory animal hunters
In numerous districts In Sweetwater
and Lincoln counties. This is the
first time In several years TINT much
has bee done to curb the rapidly in.
creasing menace to the sheepgrowers.
These men will use both traps md
poison In their war on these enemies
Of the sheepmnn. who is warned To
protect the sheep dogs from the pol
son by use of muzzlcs.
Mrs. Nellie q. Ross, widow OF the