, 1925-02-11
LATE NE VS.
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ter at FoNpark, Wyo., has been ar
rested at Nogales, Ariz, by a United
States marshal on a warrant charging
Snider with the embezzlement of APP
proximately $1,SO0 in government
funds while he held the position at
Foxpark.
The news of another 10 per cent div
idend for creditors of the defunct Wes-
ton County Bank, at New Castle, will
not be bad tidings to many people in
that section. This is the second divi-
dend that has peer paid by Receiver
Storm, the first having been for "A like
amount and paid several weeks ago.
Mack Oil Company has good pros
poets for bringing in n commercial well
at Sheldon dome, near Riverton. First
Wall Creek san was drilled through
at 1850 feet and about 100000 cubic
feet of gas released with traces of Pc
troleum. 1t is now running 6&-inch
casing. Location Is in section 1910
1O1.
Purchase by the government of r.
$50 acres in Wyoming as an addition
to the winter game (elk) reserve es-
tablished under a law passed in 1912,
is proposed in n bill introduced in
Washington by Representative Win
ter, Republican, Wyoming. Appropria-
ton of S213,150 for acquiring the tract
is carried in the bill.
Ole Richardson, ~15-year-old son of
n. H. Richardson of Lingle, was seri-
ously injured by the explosion of "A
dynamite cap. The boy had found the
cap the day before and apparently
had been experimenting with it when
the explosion occurred. He suffered
the loss of two fingers and a thumb,
and another finger may nave to be
amputated later.
William MoSteller. well known hor-
~ticulturalist and beekeeper of Hat Six
canon, fifteen miles southwest of Cas-
per, suffered a loss of between $1,000
and $4,000 in the destruction by fire
of his residence and greenhouses, in
Guiding valuable machinery and a con-
siderable amount of new lumber The
loss is the largest resulting from fire
In the last year in Natrona county, and
was not covered by insurance.
Petition for the Incorporation of the
new Salt Creek TOWNSHIP in the oil
field of the same lame may be turned
down by the county commissioners as
n result of alleged deficiencies in the
proceedings pointed IL by L. II. SEN
nett, assistant county attorney. Among
other defects, 1t is alleged, the peti-
ton does not contain names of a
majority of the residents of the pro-
posed townsite.
f.. T. Williams OH Company has
been sued In District Court at Casper
for an accounting of proceeds from
certain lands in Salt Creek and an in
junction is asked against disposing of
Or assigning any of the property in
volved. Michae C. Garrison of Den
yer. former Casper banker, and Roy
Minty are plaintiffs in the action
which is brought in the name of the
f. T. Williams Annex OIL Company.
Calling attention to the fact that
economy must be the guiding factor,
Nellie T. Ross, governor of Wyoming.
submitted TO the Eighteenth Legisla-
ture n budget for 1925-2T hat would
limit appropriations by this Legisla-
ture TO n mari below those set by the
last three legislatures. A total of ST.
~ 1884. ia sum equal to the states
estimated income for the ext fiscal
Oiennium-will be used to run the state
for the next two years, If the budget
submitted by Governor Ross is APP
proved. Under the recommended bud
get, the appropriations would mean n
reduction of S721,317.sT from the APP
preparations made for 1929, and a
| ralnrtfnn af c1- geo 40 frn,n tbN ,,,.n
priations made for 1929.
The entertainment committee of the
Cody Club, headed by Chas. J. Lowe,
has plans under way for the celebra-
ton of the birthday of Col. w. +.
Cody, famous Snowman, scout and
founder OF Cody. Efforts will be made
to hold the banquet In the spacious
dining room of the Irma, the hotel
built by Colonel Cody, which provides
just the proper atmosphere for an oc-
casion of this kind. Feb. 20 Is the nm.
niversary OF the birth of Cody's for.
mer townsman.
The Bank of Salt Creek at Lavoye
failed to open Its doors n few days
ngo and the institution was placed In
the hands of the state bank examiners
department. Tit bank was organized
In 1922 md is capitalized at $4,000.
The institution sprang into the lime
light in August, 1924. when n spectacu.
lar daylight robbery was stnged there.
/. s. Bartlett, nged 81 years, died In
Cheyenne n few days ngo. He wns n
young pioneer and one OF the enrly
newspaper men OF the state. having
been editor Of old Cheyenne State
Leader. He Is credited with having
written he best comprehensive his
tory OF Wyoming ever composed.
The committee OF the whole of the
Wyoming Senate refused TO approve n
bill providing for daily Bible reading
In the public schools, but later the