, 1925-04-01
LATE NE VS.
From All Crey
w Y O MI N G.

John Stokes was instantly killed In
the Union Pacific Coal Company mine
at Superior when he was caught be
tween Il mine car and the side wall of
the mine as the car jumped the track.
Ex-service men entitled to tax eX-
empti0n under the Wyoming law mus,
file their claims with the county as
SCISSOR of the county in which the eX-
emptiOn is claimed before the fourth
Monday of June.
The coal shipments out of Kemmer-
er are now running around 100 cars I
day, as against about 40 cars daily,
during the extremely busy seasons
around fifty tons.
Coal gas poisoning-accidental-in
residence" was the cause of the death
of Mrs. David L. Savage, according to
the death certificate signed by DIR. w
A. Steffen, coroner of Sheridan, fol-
lowing n thorough investigation of the
circumstances.
Nern Frisbee, rancher living between
Clearmont and Arvadn, was acquitted
Of Il charge of stealing cattle when the
case against him was dismissed in
Sheridan by Judge ]. f. Hoop for
lack of sufficient evidence after a pre-
ii1ninary hearing in Justice Court
which had stretched itself over n pc
riod of four days.
Considerable excitement was caused
Mt Guernsey and adjoining towns
when a big oil pond which the oil
burning engines of the q. & G. S. drain
their residue into, caught fire, sending
great columns of black smoke high into
he heavens and made II very spectac-
ular sight. N~eighboring towns thought
the new oil well had come IN and had
caught ATTIRE.
The solons of the Eighteenth Wyo-
ming Legislature designated April . as
the first day for the fishing season. A
uniform season from Sept. 10 to Nov.
10, was made for hunting elk, deer and
mountain sheep, and it is within th'
discretion of the game commissioner
to grant 100 licenses for hunting
moose. Thirty permits may also be
granted for the killing of antelope.
The industrial employment survey
report for February, recently issued by
the L. S. Employment Service of the
Department of Labor at Denver,
states that increased activity is ex-
pected within thirty days or upon al
ven of more favorable weather in ag.
riculture, municipal improvement,
highway building and general construc-
ton, which will greatly relieve the eX-
listing surplus of unemployed workers,
principally of the unskilled class,
which surplus however slightly de
creased during February. Agricultur-
al acreage will be considerably in
creased over previous years, especially
feed crops In connection with the live
stock industry and of sugar beets,
thereby affording increased emporium
tiles for field labor employment In the
mex few weeks. Landing will soon
provide employment for Il large num-
Der of men. Industrial plants continue
steady operations with industrial la
Dor well employed. Curtailment Of
building and general construction nc
tivities to n considerable extent, usual
during winter months, will be gradu.
ally overcome during immediate com
ing weeks; the most active program
Indicated ut Cheyenne. Building la
Dor sufficient. Operations continue at
the coal mines on n five-day week
schedule; coal mine labor ample. Oil
field activities show scarcely no
change over conditions of last month,
which were normal though slightly cur.
tailed rs is usual during winter
months oil field labor sufficient. The
usual seasonal curtallment prevails in
railway shop activities, but with indi-
cations for Improvement in the near
future.
Standard OIL Company Of Indiana
will start construction Immediately of
twelve additional stills for its Casper
refinrrles, according to an
ment by T. S. Cooke, manager for the
company in the Rocky Mountain re-
glon. No estimate Of cost is .,ide nj
though II Is understood that the i'm
provement will cost upwards Of u mil.
lion dollars.
Notices were signed In Federal
Court nj Cheyenne ana taken to Cas-
per for service on ]. Il. Scott, Earle
G. Boyle, Leonard A. Ward, A. s.
Brown, Mosher Mercantile Co, c. G..
Pool and Louis +. Lavoye notifying
them 20 vacate premises in Lavoye
within sixty days from March o or be
held In contempt Of court and subject
To fine and Jail sentence.
L. II. Mnupin, former president OF
the First State Bank of Baggs, Wyo.,
entered II plea OF guilty to three
charges against him in the District
Court OF Judge J. Tidbnll ut Rawllns.
ana was sentenced to serve three TO
six years. The three charges were
embezzlement by employee. embez-
element by bank officer, and
cnshler Of lnsolvent bank receiving de
posts,