, 1925-01-21
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after he himself had been held up and
shot at, Millerino Cortino of Medicine
Bow gave himself up to the police fol
owing the death Of Andrese Vela,
whom he Is said to have shot through
the heart.
The action of the jury, which rem
Tered a verdict of guilty, and the SEN
.ence imposed by Judge c. o. Brown,
presiding over the 1923 fall term of
he District Court, in the case of Lynn
} Skinner. tried for arson, was sus-
aimed in a decision handed down in
t.usk by the Supreme Court Of Wyo-
ming.
The total number of standardized
schools in Platte county was increased
o twenty-five with the award of
standard plates to the Keas, Muir and
Ayers schools in district 8, and the
Waters, Jones-Hytrek and Sudbury
schools in district 10. District 8 now
eads the state in the number of
standardized schools.
Due to the serious outbreak of a
owl pest, which is sweeping over sew
'hi otutSs, MINING many loNlS, Il luui-
milne has been ordered against the i'm
oortation of fowls by the state of Wyo-
ming. The quarantine bars any ship
nent of hens, ROSTERS, capons, chick
ms, geese, ducks, turkeys and pigeons.
rhe quarantine covers shipments into
Wyoming from every state in the
Union and the District Of Columbia.
Tho tat,1 ,,l,o - Nr...- -.~.,
his year is estimated at 500, 1926 200,
IL 81, 015,0O0 less than that of 1923, ac-
.ording to the annual crop report Is
iued by the U. s. Division of Crops
md Livestock estimates. The farm
Falue for all crops is somewhat high
.r his year than last, but due to the
over yields of hay, the all important
:rop, and corn and potatoes, the total
'alue is lower.
Statistics for 1924 show the petrol
rum Industry leads all other Industries
n Wyoming for the ear Just ended,
although the production figures for the
rear did not quite equal the total out
put for 1929. Total production in the
state for 1924. with the month of De-
ember estimated, Is placed at 40, 761,-
56T barrels, with an estimated valua-
don of S191 81, 425 after converted in
% refinery products
Hot ashes, carelessly placed In
wooden containers or neal confbustible
material, were responsible for more
tires in Cheyenne during the year 1924
Than any other one thing, according to
The annual report of Fire Chief John
". Bates, which was made public by
Mayor Allison last week. Hot ashes
we're responsible for tw~enty-four fires
during the year, according to the re-
port, with an approximate fire loss Of
$4,000.
Two %convicts at the Wyoming peni-
ientinry at Rawlins became free
through Christmas clemency exercised
by Acting Governor Frank f. Lucas,
On recommendations by the State Par
don Board. C. r. Pierce, sent up from
Cheyenne in 1920 for from eight to
ten years for automobile theft, was
pardoned. Joe Omeyc, sent up from
Green River In 1920 to serve from
twenty to twenty-one years for murder
IN the second degree, was paroled.
b. Kelley has arrived in Torrington
to take over the affairs of the First
National bank as receiver. Beet
checks have een returned to the farm
srs except in cnses where the farmers
had n note in the bank against them.
NJ. #. Dnlley was appointed assistant
receiver. Joe Wilde OF Lingle was ap-
pointed receiver for the Lingle State
bank for six months without pay by
Judge C. q. Brown. Joe Mcdonald,
formerly cashier, was appointed as
sistant cashier.
Receipts of the Natrona county
clerks office during the last year in
filing fees and other perquisites
amounted to S26,sO0, nm Increase over
1923 of $4,000. A profit Of 5000 on
operation Of the office was turned
owe to the county treasurer by Alma
Hawiey, who retired MS county clerk
with the change in administration.
Workmen in Laramie we're recently
engaged In making extensive readjust-
ments In the plant OF the Laramie,
North Park d Western railroad, fol
lowing the destructive fire that COM
pletely consumed the engine and re
pair shop building, damaging two loco
motives, a big rotary snow pillow and
ali machinery housed In the building.
One OF the most important develop
ments in the oil industry in tho past
year n been the recent completion
Of the Midwest Refining Co.'S NAM
moth electric power plant ut Salt
Greek, installed Mt n cost Of approx
mately S2.5oo,0oo II has already
started to function with more than 100
wells connected to individual pumping
motors. Before the end OF 1925 II IL
expected that the total number of
wells connected with this plant will be
approximately 800.
Poultry f%nnclers md county upants