, 1925-06-10
LATE VS.
From All Over
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mental meeting in Laramie. July =, 3
and 4.
The "Baby Party" held at the
Wheatland General Hospital. was an
unqualified success. The hospital was
thronged with children and their
friends from early morning until dark.
The sugar beet acreage of the
Powell valley has been all planted and
of these 1000 acres. at least 500 acres
of the crop Is well up out Of the
ground. This is unprecedented for so
early in the season.
The Clearmont State Bank, which
closed Its doors on April %, 1924, re-
Gently paid its first dividend Of 10
per cen to 100 depositors in the de-
amounted to $6.O23.67.
"Old timers" of Weston county en-
joyed q stag dinner ut the Antlers
Cafe in Newcastle. Invitations were
extended only to the men who were
residents of or were Identified with
Weston county In 1890.
w. F. Henning and A. X. Bott have
purchased the interests of Fred Klink
and A. ]. Campion of Denver In the
Western Hotel Company. which oper-
ates the Henning Hotel at Casper. &C.
cording to announcement recently
made.
Widespread rumors charging that
certain students at the University Of
Wyoming are being paid for present
or future participation in college ath-
letIcs were declared false and un
true" in a resolution passed Mt u
special mass meeting Of the university
student body.
An urgent call for young men to at
tend the Citizens Military Training
Camp at Fort D.. A. Russell from June
II to July II was sounded by Col
Joseph S. Heron, commanding officer
of the 10th field artillery in Cheyenne.
The annual convention of the Wyo
ming Stock Growers Association was
held in Douglas, June 2 and 3.
Plans have been formulated by
which the Wyoming Motor Club will
attempt to sell Wyoming to its wv
residents and then to the world, maxi
ing the state the most popular tourist
ground in the country and bringing
thousands Of travellers annually into
the state to travel over a master
scenic road system unequalled by any
state In the Union
At the commencement of the Univer-
slty of Wyoming. June 10, there Will
be ninety-four students to receive de-
grees and diplomas, the largest num-
Der in the history of the Institution.
Seventy-three will receive degrees and
twenty-one normal diplomas from the
College Of Education. In 1924 there
were flfty-nlne seniors for degrees n
twenty-four with normal diplomas.
The Southern Wyoming Baptist As
sociation was In session Mt Laramie
last week with forty-seven delegates
and visitors present. Rev. Claude
Richmond, pastor OF the Laramie Bap-
fist Church, was elected moderator for
the coming year. Rev. Mr.. Moorman
of the First Church Mt Cheyenne was
the preacher, taking the topic. "The
Church of the Future" us his subject.
Efforts of the Natrona county board
of commissioners to collect tax on
crude oil in storage are branded rs
Illegal and unwarranted In a suit filed
In District Court nj Casper by the
Midwest Refining Company, asking an
Injunction against such proceedings
Other oil companies, 1t Is asserted,
will join the Midwest In fighting the
cnse and the Supreme Court OF the
United States may be called upon for
the final decision in the matter.
II. II. Rousseau of Cody has been
appointed deputy state game and fish
commissioner. to succeed 7. G. Thomp-
son, who resigned about two weeks
ngo. following the resignation Of
Frank s. Smith MS state commissioner.
T. Il. McClintock. receiver OF the
First National Bank OF Cheyenne
which failed Inst July 0, announced
that n dividend Of % per cent. amount
ing to S1,1OO.0OO. will be pnid to de-
positors MS soon ms the comptroller of
the currency signs the checks. Net
claims agninst the bnnk total s4.4O0.-
wv. ~ Harirbt NhtiVHui WNtueuu
brings the total OF dividends about to
he paid by the three banks here thnt
fuiied last year to $1.s5O,000.
Lenses for oil and gas rights on
$1,000 ncres Of lnnd belonging to the
Shoshone Indians In Wyoming have
been authorized for sale by Secretary
Of the Interior Work. The saIs will
be by public auction on July 0. mt the
headquarters Of the Shoshone agency
mt Fort wnshnkie. Wye. In addition
to n bonus, the successful bidders must
pay a royalty to the Indians Of 12h
per cent on nil the oil and gas pro-
duced md nm advanced royalty Of 81
per acre annually.
There was n popularity contest, de-
cided by popular vote nt the recent
Baby Party" at wheatinnd. Tho
prlze winners nre ms follows: For