, 1925-05-20
LATE N E VS.
From All Over
WY MIN C

elected president of the Casper Rotary
Club.
The Lavoye Independent has con-
cluded not TO stay with the ship" any
longer and Will move to Edgerton, hav-
ing definitely decided upon this, move
last week.
A deal was recently completed
whereby the Campbell County Record
purchased the plant, subscription list
and good viii of the the Gillette News,
thus leaving Gillette with only one pa
per.
United States Weather Bureau re-
ports that water supply for Wyoming
so far in 1925 is II per cent below nor
NAL. 1t is reported that there is less
snow in the mountains this year than
for several years past.
BY a recent merger the Bank of
Commerce, Sheridan Banking Co. and
Sheridan County Savings Bank will
operate under the name of Bank of
Commerce. The three banks have a
combined capital of $45O,O00 and Il sur
plus of about S150,000.
The extreme drouth in the western
~ sV''' lAhAh county - hliiiiS a
thousands of gophers, groundhogs and
insect pests, according to reports in
Rock Springs. An old Indian legend
declares that the continued dry condi-
lions forecast some great disaster.
The Commercial Club of Tensleep,
Wye, that it will sponsor
"A ~"Tensleep Roundup" on July 4, and Is
fGSufnsr a. nap.r, f,rtt.,t., D.. 81. 80.
pie of Wyoming to join them in their
celebration. They propose to make
the rodeo u real one and have the tai
ent.
Upon complaint of Vera S. Shields
of Lowell, Max Shields and Woodruff
Gwynn have been arrested, charged
with kidnapping. They were given a
hearing before Justice Bonwell of Low
ell and were bound over to the next
term of District Court in bonds of $500
each.
Mrs. Cyrus Beard, Wyoming state
historian. u in the current is
sue of the Quarterly Bulletin" of the
historical department that with the
opening of Volume 3 OF the Bulletin
in July, the name of the publication
will be changed to Annals of Wyo-
ming
a meeting was seld at the refinery
building in G~reybull by a number in
terested in baseball and a league
formed to include Powell, Elk Basin,
Gebo. Officers elected we're, president,
d. ]. Hundahl of Worland vice presi-
dent, C. NJ. Cox of Cody: secretary
treasurer, II. l.. Wise, Basin.
Plans for starting a new Democratic
state weekly, to be known as the Wyo-
ming Eagle, and edited by Theodore
Wanerus and Howard p. Mcpherson
of Gillette, and X. f. Mcpherson of
Casper, were revealed with CONSOLE
dalton of the Campbell County Rec
ord and the Gillette News. weekly
publications of Gillette. The Record
takes over the News and the plant of
the latter will be moved to Cheyenne
for the new paper.
A contract for the construction of
the Guernsey dam OF the North Platte
reclamation project in Wyoming and
Nebraska has been awarded to the
Utah Construction Company of Salt
Lake City by Secretary of Interior
Work. The bid was Sl,2SS, l2l. AS
100000 appropriation was authorized
by Congress for the commencement of
the construction of the Guernsey res
ervoir on the Platte reclamation pro-
ject, provided the President and the
| secretary of the interior approved as
to the agricultural and engineering and
| reasonableness of its estimated con-
struction. The approval has been
given.
Plans are now being formulated for
the erection of n building in Pine
| Bluffs which will be used for a public
library and n community hall. The
| trustees OF the NJ. T.. church had do
mated the old church building TO the
| town and II has been accepted by the
town council. The building Will be
torn down and the materials used in
the construction Of the new building.
One of the big needs Of the state
was taken care of recently ut Their
mopolis when representatives OF vari-
Gus parts OF Wyoming met and organ-
ICED the Wyoming Auto Association.
Each auto owner in the state Is eligi-
Bile for membership and through this
association II is hoped mat the re-
sources and the beauties of Wyoming
will be properly advertised through
out the country. 1t is planned that
tiis association will operate In n lin
tied way as the Motor Club of South
ern California. The state has been dl-
vidsd into six districts, each highway
district being considered ms n unit In
the stnte association. Each county
Will have one director OF the district
board and one member of the district
board Will be entitled to membership
on the state executive committee.