Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 30, 1919, Page 11

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FOR ROAD WORK State Highway Commission to let] . $200,000 in Road Contracts “September 9~ ' Contracts for approximately $200,- 000 worth of work on Wyoming roads | will be let by the state highway com-| mission on the afternoon’ of Septem-! ber 9. The projects will include four | stretches of highway and tw8 bridges. | At the July meeting of the commis- Bion about $150,000 worth of im- ‘provements was contracted for. At the forthcoming meeting some of the| biggest projects since the $6,800,- 000 program was inaugurated be put under way. are? { y Albany county, 14 miles of the Lin- coln highway, Buford west; cubic yards of eXcavation and em- bankment; 7 miles of machine grad- ing; 588 linear feet of ‘culvert pipe; estimated ‘cost, $27,196. Niobrara county 11.9 miles of the Hat Creek-Warren road; 32,000 cubie yards of* exeavation’ and embank ment; 3,000 cubie yards of surfacing 5.6 miles of muchine grading; 22 pipe culverts; one’ cénerete crossing; es- tintated cost $32,000. This is to be an extension of the road now being built. Rook county, one 89-foot span re- inforced concrete bridge across the Belle Fourche river near Moorcroft. Big Horn county, 8.16 miles of the Yellowstone highway between Man- derkon and the Washakie county line; 46,000 cubic yards of excavation and embankment; 13,000 eubic yards of surfacing; 2.4 miles of machine grad- . Sng; 60 pipe culverts; estimated cost, $67,970." ‘i = —————___ CHEYENNE MAN IS FOUND DEAD WITH THROAT GUT CHEYENNE, Wyo.,° Aug. 30.— Samuel Spires, 58, was found dead beside the ‘woodpile in his back yard ut 417 West Twelfth street at 6 o'clock this’ morning. ‘His throat was horribly cut, and a razor found near the body indicated suicide, say offi- cials. “The police were not called in the case, but the coroner’s office was notified. immediately. Mr. Spires got up at 4 o’clock this morning; dressed and went ‘out in'the back yard. He ‘did not eome back in the house and his wife went in search of him shortly before 6 o'clock. » She found his body by the woodpile. ee . | wili! These projects | WYOMING COLLECTOR _ IS STILL UNNAMED CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 30.— “There ‘still is no indication o¥ when Wyoming will be constituted a sep- arate internal revenue district under the rule which became effective Aug- ‘gone to Billings meeting for the pur- ust 1, nor ‘has there been received here any intimation of “who will be the collector in charge of the new ais-| trict. GREYBULL COUNCIL SAYS _—- MEN MUST WORK ROADS (Special to the Tribune.) GREYBULL, Wyo., Aug. 30.—The | Greybull city council will enforce | the city ordinance passed in’ 1910} compelling men between the ages of | 21 and 50 to work one day on the, street: or pay $2 in lieu thereof. If, they refuse they are liable to a fine} not exceeding $25. Many people hére ‘have ‘been’ approached on the, matter and consider that the ordin- ance should be enforced. | The big Labor Day program is completed and a large crowd is ex- pected here. Barbecuing of the beef will start Sunday noon in order that, the meat will be fully cooked. i NIGHT MARSHAL AT LANDER PASSES ON. —— LANDER, Wy ug. 30.—John! Chakey, former night marshal of | the town of Lander, died at the Bis-; hop Randall hospital Tuesday even-| ing of embolism following an opera-| ion for a gunshot’ wound received while on duty’ in’the early morning) hours of May 31st, | - ANDER MAN HAS HANDE REORGANIZATION LANDER, Wyo., Aug. 30.—At the | special meeting of the stockholders of the Stockgrowers’ State Bank, it was voted to increase’ the capital stock from $30,000'to’ $75,000) which: will permit the addition of some new stockholders to the list. } It was announced that John W. Cook, who has been president end di- rector of the institution since its or-| ffanization, had sold all of his inter-| ‘ests in the bank to b. H. Alger and James M. Graham and that Mr. Gra- .ham will probably accept the presi- Wency of the institution. Edison A, Earle, vice-president and director and! Fred A. Earl, director, also resigned. ‘The three directors elected’ to fill the™ vecancies are, Jamés “M. Grahjim, William E. Hardin and Walter Os- = HOMESTEADSYEAR ‘}road to the park from this city will be $6 ‘each. CHEYENNE BANK TQ GET GOLD BY AIR DELIVERY : The Citizens National Bank of Cheyenne will be the first financial} institution in the country west of the; Mississippi river to have money trans-| | ported by airplane.+ The benk will | have a sum of money brought here | from the Colorado National Bank of | Denver by Lieutenant Clifford C. Nut, when his squadron of army| planes makes its trip from Denver| to the Wyoming capital, | The landing will be made at Fort ussell where grounds have been provided. “The money probably wil! | be in the form of gold. | 11,000 FILE OW | Remarkable Settlement in Wyo-| ming is Shown by Figures of Immigration Officer ration Commis and made public this week act numt of filings wa of which nearly one-third were of the six federal land district state—the Douglas t during the year ending Xotalled 3,046,507 acr “The number of hon during th® last ri increase = di I , 1919 y1 sad filings indica Wyoming r in said Commissioner H how much incre: ected by the land filings cannot be stated forthe reason that my department has in-| formation regarding how 1 any claims were taken 3 dents of the comers relatives had filed on tands here. GREVBULL WANTS TO BE ON ROUTE OF YELLOWSTONE (Special to the Tribune) GREYBULL, Wyo,, Aug. 30.— President of the Greybull Commercial | club is in Billings this week attend- ing 2 good roads meeting. Mr.| Griffin is one of the best good roads boosters in the Big Horn basin. People to the south of Greybull are determined that the Yellowstone highway goes thru Greybull as the is said to be equal to any Wyoming roadway. Since the Wyoming preach- er declared that their road wes “laid out thru hell” pybull has a good foundation to b: under the circum- stances and President .Griffiin has pose of barring it out of this region. WOMAN DOCTOR IS KILLED IN WRECK CHEYEN Aug. 30.—Dr. Annie Cole, £ woman doctor who has been practicing in the northwest »art of the county for ni was killed almost instantaneously st night at 7 o’clock when the au 1obile in which was riding ith W. L. Wilcox overturned 20 miles northwest of Cheyenne, six she miles from Paola. Mr. Wilcox was} badly bruised, but, escaped serious| injury. : LODGE PIN SAVES = CHINESE MERCHANT FROM DEATH IN AMEN. —A lodge Ch pin and grip saved the life of : nese merchant of Parral when cisco Villa’s troops captured ago, according to a worn sta ent made by the mer chant to the American consul he upon his arrival from the interior » cently. The Chinese merchant, refused to} pérmit his name to be attached to the statement for fear he would be kill- ed if he fell into Villa’s hands. He swore that he saw three of his cousins dragged thru the streets of Payral by rebels and burned: atthe stake. A demand for $5,000 was made upon him upon threat of death, the merchant said. He told the Villa eolonel he did not have this amount) atid’ was about to be “ordered shot,| he said, when he noticed, a lodge| pin on the lapel of the colonel’s coat. The merchant said. he belonged to the Chinese organization whieh was) simlar to the one which the officer] belonged to and they exchanged hand-| some months shakes. The ransom was reduced t< $2,000 and he was finally permitted to go. The war department will sell to} the public 2,090,000 surplus all-w cotton and wool and cotton army blankets ‘thru postoffice and muni sipal channels. The price to individ ual purchasers for new wool blankets ‘a bit startling of black ; ihe pine Pine Mathsrnn J See See Ray Ecibune __ SAN DIEGO MAN caret ) _ GASPER HOMES FURNISHED |=." sae. 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