Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 28, 1920, Page 10

COMPETITION {g KEEN FOR STATE: ROAD BUILDING Contractors Shy 7 Lively Interest in’ Bidding for Work to Be Authorized by State Com- mission August 3 . ‘NE, July 28.—Exceptional interest in the proposed road and bridge projects for which the state) , highway commission, asked bids, to} = be opened August 3, is already being shown by contractors, thruout the state -who anticipate submitting bids, ‘though the date for the conside! - of bids, is still two weeks hence. » Numerous contractors have already *made field inspections of the proposed “work and the plans and specifications s are being in ed parties who tof the us proje «spected by int *expect to submit bids. The plans for “the projects involved, have all been completed and m: be inspected at the Cheyenne offices of the highway de- partment or at the offices of the ious district engine: for the wo .in their respective districts, at Roe “Springs sin and Sheridan. of the federal bureau of -onjunction with state are making: their , for Which bids will be received, and will have completed}! the a: ‘onstruction of road projects, under way by the state highway de. partment is now at its height and ex- tensi in € there are pushed with Se ge tees MAN INJURED BY GAS EXPLOSION WILL RECOVER > EGBERT, V July 28.—When #4] q, Logan, proprietor of a garage here, un-|q: dertook to solder up a leak in a large, undergraund gasoline tank, he neg- lected the precaution of-entirely empty ing the tank of its explosive contents. Dl He applied melted solder to the leak,| and—blooie! When witnesses of the] ¢. catastrophe is being ture of the skull, his nose, wa and his collar bone was splintered. will recove ACCUSED OF MURDER BUT He RELEASED ON $6,000 BAIL: KEMMERER, Wyo, July 28—A*| 4 though Steve Las! tally shot his neighbor, William Krall, during a dispute over water for irri-| gation, is charged with murder, he} has been liberated on bail of $5,000 sup- plied by Louis Gerbitz. “The county at- torney consented to bail because of! “extenuating circtmstances” connected with the shooting. Electrician Lives ‘After Shock and Fall of 25 Feet July 28. — ntly remarked n, after he had wire and had root of We building. and cs- KEMMERE Wyo., “Some drop," noncha Id. Harris, an electr' heen shocked by a ] fallen (25 feet from Biythe-Fargo-Hoskins Harris alighted upon his fet caped without injury. the store BIG TIRE BARGAINS High Grade Tires Direct from Factory Grey Sizes. 80x3 Ribbed Tread_-$11.75 30x3 Non-Skid 30x: Plain x4 Ribbed ‘Tred 34x4 Non-Skid 4% Non FOR SALE— with truck body; Dodge “ HIGHWAY GARAGE 124 W.* Yellowstone Ave. “Roadster Touring aa Automobile Stolen You read it every day. Is your car in- sured against loss of this character? We Write Auto Insurance hoe Bos Really Go; $10,000 bail, cused by nally field Fr mission to use the field as a’ landing picked Logan up a score|The refusal to permit the wse of of feet from the place where the tank/riela was predicated on the statement had been he was found.to have a frac-|that plans for the enlargement of the broken | fort that thése plans might be carried out in the h, who recently fa-! once. [I MIAN HELD FOR MURDER QF WORKER IN OSAGE NEWCASTLE, Wye Wyo., July 23. Walter N. Sinn, who is charged with! shooting Fred Walker in the Osaze oil field July 5, inflicting’ a wound which caused death a few days ago, is without bail. Bail of $5,000 each has been fixed for Roy and Earl Freel, by whom: Sinn was employed and whose interests it is charged, he had in mind at the time he is alleged to have fired the shot that struck Wul- ker. The shooting was the result of a dispute over possession of oil land. Walker’ was shot from a distance of a quarier of 2 mile, as he sat in an automobile, cae ee et ae MAN JAILED FOR ASSAULT, LACKS BOND FOR $10,000 LUSK, Wyo., July 28.—In default of John Wright, who is ac- Mrs. Bertha Stout of crimi- attacking her, is held in the Nio- orara county jail here. It is alleged investigations within the next few|that when Mrs. Stout, who is employed}jgears bit a large chunk out of Bar- as a chambermaid at the Northwestern now] hotel, pose of ¢leaning it, f door and attacked’ her. ve improvements are being made|attracted rescuers and the attack was 2 of which/ not successful. FORT AUSSELL LANDING entered Stout’s room for the pur- Stout locked the Her screams FIELD NOT 10 BE USED CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 28.—The efusal of the war department a few lays earlier to permit tne erection of n air mail hangar on Wales flying at Fort Russell, was supplemented by a telegram refusing per- lace for airplanes carrying United tates: mails which are expected to be- in arriving here about September 1. nie} drawn some years ago contem- lated the use of the landing field for fficers quarters and. barracks, and there now was a prospect that near future. The postal airplane landing field, therefore, ‘will be located about a mile east of the Fort Russell field, und about ually distant from the Cheyenne post fice, on a tract of land owned by the city of Cheyenne. ‘The erection of a ve-plane hangar there will begin at rs ga “Coste less per Month of Service” Your Car Needs One Complete stock of Ignition and Generator Supplies Bring Your Electrical Troubles to Us. We Guarantee Satisfaction Casper Battery Company 508 East Yellowstone Highway Phone 907 L. R. Earnshaw, Prop. ‘AETNA-AUTO SERVICE SPANS THE CONTINENT The motorist who car- ries Aetna-Auto Insur- ance is protected by the largest automobile insur- ers in the world, offering motorists complete insur- ance protection and serv- ice. Over 17,000 Aetna agents insure every cour- tesy, attention and -assist- ance being rendered the holder of an Aetna-Auto Policy, however far he may be from home and friends. This unusual service, available anywhere and at any hour, is but ONE of the many advantages of membership in the big brother- (Why not join—TODAY? 109 W 15" ST. PHONE 74 W hood of Aetna-ized motorists. TheG. FBe -eAgenc General Insurance FIELD 5 DENIED BOND) held in the Weston county jail here i BY U. 5. MAIL PLANES! NET IS PLACED ‘RIVER VICTIM BASIN, Wyo., July 28—A wire |] netting has been stretched in the Greyball river, at the moath of Shell creek, in the hope that it will hirer pt catch the body of George Warren, a outh who was drowned in the river }]® tt Greybull two weeks ago. Regu- lar patrol of both banks of the river is being maintained,- so the body may be quickly recovered should it rise’ to the surface. . GARAGE MECHANIC PINS TABOO ON PRONOGRAPH AFTER SEVERE INJURIES SHOSHONI, Wyo., July 28.—Lee Barclay, a Lysite garage man, is out of commission and under the care of a surgeon here because he went outside the automobile field and attempted to repair a phonograph. The phonograph seemingly resented his more or lece 4mateurish attentions, Sudden @ ;developed unexpected activity and its copy, light where Mrs. out in it. clay’s right forearm, severing muscles} and tendons to the bone. Barclay, when he recovers, will devote hig sie chanical ability exclusively to harm- less devices like gasoline engines. TYPEWRITERS Bought, sold, rented, repaired. Dealer CORONA—L. C. SMITH Cusper Typewriter per Gener: 136 E. 101 Wyatt Bldg. of the accident: down the stream. Wyo, machine, plunged cent of ator, magneto, Midwest Ave, (Old 111 E. First St.) HUSBAND SAVES LIFE OF TO CATCH Bopy || WIFE WHEN AUTOMOBILE OVERTURNS IN STREAM July -28.—The Heren lean strength and cool presence of B. L. Bridgeford saved the life of his wife when their automobile, into the pak ier a of the Shoshone at a point e road had been washed out. ‘The water is ten feet deep at the scene ‘The automobile over- turned as it struck the. surface: and carried Bridgeford and his wife to the bottom. As the machine settled Bridgs- ford braced himself beneath it and man. aged to hold it during the fraction of a minute required for him to extricate Bridgeford. reached the surface hé found that Mrs. Bridgeford was being carried swiftly By hard swimming he overtook her and they managed to grasp a floating log, which sustained them until they were washed ashore some distance below the scene of the automobile’s plunge. When & A boy knows it isn’t possible to have too much rain if he is allowed to get To! ilar a, ‘The pioneer battery on motor cars Has stood the test of time. Used on the Blectrically equipped cars today. ‘ter an lighting equipments repaired. AUTO ELECTRICAL CO.. 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