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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1920
Page
7
Nellie Fohis, widow of Leo Kabie, sues to compel custody of his ashes claiming a site called Elka Rest was intended for burial. The case arises from a will directing the ashes be interred at Elka Rest, a plot deeded to the Elks lodge.
An aged woman, Mrs. F. M. Connor, slipped while dipping a bucket from the swollen Snake River near her daughter’s home in Dixon Wyodune. She fell into the stream and drowned, her body recovered half a mile downstream. She is mother to Mrs. John B. Koehletfel.
W. W. Kirby former cashier of the Bank of Arvada now in Sheridan Wyoming holds a clerical job and pledges to repay depositors in full from earnings and bank proceeds. He expects a long time but aims to settle every cent after the bank failure caused by livestock losses and unpaid loans. His wife works on their Arvada homestead as titles are obtained and the property will be sold to satisfy claims.
Rawlins Wyoming June 21 A Steiner an ex service man who claimed tuberculosis and begged on the street to raise funds for transport to a rehabilitation hospital at Denver was run out of town by the local American Legion post after a physical examination showed he did not need relief and had $37 in his pockets that could have paid his fare to Denver if he had intended to go.
An independent Stand ard Refinery team defeated a Midwest squad 10 to 7 on the high school field yesterday afternoon. Brady and Pitt batted for Standard while Dayton and Swanson led Midwest. A spectator, Mrs Tolhurat, was briefly injured by a foul ball but not seriously.
United States Marshal Dan Hudson poured 40000 dollars worth of confiscated liquor into Crow Creek near the Happy Jack bridge in Cheyenne Wyoming. Onlookers watched as bottles and kegs emptied into the swollen stream amid emotion and tears.
Court reporter T C Finley returns to Camper Saturday afternoon from Lander. Judge Fidph Kimballo will be here this afternoon and will hear cases for the rest of the month. Attorney W O Wilson, who has been away this past week, was able to be in his office for a while today.
Survey work on the Casper Rawlins road has begun at the Rawlins end and will run north via Brown's Canyon and Sand Creek to the Sweetwater River and then to Carpere This. The route aims to serve Rawlins Lander traffic with a parallel link toward Lander and Casper, reducing distance by about 40 miles and boosting oil field access and regional commerce. Local officials and merchants urged state aid, hoping construction starts this year.
Union Pacific in Wyoming undergoes leadership change with the Sole Superintendent replaced. The change is effective from an unspecified date in June and involves Anderson, formerly superintendent of the Colorado division, taking over duties.
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