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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1920
Page
9
An editorial urges Caspar residents to vote on November 2 on a $500000 bond issue to build an adequate water system free from contamination. It warns that current supplies risk pollution and insists a safe, reliable domestic supply is essential for every family.
Buffalo Wyoming October 23. Auction of lands from the Fort McKinney military reservation attracted little interest. Of 2,200 acres offered, only 950 acres were bid in by the highest bidders. The report notes meager bidding and low participation.
An auction of 2,200 acres drew bids near 7,500 dollars or about eight dollars per acre. The appraisal averaged about 49 dollars per acre for the more desirable lands. Interest waned as bidders, led by interested parties, failed to push prices higher.
Jim Paria was arrested for the third time yesterday afternoon after evading police for nearly three days following an escape from an officer while awaiting a ride to the jail. He was nabbed on a bootleg charge and muttered, Me no do it no more.
The article notes Judge Perry A. Morris imposing a $100 fine for bootlegging on the Sandbar, marking Paris's second $16 fine in less than a week. Paris had just resumed business after a $140 fine and a remitted penalty, was watched, nabbed again, escaped, and arrested yesterday. I. J. West and Adolph Stieber of the Koroming traveled to Rawlins Friday on business.
A settlement reached in Newcastle Wyoming ends a personal injury suit by John Meade against the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad for $100000, with the litigation to be dropped and Meade’s injury claim resolved.
A pay dispute arises over a sum to Meade after he was injured when a tram collided with the back of a Pullman car he was in. Meade suffered injuries while travel details and compensation are under review by authorities.
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