Wyoming Supreme Court rules public roads cannot be closed
The Budget summarizes a Wyoming Supreme Court decision in Black v Hatch Bros. Y et al. that public roads, traveled openly before homesteaders filed claims, are public roads and cannot be closed without county board action. The ruling notes federal grant of right of way accepts public use over time and may require roads to be opened.
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Douglas
Wyo
Wyoming
Black Vs. Hatch Bros. Y
Wyoming Supreme
Board of County Commissioners
Maurer & Walker
Joseph Black
Black
Hatch Bros
Supreme Court
Midwest Refining Capacity Reaches 61000 Bbls Daily
The Laramie plant completion raises Midwest Refining capacity to 61000 barrels daily making it dominant in crude supplies. It is nearly the sole Wyoming refinery handling state production aside from small shipments to Imperial Oil at Regina, Canada. Current output runs about 45000 barrels daily.
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Laramier
Midwest
Midwest Refining
Wyoming
Canada
Imperial Oil Company
Regina
Petition to Halt Highway Across Laycock Land Prompts County Action
Rural residents in Laramie county circulate petitions to Governor Carey protesting the state highway commission plan to build a Cheyenne Torrington road diagonally across land owned by Joan Laycock or any road outside section lines. The Laycock case, decided in district court, held the county owns a diagonal right of way, now appealed to the supreme court with similar suits by other landowners.
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Burns
Wyo
Laramie County
Carey
State Highway Commission
Cheyenne-Torrington
Joan Yaycock
Laycock
District Court
Supreme Court
Ranchman Edward Madison Dead in Accidental Rifle Discharge
Douglas Wyoming August 7 workers at the I B Lucas ranch found the body of Edward W Madison 46 after an accidental rifle discharge in a nearby hayfield. He had apparently been dead about 24 hours.
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Douglas
Wyo
I. B. Lucas Ranch
Edward W.madison
Madison
Heritage Wins Over Training In The Mollycoddle at Princess
Douglas Fairbanks stars as Richard Marshall the Fifth in The Mollycoddle a film showing at the Princess today and tomorrow. The narrative traces a fearless fighter raised amid privilege who rises to meet multiple emergencies, echoing a plainsman grandfather’s courage.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Richard Marshall
The Molly Coddle and Its Turbulent Ancestry
An excerpt describes a revolutionary grandfather who saved beauty in distress and a cavalier father figure. Wallace Berry as the villain shapes the ancestry of The Molly coddle, while Ruth Renick, the pretty girl, triggers the turning point provoking many thrilling situations.
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Wallace Berry
Ruth Renick
Lusk Man Buys Big Curtiss Aeroplane in Wyoming
Lusk, Wyoming announces a new resident airplane as Walter Howell purchases a Curtiss Oriole in Omaha and plans to bring the aircraft to town in a few days. Cheyenne and Casper are the only other Wyoming towns with owned airplanes.
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Lusk
Wyo
Wyoming
Walter Howell
Omaha
Cheyenne
Casper
Poisonous Venom Warning For Cats From Gila Monster
A reader note warns that nine thimblefuls of Gila monster venom could kill a medium sized cat. The report emphasizes the extreme danger of handling or provoking the creature and advises caution.
Pine Bluffs Local News Roundup Aug 7
Conrad Johnson buys Ray Carson residence on Main Street and plans to move his family from the farm southeast of town. Several residents travel to Cheyenne for tonsil removals and hospital stays, while haying begins and rains promise a bumper grain crop. The town greets marriages and arrivals, with local transfers to Kentucky and Nebraska.
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Pine Blufss
Wyo
Conrad Johnson
Ray Carson
Main Street
Johnson
James McDowell
Minnie
Mildred
Chéyenne
Elsie Martin
Denver
Mazie Bengston
H. H. Whaley
BH. L. Berkey
Cheyenne
Ernest G. Johnson
Shelby, Neb
Colorado
Potter, Neb
B. W. Marshall
iVvian
Guy Hixenbaugh
Paul Mentzer
Paul
Claude Mentzer
Kentucky
Berea College
T. W. Keenan
Dunston
W. F. Osborn
Edison
Neb
Art
Clyde
Doris Amos
John L. Eklund
Albin
Rayona Bloom
Frank Bloom
Charlie Netterfield
Kimball
Pine Bluffs
Netterfield
Smith & House
Dr. B. W. Marshall
Emil Johnson
Omaha
L. A. Bengston
Farmers Elevator
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Douglas Attorneys Cit
Toars
NSA
Heritage
Allan Dwan
Dwan
Carer Yy Buying
Ecrops
M. R
WIRED
Peter
Cheyenne State
Ore
Associated Press Service
Father
Satterfield
Cheyenne State Leader Tribune Building
Federal Street
Cheyenne, Wyo
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