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UNIONS SERVE
STRIKE NOTICE
WILL ABIDE BY BALLOT VERDICT
OF WORKERS, LABOR BOARD
IS TOLD
MINERS’ SUPPORT PLEDGED
Mine Organization Chief Says Miners
Will Aid Rail Men; Heads
Os Ten Orders Sign
Document
Cincinnati. —Formal notice has been
served on the railroad labor board by
the chiefs of 10 railroad unions of their
Intention to go through with a strike in
event one Is authorized by the 1,225,000
workers whose wages are to be reduced
on July 1, under orders of the board.
Coupled apparently with the action
of the rail union leaders was a state
ment that “the railroad workers have
no alternative except to fight” made
by John L. Lewis, lender of the strik
ing coal miners who will meet with the
rail union leaders, to consider joint
strike action. He also pledged the
miners’ aid to the rail men, but de
clined to state definitely what aid
might result from joint action.
The notice sent to the railroad labor
board, in the form of a letter, reiter
ated the rail union leaders’ attitude on
the threatened walkout, which was
first definitely asserted In their state
ment issued here. The previous state
ment also included the declaration that
an overwhelming vote was being cast
for the walkout.
The letter was signed by B. M. Jew
ell. president, and John Scott, secre
tary of the railway employes depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor, and the heads of the 10 rail
road unions.
RIO ORANGE FLOOD
SWEEPS MEX TOWN
Cloudbursts Swell Waters in San Juan
River to High Stage; Inhabitants
Flee From Towns
San Antonio, Texas. Cloudbursts
In Terrell county, Texas, torrential
rains in many southwest Texas border
counties and in the mountains of Mexi
co, w’hich drain into the San Juan
river, a tributary of the Rio Grande,
have swollen the boundary stream into
a 500-mlle flood, perhaps the greatest
in 25 years.
Southern Pacific railroad and inter
national foot bridges at Eagle Pass,
Texas, were swept away.
Eighteen thousand inhabitants of
Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico,
across the river from Eagle Pass, fled
from their homes. Three thousand
were driven from their homes in Eagle
Pass.
Southern Pacific traffic has been
suspended between Del Rio and San
berson with the water 10 feet deep
over the tracks In many places.
At Langtry, Texas, a small border
station, the water reached a depth of
65 feet.
Charges Fraud In Oregon Election
Portland. Ore. —Assertion of irregu
larities in the Oregon primary May 19,
was made in a statement Issued by
Charles Hall, candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for governor who. on
the face of returns announced by Sec
retary of State, was 521 votes be
hind Governor Ben Olcott. Hall’s
statement indicated his committee was
checking up on several instances of
irregularities with a view to asking
for a recount.
Two Perish In Beach Fire
Minneapolis. Two women were
burned to death in a fire which de
stroyed the fashionable La Fayette
Club at Minnetonka Beach. Lake Min
netonka, near here. A dozen guests
and employes among the 100 persons
forced to flee, were Injured. The*loss
to the building is estimated at $250,000.
Edmonds Liquor Bill Up
Washington.—A bill denying en
trance to American ports of any ship,
foreign or domestic, on which liquor
is sold, has been introduced by Repre
sentative Edmonds, Pennsylvania,
ranking Republican of the merchant
marine committee, which drafted the
ship subsidy bill.
f
Open Yellowstone Park to Shrlners
Salt Lake City.—Under special dis
pensation of the interior department,
Yellowstone park was opened two days
ahead of schedule, to accommodate two
special train loads of Shrlners return
ing to the east from the Imperial coun
cil at San Francisco.
Fire Destroys Coast Speedway
San Francisco.—The greater San
Francisco speedway at San Carlos, 20
miles south of here, an automobile
racing course of wooden construction
throughout, has been destroyed by fire
with an estimated loss of $200,000.
Leavitt Heads Road Association
‘ Sacramento. Calif.—Scott Leavitt of
Great Falls, Mont., was re-elected pres
ident of the National Park-to-Park
Highway association at Its closing ses
sion here. L. L. Newton of Cody,
Wyo., was elected secretary.
MARTIAL LAW IS
DECLARED 111 UTAH
Troops Are Dispatched to Coal Field
When Guard Is Blain and Mine
Official Wounded
Salt Lake City, Utah.—The killing of
a mine guard and the wounding of a
mine official by men who shot at a
train near Castle Gate in the coal
strike area of Utah, resulted in the dis
patch of three units of the Utah nation
al guard to the scene and the Issuance
of a proclamation by Governor Mabey
of martial law in the district.
Two hundred guardsmen, a battery
and two cavalry troops will assume
the responsibility for the maintenance
of law and order in the vicinities of
Cameron, Helper and Scofield, the
scene of the first disturbance several
weeks ago. Winter Quarters, Castle
Gate. Kenilworth and in the Spring
Canyon region. Major Elmer Johnson
will be in command and under the gov
ernor’s proclamation will have the au
thority to close all mines in the dis
trict if necessary for the restoration
of law and order.
A. P. Webb, a mine guard, was killed.
General Manager H. E. Lewis of the
Standard Fuel company, was shot in
the leg. and one of their alleged assail
ants had an arm almost shot off when
men said to have been striking miners
ambushed a train bearing nonunion
miners at Sandarville.
MINE OWNERS CALL HALT
OF WAGE DISPUTE MEET
Operators Refuse to Continue Wage
Negotiations When Workers
Spurn Arbitration
New York. —With the refusal of min
ers’ representatives on the wage scale
conference to accept arbitration, the
anthracite operators’ representatives
flatly refuse to proceed further in the
negotiations unless the miners agree to
arbitration. The conference adjourned
without setting a date for another
meeting.
The strike votes now being taken
will be counted in the various district
headquarters, June 22. The scale com
mittee will meet at Wilkesbarre June
26 to decide whether the present sus
pension shall be declared a strike and
also whether the 5,000 to 6.000 anthra
cite maintenance men shall be called
out. It is estimated that 150,000 to
175,000 anthracite miners are now out
Honolulu Man Heads Shrlners
San Francisco.—James S. McCand
less of Honolulu has been named as
Imperial Potentate of the Ancient
Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine In annual session here. Wash
ington. D. C., was chosen for the next
meeting place. The council also re
elected two trustees for the Shrlners’
hospitals for crippled children. They
were W. Freeland Kendrick of Phila
delphia. and Dr. Oscar M. Lundstrum
of Helena, Montana.
Second Victim of Tubb Dies
Douglas, Wyo.—Seth S. Magnusen,
railroad agent at Orin Junction, 15
miles southeast of here, died in a local
hospital from wounds received at the
hands of Ernest E. Tubbs, maniac, who
was killed in a gun battle after he had
slain his wife and wounded three men.
Magnusen Is survived by a wife and
two children. Deputy Sheriff John
McPherson of Douglas and J. C. Gra
ham who were also wounded are re
covering.
Omaha Maniac Dodges Officers
Cheyenne, Wyo.—Fred Brown, alias
Grimes, alleged maniac, sought by au
thorities of Omaha, Neb., for shackling
two women in an isolated cabin and
holding them prisoners for two nights
before they escaped, doubled back into
Nebraska from Wyoming and held up
the night marshal and deputy sheriff
of Dix, 18 miles east of Kimball.
Turks Massacre 1,300, Report
London.—Charges that 1.300 Christ
ian women and children were taken by
the Turks from Samsun, on the Black
Sea, to the interior and massacred near
Kavak are contained In a telegram
received by the Greek Defense commit
tee here from Archbishop Metaxakis,
Greek patriarch of the church.
Blair Uncorks Big Producer
Casper, Wyo.—Completion by the
Blair Oil company of its well No. 42-A
in the Lost Soldier field is the most
important development reported from
the Carbon county, Wyo., oil fields.
Production is estimated at 1,500 bar
rels daily.
Bar Association Plans Completed
Laramie, Wyo.—Plans are being
completed for the annual meeting of
the State Bar association to be held in
Laramie June 14. 15 and 16.
Idaho Stare Close Convention
Wallace, Idaho.—Blackfoot was se
lected as a meeting place for 1923 of
the Grand Chapter <rf Idaho of the
Order of the Eastern Star, at the chap
ter session here.
Dedicate Memorial to Key
Baltimore. —A national memorial to
Francis Scott Key, author of the “Star
Spangled Banner,” was recently dedi
cated by President Harding on the site
of Fort McHenry, where in 1813, hung
the flag to which the anthem was writ
ten during an attack by a British fleet.
NEW RAIL WAGE
CUT IS ORDERED
CLERKS AND SIGNAL MEN BEAR
BRUNT OF RAIL BOARD’S
RULING
$21,000,000 IS REDUCTION
Slash Averages From Two to Six Cents
an Hour Effective July 1; Sta
tionary Firemen Are Also In
cluded in Decision
Chicago.—Pruning nearly $27,000,000
from the annual payroll of 825,000 rail
way employes, by cutting clerks, signal
men and stationary firemen from two
to six cents an hour, the United States
railroad labor board announce another
wage slash, bringing total reductions
under the board’s orders up to $185,-
000,000, beginning July 1.
The clerks were cut three and four
cents an hour, according to their class
ification, the signal men five cents and
the firemen two cents.
Release Ballots
Approximately 1,200,000 railway em
ployes will share the total reduction,
which lias brought vigorous protests
from every union organization involved
and will result in a strike vote of 10
railway labor bodies.
The voting already is under way in
seven unions and the other three af
fected by this order, are expected to
mall their ballots immediately.
TWENTY ARE ARRESTED
IN MINE DISORDERS
Utah National Guardsmen Make Clean
up Following Slaying of Deputy
Sheriff
Salt Lake City, Utah. —Twenty men
alleged to have participated in the at
tack on a train near Standardville,
which resulted in the killing of Deputy
Sheriff A. P. Webb and the wounding
of H. E. Lewis, have been arrested by
members of the four units of the Utah
National Guard, which have estab
lished martial law in the coal mining
ureas of Carbon county where miners
have been on strike since April 1.
The guardsmen also rounded up 800
miners, mostly foreigners, at West
Helper and searched them and later
their homes for firearms.
MEXICO AGREES TO PAY DEBT
External Debt of Southern Republic
Is $500,000,000
New York.— a plan for adjusting the
entire external debt of the Mexican
government, the National Railway’s
debt of that country and certain so
called internal debts held largely out
side of Mexico, has been agreed on by
the international committee of bankers
of Mexico and Adolfo De La Huerta,
finance minister of the republic below
the Rio Grande.
The agreement, which is subject to
the approval of President Obregon,
covers securities with a face value ex
ceeding $150,000,000 In gold, on which
the Interest in arrears approximates
$200,000,000.
Train Wrecked In Striking Auto
Manasquan, N. J. —A Pennsylvania
railroad passenger train was wrecked
at Allaire and several passengers were
Injured when the locomotive crashed
into an automobile driven by Jerome
Stewart, a West Point cadet, who W’as
instantly killed.
The locomotive left the rails and
overturned. Two coaches, filled with
passengers, also left the rails but re
mained upright.
Machine Guns Guard Miners
Herrin, 111. —Guarded by two lines of
men armed with machine guna, 60 men
began the production of coal at the
Lester and Sherwood strip mine, six
miles east of here. It was the first
coal mined In Illinois since the miners
strike became effective April 1. Armed
sentries guarded the roadways to the
mine.
Ordered to Fort
Sheridan. —Orders to receive 100 pa
tients from the eleventh district have
been received by Col. Frank Leslie,
commandant at the U. S. veterans hos
pital nt Fort MacKenzle. The district
embraces Wyoming, Colorado, Utah
and New Mexico.
Wu Supporter Takes Canton
Peking.—The forces of Gen. Chlung-
Mlng, supporter of General Wu Pel-Fu,
have captured Canton, the capital of
the south China government.
Tornado Kills Six
Glenwood City, Wls. —Four western
Wisconsin counties were swept by a
tornado, causing six known deaths, in
jury to approximately 100 persons and
doing damage that will mount well to
ward the $1,000,000 mark.
Germany Makea Payment
Paris. —Germany recently paid the
regular monthly installment of 50,000,-
000 gold marks for reparations. De
posits aggregating that amount were
made In the designated banks In Paris,
London and Brussels.
TWO ARMED BANDITS
ROB BANK AT ROY
Desperadoes Make Get-away in Auto
mobile; Amount of Money Taken
Not Known
Lewistown. Mont.—The bank at Roy,
43 miles north of Lewistown, was held
up by two armed men and all the
money in sight was taken —amount not
known. A dozen posses are out after
the bandits.
While President Fred Stevens, of the
First National bank, was alone in the
banking room, a masked man entered,
and covering the banker with a re
volver, went back of the counter and
put Stevens In the vault. The robber
then took all the cash In sight, amount
ing, it is estimated, to about $2,500 In
Liberty bonds, and left In a car driven
by a companion.
The man who entered the bank neg
lected to remove his mask as he came
out and persons on the street, seeing
this, ran into the bank and released
Stevens.
A car was obtained and Stevens and
four other men, one being A. L. Mc-
Kane, manager of a lumber yard, start
ed in pursuit. After a chase of 35
miles, the pursuers came close to the
robbers, who were fixing their car, and
hailed them.
The robbers instantly opened fire
at a distance of 75 yards, shooting Me-
Kane through the left shoulder. The
Roy posse started back fcr Grass
Range to get medical aid and by the
time the sheriff could get out to the
scene of the encounter, the robbers had
gone on. Every road Is guarded by
posses, but it is thought the robbers
will abandon their car and take to the
timber.
300 DROWN AS FLOOD
SWEEPS SAN SALVADOR
Two Rivers Merge Into One Following
Two-Day Tropic Rain and
Claim Heavy Toll
San Salvador, Republic of Salvador.
—Three hundred persons are known to
have been drowned and many persons
are missing following an abnormal rise
in the Acelhaute and Arenal rivers,
which overflowed their banks and
Joined together In one stream, inundat
ing the Candelaria district of this city.
Several houses were swept away by the
raging torrent.
The bodies of 300 men, women and
children already have been found. The
flood was caused by a two-day tor
rential rainfall.
The government has sent a relief ex
pedition here to succor people In dis
tress. A large subscription list has
been started for the relief of the suf
ferers.
Save Slayer From Mob
Jackson, Mich.—George Straub, an
ex-convlct, who confessed to the slay
ing of M*rs Alice Mallett, matron of
the Florence Crittenden home here,
was saved from a threatening crowd
that surrounded the county jail, when
Sheriff Larrabee disguised the prisoner
as a city fireman, removed him from
the building by a rear entrance and
whisked him out of the city in an au
tomobile.
Opposes Delay on Tariff
Washington. Senate Republican
leaders who are opposed to the plan of
Chairman McCumber of the finance
committee to sidetrack the tariff bill
for the soldiers’ bonus have the Rup
.port of President Harding. The ex
ecutive, It was stated officially at thr
White House, regards tariff legisla
tion as most Important and worthy of
the undivided attention of the senate.
Favors Ban Against Masked Parades
Chicago.—A recommendation that
Ku Klux Klan parades and public dem
onstrations be prohibited within ’ the
city limits If the participants appear
masked was made by unnnlmouffßrote
of the council judiciary committee.
The committee also refused to bar
the exhibition of the motion picture
films here of Roscoe Arbuckle, the
comedian.
Woman in Judicial Race
Cleveland. —Judge Florence E. Allen
of Cleveland will be a candidate for
nomination to the supreme court of
Ohio. Judge Allen who was the first
woman elected- to the common pleas
bench in Ohio Ir the first woman to
run for the supreme court In this state.
If not In the country.
U. 8. Exports Decline
Washington.—America’s export trade
suffered another decline during May,
dropping *rom the total of $318,000,000
reported for April to $308,000,000. Im
ports, however, increased in May to
$254,000,000 as compared with $217,-
000,000 In April.
Fire Damages Lumber Mill
Tacoma. —Fire originating from an
explosion in the engine room of the
Mineral Lake Lumber company plant
at Mineral, 40 miles southeast of here,
destroyed the mill and lumber, at an
estimated loss of $300,000.
Buy $12,000,000 Ranch
Los Angeles.—An English syndicate
headed' by the Duke of Argyll, has
bought the Buttonwillow ranch com
prising 100,000 acres in the San Joa
chim valley for a consideration of $12,-
000.
T he KITCHEN
| CABINET;
Copyright, 1922. We«tern Newspaper Union.
Provision is the foundation of hos
pitality, and thrift the fuel of magni
ficence.—Sir P. Sidney.
SOMETHING YOU WILL LIKE
When you have roast lamb the nexl
time, try tills sauce to serve with It:
Orange Sauce. Take
one-half cupful of gravj
from the roast, add twe
tablespoonfuls of flout
and brown sauce, adt
the Juice of two and the
rind of one orange
grated, or the peeling,
boiled in water live
minutes, then removed
and cut In strips. Add
one-half cupful or more
of boiling water, suit, cayenne and the
juice of a lemon. Serve hot.
Caramel Sponge.—Soften ne-fourth
of a package of gelatin in one-fourth
of a cupful of water. Brown one-half
cupful of sugar, then add one cupful
of boiling water, stir until dissolved,
add the gelatin and stir over Ice
water until it thickens. Have ready
two egg whites beaten stiff, add them
to the gelatin mixture; continue beat
ing until stiff. Turn Into a mold.
Serve with thin cream.
Glazed Tongue.—Wash and soak the
tongue over night. In the morning
place it in a kettle with cold water to
cover. Bring to the simmering point
and cook at that temperature for
several hours until the tongue Is very
tender. Set away to cool In Lie liquor.
When cold remove the Rkln from the
tongue and trim. Fasten the tin and
end together with a skewer and lay
in n mold. Heat three cupfuls of the
liquor, add one cupful of tomatoes, a
bay leaf, a slice of onion, salt and
pepper as needed, twelve cloves, one
or two allspice, and simmer for
twenty mlnuteß. Strain and add one
ounce of gelatin which has been sof
tened In a little water. Then cover the
tongue and set away on Ice to harden.
Unmold and garnish with olives and
parsley.
Club Salad. —Take one and one-half
cupfuls of cooked chicken, twelve
slices of bacon, three tomatoes and
lettuce. Arrange the lettuce on Indi
vidual plates, place on each a peeled
tomato, a little diced cooked bacon
and Rome mayonnaise dressing, top
with some of the chicken, more mayon
naise and a sprig of parsley. Around
the dish, spoke fashion, arrange four
or six tiny toast pointß.
Baked Com With Clams. —Take one
can of minced clams, one cupful each
of canned corn, dry bread crumbs, one
cupful of milk, two tablespoonfuls of
butter, one teaspoonful of salt, pepper,
onion salt and paprika to taste. Mix the
Ingredients except the butter, put in
to a buttered baking dish and cover
with bits of butter over the top. Bake
one-half hour. Fresh corn may be
used.
Ah, what would the world be to us.
If the children were no more?
We should dread the desert behind ue
Worse than the dark before.
EVERYDAY C-OD THINGS
For luncheon or supper or for break
fast or any other meal the good old
popover Is still
popular.
Popover s.—
Beat two eggs
until very light,
add gradually
seven-eighths, o f
a cupful of milk.
An easy way to
measure this is to till a cup full then
take out two tablespoonfuls, If your
cup is net marked In eighths; now
add one cupful of flour, one-half tea
spoonful of salt and beat vigorously
for two minutes with an egg beater,
then add a teaspoonful of melted but
ter and pour Into well-greased gran
ite cups on det:p gem pans to bake
in a moderate oven.
Cheese Soup.—Scald one quart of
milk, add a slice of onion, a blade of
mace and a pepper pod. Melt two
tablespoonfuls of butter In a sauce
pan, add two tablespoonfuls of flour
and when well blended add the milk,
remove the seasonings and cook un
til creamy. Just before serving add
one-half cupful of grated cheese, two
egg yolks well beaten, salt and pep
per to taste; stir until the cheese Is
melted. Serve at once.
Princess Dessert. —Whip one pint of
heavy cream, add Rugnr to sweeten
and a few drops of almond to flavor.
Moisten small bits of cake with orange
juice, or any canned fruit juice will
do, adding. If the orange Is used,
some of the grated rind. Put a layer
of the cream In n glass bowl, then a
layer of crumbs and a few cubes of
jelly, more cream and cake until all
Is used. Garnish with cubes of Jelly
and chill before serving. A few nuts
will add to the food value of this
dish without destroying Its appear
ance.
Spring Salad. —Slice tomatoes and
cucumbers and place them on head
lettuce that has been well chilled.
When serving time comes, pour over
n French dressing, using five table
spoonfuls of oil, two of tarragon
vinegar and one-half cupful or less of
Roquefort cheese. Stir until well
"blended, adding salt and red pepper
as needed.
If the cheese Is not enjoyed that
may be omitted, adding a teaspoon
ful of Worcestershire saucs and a few
drops of tabasco.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1922.
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
(Wmurn N«w«p»p«r Union Nrn Sarrica.)
A destructive fire broke out in Han
na Friday and burned until the plant
at the No. 2 mine had been destroyed.
James Hamilton, a miner, 51 years
old, who came to Rock Springs from
Scotland, was drowned lu the river at
that place recently.
Debts totaling nearly $250,000, com
pared with assets amounting to only
$4,000, were listed by Mrs. Etta M. Ir
win of Cheyenne In filing a voluntary
bankruptcy petition with the clerk of
the Federal Court at Cheyenne.
Plat of the organized town of Hunt
ley, Wyo., whs recently filed with the
county clerk at Torrington. The loca
tion of the townslte is one of the most
Ideal on the Nort Platte extension of
the Union Pacific railway and is in the
heart of the best section of irrigated
land In the North Platte volley.
Call for bids has been issued by
County Clerk Willard S. Doane at
Sheridan for the construction of an
elghteen-foot paved road to connect
the city paving with the Big Horn ce
ment road, a distance of 1,010 lineal
feet. Estimates on bitulithls paving
and on concrete paving are to be
asked.
The largest gas compression plant in
the world is now functioning at Salt
Creek ns a result of completion by the
Midwest Refining Company of the sec
ond unit of the plant, giving It a capac
ity of 20,000,000 feet of gas a day, or
a total dally output of 150,000 gallons
of gasoline. The new unit employs 200
men.
Decision to hold a county fair in
Sheridan again this year has been defi
nitely reached. The county commis
sioners have appropriated $3,000 for
the fair on the condition that the
butUness men and Commercial Club
appropriate a like sum. Committees
are now out securing pledges from the
business men.
Fur his heroism and courage In kill
ing George Heard, Shoshoni bad man,
after he himself had been severely
wounded by the man he was trying to
arrest. Deputy Sheriff Fred'Northern
of that town is to be promoted. Carl
Jackson, federal prohibition director
for Wyoming, has offered Northern a
position as an operative working out
of Cheyenne.
Plans for a elxty-six-mile service
line to transport electrical power from
the Cody dam at Cody to Greybull*
with an extension from Greybull to Ba
sin is now under consideration at Ba
sin. The power at Greybull Is to be
used by the Midwest Refining Com
pany, while it is planned that the
power conveyed to Basin will be used
In lieu of a new municipal light and
power plant.
Thomas E. Tnbb. his wife and S. S.
Magnuson are dead and two other per
sons, Including Deputy Sheriff John
McPherson, are seriously wounded as
a result of a battle at Orin Junction
recently, between Tubb, the officers
and citizens. Mrs. Tubb was slain by
her husband, who is believed to have
become suddenly insane. Tubb wa
killed by an unknown resident o
Orin and the three others were
wounded by Tubb.
The board of county commissioners
has appointed a committee of citizens,
with Otto Gramm as chairman, and
with H. R. Ingham, J. M. Christensen,
H. A. Gish, J, H. King, Stanley Ed
wards and F. A. Holliday as his asso
ciates, to have charge of the county
fair to be held at Laramie just prior
to the state fair at Douglas, and the
commissioners have voted a handsome
donation to the expenses of the under
taking.
A Jury In the District Court nt Lara
mie found that Mrs. Louisa Rosin r -wb
dow of the late Albert Rosin, was
mentally incompetent to handle her
affairs, and Judge Tldball of the Dis
trict Court will appoint a guardian.
By direction of Attorney General
Walls, following an investigation he
made recently, the county commis
sioners of Hot Springs county de
clared a vacancy in the county attor
ney’s office. On motion unanimously
carried, Fred Wyckoff was appointed
to fill the unexplred term of Major
John L. King, who has been absent
from the county for some time. It Is
claimed that King's present where
abouts is unknown In Thermopolis.
D. D. Zack of Rock Springs is all
smiles these days, and lie has very
good reasons for wearing one that will
not come off. Last year Zack In
vested SSO In a lense in the Pacos
county, Texas, oil country. Zack for
got about It until the other day, when
he received a notice for taxes amount
ing to $0 on his oil land. He sent the
taxes and received a wire from a San
Francisco oil company offering him
$2,000 per acre for his lease of forty
acres, which he promptly accepted.
At the request of many citizens of
Lander Jules Farlow has undertaken
the job of reviving the old Rocky
Mountain Roundup Days that years
ago made Lander the center of attrac
tion for the state on the Fourth of
July. The show will be put on July 3
and v and the program will be com
pleted early on the evening of the
Fourth in order that all who desire
may see the performance through and
get away In time to attend the cele
bration of Ethete, where there will
be more riding as well as Indian games
and dances the following day.