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Natrona County Tribune from Casper, Wyoming • 1

Natrona County Tribune from Casper, Wyoming • 1

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County Natrgna RIBUNE. VOLUMU XVI. CASl'EK, NATKONA COUNTY, WYOMING, SlU'TKMItEU 1UOG. NUM1IEH 18 Gold on Casper Mountain, Last winter the Blue Cap Mining ,1.00,00.0 00. 00, 00.

00. 0.0f 00 i M' to- and Milling company run a drift through a vein that was forty feet wide and carried from $8.35 to $202 50 per ton In gold, and some copper since which time they have been sink CIGAR FACTORY CASPER, WYOMING Ing preparatory to making another cross cut 100 feet deeper. At seventy five feet deeper the vein has come into the shaft und at this point pans $30 to have Cigars sell, nmde by District Cojrt. The pant wek hi district court has been taken up in the trial of criminal cases, except Tuesday afternoon whrn the civil docket wus taken up, and it Is thought thin court will the latter part of this week until the Janu ary term. The criminal cases disposed of will be found below, Johnson Cast Dismissed.

After the Tribune had gone to press last Thursday morning the case of the state vs H. A. Johnson was dismissed by Judge Mat-son at the request of Special Prosecutor F. D. Hammond.

Mr. Johnson was on trial charged with branding a colt, belonging to Jack Allen. The cause of Mr. Hammond's request was the fact that the jury had returned a verdict of guilty, but had placed the vulue of the colt at $4.95, acd the statutes provide that ft" TE nine troops of the Tenth cavalry, writes that his command will probably arrive here on the 23rd. Tho detachment of artillery from Russell are expected at the same time.

The Northwestern people have made arrangements with the construction company whereby the Lander exhibit and all visitors from the section will be able to take the train at the Shoshone agency, instead of at Shoshoni. This Insures a large attendance from that country. Douglas Budget. Democratic State Ticket. The democratic state convention in Cheyenne last Friday nominated the following ticket: Governor S.

A. D. Keister of Fremont county. Secretary of State D. Gill of Laramie county.

Auditoi Thomas R. Dunn of Big Horn county. Treasure! J. M. Lobban of Sheri the best workmen.

ami of the best stuck we cim procure. Much experience a net strict atten-tion to all details have made them famous, If )ou sell these jroods You cult vbur customer and also make trade for yourself. $50 of free gold. This company is about to close a deal by whicu they will have $250,000 to be Used in the de-velopmett of their property. They contemplate putting down some 2,000 foot diamond drill holes.

Prof. II. C. Beeler, state geologist, recently visited the property aud the Cheyenne Tribune quoted him as saying that the Blue Cup has the best showing of any mine in this part of the state. The Blue Cap stock has now advanced to 25 cents per share.

Together with the elegant showing made by the Wyoming Asbestos Mining and Milllug Casper will soon come to the front with her minerals. an animal must be valued at $5 or upwards In such cases or a crime has net been committed. It was a dan county. Superintendent of public instruc tion Miss May Hamilton of Natrona compromise verdict returned by the jury. The ballot stood 10 for conviction and 2 for acquittal, and the 10 it vl ii7 (1 il to ii) iii to to to to to vi to vi vi vi vi vi vi vi vi .4 vi to vi, vi vi vi vi Vi vi vi vi vi to to to county.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THE BRANDS CURRAN ANSON, JOHN CUR RAN Wholesale Dealer in Liquors State Medical Society Meeting. Associate justice of tho Supreme who compromised to the 2 thought The Wyoming State Medical society that by making the, value' of the colt at 14.95 would put the costs on the $100, tuii! the girl ran uway with him without her mother' consent, and her mother. Mrs. Oliver, had him arrested, None of the parties are residents this county, and their temporary stay hero wrs neither desired nor encouraged. Sent to the Reform School.

MarilU Winans, the fifteen -year-old girl who came to Casper a week ago from Slioshoni with a man named John Beruant, pleaded guilty on Tuesday morning as an incorrigible acd will be sent to the home of the Good Shepherd In Denver. After Bament was found guilty by the jury on Monday Judge Carpenter ordered the sheriff to take charge of the girl as well as the defendant, and he also ordered the prosecuting attorney to file an information against her as an Incorrigible. The court said the girl's own testimony on the witness stand was enough to convict her, and such people were demoralizing to any community, and they should not be allowed to run at large. New Citizens, Citizenshhlp papers have been granted to the following persons during the present term of court: William Cronln, Erie Calling, James Donovan, Thomas Donovan, Robert McKay Duncan, Emanuel Erben, William Gray, John Hurley, Michael Regin, Archibald Sullivan, Augustus M. Smith, Jeremiah Sullivan.

Sentence Day, Yesterday was sencence day in district court, and Judge Carpenter also issued his written order requiring the county authorities to enforce the anti-gambling law. The cases against Lew Estes and Manuel Armenta, charged with violating the anti-gambling law, were dismissed, because the offense is alleged to have been committed before the order was issued. The sentences were as follows: Marilla Winans, 4 years in House of the Good Shepherd at Denver. Thos. Cummings, the Wolton holdup, 4 months In county jail and costs.

Lew Estes, stabbing at Wolton, 6 months in jail and costs. A. Cobb, issuing check and obtaining money under false pretenses, 15 days in jail and costs. Gus Adams, stealing horse, 18 months in penitentiary. Clarence Hamot, stealing watch, 18 months in penitentiary.

John Bament, statutory assault, 18 months in penitentiary. defendant, but would not be punish able by imprisonment in the state penitentiary, but it turned out that the costs were on the county and the de fendant was discharged. The case had been tried twice before, the jury OLD PURITAN NATRONA CLU3 I. W. HARPER RYE CASTLE BROOK BOURBON being unable to agree the two first trials.

The three trials will, probably cost the county $8,000. Rather expen sive for a $4.95 colt. 1 LL these goods have a national reputa'ion, and when you find them you may be sure of getting what you want. I handle all goods used in saloon business, and my welfare depends on good goods and honest dealing. will meet in Casper at Odd Fellows hall on Monday and Tuesday, September 24 and 25, and the local physicians are maklngiarrangements for entertainment of the visitors during their stay in our city; Among the features of the entertainment is a ball on Tuesday night, invitations for which will be issued in a day or two.

It is thought that there will be at least thirty physicians here during the two days, many of whom will be accompanied by their ladies. The people of Casper in general will no doubt take great pleasure in assisting our local physicians In showing our visitors a good time. Schewey Brooke, Mrs. C. H.

Schewey and Mr. Gusta-vus T. Brooke were married in Omaha ou Wednesday, September 12. Mrs. Schewey is a sister of Ira H.

Rogers and visited here during the summer about two months. Mr. Brooke is the well known oil well driller who has been here several years. Both have many friends who congratulate them. They will visit in Cincinnati, and other, eas'tern cities for about a month.

Roy Baughn Acquitted. In the case of the state vs Roy C. Baughn of.Manville, who was charged with stealing a horse valued at $50 from Robert Eccles on June 29, the trial was had on Thursday and Friday. The case went to the jury at about 6 o'clock Friday and at 10 o'clock a verdict of not guilty was reached. It is understood that the jury stood 11 to 1 for acquittal from the beginning.

The evidence showed that Baughn bought the horse from an Indian at Wolton, paying a ridiculously low price for it, He then drove it to Manville and sold it for $35. court D. A. Reavill of Sweetwater county. Congress J.

C. Hamm of Uinta county. The platform begins, "The representatives of the democratic party of Wyoming, in convention assembled, without brass bauds or brass collars," and unqualifiedly endorses William Jennings Bryan for president in 1908; declares for an eight-hour day; favors reapportionment of the legislative representation; pledges a demo- cratlc legislature to make it a criminal offense for any publio officer to accept a railway pass; declares for a primary law, similar to that of Illl-; nois, for the original Australian ballot, for a law making bribery at primaries, conventions or elections a felony, and requiring the registration of lobbyists; condemns the maimer of the opening of the Shoshone reservation: favors the restriction of forett reserves and the election of senators by direct vote. The first judicial district convention nominated F. H.

Harvey of Doug- las for judge of the district court. J. S. Van jI'oh was named as state committeeman from Natrona county. Money In Sheep.

J. A. Delfelder last week shipped 2,900 five-year-old ewes to market and they netted him $3.01 per head. From this band of ewes last spring he raised 2,400 lambs which he also sold this fall and they netted him $3.75 per bead, and this is what Mr. Delfelder calls prosperity in the sheep raising business.

0 flCK" WYOMING JOSEPH tt. LOBELL. I Salt Creek, Wyoming, Lubricating Oils. Oils, Machinery Oils. Vlsco Axis Grease, Motor Oils.

Refinery, Casper, Wyoming. Cummings Pleads Guilty. Thomas Cumming, who was charged with holding up one Scotty Milne at Wolton a few weeks ago, and who at the time told bis victim to come through, that be was a bad man and had been theie before many a time, was allowed to plead guilty to petty larceny. Milne was not in condition to make a very strong witness against Cummings is the reason of the prosecuting attorney accepting1 the plea. He will get a jail sentence.

Cobb Pleads Guilty to Forgery. A. H. Cobb, who issued a check to Davidson Snow for $10 on the Douglas National bank on August 14, signing the name of John A. Chase to the same, pleaded guilty to forgery on Friday morning before Judge Carpenter.

He will be sentenced with the Others who have been convicted of crimes at the present term of court. A Tough Outfit. John Bament, who came to Casper on September 9 with Marilla Winans, a fifteen-year old girl, and who was charged with statutory assault, was tried on Monday and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Bament had been working for Kilpatrlck and had County Jail to be Repaired. Sheriff Webb last week made complaint to Judge Carpenter that the county jail was in a very unsanitary condition and that the building needed repairs very badly.

The sheriff said that he bad not been allowed to make the needed repairs unless he took the responsibility of paying the cost from bis own purse. The court tbereupt made an order that the sheriff should have the county building put in good sanitary condition and that the building should be repaired where It was needed, and he (the court) would see to it that the costs of such repairs were paid out of the county funds. jvstfjMrs. E. P.

Rohrbaugh will leave today for a month's visit among relatives in Pennsylvania. Dr. Tonkin will look after Dr. Rohrbaugh's practice during his absence. Did Not Want the Job.

Bids were advertised for during the past three weeks for the erection of a public library in Casper, but not one bid was received by the town clerk. The building is tu cost in the neighborhood of $10,000. It must be that our contractors have plenty of work in sight to overlook a job of this kind, which will necessiate contractors from the outside coming here and building the library. State Fair Notes. Charles B.

Simpson of Newcastle, bas entered in the ladies relay race, and will be here within a week with a string of horses. The Erwin brothers, of Cheyenne, have reserved fifteen stalls for their horses, and it is understood that Mrs. Erwin will ride. Mrs. Newell, of Sprlnghill, has her horses here.

Mr. Archie Hamner, of Springhill will ride these same houses in the men's relay. It Is known that Wheatland will have a contestant in the ladies' relay, and Casper will likely have a candidate also. Colonel Auger, in command of the Found a Cach. While workmen were excavating on the site of the new Episcopal chut cb Tuesday morning uncovered, eight pieces of Japanese table ware which bad evidently been hid there a great many years There were two napkin rings, a pickle dish and a number of small plate or dishes, all of the same metallic They had been wrapped up in a sack and placed under the church.

Their value is small. W. A. blackmore. and Smoked MEATS Vegetables, Oysters and Fish Telephone No.

28 Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brown of Ohlowa, aarived in Casper this week and are visiting with their niei Mrs.

James Itoush. Mrs. Molly Hayworth yesterday sold her residence property on Wolcott street including furniture, to Dr. Djan, the consideration being THE RICHARDS A CUNNINGHAM CO. We sell the Drew-Selby line of Ladies' Shoes-Oxfords and Slippers.

Also Ladies Riding Boots in Black and Tan. THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT IN CENTRAL WYOMING I BUTTERICK PATTERNS I THE RICHARDS CO. W. B. CORSETS I 11 IH.

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