~[ County Wildlife Association elected;
] Larkin Cleveland of Beulah to head
[their organization for 1946, re-
[ elected John Binney as vice-presi.
I dent and Richard B. Hooper as
] secretary-treasurer.
Fire of undetermined origin.re-
[Cently destroyed the milk house
!on the Dillard place about four
FIVE YEARS AGO miles west of Moorcroft. Dairy
February 8, 1951 equipment, a Delco plant and pump
Sundance, Wyo. Feb. 9, 1956
it was a cloudy day with flurries
of snow. This should mean that
winter is about over, but those of
us who have lived here for several
years will look forward to spring
as usual - about the first of May.
The observance of Fire Preven-
tion Week has become a fixed
habit with a good many janitors.
The Crook County Planning
board has no authority in the road
program of Crook county whatso-
ever. This was revealed this week
by A. C. "Trusty" Moore, chair-
man of the Crook County Board of
Commissioners and in a letter from
Sen. AI Harding to Mrs. Ernest
Ista of Hulett.
Activities and operations of the
Sundance Commercial Club will
take $1255 during the year, accord-
ing to the budget submitted to the
club at its meeting Feb. 1.
Coal and wood make a fine
corn-i
~bination in some stoves but when
the trucks in which they are being
.carried mix, the combination is
"not good. Two semi-trailer trucks,
.one loaded with stoker coal and
the other with cut lumber, collided
"with a total damage estimated at
2300.
National forest grazing fees for
the western range states will ~ve-
rage 50 cents for cattle and 12¼
cents for sheep per animal mouth,
according to the statement releas-
ed through Edward P. Cliff, Rocky
Mountain regional forester, U. S.
Forest Service.
A Beulah rancher bid $42 a
hundredweight for steer calves
Thursday to push prices to a rec-
oral high at the Belle Fourche
Livestock Exchange. Hubert Math-
ews entered the bid for nine calves
averaging about 360.
TEN YEARS AGO
February 7, 1946
A license plate stolen from the
car of Ed Mathews of Sundance
led to the capture Tuesday night,
near Lysite, Wyo., of George Sid-
ney Sitts, convicted slayer, escap-
ed convict, and wanted for the
double slaying of Sheriff Dave
~alcolm of Butte County, S. D.
and Tom Mathews of Spearfish,
special investigator.
Sounds like a new species of this
predatory animal but, no, a "Thal-
lum Coyote" is just an ordinary
coyote that has eaten some of the
mew Thalium poison that is being
used by the county trappers to rid
the country of this predator.
Meeting Jan. 28, the Crook
jack were among the items destroy-
ed by the fire.
Sundance Boy Scouts are getting
ready to go ahead with their plans
for fixing up the skating rink in
Sundance so that the ice will re-
main in good condition. Canvas
will be strung over the rink to pro-
tect the ice.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
February 6, 1941
Joe Allread announced this week
that he assumed the management
of the Club Bowling Alleys Feb. 1.
Allread, who has the recreation
rooms above the club, will continue
to manage them also, he said.
Funeral services were held Sun-
day in Moorcroft for Mrs. S. A.,
Guthrie ~who died Thursday night
after a short illness.
Highway maintenance c r e w s
from the Sundance office have
been removing snow and erecting
snow fences on the road between
Colony and Belle Fourche the past
week.
Seely -- Ray C. Edsall had the
misfortune to freeze his legs while
riding on the school section near
the O'Connor ranch, which con-
fined him to his home for several
days.
No United States man-of-war has
ever mutinied or been in the hands
of mutineers, while in other navies
whole squadrons and fleets have
mutinied.
The Navy icebreaker USS BUR-
TON ISLAND (AGB1) and the
Installation of the new fire siren U. S. Coast Guard icebreaker
for Sundance will begin this weekI NORTHWIND (WAGB 282) be-
and it probably will be ready for] came the first ships to cross the
service next week. A noon whistle previously unconquered McClure
will be blown each day as soon as
the siren is in working order so
that it will always be ready in
case of emergency.
Paul Yeoman, county treasurer,
rpnorts that 150 truck licenses and
320 car licenses have been sold to
date. This is about one-third of
the number originally received and
is slightly un~ler the amount sold
last year.
Eight hundred and twenty stu-
dents are enrolled in Crook coun-
ty's grade and rural schools ac-
cording to a recent survey reported
by County Superintendent Seig.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
February 6, 1936
Sharrock and Purcel, contractors
on the construction work on the
Sundance-Beulah part of Highway
14 have suspended operations
pending more , suitable weather
conditions, it was announced last
week. The graveling crews on the
pro~ect have virtually caught up
with the construction, gangs at this
time and it is expected that another
30 days will see completion of the
work.
Sunday, Feb. 2 was Groundhog
Day and the little animal did not
see his shadow.in this localRy as
Strait, linking the Atlantic with the
Pacific Ocean.
The USS BOSTON (CAG-I) is
the Navy's first guided missile
cruiser capable of firing super-
sonic anti-aircraft guided missiles.
It represents a completely new
concept in a naval weapon system.
The mobile television crew of
the Special Devices Center at the
Office of Naval Research has pio-
neered in obtaining what are be-
lieved to be the first American
kinescope pictures of the interior
of the human eye.
NOTICE OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE
All creditors and others interest-
ed in the estate of Nettle P. Leit-
ner, deceased, take notice that the
undersigned executor of said estate
will on or before the 24th day of
February, 1956, file in the office
of the Clerk of Court of Crook
County, Wyoming, his final account
and petition for distribution of
said estate, where anyone interest-
ed may examine such account and
petition and file objections thereto
in writing at any time before the
6th day of March, 1956 and ff no
objections are filed thereto, he will
make final settlement of said es-
tate on the 7th day of March, 1956,
or as soon thereafter as the matter
may be heard.
Dated at Sundance, Wyoming
this 2nd day of February, 1956.
John Leitner,
Executor
Reynolds & Lathrop, Attorneys
Feb. 2-9-16-23
NOTICE OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE
All creditors and others interest-
ed in the estate of Charles K.
Tutty, deceased, take notice that
the undersigned administrator of
said estate will on or before the
24th day of February, 1956, file in
the office of the Clerk of Court of
Crook County, Wyoming, his final
account and petition for distribu-
tion of said estate, where anyone
interested may examine such ac-
count and petition and file objec-
tions thereto in. writing at any time
before the 6th day of March, 1956
and if no objection are filed there-
r to, he will make final
of said estate on the 7th
March, 1956, or as soon
as the matter may be heard.
Dated at Sundance,
this 2nd day of February,
Otis Reynolds,
Administrator
Reynolds & Lathrop,
Feb. 2-9-16-23
Byron Bush
Hulett, Wyo.
See or Call
Harry Habeck
Ph. AT 3-1623
Sundance,
SPRING NECESSITY
for the new Conoco Station in Sundance
It. M. BEBND H. IL BERbTD
Speeiallslng In Service Station Construction
8nndanee, Wyo.
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Shorfle Coats are "tailor.made"
for changeable Spring days--long
enough to c ver suit jaekets and
short enough to look young and
jaunty. Sketched from our com-
plete selection is this topper of
virgin wool Rouspun -- beautiful
Spring Shades. $ 6.50-$29.95
"Everything to Wear"
