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Casper Star-Tribune from Casper, Wyoming • 3

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CASPER, WTO. Page Thrett THE CASPER TRIBUNE -HERALD April 11. 1938. Qllmmmmmmmmmmmimmmmmmam MODEST MAIDENS ELECTRIC LIFJE SI3RUEY IS R1ALTD SHOW IliCETIES QUARTER MUM TO HE SPENT ON CRICKET IR 111 IY0NIING CARRIED INTO JEBRflSufl TWIN PROGRAM II NEW STILE through Laramie, to Cheyenne, and that survey crews are now at work between Cheyenne and Gering. He said it was his understanding SCOTTSBLUFF, Nebr, April 11 WV-Plans for a proposed $100,000 substation at Gering, part of a huge electrical transmission system linking Wyoming.

Nebraska unburn and Grant Northeastern Area to See Largest Expenditure; Hopper Battle Also Scheduled Musical and Comedy Are Featured that part of the materials for the line, a system, have Voo a la 1938 ana Colorado, were announced Dy u. F. Gleason, superintendent of power i already been purchased and that for the U. S. reclamation service at work will begin soon on the Seminoe Guernsey.

Wyo. I end. Tentative plans call for a line The domestic comedy which hit Gleason said that although "noth- connecting Cheyenne witn existing twn riniinn tvo nnlrvrnrfn pi pr trim', networks. abcut the station, the Its stride in "The Thin Man" and has been growing increasingly popular of late in a series of man-and-wife pictures', strikes a new high ing is certain reclamation service is considering and studying several Gering sites." Construction of the station, largest to be built on the tristate trans Evansville News CHEYENNE, April 11. UP) A quarter of a million dollars will be spent to marshall medieval and modern implements of warfare against a ruthless, devastating crawling black horde of Mormon crickets in Wyoming this summer.

Farmers, county agencies, the state and government's bureau of entomology have set up a budget calling for an expenditure of to purchase tons of poison dust, erect miles of shiny tin fences, and pay labor costs in the 1938 cricket war. mission line, would probably be held Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Laird were ud for at least a year as funds may Saturday evenine callers at the The battle which will combine the use of modern power dusters to spread poison over the pests and miniature fourteenth century walls and moats filled with oil will be fought over a front covering 13 northeastern counties. On another battle front, state, county, and WPA agencies will spend close to $50,000 to combat a grasshopper horde.

The hopper campaign will be carried on in nine of the cricket infested counties and three counties where the crickets are not expected to reach. Of the nearly $250,000 to be Invested in the cricket war, the bureau of entomology will be asked to pro not become available until July, 1939. home of their mother, Mrs. William r-v stU or screen couixsnip, iv- forerunner of the ro- ue of 1938, Is previewed Up Baby," now show-n theater. Hepburn and Cary in the novel love dozen new precedents.

iffrU Hepburn enlists Grant's aid a leopard from New -V Connecticut. Later, she a dog to hold Grant's at-1T whi she hides his clothes his plan of marrying Walker, his secretary She -ew schemes to hold him, dej the picture reaches its iT'Lv nclnsion. the two have ir nil. stolen, an innocent man, posed and met with 2s it' "ther madcap adventures. Meanwhile, survey of the trans- Shapiand in Casper.

Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Carter were note in "The First tiunarea ears, now showing on a double program at the Rialto theater.

"You're a Sweetheart" Is the other feature. Unrivaled in his particular field of suave, fun-making for nearly a decade, Robert Montgomery is at his best as the boat-designer husband who cannot persuade his wife, Virginia Bruce, to relinquish her career as a successful theatrical agent to make a home for him. The occasional seml-serlous side to the story proves again the Montgomery versatility as established in "Night Must Fall." for which he has just been nominated for the 1937 Academy Award. mission line for which funds are available is going ahead. Gleason said he had been informed that the survey has been completed from the Seminoe dam west of Casper intriguing dances.

And yet this abundance of variety is packed so neatly, so perfectly into its length that you will wonder how it was callers at the home of their, daughter, Mrs. C. J. Galusha, in Casper Friday morning. Visitors at the Gerald Pierce home Friday evening were Carol Go-forth, Wyoma Pottorff and Betty Laird.

Miss Freda Payne of Casper was the Sunday guest of Misa Delrua Patchen, soft Donald and Mrs. Louis Taggart of Casper were Sunday callers at the L. H. Carter home. Betty Laird was the Sunday dinner guest of Francis Carter.

Emmett Casebolt of Natrona was visiting in Evansville Saturday. Larry Ray was the week-end guest vide $134,300.48. The infested counties will put up $18,255, the farmers $59,920 worth of labor and transportation facilities, and the state $7,500. The state and federal government now has on hand $20,882 worth of materials to be used in war. possible to snow it an in one Mr.

and Mrs. A. H. Carter ana granddaughter, Miss Betty Laira. of Vernon Phinney, Miss Bruce, as tne wiie, nanaies her most responsible role to date with an assurance and charm that indicates her as one of the screen's most accomplished performers.

Until you've seen "You're a Sweetheart." voull have to admit you've 4-H (Mlkir.U Hilw Icotw JwTQNES "I assure you, Miss, YOU'RE in "the wrong theater!" The star Alice Faye delivers what were Sunday anernoon guests at mil Bullae oi casper was a ti-is no doubt the finest picture of her the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer day evening guest at the Melvln career in "You're a Sweetheart." Her i Perriney of Casper. i Patchen home, acting and her dancing stand out Blanche Russell and Francis Car- Mr. and Mrs.

Albert Miller are even in the brilliant psrformances ter were guests of Betty Laird Sun- i having some painting and redecorat-of the exceptional cast which sur- day morning. ing done in their home, rounds her. Miss Faye never was Mr. and Mrs. Earl Taggart of Cole Mrs.

Neal King was able to return more beautiful and she never was i Creek were Saturday evening callers to her home from the Memorial hos- 1 HE ANGLER Roundup of State News New Way to Hold False Teeth in Place Do false teeth annoy you by dropping or slipping? Just sprinkle a little Fasteeth cn your plates. This new fine powder holds teeth, firm and confortable. No gummy, pasty taste or feeling. Sweetens breath. Get Fasteeth from your druggist.

Three sizes. Adv. so well photographed. jin Evansville. jpital Monday evening.

never before seen a real modern screen musical comedy. It's distinctly different. It's ultra smart. It's clever. It's uproariously funny.

It has plenty of plot. You don't have to believe it. The plot makes fun of itself. It is packed with diversified specialties; tuneful, rememberable songs; trig, trim and I air. ana airs.

ti. c. uaseooii ana airs, narvey ijaira, mjs. jj. The first insurance company in son.

Dean, of Natrona, were Friday 1 Carter and daughter. Francis, and the United States was organized in dinner guests at the home of Mr forget this April 1st the iriiin opened wide, for 'rout I had a thirst so i lake I hied. My boat my fishing in shape, and with a of chuck 1 headed for or. son, Arnold, and Mrs. A.

h. carter and Betty Laird were shopping in Casper Saturday. Philadelphia id 1759 for the aid of and Mrs. A. H.

Carter. clergymen and their widows. Mr. and Mrs. Andy McQuay and Railroad Shop Hires 80 Men EVANSTON.

Big news to Evan-ston last week was the hiring of 80 additional men in the reclamation nlant of the Union Pacific railroad. lake. I suted down tne he afirivi Forest Supervisor At Cody Promoted CODY. John H. Seiker, supervisor of the Shoshone National forest with headquarters here, has been promoted to the position of assistant chief of the division of recreation and lands in the Washington office of the forest service, effective June 1, according to an announcement by Regional Forester Allen S.

Peck. without a disconcert-ien suddenly I got a all slithered to the ditch-Tf a good Samaritan who back upon the road. I like SOrt 111311 Wnen he -cos ni- with my load. Just then began to fall, it covered where tools and accessories for the entire U. P.

system are overhauled. Another 50 men. who were on local work relief projects, were put to work wrecking old cars which are salvaged for scrap iron. Veteran Wyoming Educator Is 76 ann ine piain ana muku almost stall my spirits vncaih the strain. I tried not turn around the Wandering Jew In Town Again SHERIDAN.

Grumbling cheerfully about the end of the day of the "boomer printer," and still talking about retiring, the Wandering I LARAMIE. Dean Justus F. Soule, vice president emeritus of the University of Wyoming and a former cowboy who once "drove wild horses rr.y i'sr cracked hrv out bu: ar'i'd or.lv stand and spin 0- i not find the solid i -1 hioomin mess that I was i to snow, the sun came r.ri up my spirits rose again. it-, when" I was set to shout let loqge some sleet and juf hp -air. night I camped Desiae oencath my tarpaulin and sji ffcf breakfast I could scarce par-j'spi was so cold and sore and Jew hitch-hikea his way into bneri-dan the other day and hob-nobbed with local printers, putting in a shift at the Sheridan Press.

One of the fast-disappearing fraternity of boomer printers, he is known as Nathan Bergman, now 56, who left his home at Cheyenne at the age of 12. He has been on the road 40 years. "Times have changed too much." he regretted, "Now everybody's got a 'sit' except the Jew. Printers are staying in one place and raising families. I guess it's time I stopped, too." st ir.ats now my over the spot where Old Main now stands." observed his 76th birthday anniversary Thursday.

He spent the day teaching Latin. Greek and the classics to the diminishing few scholars still studying the ancient cultures just as he has done daily for the past 51 years. Cheerful and in good health, the venerable educator has been with the university faculty since the school was founded in September. 1887. He spent four years ranching and riding the range before joining the university, and has watched southern Wyoming change from a wide open country to a region crisscrossed by the fences of settlers.

caT.p another such ill never ake I left all of those rainbow trout thre in the wet and icy lake. rights reserved.) out for more George Innes is considered the pir.es: cf early American landscape pairrers. Says War Scare Will Help West SHERIDAN. The disturbed political situation In Europe may result this summer in Increased tourist business for the Big Horn country and the west, avers Dr. Hugh S.

father of Mrs. Manville Kendrlck of Sheridan and retired surgeon general of the United States. He is a guest at the Kendrick home this week. RMEto i4 aiiRALTAH THtATia) DOUBLE PROGRAM Now Playing fH-lit i pleas ure "Some of these New Yorkers who have for vears soent their sum mers in France or Spain will get a look at their own country for the 1 1 11 HE POSED AS iFvJl A MILLION- jJatr AIRE WITHJ iTjf NOTHING 4 first time," he predicted. Dr.

Cum-ming returned from Europe to the United States last November, after traveling widely with Mrs. Cum- ming over the continent. May Tap Springs For Water Supply KEMMERER. A petition for ft new water supply for Kemmerer received favorable action from the city council and citizens may vote on It at the next regular city election. May 9.

The larger and purer supply would be piped from Kelly spring. 38 miles from the city, through a line delivering 1.000,000 gallons or water dally. Estimated cost is about $300,000. BOOP Women's Auxiliary To Elks Is Planned ROCK SPRINGS. Plans to or TIMES HRST HUNDRED YEARS' "YOU'RE A SWEETHEART" 5:48 9:00 12:11 I 1:00 4:12 7:23 10:35 ganize an auxiliary to the Rock Springs Elks lodge April 20 have been made.

A. M. Angelovlc. secretary of the lodge, said the organization would be known as the "Elks Does," and be open to wives of members. Step right up and ask for they'll give you more pleasure than any cigarette you ever smoked fx NOW FLAYING 4 A tibftALTAfi THEATER? Legionnaires Will Meet at Torrington TORRINGTON.

American Legion posts of western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming have been invited to attend a district meeting of Legionnaires here May 7. The drum and bugle corps from Mitchell, will march In a parade preceding the meeting, at which E. B. Cope of Torrington will preside. Panhandler Gets Bread and Water GREEN RIVER.

Justice of the Peace Walter Stegel last week sentenced Dan Ross, transient from Springfield, to 10 days in the county Jail on a bread and water diet after he was convicted of vagrancy charges. Arrest followed after George Fox, Union Pacific station agent, complained that the transient was abusing persons on the station platform while "panhandling." Pioneer Sheridan Resident Claimed staid professor. A wild lady. A tame leopard. Put them all together, they spell SMOTHER.

It's a downpour of uproar! In" vJ WNKi Vs iZv Vs SHERIDAN. Funeral services for Henry L. Crogghan, 71, pioneer resident of Sheridan who died last week. IS jtrflMMi-" 1IU LHaHJU nesteriieiG VS x'V- were held at Dayton. Crogghan was born in Cleveland, and came to Wyoming 57 years ago to settle at Big Horn.

Later he moved to Dayton. Replica of Fleet To Dock at Stage MANTEO. N. (JPh-Real ships will sail upon a seaside stage during the second season performance of Paul Green's "Lost Colony" beginning July 3. A huge four-level open air upon which the patriotic drama is enacted, is being remodelled to permit a replica of Sir Walter Raleigh's flotilla to dock at the stage and disembark the first English settlers upon Roanoke island in a realistic manner.

The pageant, to be presented as a part of the 350th Anniversary Virginia Dare celebration, has been described by one critic as the "patriotic Oberammergau of America." Green wrote the play as a patriotic contribution to his state and has refused to allow it to go to Broadway or Hollywood, insisting it is solely for Roanoke island, where the PLEASURE cigarette ADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS Popeye the Sailor Cartoon "LEARN POLIKENESS" Color Travel Paramount News Copyright 1938, Liggett Myeu Tomcco Cv i the events it recreates took place..

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