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Show Myr' y, t C The Salt Lake Tribune, Yednesda, December 3, 19hi - Evanston Boom Diagnosed by Chicago Writer the Depression she lent money to the city so it could maintain ser vices State Auditor Jim Gnffith, former editor and publisher of the Lusk Herald, estimated her fortune at probably more than $1 million He said she invested heavily in oil stocks and other blue chips She owned a ranch east of towTi On the streets of Lusk where she lived 60 years, she was snubbed by polite society, Fenwick said She never spoke to any ore in public untd she had been addressed first 5 Cents a Bottle Casper lawyer Tom Fagan said Mrs Burke was one of his greatest friends In the bootleg era, he and other youngsters in Lusk received 5 cents each from her for all of the empty one pint whiskey bottles they collected, he said She also helped him and other young men financially when they went to college, and once told District Judge Paul Liamos of Newcastle she wanted to leave much of her estate to chanties By long accepted custom, Fen wick said, other secrets about Mrs Dell Burke rest secure forever in the purple velvet shadows of her plush, the Gay Nineties pnvate parlor one seen only by close friends such as cowpokes and B Chicago gear-shiftin- Its OK to Show It, But Keep Dancing A 4th District GARDEN CITY, Idaho (UPI) Court judge has ruled that Garden Citys controversial Hunt Club legally can feature topless dancers Judge J. Ray Durtschi said Monday a state law prohitibmt bar employees from exposing certain parts of their bodies did not apply to dancers Attorneys for the club argued that state authorities had cited the law erroneously in their effort to revoke the clubs liquor licenses However, Durtschi said the state still could attempt to shut down the burlesque bar by citing other alleged violations listed in the states original complaint Durtschis declaratory judgment means dancers may appear topless as long as they are dancmg, but not while they are working as hostesses or barmaids State and city officials attempted to close the club m March, but the club won a stay of closure until the case could be decided in court Tom Furlong Sun-Tim- Writer EVANSTON Wyo Five years ago, when Bruce Waters was a patrol officer here the cit was so quiet he was lucky if he got one call a night Evanston was so small townish in those days, he remembers, that if a guy got off the (Greyhound) bus here and didnt get back on, you asked him why To be honest, he said, It w as bonng Sgt Waters, now chief of the citys four-madetective squad, has no such problem today His desk is littered with call back messages that speak loudly about the citys steep crime nse This cowtown is now the hottest oil and gas drilling center in the Overthrust Belt, a petroleum rich geological formation running through the western United States from Canada to n Mexico This has put us on the map, Councilman Russell Bub Albrecht noted with pnde People arent confusing us with Evanston, 111 , any longer Shifty Auto Charge 4 Facing Gears Down Offense Trials in LANDER, Wyo (UPI) In a creative case of plea bargaming, a Dubois man charged with stealmg a police car has pleaded guilty to unlawfully shifting the gears of an automobile. In return, an auto theft charge against Richard Penny, 36, was dropped Fremont County Deputy Attorney Travis Moffat said he was not comfortable with the auto theft g law existed charge but did not know the until Pennys attorney, Tom Bancroft, approached him about the possibility of reducing the charge. Penny was charged with stealmg the police car Oct 4 after asking police Officer Dwayne North if he could borrow the vehicle. Authorities sid the officer thought Penny was joking and told him to go ahead and take the car. As Penny drove away, the officer fired at the car, hitting Penny in the shoulder, officials said Penny allegedly got out, disarmed the officer and struck him with the weapon before driving off a second time. Penny was captured at a roadblock in Teton County. Justice of the Peace Don Legerski fined Penny $100 and sentenced him to six months in the county jail, with three months of that suspended y' nyiiy No Longer Boriimc Madam Left Fortune And a Lot of Friends Dell Burke LUSK, Wo (UPI) the last of Wyoming's old time madams, once owned all the bonds to the local power plant When a campaign was mounted to close down her famous brothel, she threatened to turn off the towns lights Mrs Burke, believed to be over 90 died last month and her body was cremated There was no memorial service and no one sent flowers But m a column this week b Denver Post wnter Red Fenwick, several notable Wyoming residents remem bered her Mrs Burke became a prostitute in Juneau, Alaska, at age 16, Fenwick said and came to Casper in the oil boom days She moved to Lusk in 1919, where a similar boom was under way the town's population was 10,000 It has dwindled to a little more than 1 S00 Went Into Business She v ;r.t :r.to business as a madam with other girls working for her In 1929, when the city built an electric power plant, she bougit all of the bonds Years later, when a concerted effort was made to shut her business, she threatened to take my money out of the bank and turn off the towns lights She became a member of the Chamber of Commerce and was active in chanty campaigns Dunng ijrJ imii This Evanston is in the southwestern tip of Wyoming, just 90 miles northeast of Salt Lake City The boom has energized the city with pulsating transfusions of dollars, giv ing it a prosperity unknown in its 107 year history This is a beautiful economy here," said Roy Fruits, a councilman who was a car dealer before he began working m the oil fields three years ago Theres no reason why someone who wants to work cant find a job here No Recession word in these Indeed, recession is a seldom-hear- d parts The unemployment statewide m energy-nc- h Wyoming is only 3 percent Newcomers, lured by the jobs galore, have almost doubled the citys population 'to 8,500) m the last five years, and may triple it m the next five Leading the stampede are two of the Standard Oils, Chicago-baseIndiana Standard (Amoco) and San Francisco-baseCalifornia Standard (Chev ron) Between them d Ogden Slayings d Tribune StaH Photos bv Lyot People arent confusing Evanston, Wyo with Evanston, 111., anymore. The once bor- , they accounted for most of the 17 petroleum strikes in the area since 1975 Its not the companies themselves that have so many employees here Rather its the employees, from energy-suppocompanies, 153 by one count, that have flood jd the town and are having such an impact One contractor will have 1,000 workers alone at an Amoco sour gas construction site, situated about 20 miles from town, when building there hits its peak next summer The avalanche of greenbacks accompanying the boom has spawned a plethora of tales about rags to moderate riches From Rags to Riches Dennis Ottley, the towns mayor, admits he was nearly bankrupt five years ago, but he expects to earn $40,000 this year, mostly in real estate One of Ottley s brothers in town, the one who owns the Cadillac dealership is a millionaire An Amoco oil field worker, a young roughneck in rt Special to The Tribune OGDEN Second Dis- trict Court Administrator Jerry Jensen said Tuesday January trial dates have been scheduled in three separate murder cases The second-degre- e murder trial of two Ogden sisters, Rita Man uel, 60, and Lottie Pendleton, 54, will start Jan. 12 They are accused of beating and stabbing to death David Fnsby, 28, Casper, Wyo , at the 'i&k V Pendleton residence e murder in er his 20s, says he has already earned $48, OKI in 1QS0 and expects to make $60,000 by years end About a dozen people who own the land outside town where the companies are drilling have become instant millionaires, say s Milt Hoesel head of Amoco production operations in Ev anston A colorful cast of characters has emerged among the citys public leaders, making Evanston as lively as it has been since the late 1940s when gambling flourished m this largely Mormon community. For instance Its Not Crooked Mayor Ottley, 48 is Evanstons most successful real estate broker as well as being its mayor, all of which has prompted a chorus of It may appear complaints crooked. the mayor said of the arrangement, but its not Most o 6 grousing, Ottley say s, comes from the newcomers v dont understand how a small town works Sometimes on the local radio station, Ottley is quoted one minute as the mayor, then is mentioned m the next spot m an advertisement for his realty company Sgt Waters, at 25 is one of the towns most visible policemen A lifelong Evanstoman, Waters takes an avid interest in city affairs and often acts as the police departments spokesman at city council meetings Waters says many of the towns crime problems are being caused by the young oil field workers who descend on the town nightly in search of good times Maybe we ought to have a cat house around here, he said, only half jokingly. It might relieve some of the tension h conflict-of-intere- st Police Fund Invested Waters also complains that the city pocketed $100,000 that Amoco donated to the police department, money that was intended for new police cars and more officers. Waters claims the money vras invested m Treasury bills before the police department could claim the money Thats tough, said Councilman Fruits when We decide how that asked about the complaint money is supposed to be spent Fruits, who works for Amoco, says the police departments increased budget took care of the new hires and new cars Bert Roberge, 57, until recently the Chamber of g sort Commerce executive director, is a who doesnt mind telling you that many of his members have gouged their customers by charging outrageous prices Roberge was fired from his b recently because, he claims, the oil companies thought I was too loud and aggressive. Roberge admits he cannot substantiate his accusations, but its no secret he has angered some key Amoco and Chevron executives. A man with a somewhat murky background, Roberge claims he was once financial adviser to Anastasio Somoza, the See Page C-- Column 5 $20,000-a-year-jo- 201-25t- A 107-ye- ar blunt-talkin- the shooting death of Michael MeCuistion, 22, Modesto, Calif , June 10 in the rest-oo- m of the El h Borracho Club, St derringer was used m the slaying of Mr MeCuistion, police said Another second-degre- e murder tnal begins Jan. 26 for Isaias C. Torres, 26, a Mexican national who is accused of shooting to death Madeline Romero, 33, . Ogden in the bedroom of her home Oil and gas rigs like this one are springing up all around and in Evarston, Wyo., energizing the city with transfusions of money, making it a legitimate boom town. Nov 4 Bsmn s Every business day, you can catch one of our four convenient Peanuts Fares flights to Denver for only $35. A 64 savings off regular coach fares. You can also save on our four daily flights to Houston and New Orleans. So call your professional travel agent orTexas International at But hurry. We cant offer every seat at these prices. And youd be nuts to pass up an offer like this. 364-438- 3. h i A viij KiJuiv jnJ t rr ItK wtvfcinj Ut h Jcu firth 01x00 Os?to!ni0tf50G We believe ou were meant to fh for peanuts. Johnson -- -- Sept 23 Police said Mr Fnsby was hit over the head with a shovel and stabbed twice. Augustine Victor Gallegos, 30, Ogden, faces tnal Jan 19 on charge of second-degre- R ing cowtown is becoming a thriving methistory. ropolis for first time in Substantial interest perwlty required for earty withdrawal Federal regulations prohibit compounomg of interest on monev rpmfirarp k |