https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/b88bdeb7fab4a0cd610cfd4b4f72cc0f.pdf 2e6c35cedb8a96c4eae94062ba8bd406 PDF Text Text I!! Special File N0 . 184 \f()RIGIIKN ' S COMPENSATION Indi v i dua l cas es invo l ving Highway Depar t r1e nt 19 38 r �COPY August 3, 1938 r.i:i." . Io N. Bay less Ce11e~al tfone.ge.r J.._y,.,. ,r1 r.rh e Union Puciiic Coal Co. ( •i J, .'-'' fJ 1 Iwck Spi"iuga, Uyoming l ,_ 1· • \, Dea:c Sir: nr,,, n.i:,. Lopo v. Union !Pacific Coal Gompan~ The Clerk of -the Suprame Gour-~, Mr. Fred s. Fobe:., in a letter addressed to mo, dated August. 2, 1938, advises that the mandate in the above case has been issu ed, addz-essed ,Go the Diet ric-f; Gou~, at Green P.iver, requiring th e Dist:dc·i; Court to reverse its judgment, and to dismiss th o claim against the Union Pacific Coal Company, taxing the Union Pacific Coal Company as costs, 048.25, nh ich includes $30.00, a usual fee aJ.lo,;ed o.n attorney f or the cost of ·i;ype\vriti:ag the brief. Tho Sup:ro.ria Cou?'ti did not allo\1 ·i;he County At·i;o1"".<l0y ru-i a-~torn:;iy's fee, \711ich I especially 1;1un·ted a ruling upon , but the Supr0m0 Court declined to make a ruling, ancl simply did not include any a·i;torney's fee in the cost i-ter..is . In this lette r , I wc:mt to reinterate, even s:i; the risk of being called a "repeatez-", ·i;ha.t the cardinal det eat ia ·the \iyoming ·11orkman's Compensation Le:v is thi:i:t in t:. moment of r0conci1liation and aCCOI:liilCda•tion, bet~;ieen emp loyen--s ar.:.d. e;;iployees, it ua.EJ agreed that ·the County and Prosecutil'lg Atiorney should prosecute compensation claims in behalf . of em1Jloyee:J and a gainst -the eraployer, even us tho County and Prosecuting A-iitorne y prosecutes in beho.lf of JGhe people, crimes · conmli:tted against -the people. Nov , of course, from every imaginary view point, this io illogical. It does not injure the Goal Coz,porations doing business i n South Ueat orn Uyomin 0 , because -~hose Coal Corporations are, practicmlly in evei"Y case, represe.1.ted in, as v1oll as out of court, but the systea builds up a tri-parly group ccmposed of ...;he \'Talking delegates of the Unions, the political a.1:n of . the County nnd Prosecuting Jittorney, and the surgoons nho are ·'Ghe paid employees, um:ler the law, of every injured -r,orkmru-i and his dependants, \"Jbile on the other hand, out side of a fe•\J large i~ employers of labor, the industry is unropresented, o.nd "\°jhat is \101-se, E,,lld more illogical, is the fact that the State Treasu1"er reprosenting the Fund Hself, is 11ever represented, unless an employer, here or ·'Gher0 i \'Jiggles around. and succeeds in getting tha State Treasurer to intervene. Ona uord more, it ia a mistalte to think that the Union Pacific Coal Company lost the Cu.thbarlison case. __The-'Sup-rsme-. Court, in the Cuthbertson case, road into the atatu·~ e thet<crd 11 DE?ENDlu"\JT 11 : Another case ·that has gone to the Supreme Court is thh.t of C-eorge Parfitt, . a Coun·l;y Officer of S'.1oet.:rater GountyJ· receiving a r.a~·U14_salary for e_v.t>ry month of the yGar. General Attor-aey John U. Loomis wiatne· 'rfriter insisted among �..... t¥1PGD1 tl&t ~ 'Illa !'altlti - - . . . 'Ille 1191'&Z:11 Cllat, JMq S.."1 'Iha ODN ltlloa allO aJd tlllll, tlllD p;110sd, mill lo ...,,,._..., re :; - QG Pcditt arm ffldlllD '11111 , . . "MDIA1. Ill daUDP to .... • --, •• .......,.,,. a.» ,_,,. :111 tibo 1410 .oo 11111111 __. it ,_ . . eia.,111111 . . oo:::lk-ld:lo::1 ~ o:d.ld.lcn -=-:.,, Haltfnntn IIIUAIIGllt la tllD 11"11 w Jr ... Ur.4 '" ......... J 1111111d .......... , . JIIID tlda JalW Cl'. 111:;do, ar:I ~. ro 1n1tf..,, tllCII I .. mp Ila VGL1 .IQ,waullll ..... tla'4IP DIAtll a, 'fdJalUJl ill ~-= ~ • _,, ___ Z do - ' ialrml to car m.iu, a,oa ~ cul>jad., , - r. . It m : , tJlo _,.,..,,,. at ........-. OD tD !amD ..- - . ....•, ..,.,- ' �Court Awards Pare1I11ts I $1500«1 ~C_.:.__ ompensatiollll ~ George and L!llian Parfitt, 603 Center street, were awarded · $1,500 compensation in district court yester/day in the death of their son, j Howard Parfitt. Judge V. J. Tidball took the appeal for the compensar : tion under advisement Wednesday ' and rendered . his decision the following mwning'. ,1 • Parfitt -was injured whi7e workipg on the _highway west of <Jr.ee~r River, March 31 last, and died ,,.of the in~, 1 juries nine days 1;1ter, April.)!. ! �; New Trial .A ked ~ -Prurfitt .Case GREEN ·RIVER, July 28 (Spec- , ial)-M;otion for new triai ·in the Howarq. Parfitt ~compen!le,tipn case . was filed Thursday by State Treas.urer J. Kirk -Baldwin in• tlie office . of County Clerk of the District . Court Grace .Siegert at Green Riv~ 1 er. • ~orge •and Lillian Parfitt, par7 ents of Howard, were·· awarded 'Sl,500 compensation in the ·deatl1, of their ·son by.' Di..str~ct Judge· V. J. Tidball in an • order handed d_6\11n during .a 'short term of dist~ ' rict -court Wednesday, July 20,' in ' Green·· River. • · • · · ; • •. Parfitt, s·tat~ _hjgh\~ay_employee: ' died Apr~~ 8. from a ' fractured • skull ·received . March 31 while at work on:·th!! .highway' three miles ' west of Green River. Asphalt; which -was being heated in · a bar- , re.I, ~ploded senqi~g pieces of the ' barrel crashin'g against Parfitt'!l skull, resulting in the fl,'actµi:e. Motion for the new trial • was filed by the. •state treasurer ''for the reason said award is contrary to the law and c~ni:rary to_the ev-: ,, , iden~e." • / _ �-RE crrv ro- - · - -- ·· JUL 2 8 1938 VIC:.t:;; f'kESIOENT OPERATION , I July 28, 1 9::.6 I / ,f John U. Loo- is Gsn eral .At to r-n t:y » ] :r. The Unio;n :? acific Co c:il Co . Chey~:m,e, r y o:-,:ing Dear Si ::·: I c..r::i~: rec::.at e y our in t <:;? r cs t ~.n t i.1t:.. bov e • a t t-,r , eJ nd th:~ t tho Attori10y Genernl r:ill fi. l i.:. _ dOtion f'o ' e.. n~ ,· tr c l. I t h e ittorn--..y Gs'1.cr£:l r-l -1 ore/er fron t he Cour·t. rE:.,,,0 1~ter a of t :: e t e ~ti!o ny . If I re~:i <.-:.,;b· r con, e ctly .? t~ e r·e:porter htJs to ·f,~1 n ish t lt ~. s tr2....s 1:::r·iJt r;i t hout cha::-ge» but I t lin}~ v:e should nav~ c-i c a rbon co ~j y, thu v -;.e u:..y kno r: tr e av-.!i l sbl &v..:. a(:;nce, th(": t t. !'.rn "' ar t:n ts v:er0 not su" :J O E:e t"i' t:a.:1scr.. ) t 1 "Actual d s1H -i.'lcl &L t sn ., rn.::ie: d velofJE:d ttt t h €. t.r.:al . I 1r.as not p resent 'Nhc-n t lG evide.nct: :.72. ;;;, b GiL g given » e.rHi ti1e fact is this c .1 ~e 'NJ.£. S(: t for :1.ee.ri,:q £.t 9 o'clock A~".:o. g t::i en tn.e notl c c s of tne o p ening o f t~1 ~~ court fi xed the h ~.ur :.:it 1 0 ov clod;:, so I :ce1;.c!1cd t h e co ;.; . r t roo:2 oEly to he,:;,r & i'e ~-i; !'E'!Ji.i.rO:-rs on the )art o f ,Jos e 1)1 ' ·"'-olicichJI Co .u ty Attorney, £:_n d a · fer,· r0::-rnrks fro:1 De:9uvy :'t'.:o r nE-y GEll•~r-:-,1 ;Jno·;-;• ~ ~ ro Gal ici ch asse:cted t.o t:::-i. e co1.2 rt o pin::..ons b .::.se U)on t _, tut-·..:. .? al•.,ost t otc.:lly tn-:? l -=.ltG 0 .1 :r st .-· tuteJI and in ~•J rinci)a.l un.lik•1 t h G _i_-l o.rfi tt cas e , an ·-1y :ecollection is "tiht _:r. Sno i:'., sa:Ld fr ~.n.~ ly to trie co u i"t ti:iat he ,;;•_;, s not f;..,. :ilic:n' r.l t ' 1 Ii'!du stri c-1 i1 ccide11t Insurnnce La':.• I) 1 Our con stitutlot1 .cnov..1.ues for co _~ 1)en S{:i tion to ~l;.c_·J.'..i°¼L.J. Xt- 0 • To -~2y ~-ind, t hi s \·.ord nd0Jen dc"nts 11 snou:;..a be const··ntly kep:t ·. b f:; fore t he E"J'E= S of our legislative a ssec,1blies. To F1Y L)ersonal , 1rnowledge t nJ. s r·ord 1,s:2 s acivi~:edly usGd in })re.c>bring t he p ro ; osrod cC!Gnd. .ent to . ~!lE consti tutlon. It i: [: S used becausE; but few stotes · ~1.16. consti tutio.nal t">rovisic.ns in t l1e prel'."'.! iser, .:.nd ther efore the legisl&tures of almost ell of t'1e str.t E:s have been left r:lth free hands J.n the .!l& tter, until the injust:i,c e of legislat.i ve C'D c ct)1e;.1.ts ag:1lnst indust ry r:as a..)_. urent Gvery. 1;;_ier 0 , fmC. tne courts o.re µo ~·er1 ~s s tho1Jgi1 in · their decisions tney a! , 'rec.U:.t o t n,:. injustt c e , ref<:--rring in<lu s try to t i!c l (g i sli.c:1tur·e. I r. 1,~·y o,.!i11g, p ro tec-teti. by tli& cons ti tu tlon, ":Y _tl1ou ght is tl':.o'" t !.H, ~:Jai._. .:. - _.{E. rs of our Extra na ~aro.ous indu$tr· e: s shoulc:. t ns I.st t lv~,t con pens ,•tici 11 . a r:Lrcs b e '.J c_de only to t he <J?E..,be:1°s of a fc:;. __;ily v :10 a1· r:: c ,-:..; 0nct,;;1 t:., :.n vier: • of t.,1e~ r. ctua:r ::: -o rds of t!:1c consti tut:t..on. 1 L1 t11:'...~ con .ectio11, if y0 .J. f c;el i t cons.L~tt.:::id;, I \'.'o ,; J:d l i l-i:e ~ cr so-,::: 11,,- to sGe ~·:h:.., t thE: te:;;ti :ony i::G1 s, as .... o t:.1. -2 L~a.rfi tt' s <i e) er: c~ncy_. C. C. <r eo rg e B . Pryde • ,J �aas:.IYAO: •V. .I • R.:>U: ••.nt:ao T)"J.TBUHIA ,ar.11r.o·I'H ,aov.m'l8 xooH'. llr . T. s. Taliaferro, Jr. : '!hank yo u for copy of your le t ter to Mr . Looni s under dut e o f July 22nd , r egardinc:; the Howard Par fi tt- oase. I t do ea seem to me that 1.'lr . Gnc,1 did not a1,pear very much interested, und I was surp ri sed that the a.ward was mo.do . Or\f{ln:tl Signed: GEORGE B. PRYD E "" ... �Foux ~103 SOBJECTr NION PACIFIC COAL COMPANY VICE PRESIDENT, . . . . . QPE~A.-T_!O~ PACIFIC RAILROAD c mWANY J:N REPLY PLEASE REFER TO Ro ck Sp r i ngs, Viyomi ng , Attorney NO, J u ly 22nd, 1 9 38. Mr . J ohn U. Loomi s Ch eyenn e ; \Vy omi ng R8 : Ho v;a rd Pa.rfi t t " comp ensati on c a se. I s ee by thi s morning 1 s 1t RO CK SPF:I NGS RO CKET" that J udg e 'l'idb 2.l l o r cie re6. t h e awR r d o f ~;1500 . 00 ' 0 Georg e ? 2r f'i~ t, and v-i f e. I v-:r.. s r·2. th er surr_; ris e d t h a t th e Ol. o.er Yif·. S 11a d e _so soon, bec ause I h ap p en ed to b e i11 tn. e Co u rt Ro o!:n j 1J s t h e f o r e ·t-;he CR s e 1:-'e s submi t t ed ? and :;: hea r d th e Ju dge scy t h at h e had al r:2y s t hougnt t h at •;:her e a fa t h e r h ad su f f i ci en t i, .::.E.r:, s o f 21..1~•.:) r t in h i e o r ·.n eE[1l o:.,rr-1 er t > thc1.t he v,~ s n o -c a 11 d ependc.n t n u . on hi s s on , a.ri it s 2 emed to me th at 1.1e vTs i n cl i ne " t o t he.t vte, ·. The Coun t y A1,t o rnr-y, GaJ. icich , re!- d -s ev e r &l short excerp ts f roi.t ;·sn yder on Com;) en sc=i t ton 1 . Of cou r s c , s1 · ch e:;-.: c erp t s ~Dean but l ittl e n n1 ' s s t he t .ci:.--.1.;te 1..1 on ,:;hich th e t eY.t i s b .sed i s 8.l so con si d.ere c., 1::h i ch ,, f~ s 11 :J t; done . - 1J 2pu t y i~t to rne y Gener a l Sno v.' then st2t e~. to th P o n• -<; Tlle.t le •··c-: s n ot v er, f a11i l j_ Dr 1.':i t h th e 0u e sti ::in, 2.nc. t ~o c2.E e r:&s a c cord.:i.Bgly s u b:ci tt eo. to t he Cou rt. I l!L:£:: o..i ate.:!.y _~ I ,:·c-':n t oV2T :·.c fat \. _, 2.n Q 1.·-l:1"l ~1 Pr c d. in hi s ear t h E. t t l1 <:; \'.'y o1.:.1 i ri.g Statute, s:Je f..: i n g ·::>f t!DEPEI1 D::'~N'l' FA':ILI ~S" s ie ci fi c ally us d th e ,.· ord rlACI'U.tLLY 1! . 0 ,,· -"-::,•,· r. J. 'C' ~ •• .:: ..,.. . 1""' P. C: L.. ..!.. J. .1. ., " ... ~-'? - ·1~ --~ - ,-: c, O. .a. ·'L., ~ , ' - • - .... , T ---• 1r 0 cj '..t..V ~~ v .... .. , - . f o·r_ _. tC...' .1'l'lo>;· :. • , b11 t:..., 1••·· c: • r'., ... , i•1 f 'o.,,,··,o ,.;, l .l.. .LL..:..., . L;. ne 1..... e f t t.o •,·:n i :n his au tu :.:obile .· ?Jor:, of cou r s e , i:'h n on e rea ds the st atu t e concerning f &th f:rs ;ma. ::lo t.h e r s bei:: _g cc ir. ~-: '::.Y:. f e.hle ( i?..nd I s1J ·.:.:) os e J u:5.g e '!'i d.tall 1., 0 2.6, t h e st!°•tut e), :Lt. s&y s ncthi n g a s t o !!de·)end.en cy 11 • You i-~:i l l rer1 e111b er in the C~1tl11:i:E: rt son v. 'lhe lln i on P a ci f ic Co al Col'lpe. ny cc: s e , Fe cl ai med t h e statu .t e t o b<? 11 un co n s t i tu 'cion al L' The Strn re::n e Cou r t do ci.ged t he i s rne by szy i ng th 2 t it ·rnul 6- h a.ve t o h ci.ve a. S) eci f i e case con c ern ing c. "non- re si den t &l i ~n f 2. th er anci. mo t.h er 11 b e fo r e i t , ir:. orcier to d -2clE",r e t h e st 2 tute 11 1.m ccnsti t~ ti ono.l 11, b-o t th e Su .-1rrc,~:i e Court 6.i d. SE-Y t hat t f1e cou rts mu r t r ec. a into the st atut <:: 11 .CB?Dl!LP.i'l'r" f at l1c.,1~s 1,.1,; d mo t her s . The :r e sul t o f J udg G- 'I'l db c1J.1 1 E: de ci sion i s e ::; r e c ed en t, ,:·hich sirn ply d e c..Y! s th a t ev ery f c.th er ana. moth E:· r a r e coE1penE: abl e , 1·.h &t ev sr £JWY be thei r financi al n e ecis or 1·,t1atevE=>r 1:! & y be th eir v: ealth . I'.~y o r·n t hought i~ tnat E- r evie ·· of this case sh oul c~ b e insi st e l on b y th e St ate ·rr_c i sur e r, if for n o other :::,ur:: o !:o e than t o b:cin g ::i romin ently b e fore th e people of r-yoming th e la.ten t, a s v.-ell es ap par ent ue fect, in this l a~ . ~lours truly, Tc·r: gE.. CC-Eugene McAuliffe �Rock Springs Rocket 7-22-38 !GRANTS $1,500 . • ·,, FOR DEATH OF STATE EMPLOYE 1/ . GREEN RIVER, Wyo., July 21 J (Special) -An order granting, • $1,500 compensation to George and Lillian Parfit t of Rock Springs. on . tl:ie death· of their , son, Howard' state 'highway employe, was ' signed here this morning by District Judge V. J. Tidball. Parfitt died April 8 from a (Continued on pni;c ten) / '.:·-:GRANTS . \ i,ioo· rcont!nued Crom pn"e one) ~iactu)·ed sku''ll received March ,.,1 . while_ at work on the highway , th1 ee •miles _west of Green River. !1-sphalt. which was being heated 1 a barrel , exploded sending ~ p1ec_es of the bal"l'el . crashin ~gamst Parfitt's skull, resultin! m llie ft~~~o �I • J~OA • if ·e, <,r""ah~ • F:obr-:•-s•· • I,1!'. ?rene ;.;ont the 6 a ~e ~1, ~:.ie ...._.,.......··~ ·> ancl t11ll tcl:Q tlle '/ ~>os!,ti n t• at '.he ol eta.tut.e. ,j VffJr/· e,'l)'OUZ'Gl,~O}U•) u. ! -·~iVUS • .. --------~ ft �Xr. .Tobn U.. !.oomie: .1 etCTing to Jt1·. 1101,.ull :!'fe'. 1 etter to you under date or ~l.v 11 ~ . ·, file 011 .. 311. :reserllinc the co.no ot ~'-'M:'l'd t.,;~ •; . ~ o\· .... -.c .. •..:.... . Jio-,.llt"tt r•arft tt. tlte _sou ot o~~co .l:'w:fi tt, died mu lnJuries reoeiv~d mile . ;JO~ldng tor the . ,~.te ~atP-w&Y ,. c~n.t~tmm t nOllr Greoo la 'fer . on the Linocln Iiiw~wo..v. • ~ T&.li.af•l» 1. wrote ma ·Ulld.e.T date ~ t J~ G1ll, OO.ii.lY or whlcb lett~ you huTe rec<d'Yod ftQ!:l . r" McAUUt:te. InyetJt1ijatl.ns tbia £latter, I fiiid. ihfit Ct»rGe "' arfl ;•t;~ or l?o :ird .. nri"1 tt. ci ·1e here c.bout thlrt.Y-tivo , ·_• '· - o ~ ~- in .. '. Union .- . , • !le Cool Com,pcny•s but f'oi." tbo ls~,t twenty-five yearo. ho l :- D b - ll1. "-In , .., ·:. ~ .J.,: •. "'J . . De~y . :~irthall o! tb.e Cl \y ot Bock ~ ~.:1tf I '"'utor .:. r th· CountY, of :· :1 .. v- ter Cot'~-· V, ·,J ' ·. tock _;_:c:.t.! tei-. ·c 1: the P01u1eesor of cons1dero.ble propcrt:; 1n :: ... . Lot 1, mock 13* 1'1.rat J.dd1t1on, lk>ok s,pnnnc, and Lot- 2• 3, 4, , .1. 6. Dlook 2, Ori~nol l~lat, J : ·•~. ~l'iDGIJ .. Lo'\ 1, :nook 1.3. 1 . aitua"-4 on Centor ' ;treot. Jact eaat of the th:) c1 \y. ..... , dlncoln Jii&}lwq l>ridao on the western edge or Due t4 1 ta c.>rner looo,tion on the hl, ;.-. c · , it 1.., a "f&rY Cil.ealrable epot .. LOoa\114 on t.n1· lot i a •. f1Ye or aix- ro :- fz-aine .bou1e, .., 4 a tour-room houee. tl4& lot. .., ... ,._, ........·, Yal.lile 1 exceee ot t,hi ~l,7U0t but !t.L • ·tlla,l Yo.lue 1 anount .. . l3o th bbuc;e~ . •• oo- Well itl ... �... 2 - A. M. O. JUL 15 1S~8 ...'"r -•. 1'1 .. "-•;,· Jr. �- / ' :k l'-<! 7 - .( - ' ; {.. . -·· u_ (J,. -4_, ..... 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On June 30, I sent you a copy of a letter which I wro te to Mr. Fred s. Fobes, Clerk of• the Supreme Court, in ,·,hich I _pointed out that the 11 workmans Compensation J!"und 11 was un r epr e sented in · 1ft"Jhat I believe to b .e a large majority of the Comp ensation c a ses. The Howard Parfitt case well illustrates a mos t d eplorable situation. George Parfitt has been a county officer f or man y years, receiving a substantial salary, for no _work , which I can discover, he has ever perfonned. Joseph H~ Gali cich , i s . a fellow county officer , and Joseph H. Galicich con ceives .that it is his official duty, under his oath of off'i ce. to p rosec u te, in favor of the claimants, all claims against th e Compensatio n . • fund. It is readily unaerstood that little equi ty can a rise at the h~aring of the P arfitt case. I know no thing of the financial relation shi p of Howard Parfitt with his father Geor g e Parfitt. Doubtless. Geo:['. g e Parfitt will make it aiJp ear to the Court that he wa s _d epen d ent upon Howard Parfitt for his living. Inquiries lead me to . believe that Howard Parfitt lived with his father and mother, and probably :Paid them board and lodging . This doe s not ·, to my min d , mean 11 dependency 11 • One might as well say that t h e Chinamen in the Grand Cafe are dependants upon every board er that they feed. I am powerless to appear i n Court r epr esen ting the Compensation fund. I have letters on file which show tha t Judge Tidball con si ders-- and probably rightly so -- tha t my interference is unlawful medling . When we consi der that George P arfi t t and J o seph H. Gali ci ch are both county officers, i t seems to me that this is a case in which the Attorney Gene r al ' s office should represent the fund, and this, e v en though the Cour t should decide that George Parfitt has, for f ive or six years, been the dependent of his dead son, Howard Parfitt. • I think justice can only be ·h elpe·d, while un der the pr esent situation it ge ts little help, by showing the court officers, one and all, that at least in the measure, some security is throvm around the Co mp ens ati on f und. Yours truly , ( sgd) • T. S . 'faliaferro, .Jr. TST ; vk CO P Y �_RECEIVED /. JUL 6 ~ 1938 Vice: PficS/ • Ot::Nr OPERATION ' TM OMAS s i::obow TAI.IAFERRO,JR ,. A TTO RNEY AN C> COU NSELO R A T LJi,,,.W ROCK SPRING S,WYOMING Jul-y . 6, . 1 938 Mro George Bo Pryde Vice President, The Union Pacific Coal Co. Rock Springs; Wyoming., Dear · Sir: The attached excerpt is f _rom this mornings Rocket. On June 30 , I sent you a copy of a letter which I wrote to Mr. Fred , S . . Fobes., Clerk of the · Supreme Court, in which I pointed out that the uworkmans Compensation Fund 11 was unrepresented in what I believe t o be a large majority of the Compensation cases. • The Howard Parfitt case well illustrates a most deplo r ab le situation. George Parfitt has b een a · county officer f or many years, r eceiving a sub stantial salary , -fo·r no work, which I ·can discover, he has ever performed o Joseph H. Galicich, is a fell ow county officer~ and Joseph Ho Galici•chcon.c eives that -i t is his offici_a l duty~ under his oath of of_-rice, to prQs·ecute, in favor of the claim . .,. antsi, all claims against the Compensation :Tu:nd. It i s readily understood that little equity can arise at the hea ring of the .Parfit t caseo : • I know nothing of t he financial relat ionship of Howard Parfitt w.i. t h his father Geo rge Parfi tt. · Doubtless George Parfi tt will make it ·appear to the . Court that· he was . depend;ent upon Howa rd Parfitt,, for : his ·.living. Inquiries lead me to be_lieve that Howard _.Parfitt lived with his father and mo ther, and p robably p aid them board -a.rid . lodgingo This doe s not, to . ay mind, mean '·11 dep endency n. One might as well s ay that t he Chinamen in the Grand _Cafe are dependants upon every boarder that they feedo • ·r am po werless to appear in Court rep resen•ting the Comp ensation fund .- I have . letter s on fi l e whi.ch s how that J udge Tidball considers.:_ - and probably rightly so-- that my interfer ence is unlawful medling . When we consider tha t George Parfitt and Jo s eph H~ Galici.ch a ra . both county--officers, it seems to me that this is a case in which· the Atto~1ey ·General!s office should represent the fund, and this , · even though t he Court should decide tha t George ·Parfitt 'has, for five or_ six years , be~ t he depende nt of his dead . son, Howard Pa rfitt. • I thi nk just ice can on1:y be helped, while under the present si ttiation i t gets little- help ., by sno wing the court officer s , one and all , tha t at least i n the measure, some security is thrown around the Compen sation fund . • /:, r.:''.. c: • Yours �ock • inga Rocket JUJ.y_ 6, 1938 I Parfitt .Claim to ! B·e He~d jluly,·20 EE/• RIVER, J uly 5 ( Special) -The c-1:-iim of George und L il1'.:ru arfitt. par~n :s of Howard Parfitt who was kllled on the L in- oln hiO'hway near Green River on • -larch 31 whib in t he · employ of t he st:nc highway department. will u.'. !le:: l'<l befo!· 'Distr ict J ·ge V. J . T :,ib:1Jl at 10 a . :n .. .Tu ly 20. The p3. ,·f!tls are c l?.im.i:i:; cumoensa• l ien fo!· the d~ath of foeir s ori. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Workman's Compensation State of Wyoming Highway Department 1938 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1938 Subject The topic of the resource Workman's Compensation, State of Wyoming, Highway Department, 1938 Description An account of the resource Letters and newspaper clippings related to Workman's Compensation Involving the State of Wyoming Highway Department in 1936. The papers are held together by a brass pin. Some pages are faded may be hard to read. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George B. Pryde, T.S. Taliaferro Jr. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0216 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co.