, 1890-12-16


the Job of the senate, for his cattle roam
over the best of them. He is like Job,
too, in his other possessions, for he is q
man OF many interests. His merchandis-
ing interests extend over the whole state,
and the Cheyenne house has agencies In
Salt Lake and Ogden. He has interests
in the electric light plant of Cheyenne.
and there are few business interests IN the
city with which he is not connected.
Let me tell you how this Wyoming
senator looks.
l called upon him last night in his
room at the Arlington hotel and found
him a good looking fellow OF about DC
years OF age, debating like mad to a type
writer who took down his words on a ma
chine that ratified like a corn shelter. The
senator left off his dictation upon my en-
trance, but the internal clicking went on
during our conversation. Senator War
rem is about six feet tall and his form is as
STRAIGHT AS THE sTRAIGHTEsT PINE
which hugs the Wyoming slopes of the
Rocky mountains. His shoulders are as
broad as are western ideas. and his chest
has been made deep and full BY the rari-
fed air OF Cheyenne, which contains, ]
am told, fifty tunes as much ozone "a n
air east of the Mississippi. Senator War
rem is a blonde. His hair is Of a light
brown. His eyes are blue and he has a
luxuIiant straw colored mustache, which
comes well down over a strong and clean
cut mouth. His forehead is high and
broad, his nose is straight, and his face Is,
on the whole, rather handsome. He
dresses well, talks well and will, | Judge,
be a man of more than ordinary weight
on the senate floor. | asked him as to
the present condition OF the new state.
Said he: The State OF Wyoming is in
creasing in population right along. IL is
true the census gives US only 10000. but
we had only $1,000 10 1870, and | think
our population today IL really about one
hundred thousand. We have a great
many out Of the way towns and districts in
which it was hard TO get an
accurate census. Our state contains about
co. 900 square miles, and you could lose
the six New England states inside OF 1t.
Some of our county seats are us miles
from q railroad, and / believe that we
have 10000 more population than the
census has given us Nevada is de-
creasiug in population. but our popula-
ton will steadily grow and we will have, L
think, one of the great states OF the
west.
"What has the state to make it great2"
| asked. II thought it was all sage
brush and mountains
I'VE have n of the richest mineral
regions in the United States, replied
the senator. 'Our coal and iron will
eventually make us a great manufactur-
ing state and we have
THIRTY THOUSAND SQUARE MILES
of good coal. Some of our iron cannot
be surpassed in quality and quantity, and
we have copper and lead and gold and
silver. We have considerable aRricultu-
raj country aud if the government would
give Wyoming its arid lands, stock COM
panies would be formed for its irrigation
aod great tracts of desert could be made
to blossom like the rose. We have some
of the richest oil fields in the United
States. L have seen oil wells which
would throw a stream sixty feet IN
the air. and there are in parts of the state
ponds Of oil eight feet deep, where the
oil has run out from natural wells and
has been caught in basins. 1t is not
really known how valuable Wyoming Is,
and the state is in its ~babyhood, mater
ally as well as politically. Cheyenne, its
capital, is as ~enterprising a town as you
will find anywhere. 1t was a few years
ago the richest town in proportion to its
population in the United States, and now
with a population of $4,000 it has as much
enterprise and stir as many a town Of
100, 900 in the east. 1t has electric lights,
a 100000 university, one of the finest
rsilroad depots in the country, and it is
full of snap and enterprise. You ask me
what | think the government ought to do
for Wyoming. l reply she ought to give
US some public buildings, let the state
have the disposal of the arid lands and
strengthen the military posts. We are
on the edge of the Indian country and
some alarm is felt among the people as to
the possibilities of az Indian war"