Omaha daily bee., 1893-04-16
THE TOOTER OF The BIG HORN
Hammer and Trowsl and Trade Activities
Make Things Merry in Sheridan
THE HUMMER OF NORTH WYOMING
Rehabilitation or Obiiteration of Nevada
Disaster Crowding ON the Cmur
Standardization Projects
a Huge Fence.

enCe OF lHE BEE. Inc spring OF 1870 mus
northern Wyoming entering upon the most
prosperous year that has ever been her good
fortune TO experience The many resources
of this new and wonderful country have all
reaped rich returns and the future is brighter
thanit has been at any time in the past.
q To the east and north of our rich agrieul-
tural section are to be found the ranches of
our large cattle owners. Cattle have win
tered well on the open range and now that
green grass is coming all danger of loss Is
past aud the winter Of 1892 and 1898 will pass
into history as the mildest in the history OF
the cattle business. The prospect of good
crop of calves and fat beevcs to ship this
fall has inspired the cattle owners to in.
crease their herds and many of the large
outfits have had representatives in Texas
buying herds to put on the range in Wyom-
ing this season. while many of our smaller
ranchmen are buying in small lots and ship
ping in The horse roundup, which is the
first move in the spring, is being arranged
for and this Is followed by the general
roundup. In our farming districts the re
ports are equally as good and they report as
having fed but little and no loss.
The sheep men north and west in the Big
Horn basin all Join in glowing reports as to
the healthy condition of the sheep business
We have land in northern Wyoming that is
not adapted for farming but is just what is
required for n good sheep ranch and range
State Senator Joel l.. Hurt of Casper and
Hon J. b. Okie of Lost Cabin, two of the lead
ing sheepmen of the state, were in Cheyenne
the other day. They say there is nothing in
the alarm that there is danger of overdOIng
the sheep business in Wyoming
Said Dixie: 81 know of no overcrowded
range. do know that the Big Horn basin
affords the best sheep range in the world. 1t
has 5000 square miles, OF this 5000 is not
used"
Mr.. Hurt says 81 think | know some
thing about the business and situation in
Wyoming. | do not eXaggerate when say
that between my range and the northern
line Of the state there is room for 100000
more sheep"
According to Mr. Dixie the United States
produces but one-thrd of its wool, and the
danger of crowding the market is extremely
remote.
John Mahony of Rawlins has just sold in
Chicago several cars of wethers wtich
netted him 81. 20 each. They were fed six
weeks in Nebraska. A new feed for sheep
is the pulp from beet sugar refineres.
The country referred to by Senator Oliie is
west of Sheridan and on the proposed route
of the b. & Nj. to the National park, and
while it offers good inducements for the rails
ing of sheep it also contains thousands of
acres that can be taken up under the home
stead act and can be irrigated. This section
of wy oming has been overlooked from the
fact that heretofore it has been 50 remote
and hard to get at that little is known in the
Il NJ into this country has now made it easy
of access and roads are now being built over
the. mountains which makes the distance
about sixty miles and affOrling the resi-
dents in the Big Horn basin railroad out
let. Farmers who have sold out here to
4 eastern parties have gone over to the basin
and taken up lands for farms and stock
ranches
The mining camp of Bald mountain. which
( is forty miles west of Sheridan will soon be
live bustling camp, Parties who have
claims there are getting ready to work
them and much prospecting Will be done
this summer for quartz The fortunatus
Mining company of New York will ship
large amalgamator as soon as the roads in
| the mountains will be open for travel, which
| will make two large machines in operation
this summer. Mr.. j. ID. Dougherty, who
has been in South America for some years
engaged in mining, will be here in June with
machinery. Hon. George T. Beck has a very
rich copper find which he will develop this
! season and look after his hydraulic machiu-
cry that is at Bald mountain.
Messrs. Hall & Starbird are putting in
two large saw mills in the Big Horn noun
tains twenty miles from Sheridan. This
firm have been removing the large rocks in
| Tongue river and will run the lumber down
| that stream. They also have tie contract
and will employ 300 men all season. There
is one planning mill in operation at
Sheridan, and an Omaha firm is
now on the ground selecting
a site for large mill and sash factory Mr.
Woodward, formerly of Omaha, has large
lumber yard on the b. & M. side track and
carries a stock that wonld be a credit to any
| city. Over seventy-five houses have been
erected the past winter and the supply of
material and brick being limited has kept
many from starting to build The contractor
for the new city hall has started on the
foundation and the building will be pushed
| TO completion. This building will cost Sl0,-
600 when completed. Last week site for
the court house was selected and a number
of brick business blocks have been con
- tracted for, including the bank of Frank
Bros
Steps are being taken to put in an electric
light plant A representative of the Edison
company is now here, and before this season
is over Sheridan will have one of the best
plants in the west, Surveys and maps have
been made for Il system of water works
The water will be taken from the canyon III
Big Goose and brought to this city in pipes
and the fountan-head Is the snow-capped
peaks affording the finest system that can
| be obtained.
One of the neatcst and most convenient
hotels in the west is in course of con
struction by the Sheridan Land company
The plans were drawn by Sheridan x Kim.
ball of Omaha, and have all the details that
are found i'll well appointed house Large
porches twenty feet wide extend around the
building, where the weary tourist car
sit on warm summer day and
take in one of the finest views
to be had in the west. Looking west yol
have Clouds Peak rising 1880 feet with q
! number of perpetual snow-capped peaks
clustered around it making picture thai
| the eye never tires of taking in, nor is il
surpassed by anything in the Rocky noun
tain range The first canyon that can bt
seen from the hotel looking south is the Lit
tie Goose, then comes the Big Goose CANYON
which is one of the favorite trout streams il
the Big Horn mountains. Then comes the
canyons Soldier Creek, Wolf Creek, the two
forks of Tongue river and Pass creek, which
flows to the north and through the Grow
i reservation past the Custer battle ground
No section of country in the west can SHOW
as well n watered country as this with it,
215,000 acres under ditch and more that car
be reclaimed, and do you wonder that Sheri
dan looks for the building Of city on tn,
ground that is the center of this great agri
cultural, range and mining country.
Sheridan's future is certainly brigh
. one. To the reader not acquainted with tn,
country glance at the map will convince
the interested seeker for health or wealth
that Sheridan is destined inside of five year
10 be the best city in Wyoming. Propert,
is now being sold at prices that will warran
a. "a careful investigation by capitalists
1t is rumored that work will start up OF
the b, 4 NJ. inside of twenty days and tn
road pushed through to point where con