, 1897-03-19

Bonri, Grey Bull and Owl Creeks
Rash of Applications for Lands.
The state board of control which has
been in session during the past week
at The state capital, adjourned last
evening. says the Sun-Leader. The
members OF the board are Elwood Mead,
safe engineer and president; j. a.
Johnson, secretary and superintendent
OF wafer division No. l; Edward Gill
iette OF Sheridan, superintendent of Gi-
vision No. 2; n. H. Brown Of Lander.
superintendent OF division No. 8: C. II.
Priest OF Evanston. superintendent Of
division No. A..
The session has been a very busy and
interesting one, and the members have
been steadily at work on accumulatd
routine business, and in addition have
mad to wrestle with problems of much
importance to the state in water and
land matters.
The first matters coming before the
board were The final consideration of
proofs pertaining to the appropriation
OF waters in Blacks Fork, Uinta coun-
". and Of the Medicine Bow and it's
tributaries, in Carbon and Albany
counties. These questions occupied the
board more than half OF the session and
were adjusted satisfactorily and orders
issued fixing the priorities on these
streams.
1t was also determined to make a sur
vey Of bitches taking water from the
La Prele and La Bonti creeks, and the
engineers Office will issue notice of the
proposed surveys about the first of May.
In addition to the surveys ordered for
the La Prele and La Bonti, it is possible
chat the Laramie river waters may be
taken up for adjudication.
Grey Bull and Owl creeks in division
No. 3 will also be surveyed for adjudi-
cation of water rights.
So far as waller rights are concerned
it is the policy OF the board to lay out
he work Of adjudication as far as pos
sible, for the coming two years.
The next matter. which is perhaps
Of greater general interest to the peo-
pie of the state, the selection and leas-
ing OF state lands, occupied the atten-
ton of the board. In this connection,
1t is n significant fact that there were
applications for four times as much land
as the board had power to give.
In accordance with a policy now es-
tablished by the commissioner small Sc
l~ectiOns were given the preference and
first acted upon, and large selections
were to fellow, and if allowed were to be
cut down. Also, it was found all par
ties could not be satisfied and 1t was de-
cided 20 distribute the selections as near
ly as possible throughout the state. In
this way selections were assigned as
follows:
From division No. l., $4,000 acres; di.
vision No. 9, 60, 900 acres; division No.
3, $4,000 acres: division No. 4, 80, 900
acres.
These selections were given to the
several division superintendent except
some 10000 acres, which the state en-,
gineer was instructed to select where
he had surveys and examinations to
make and could best determine the
character of the applications.
In all, 100000 acres were selected by
the board, leaving 22O, 900 acres still to
be examined and acted upon. The Sc,
l~ections approved had been examined.
All the small applications nave been
acted upon favorably.
AL the leases were made at the rate
of 5 cents per acre.
The most significant feature OF the
work before the board is the demand
for leases among the small ranchmen,
who need adjacent pasture for their lit
tie herds and domestic stock, and the
state could lease five times as much land
as it now has under control. The lands
thus desired are Of no use or value to the
general government, as they cannot be
sold or acquired under the United States
land laws, while If coded to the state a
very large revenue would be derived
and a great impetus given to the stock
growing industry, and mixed farming.
The settlement OF the state would be
greatly stimulated and its taxable wealth
rapidly increased. There is probably no
question Of such vital interest to the
people Of Wyoming. and one that so in.
wolves its material welfare and future
prosperity as that brought out in the
above statements as shown by the de-
velopments brought out by the board
Of control in the ordinary course of lis
official business.
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the more easily it may be extinguished.
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S%arsaparilla for your blood-disease, the
easier will be the cure. In both cases,
delay is dangerous. il not fatal. BE sure
you get Ayers and no othe
Another large ship
ment of cork tender
loins and spareribs re
ceived today at the