The indicator., 1897-04-10
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.

yer OF Killing thcer Al, Moore.
Governor Adams has vetoed the bill CIV
Ing police Justices exclusive Jurisdiction In
yagrancy cases.
Rev. DIR Archibald Brown. a prominent
London Baptist ia holding evangalistic
services at Denver.
The supreme Court has decided that the
bill to consolidate the Denver school dis
tricts is unconstitutional.
The governor has called meeting Of the
STAN aud line officers OF the Colorado Ma
uonal Guard TO he held on April $,
The stock yards ai Lamar are to he
doubled In slze and dehorning pen put In
and scales added for the convenience of
stockmcn In that section.
Governor Adams has designated April 10th
ns Arbor Day, Superintendent Of Public
Instruction Patton hns also called the atten.
ton Of officers pf school districts TO the fact
that they should encourage the teachers and
children IN the celebration Of Arbor Day In
the right way,
The Indians on the Crow reservation north
Of sheridan will sow / 500 acres Of grain
during the coming season and are preparing
10 plant several hundred acres Of potatoes
Agent Campbell i buying seed for them
The farm lands viii be allotted to the In.
dlAns In scvcralty In order to encourage In
dlvidual effort.
Elizabeth, Douglas county, now boasts
Of having one of the leading crcamerles In
the State. run by the Russell Gates Mercan-
tile Company This creamery was started
about TWO years ago in y small way. but to-
day II receives 10000 pounds of milk every
other day, which makes 1890 pounds Of hut
Ter, The Divide country is one Of the finest
dairy districts In the state and the people
are beginning to lind it ont.
Sheriff Sproull and a deputy, of johnson
county, Wyoming. while in search Of Il
cow thief up In the Red Wall country not
long since, found canon with no Inlet or
outlet but by waF n the stream buffalo
creek-thnt ran through It. and up In the
canon found that It had been used as
rendezvous for thieves to wrhu calves. II
has perpendicular high walls all around
except where the stream enters and passes
out
Governor W T Thornton on the srl wired
70 Washington his resignation ns governor
NJ New Mexico. His commission expires on
the 18th Inst but he has always declared
he would resign soon as the Button gang
eouspiraIors were eXccuteI hence his action.
most Of the governors time for the next
wear Will be spent In the Sonora Mexico
gold fields Private dispatches from Wash
ington iudicnte that the resignation Will be
accepted at once
The los. " sheep In rartmer county by
the blizzard Ia the early part ~ last week
fonts mp neHrly 1000 bead. Had not much
hard work been done on the might OF the
hurricane the loss would have been much
inrger. Nn1rty all of the feeders were in
the corrals al night with crews or from six
TO eight men, The sheep were killed by
,tamp"llns from side 10 side of the corral.
fI Ift
under oncs being >uothered to death.
The local officers NJ the United States Land
Office az Cheyenne have been notified by
the secretary II tho Interior that seventy
seven townships ~ Wyoming lands have
brru Withdrawn from settlement for the
p'ri"d of sixty days from March 70. In
order that the State authorities may select
the lands in question FOR addition tn the Sc.
lection already made for support Of State
Institutions. The lands In question are in
the Big Horn basin, near the central part
Of the State
The Rocky Ford creamery just building
by l.. w Bnbcock l. very complete In lts
equipment. The ARTIFICIAL ice plant nut In
10y A II. Barton Of Chicago Is an Interesting
innovation In creamery work. by which the
whole or any part Of the building or prod
net j. cooled by coils Of pipes carrying ice
cold brine. The Llttlrton Creamery Com.
pnny is putting in IN" other equipment. The
capacity Is 5Hn mounds ~ butter a day A
skimmng station will be located at Fowler
as feeder.
James W. Leonard was killed hr the
breaking of rope In the Hidden Treasure
on Bull Hill sunday afternoon. lie had
been working in the bottom " the seventy
foot shaft and was being hoisted by a wind
lass when th" rope broke while he was about
thlriy-dve feet from the bottom. The fall
broke his right leg and caused Internal in.
jures from which he died n few hours
later Leonard waS wpll-knnwn miner.
having at one time hccn president OF the
State Federation Of the W F MA.
The sugar beet Industry Is going to re
ceive some valuable assistance from the oc
rlculturnl department this year that ought
10 be appreciated by everyone in Colorado.
whether farmer or not We are Informed
that III" department has sugar beet seed to
distribute 10 q selected list N farmers In
every State. The Fort Collins station l.
requested TO supply such list for Colorado,
aud to nnalyze the beets when grown. II is
hoped to secure a good list well distributed
over the State. The name should he sent 10
Professor Cooke and the seed will be nalipd
soon.
George Brown. q ranchman uvln. m In.
dian creek. while On hunting expedition
last week came across monster mountain
Hon fast nslern beside the carcass 6f n
mountain sheep. Brown was not twenty
feet distant from the Hon. and It required
but mr." shot to kill the animal Thr lion
had killcd the sheep, cutting It's throat as
clcauiy ~ n with n knife. and after salts
flying IT, hunger Ind fallen asleep beside It's
prey Both We're monster animals. the lion
measuring eight feet seven inches In length
and th" mountain sheep seventeen inches
around the base n the horns