The Meeker herald., 1897-04-24
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.


has received an order for 10 carloads OF
IRE brick to be delivered mt Biosours' Ne"
Mexico. for the Ration Coal Company
Bisbop Etheibert Tsibnt. Of the Episcopal
diocese of Wyoming ana Idaho. mas NV"
promised by n wealthy Eastern fr'ehn. W
on us M endowment for 81 Mattne"s
scbooI which is conducted under the aus
pIccs of the church nt Laramie Inc p'sh"P
expects a similar contribution for St Mar
raret's School for Girls at Boise, Idaho.
A number of roughcrs and heaters have mr.
rived mt Cheyenne from Pittsburs. Penhsyf
yanla. They Will work In the unioh f"e,"e
rolling mill. which institution has recently
received "a big contract for the making oi
Iron for both the Oregon short Line ana the
Overland route. II Will take several moht"s
10 fiIi the order. and aside from the skiieh
,,hnr Unmarried. many men will be given
employment.
Mnior Wells Of the Eighth United states
Infantry at Fort Russell. while preparing
to remove to Detroit. where he Will he place"
on the army retired list. found rasRrt con
,ainins valuable jeweiry and diamonds sup
| posed 10 have been stolen from ms mouse IN
Dccembcr last. He ais" found several sums
OF money hidden under the carpets OF ms
| bouse supposeI to have been stolen. The
iewe,ry was found hidden In the bottom OF
All old trunk.
One OF Professor Carpenters correspond
c,,s I'm eastern Colorado Charles Green, of
| Fleming. Logan county, writes: Last
| month was the wcttest March since 1851
been In April since 1872. hui not quite 40
| good as 1t was then. II has been four years
| drying and 1t will take good deal Of water
| yet to Thoroughly soak II that we can de-
pend on n crop Of wheat without later rains
SIN think there is good encouragement
now to sow grain quite largely"
MeSsrs. Horn and Taylor. Of Trinidad
ana the Ioss estate. Joint owners Of the old
Fort Sumner reserve. comprising i+.O0O
ncres on the Pecos river. l.D miles south of
Las Vegas. have employed surveyors to sub
divide the tract and apportion the property
to the individual owners. Th. extension of
the Pecos Valley Railroad from Roswell to
Amorilla VIII cross the tract, and 1t is said
townsitc project Is brewing. II was in Pete
Manwelrs adobe house at this old fort that
Billy the Kid was killed In 1850.
Ranchmen near Carbon. Wyoming. under
the stimulus Of the bounty law. are prepar-
Ing TO capture wolves and coyotes In large
numbers by using Russian wolf hounds and
Siberian blood hounds. An importation Of
these animals has been made by Hanchman
Quealey. and others will follow. The 81
berian blood hound is the only dog that can
master n gray wolf alone, and wirh their ns-
slstance 1t Is believed the packs of gray
wolves which constantly prey upon the
out. and with the bounty, the sport will be
profitable.
Ranchmen from the Pass creek country.
Wyoming. report the fall of snow In that re.
gion to be In excess of any previous year
In Its history. On the upper part Of the
creek the drifts are higher than the hay
stacks and houses. The creek Itself is GOV.
cred with from eight to fifteen feet OF snow,
and on the level ground the average depth
feet is Is.iu f.I
and when the snow will permit cattle will
have to be driven To the bluffs In order to
find any range feed. The storms have driven
large numbers of Wild animals from the
mountains and they now prowling around
the ranches.
Farmers around Brighton nre taking
lively interest in the sugar beet question
and large number of them will grow sugar
bects this year. II is well known that tn.
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to them. Five years ago n number of tests
were made Of bcets grown there and they
were found to be unusually rich In sacclia-
rnc so much so that Mr.. Oxnarl Of beet
sugar fame. was about to s1itcr Into n con.
tract to erect an extensive plant here bur
the election OF Grover Cleveland and his
weitknown nntagonism 10 the sugar bounty
caused him TO stop all negotiations, since
which time the matter has lain dormant
hut the recent agitation Of the question and
given the farmers new hope that AN indus.
try for which their lands are peculiarly
adapted may be opened up 10 tlcm.-Rocly
Mountain News.
a special from Casper. Wyoming To the
Denver Republican says: The Ruckeyc oil
Company. composed Of Ohio and peun.ylya-
MIA investors. is shipping In carload OF oil
drilling machinery and will commence drill
Ing on its Coal creek property near this
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have charge Of the work. The company will
drili on land within ten miles nf the rail-
road. where Its agents have discovered good
oil indications. The Pennsylvania Oh Com
pany has secured all Of the available teams
In this locality for the purpose Of hauling
oil from Its wells on Salt Creek to the re.
hnery at this place. 1t is believed the COM
pauy will lay u thrcc-inclI pipe from the
wells to the refinery during the present
year. Work Will he resumed during the
coming season upon the wells Of the wyo-
ming Lubrirating oil Company on Salt
creek. and AT the wells of the ST. Joseph oil
Company On Badger creek.
Alfalfa will wlnter-kiii. Farmers from
Utah tell us that after four or five years
they re-sced their land. In Colorado "A diff. /
ferent method is pursued where the crop
winter-kilis and the plants left only In
spots We go over the land with a dI..
harrow and flesh seed by hand. being
careful To put plenty on the bare spots.
Some people rc-see'l In this way with ar
chard grass. and this plan lis probably as
good any. II Is sometimes n very dim
cult matter to Induce new weddings Of the
alfalfa plant 10 grow In the midst of the
older stools. ss the tendency Is to crowd out
the weaker ones. giving them no show for
their lives. Orchard grass. on the other
hand. has a penchant for shade. and thrIvcs
very we'll in the midst Of the rnnkcst alfalfa
growth.
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