The indicator., 1897-03-27
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.

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Willis Van Dcyanter. OF wyoming has
been appointed by the President as assistant
attorney general for the interior depart
meut
! A dispatch FROM Fort steele. Wyoming,
says thnt tho average loss u sheep during
a recent terrible blizzard was fully Is per
Z cent Il Is asserted by some owners that
their LOSSES are as high as 30 per cent, or
their entire hocks. II Is hftccu years since
the LOSSES have been 50 heavy.
The William Tell Cattle Company. OF Pa
raJc. New Mexico, has purchased -four
ranches that formerly belonged To the Mon
ticeIlo Land and cattle Company. The
ranches nrr located near Monticello, Soeorro
county Three or fhcm are for paSturaer
and tle fuurfh VII. Dee devoted to the grow
iuE ~ diMlfu.
Mr. Woldrn 1u eastern cattle buyer, has
engaged 20" ours to caFry his spring ship
mentS uf autr'e from Grant county, New
Mexico. several other big shippers have
equal numbers tu ship. and it is "a couserva
live estimate Goo place the value VI the spring
shipments OF cattle from that country at
half "a million dollars.
The Wyoming State Board OF Land Con.
troll which bas been iu session t1r the past
week. has selected fsr rental 10y the state
1000" acres nf grazing lands Included In
The grants 0r public lands made fp the state
by fhc general government Application,
10 lease 1ll ~ the band, have been received.
or thr Iaud~ donated rp tbr state 22o.o~
acres r"mHIn t' Dee -oi<ed. for all NJ which
th"ro are applications Zoo lease from stock
men
A collision between freight and passcn
ger truiu look place nnur the Green rIyci
bridge in Wyoming, ou the Oregon Short
Line 900 tho 22ni 900 which three men were
injured. ono ut Them perhaps fatally The
pH--en.er fralu wu Into fine oubuosc VI fh.
freight completely Wrrpkius IT, The three
ulou 0u rHr eahno-n were all more ur lees
seriously Injured. W Huy uu the passenger
Eru|u received amy serious injuries Tile go
lur"l men Iee. Conductor W WrlrI
both legs badly crushed s0 that they have
been uwWrulad below the knees; also q
broken nose Ind .Ilrrr scalp wounds about
fHrgf Inches each IH .yn-tu. His ease is con
1|"nl -"".'H- ani may prove fatal K. VI
Wilson. Hmb.mWus rUr badly torn, so tbat
-'NnmI stitches vrrv taken, rotcr MrFar'
MlH H fireman., who 'va~ taking passage In
tHr gHuur-- Sustained some spinal Injuries.
tag "Er.uf nj which cannot he determined
as yrI
The NnH NuyIna Lp-l-urHrn which uas
ue"u NO -r--lHu sixty days. expired hy Ilm.
HIIl"u 5000 rh" 1~.u. ufrnr iniur session ot
u HNUr dua.g- which .lur" wrrc c1ugratua
A''-F Hdi1"--"- auI wIuF exchanges -
good fellowship. THa ~Efy IIy- session
has h"ru rather Probable one. and Il mum.
nur af for raaruur rafarms have resulted.
Among ihgm Is tIu Eafemau act. limiting
official -Har'rs fn ruv HsTeuug actually coll
Iya..l lHd requiring rhp bonding of 1J
existing .HH-v. municipal uud school dis
lrlH Indebtedness. ruu unNf nct ~ import
uor adopts JHe code uf civil practice IN the
courts a commission WIS ureufrd to COIN
pile rhn f.rr.rHr.H' Hw~. au uat passed. r~-
fanIl-lIu- a Sheep sanitary board the laws
rola-.te rH fau us-.-swgUr and collection Dt
uNp- wyrr lpproyuIs new railroads, beet
sugar factories. vUo.ru mills nud shelters
were exempted FROM taxation fHr live years
and NHrrI appropriations vrra made f1r
The rebuilding Hf .Hr capitol l' Santa Fr
and for tua maintenance of territorial ed
ucat.oaaI and ylom9-ynary Institutions.
Tho special agents of tue Union PacAc
Railroad Company nDrworn Cheyenne and
North Platte Nebraska, have been conduct
Ing vigorous and successful campaign
against caal thieves lurins the present
month During fhr first week In March
three coal thieves were convicted at Lodge
Pole three 900 psuIlaln, one AT Chapel. two
af Paxton. and Hus If sidney. The fines iu
rhr au-e- were from Sl5 20 So IN rY each
individual. The parties arrested and CON
yicfed wore farmers, ruughmeu and profes-
su1HI naal thieves from the towns, who
made business uf stealing coal and selling
it During fhr second week Iu March four
boys were arrested at Kc3ury two farm
Prs Hf Wood River, three farmers at Shelton.
They were hued from SI45O to- $3.50. and
two OF the boys were sent TO the reform
school. The method Of stealing coal en-
pfnyrI hy the thieves is to jump on trains
Dcrwaru stations ur ut water tanks and
throw M HLI 'hc coal they run before being
discovered uud chased on by the train
lnuIs They then gather up the coal az
Ihrl" leisure and haul % ru town TO sell or
market 90 among thr farmers. The practice
has been going on for many years aud about
ID year ago rhr luSsr- boy fhe company from
rlis suurrr amounted To- thousands NJ dol.
lars month often ears would arrive az
-heIs destination hulf omptIed or thelr load.