, 1899-12-21
WYOMING NOTES.

Many incendiary fires are reported
from Cheyenne.
The Dewey copper mine, in the Upper
Platte district, is attracting no little an.
tention. The vein is said to be one M
the largest in the district and can lie
traced for IA distance of over two miles
Its average width is twelve feet and
the ore is rich.
The improvements at the Cheyenne
stock yards We're completed WedneS.
day. giving an increased capacity for
handling 1000 head of cattle. With
the increased ground and excellent wa.
ter system now introduced the yards
are the best equipped Of any in the
West.
Senator Warren and Representative
MOndell of Wyoming called on the sec.
rotary of the interior to see If he would
permit sheep grazing in forest reserya.
tons. The secretary was, however.
firm to the gentlemen in maintaining
his former position in not allowing
grazing and suggested that the relief
could only be had through COMPRESSION
al legislation.
a large mount of extra work is
being dOn at the Cheyenne shops, and
the employees are working on three
shifts of eight hours each. Thu extra
work is caused by the accumulation of
business caused by the late strike and
by the damage occasioned in recent
wrecks. 1t is the custom also at this
reason to give the engines an over.
hauling for winter service. so that II
has been found necessary not only to
work nights but to increase the force.
The sheep growers of northeastern
WVnminp hu va "a nUn1 fnr n rnnyra,
ton Mt EdgemOnt on the 10th instant
to prepare for the establishment of a
bonded warehouse at that point with a
capacity of 10000 900 pounds of wool.
Utnta cOunty's last assessment valu-
alton has brought that county into the
iirst-class. passing the S5,OOO,00O limit.
This result has been reached by n
strict enforcement of the law taxing
outside and foreign herds brought into
that county to Craze.
Wyoming militia circles are stirred by
the announcement that Captain Beard.
Company A., Second Regiment w. \.
G., has been relieved of his command
mt Evanston and ordered to appear be-
fore n cOurt-martial. The charge
against Captain Beard is that he loan.
ed rifles and ammunition to Sheriff
Ward and his deputies for use during
the riots of the striking coal miners at
D~iamnodville. without authority. If
the charges are proved. Captain Beard
will probably be cashiered from the
National Guard. Captain Beard is a
young man and the son Of one of Ev-
anston's most prominent citizens and
lawyers. He was mustered into he
service only a few months ago., and
has held his commission but II short
time.
Mr.. Bollman, one of the party of
lumbermen from Michigan, is enthu.
siastic in his praise of the Medicine
Bow range timber growth I'M of its
variety and lumber capacity. "The
sawmill of southern Wyoming" said
Mr.. Bollman, lis to be as great an adj
junct in the development of that won.
derful region as is the mine, the quarry
or the irrigated field and meadow"
The other we members of the Michi-
gan party Will remain in the Medicine
Bow mountains all winter to make
additional explorations and I o familiar
iZe themselves with the forest growth.
In conclusion, Mr.. Bollman said there
was little doubt but that Michigan
capital would next year seek large and
active investment in Medicine Bow
mountain lumber interests.
There has been considerable Illegal
hunting in the vicinity of Hartville.
Under the new state law, the open
season for killing large game closes on
the last day of November. Deer are
very plentiful in this vicinity, which
throws temptation in the way of hunt
ers. The officers. however. have been
informed of the matter and will en-.
force the law with all possible rigor.
The long delayed ore haulers have at
last arrived ut Hartville from the Sun
shine mine. ore bins and scales nave
been put in so that the ore can be
stored to await the completion of the
road. As the track gang is making
good progress, the steel will probably
he laid to the river before the first
of the year. This is the first ore of the
Colorado Fuel * Iron Company which
has been taken out of the Hartville
district.
The office of the Pacific Express
Company mt Cheyenne was robbed OF
a large moun of money on the 9th.
Edward l.. Neptune. n former employe
OF the company, was arrested this
morning and lodged in the county Jail.
The warrant for his arrest charges the
theft of S2,4O0 in money and $1,000 in
money orders. This indicates the
amount of the cOmpany's loss. Nep-
Il II was on night duty when in the
employ of the express company, and
about four months ago was discharged
on account of reduction of force. He
shortly after obtained employment
with Wells.FargO Il Co. and remained
i'll their office till October list, since
which time he has worked at the War
rem Mercantile Company store. Nep
tune declares his innocence of the
charge against him, but, owing to or
ders at the shcriff's office, was not al
lowed to he interviewed by the newspa-
per reporters.
The increasing grain fields of the
Wheatland colony, ninety miles north
of Cheyenne, ON the Cheyenne Il North
ern Railroad. strongly suggests n gen
eral stocking by the state of thai region
with prairie chickens, grouse and quail.
Around Crawford. Dawes county, Ne
braska, and just across the Wyoming
line, is said to he now the finest quail
shooting in the West. If not on the con
tinent, the result, solely, of stocking
South of Cheyenne and in the hills of