The Springfield herald., 1899-06-16
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION

where much good land has been rae
tically ruined by accumulations q nj
kali. Professor Whitney and the ptti-
GERS of the soils division believe hat
much of this land can be restore, by
intelligent irrigation.
More range tiWubles have octarred
near Saratoga, Wyoming. Riciard
Savage, n well-to-do fockmaster. re-
ported to the county authorities hat
| twenty-five masked and armed ncn
visited his sheep camps. south of Cedar
creek, and by using force, abusing and
beating his herders. moved his bands
of sheep and the camp equipage acros>
| to the north side of Cedar creek
Cedar creek was made the dividing
| line by the cattle men over n year ago
| and Mt that time the sheep men were
warned to keep their tlocks on the
| north side of the creek. as the south
side belonged to the cattle men, and
| they would not permit sheep to Craze
on that range. A majority of the
sheep men respected the order of the
cattle men, but in several instances the
tlockmaster has run short of feed and
has moved his sheep to the south side
of the creek. The cattle men are de-
termined in the matter and will avoid
serious trouble as long as possible, but
|
trouble.
Miss Eva Pomeroy of New York
killed bear within eight miles of
Glenwood the other day. She is one OF
the Stuyvesant Fish party of New
York, which is making Il tour of the
West, and has been in Colorado for II
week or more, travelling about the state
as guests of President Jeffery of the
Denver & Rio Grande railway. Miss
| Pomcroy, in company of other mem
bers of her party. went out early this
| morning on Il hunting expedition. Re
ports of bear having lately been seen
in that neighborhood have been current
Mt Glenwood for several days. and
hence this hunt was made up with the
purpose in view of bagglns one or
more of them. Miss Pomeroy Is an ex-
pert rifle woman, and was delighted NJ
the chance of getting Il shot at n
Rocky Mountain bear. The PARTY pro.
ceeded from Glenwood on horseback
and soon reached The section from
which had come the beai reports.
There the party separated. Miss Pom
eroy was fortunate to meet brlin early
in the search. She had n COOL shot At
the animal and improved tie oppor-
tunity, bringing the bear down at the
first shot. Miss Pomeroy is the hero
of Glenwood.
General Manager Dickinson. Mr.,
Buckingham and Superintendent Har-
ris of the Union Pacific went to Chey-
enne on the 9th by special train from
| Casper. where they have been direct
ing the chase after the meu who dyna-
mited the companys express train a
week ago They report that the rob
| a CT n
seventy miles north of Casper. where
they compelled the proprietor to give
them breakfast. From this ranchman
an accurate description of the outlaws
was obtained. making 1t pretty certain
that they We're George Curry and the
Roberts brothers. nll noted characters
in Central Wyoming. and implicated In
robbing the Belle Fourche bank and
committing similar depredations in
various parts of Montana and Wvom-
ing Provisions and supplies nre being
sent out to the officers, who will make
n systematic and thorough pursuit af-
ter the outlaws. Mr.. Dickinson said
Eve are going to follow these men
until we catch them" The company
posse is working In conjunction with
the United States marshal. who holds
warrants for the three outlaws. The
railway officers brought with them
from Casper the horses captured from
the outlaws in Mondays fight.
The English syndicate which Super.
intendent of Irrigation ]. !. Armstrong
is accused of favoring. lost in the Gree
ley irrigation war. State Engineer Nc
Cune has reversed Armstrong; decis
ion. Mr.. Armstrong himself was
obliged to so notify the indignant Gree
ley farmers, who say he deprived them
of their water in order to favor the
English irrigation syndicate of Greeley
Governor Thomas took an active inter
est in the case in behalf of the protest
ing farmers. and it is understood that
he advised reversal of the Armstrong
opinion. The reversal. as made by
State Engineer McCune. simply de
clared that the new irrigation law was
not retroactive. and Mr.. Armstrong
endeavor to make it so was fundament
ally wrong. The law provided that nc
water transfers could he made with
out state grant. and Mr.. Armstrong
attempted to 20 back several years ant
declare void those transfers made
without state leave prior to the pas
sage of the law. He turned the watcl
from such bitches back into the river
which was to the syndicatc's advant
age. In n short time, if the decision
had not been reversed. the farmers SAY
that the syndicate would practically
have had a corner on water. and th'
crops of many of the Greeley farmers
would have been ruined.
The state convention of the Chris
tian Endeavor Union of Colorado mel
at Greeley on the 2nd. In his address
to the convention Mr.. Sweet STATE
president. said: I'm this state. where
loose ideas prevail regarding the sane
tity of the sabbath. and where oul
Legislature will dare insult the deccn
people of the state by the passage of :
bill leagaliZing prize fighting. we neet