The Meeker herald., 1899-06-17

much of this land can be restored by
intelligent irrigation.
More range Troubles have occurred
near Saratoga, Wyoming. Richard
Savage. a well-to-dO hockmaster. re-
ported to the county authorities that
twenty-five masked and armed men
visited his sheep camps. south of Cedar
creek, and by using force, abusing and
beating his herders, moved his band,
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 a year ago,
and at that time the sheep men wer,
warned to keep their fiocks on The
north side of the creek, as the south
side belonged to the cattle men, and
they would not permit sheep to graz,
on that range. A majority Of the
sheep men respected the order of the
cattle men. but In several Instances the
flockmaster 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
il the sheep men persist, there may be
| trouble.
Miss Eva Pomeroy of New York
| killed a bear within eight miles OF
| GlenwOod the other day. She Is one of
the Stuyvesant Fish party of New
York. which is making a tour Of the
West, and has been in Colorado for n
week or more, travelling about the state
as guests of President Jeffery of the
| Denver & Rio Grande railway. Miss
Pomeroy. in company of other mem,
| bers of her party, went out early this
morning on hunting expedition. Re
| ports of bear having lately been seer
| in that neighborhood have been current
at Glenwood for several days, and
hence this hunt was made up with the
| purpose in view of bagging one or
more OF them. Miss Pomeroy Is an ex-
| pert rifle woman, and was delighted nj
| the chance of getting a shot at
Rocky Mountain bear. The party pro
ceeded from Glenwood on horseback
and soon reached the section from
| which had come the bear reports
There the party separated. Miss Pom
eroy was fortunate TO meet bruin early
! in the search She had good shot nj
| the animal and improved the 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 men who dyna-
mited the company's express train n
week ago. They report that the rob
| bers We're last seen near n ranch about
! 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 It pretty certain
that they were George Curry and the
Roberts brothers, all noted ciinraerr-
in Central Wyoming. and implicated in
robbing the Belle Fourche bank md
committing similar depredations in
various parts of Montana and Wyom
ing. Provisions and supplies are being
sent out to the officers. who will make
systematic and thorough pursuit af
ter the outlaws. Mr. Dickinson said
I'VE 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-
clnred that the new irrigation law was
not retroactive. and Mr.. Armstrong;
endeavor to make 1t so was fundamept.
ally wrong. The law provided that no
water transfers could he made with
out state grant. and Mr.. Armstrong
attempted to go back several years and
declare void those transfers made
without state leave prior to the pas
sage of the law. He turned the water
from such bitches back into the river,
which was to the syndicate's advant-
age. In a short time. If the decision
had not been reversed, the farmers say
that the syndicate would practically
have had a corner on water. and the
crops of many of the Greeley farmers
would have been ruined
The state convention of the Chris
tian Endeavor Union of Colorado met
at Greeley on the 2nd. In his address
to the convention Mr.. Sweet. state
president, said: in this state. where
loose ideas prevail regarding the sane
tity of the Sabbath. and where our
Legislature will dare insult the decent
people Of the state by the passage of
bill leagalizing prize fighting, we need
men who will not bow the knee nor
cringe before n goddess press, or a
powerful political party-men who will
not be allured by the enticemepts Of
political preferment, honor, fame or
fortune. attained at the expense Of