, 1899-11-09
WESTERN NOTES..

The preliminary Investigations of
what may terminate In the establish
ment of n good-siZed enterprise in
northern New Mexico, in the way of a
large beet sugar factory, seem to be
progressing to the satisfaction of its
promoter, which is none other than the
American Beet Sugar Company. The
company, 1t is said, desires to purchase
enough land to grow Its own beets and
thus be assured of all the raw material
necessary to supply the factory. and
avoid the hazard and uncertainty In
volved in depending on individual
farmers for their supply. The amount
of land necessary for the purpose. that
can be placed under irrigation. Will run
up into the thousands of acres and
may be obtained either on the grant or
in the Watrous valley. twenty-five
miles from Las Vegas. where there are
n number of large ranches, with plenty
of water.
Vice President Winchell of the Colo
RADIO Il Southern railroad accompanied
President Shannon of the Pennsylvania
OIL Company north ove the Cheyenne
~ Northern, Wednesday. in n private
car. At Grin Junction the gentlemen
were met by n special train on the Elk
horn route bearing Il party of four
wealthy Englishmen. From Grin
Junction the party will go to Casper,
where an investigation of the oil fields
will be made The visit to the Wyom-
ing oil fields at this time is of grent
Importance, not only to the state, but
to the West generally, as 1t is the frs
step towards closing one of the largest
deals ever made in oil properties. The
four Englishmen are said to be among
the wealthiest and most influential citi-
Zens of London, and while their names
are not given, they are said to be heav.
lily interested in n number of American
industries. and come to Wyoming for
the purpose of making n deal for the
purchase of large tracts of oil lands in
Natrona II Converse counties. upon
which they will erect oil refineries for
the manufacture of light and lubricat.
ing oils on Il gigantic scale.
a Washington dispatch gives reports
of decisions by the Supreme Court
concerning land grant cases. The first
was an opinion handed down by Jus
tice Brown in the case of the appeal of
the United States rom the decision of
the Court of Private Land Claims in
the case of the Cuyamungo land grant,
in Santa Fe county. New Mexico. The
land court decided that the title to the
grant was properly held by Maria de
In Paz de Conway and associates, and
declined to except in the decree lands
covered by patents issued to Pueblo
Indians covering n large portion of the
grant. The decision rendered by the
Supreme Court holds that these .ands
should have been excepted, me accord
ingly reversed the opinion of the lower
court. The court affirmed the opinion
of the Private Land Court in the case
of the claim of the town of Real de Do
lores del ORC to land also located in
New Mexico, affirming the decision of
the Court of Private Land Claims. In
this case Ii Supreme Court found
that the land in controversy was in
cluded in Ii Ortiz min grant and
that appellants We're without legal re-
dress. The court reversed the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court of Arizona
in n case involving the title to the
Sonvito grant, Arizona. This title was
at issue between Santiago Ainsa and
the new Mexico & Arizona Railroad
Company. The reversal was based
upon the ruling of the court below that
Ii case could not be tried in the or
binary courts,
Chief Engineer Ensign of the Bur
lington railway system has gone to the
North Laramie river canon to direct
the work of running the permanent
survey, being made through the canon
by n corps of engineers. The route
through the canon is in direct line from
Hartville, the present objective point
of the line, to the Laramie plains and
the Elk mountain coal fields, owned
by the company. The construction of
the roadbed through the canon will be
me Of cha tna+N#nl. 80 . -
way building. FOL eight miles the
walls of the canon rise perpendicularly
from the river bed to the height of sew
eral hundred feet, and for much of
his distance it will be necessary 10
blast out n o bed from the solid
granite walls of the canon. The enpi-
neers are running II uniform grade
through the canon and are keeping
curves TO the lowest possible number
At one point n stone arch will be built
over the stream, and in another the
course of the river will be diverted and
carried through Il tunnel. This tunnel
Will be 1000 feet in length and will be
OF sutficient size to carry the full vol.
ume of the stream. BY hanging the
channel the old river bed will be used
as the road bed of the railway, and the
necessity of building several bridges
will be avoided. 1t is estimated thai
he cost of construction through the
canon will be over $4,000 per mile
The route, however. is said to be the
shortest n quickest ascent of the
main range of the Rockies. which has
10 be crossed by transcontinental lines
in Wyoming,
General Miles and Colonel Cody, with
their friends, have had "A successful
hunting trip in the Big Horn mountains
and Will take East with them som,
hne trophies. The party reached Cody,
wyoming, Friday last, having been es-
corted from Billings by IA local com
mittee. The following gentlemen con
stituted the visiting party: General
Miles, Colonel John ID. Black, Or. Daily
or Iittsburg. Pa; DIR. A. NJ. .Tacobus.
captain j.. X. HOdgeman and NJ. b..
Cooper. Mrs. Miles, Miss Miles and
Miss Hoyt of Chicago remained at Red
Lodge, where the generals special car
was sidetracked until his return from
the hunting trip. At Billings the Wis
ltors were given n splendid greeting
md At Dol -