, 1900-07-05
WYOMING NOTES.

tlce oil the peace. she mas HlTtiuN
united several couples in marriage, and
Is constantly coming into demand as a
tier or matrimonial knots.
Thad Sowder. a horse breaker Of the
Warren Live Stock Company will leave
this week for Oklahoma, where he will
give exhibitions in riding. roping and
throwing at the Roosevelt Rough Rider
reunion, He will take with him the
amous bucking broncbo Perry"
Sheep shearing is iu full blast at
Piedmont, and rs fast as the bands are
shorn they are rushed out to the sum
mer range. which is already over
crowded. Very little wool has been
sold, the buyers being fearful of n sud
den drop in the market and desire to
take advantage of the change in prices,
if it comes.
1t is estimated that upwards of D.
100000 pounds of wool have been ship
ped from Casper this season, Wool
has been moving slowly until the past
week., but now there is great activity
among shippers and buyers. Flock
masters are satisfied that prices will
not go any higher. and are accepting
the prevailing figures.
The Union Pacific has opened a
graYelpit near Granger, making three
pits in operation-the other two being
ON Sherman hill. one steam shovel
has been placed and the gravel will be
used in ballasting the. cut-offs between
Green River and Ogden. There is no
limit TO the supply of gravel, and the
pit will be operated all summer
Some of the sheep men are preparing
for the anticipated o~vercrowding of the
range by securing summer range in the
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Veyors are now at work getting the
numbers of the land desired. Others, it
is said, who hayc found it impossible
TO get to the mountains on account of
the shortage of water, are considering
the advisability of boring wells and
putting up windmills to furnish water
to supply the stock.
The details of Il daring robbery at
the William Lannon ranch in Chey-
enne pass, twenty miles north of Chey-
cnne. have just COme to light. Last
Tuesday twelve hca of fine beef cat
tie We're missed from IL pasture near
he ranch, and all efforts TO find II trace
of the animals have failed. No trail
was left, as the section was visited by
n heavy rain Monday night, presum-
ably after the cattle were driven away.
Officers are securing the country for
the missing cattle and the robbers.
Contractor owen of the Union Pa
cific has been awarded another big con-
tract by that company, the extension
of the grade for II double track west
from Borie TO Buford, n distance of
about twenty-five miles. The grade
will be thrown open ut once. Mr..
Owen states that abOu fifty miles of
double track have been laid on the Ne
/ hrngI-n division aud fhof inside of n
year the Union Pacific will he IA double
road from Omaha to Buford.
Hiram Moses, whose home is in Hi
nois, was shot in the leg by II gang of
tramps near Evanston. Moses and
four companions got into a stock ear ut
Cheyenne and were riding 10 Ogden.
AT Uinta three tramps armed with pis-
tolls climbed into the stock car and af-
ter lining the five men up proceeded to
rob them. When the holdups left the
car they fired half n dozen shots, one
of them striking Moses in the leg.
Moses was taken to the city hospital
at Ogden.
AT the solicitation of Senator Warren
the supervising architect will at once
advertise for bids for the completion of
the United States public building at
Cheyenne. There is available for COM
plotting the building $4,000. and if
bids not exceeding this mount are Sc
cured, work will IN on the
building within three months. Should
10 bid be received within the amount
available. further work on the build.
ing must be deferred until Congress eX-
tends the cost limit.
W. L. Quinsbley. n grader from the
railroad amps was robbed of his
check and cash amounting t. $50 in
Rawlins. The holdup was committed
in the bach yard of the Corner saloon
by n HE who refuses TO give his
name. Q~uinSbley was intoxicated
when robbed. The thief tried to cash
the check al the bank. but was not
able to sign il correctly. He was ar
rested. and now awaits trial. which
was postponed awaiting the arrival of
Quinsbley, who has disappeared.
Two Colorado miners. S. p. Tollman
and Frank Caldwell, arrived ut Wheat
land n few days ago and Went out TO
the Blue Grass and SybiIIe mining dis
tricts. 1t is reported they are in the
employ of W. s. Stratton, the Colorado
millionaire mine owner, and have pur-
chased two valuable claims on the
Blue Grass. One of the men said they
had shipping ore. but refused to state
how rich it is The miners purchased
II large quantity of powder and tools
with which To develop the mines.
The Mormon colony is making rapid
progress with its big canal from the
Shoshone river and will have complet-
ed the task by the end of the present
wear. The culonists are happy and
like their new homes. Some have put
in crops, but a majority have been
busy erecting homes and covering for
their stock. The export thai II large
number of the Mormons have trekkcd
back 10 Utah and Idaho is not true.
All that came with the Wagon trains
have remained. and next spring sew
erHl hundred new families will trek
TO the Big Horn basin.
q Five million pounds of wool shipped
FROM Casper this season will rank it
as second in the wool shipping points
In the United States. Great Falls.
Montana, comes first with only IL small
lead over Casper. 1t is. however, hard