, 1900-02-22
NOTES.

shearing pens and 12,4UO at tue Woi'oh
pens.
II is said that the Colorado x South
ern and Elkhorn roads VIII snoruy
build a depot at Grin Junction Which
will be used Jointly.
A Young Indian girl. who ran away
from her parents on the YIN hi'tI
reservation, was captured near WoE
Ton a few days g and returned 10
her fathers tepee.
Horse shippers at Douglas are meet
ing with bad luck in ~disposing OF snip
ments lately. Pollard N Stanley hau
only S13 as the net proceeds OF n car
of horses, while Tate n Co. SUSTAINED
a loss of $50 in shipment
The State Land Board has leased
10000 acres of school lands. win 'np
exception of one tract of 4,ooo acres Ill
ITintah county, all of the land was
leased in small tracts. and Mt an aver
age rental of 5 cents per acre.
The coal miners at Giles Rock have
gone out on a strike, a difference III
wage schedule being the cause. Com
mittees of the strikers are in consulta
ton with the operatives II an agree
ment may be reached in a few days.
Recent sales of horses indicate that
/ lHt DIlNt II III "l'
mand is for large draft horses. Good
buggy horses are also in demand and
bring fancy prices, as compared with
n few years z The horse raisers are
breeding better grades now, and indi-
cations point to a still further advance
in prices and an Increased demand Tor
horse flesh.
The bar committee, composed of AT
torneys Fowler, Lacey, Corthell and
Blydenburg, ordered to investigate Ger
tain charges preferred against Attor-
ney John f. Norton of Casper and
Cheyenne, looking to the institution OF
disbarment proceedings, has finished
its labors and filed n report with Judge
Scott. The committee decided, after Il
thorough investigation, that the evil
dence was insufficient to warrant any
steps toward disbarmcnt. The trial of
the Gerber divorce case, which has
created several sensations, will now be
proceeded with.
The prospect of more state land being
leased has resulted in n number of the
smaller stockmen endeavoring to pro
tect themselves by filing on land under
the land laws. 1t is an expensive prop
osition for many of them, who are now
trying TO get a start. but there are prac-
tically lone in this section, either large
or small, stock or ranchmen, who are
willing to take their chances with the
big companies in the event of the ced-
ing of lands to the state. and the subse-
Quent leasing of the same by our state
administration. All the local surveyors
are overrun with work.
Patricio Patio, the Mexican who
shot and killed n companion named
John Armijo, and threw the body into
Bitter creek n few days ago, will prob
ably be released from custody. Armijo
was a bad man and has been the terror
of this vicinity for several years. He
was continually in trouble, and it is
said of him that he had killed several
men during the ten years that he lived
in this country. On the other hand,
Patio has always borne a good reputa-
ton. His story that he killed ArmijO
in self-defense is borne out by several
circumstances connected with the trag-
edy.
The engineers who are surveying for
the tunnel route through Sherman hill
nave found that the Buford line is not
entirely satisfactory, and another sur.
vey may be required which will con.
meet with the old line at a point neal
Granite anon. The Granite canon
route will require a much longer tun.
mel but would save n large percentage
in the operation of the pusher system
Civil Engineer Stradley has been called
TO Omaha 10 consult with the manage
men in relation to the matter. Should
the Granite canon route be selected il
will cause considerable delay in begin
ming construction.
Professor Elwood Mead, in charge OF
the United States irrigation bureau
with headquarters ut Cheyenne, will de
vote much time the coming season in
experiments in the culture of foreign
crops, especially including tea and cot
fee, where the soil and climate promise
favorable conditions, and where irriga
ton will be a prime factor In such cul
tivation. The Agricultural Department
has asked for $4,000, in the annual ap,
preparation bill for the purpose OF
maintaining the work of the bureau
and conducting the surveys and exper.
iments already projected. Professor
Mead will also make tests for the pro,
ductiOn of tobacco by the application
of irrigation on The farms along the
Connecticut river.
Wyoming wool growers are holding
their wool clips for % cents per pound
This fact was ascertained by an east,
ern wool buyer just returned from n
trip over the state. He says some few
sheep men have contracted theil
spring clip for 10 and 20 cents, but the
majority believe wool will advance &c
% and even % cents per pound, and
will not make any contracts for a cent
less. A majority who have been asked
regarding the matter say the tleeces
this year Will be heavier by one or two
pounds than they have been heretofore.
This is accounted for by the fact thai
owners have been breeding a better
grade Of wool-producing sheep the past
W years. 1t is expected that the wool
clip of the stnte this spring will place
Wyoming second to Montana only In
the wool-producing states of the Union
A terrible murder has been commit