, 1900-06-07
WYOMING NOTES.

OF tOIlIltT III iHt II ANAAh- -
tinues and n rush is being made ior
claims.
1t is reported at Cheyenne that Chlel
Engineer Berry and Superintendehus
Harris and Hay of the Wyoming III
vision of the Union Pacific have tenueI-
ed their designations TO President Burt
The Union Pacitic's new line from
Lookout to Medicine Bow was forriais
opened to traffic on the 2Ith. Inc new
stations on the line are called Ridge
Rock River. Aurora, Wilcox II har-
per's.
Green River is fast recovering from
the effects of the smallpox epidemic
The quarantine against the town mas
been raised, and all patients are re
covering rapidly. No new cases are de-
veloping.
The representative of n Kansas Ilty
capitalist has secured n large tract OF
iron land near Rawlins. 1t is the inteh-
ton of the new owner TO develop the
property at once. There is some talk
of putting in a blast furnace.
After being out twenty-four Eours the
jury in the Bob" Lee train robbery
case returned a verdict of guilty.
Lee was promptly sentenced to n term
of ten years in the state p~enitentiary.
Lee, who also went under the names
of Bob Curry and Bob" Harris, was
convicted of train robbery. interfering
with the United States mails and en-
dangering the lives of citizens. Lee Will
be taken to the pe%nitcntiary at once.
The federal and state officers have
been reliably Informed that there is a
gang of desperadOes in hiding in the
U|artvllle hills. and it is surmised That
1t is the intention of the bandits TO hold
up the paymastcr of the burlington
track-laying gangs or the bank OF
Guernsey. Sheriff Shaver and other of
ticers have gone to the scene. The gang
is being closely watched and prepara-
lions have been made to Illustrate any
attempt they may make to commit any
lawlessncsS.
Manager Dickinson. when questioned
as to the recent sudden changes in the
officials of the road, said there were
not so many as had been talked about.
Mr.. Hay had put in his resignation,
but afterwards withdrew it. HOusen
resigned to devote his time to private
affairs. Mr.. Harris resignation had
been accepted. He cOmplimented Har-
ris as n very enterprising man, and de.
that any violent personal alterca-
ton had occurred between that gentle
man and President Burt. The Leader
of Cheyenne. however. says II has am.
pie confirmation from private sources
of the Burt-Harris row at Green Riv-
or which created such n sensation in
railroad circles.
Robert White and Timothy higgins
have won their suit against County
Clerk McGibbon and that officer will
be compelled to issue . liquor license
to the plaintiffs. Judge Bramel of the
District Court handed down the de-
cision. The plaintiffs applied for a Ii
n to conduct a liquor business at
Tie Siding on the grade of the Sher-
man Hill cutoff. They were refused
and brought suit to compel the county
clerk to issue the license. Judge Bra
mel, in rendering his decision, said
that under the law, l am sorry TO say
il, but il is the law, ~derogatOry to the
well being of mankind, yet with all
its bllghting curse and touch, with
which our Legislature never saw fit
to Interfere except to extend police pro-
lection to the ~traftic-under our law
anybody a obtain a liquor license
who pays the money required for it."
This. it is believed, will settle the mat
ter. rs the county does not feel like
taking the matter up to the Supreme
Court.
The heaviest shipment of Southern
cattle to the ranges of Wyoming. west
ern Nebraska and South Dakota in re-
cent years are now being handled on
the Denver Pacific and Cheyenne &
Northern roads. An average of 225
carloads of cattle 90 north every day.
Since May 16tkl. when the shipments
set in. the Cheyenne d Northern has
handled upwards of 1.4OO carloads and
the business has only begun. 1t is es.
timated there are over $500 carloads
of cattle yet to come. a small army of
men is engaged in handling the ship.
ments, inspecting the cattle at this
point and in loading and unloading.
The Cheyenne d Northern, between
this city and Grin junction is being
placed in the best possible condition. A
large force of men has been engaged
for several months in widening the
rOadbed and putting in additional bal.
last. The road is doing n heavy bus.
lneSs, which is increasing. and the
force of train and engincmen has been
largely increased to handle the traffic.
The supreme Court of Wyoming ren.
dered an important decision to-day
bearing on the constitutional right of
II State Board of Control to ndfudI.
cate the priorities of water rights. The
case came up from the District Court
of Carbon county, where the Farm In,
VeStment Company sued Mary l.. Car.
penter and others TO quiet its title 10
use he waters of French creek. The
court holds that the ownership of the
water itself is in the state, and thnt
the statute giving quasi judicial au.
thority to the board is n reason.
able provision to assist in ADEQUATE
public control and supervision, II is
also held that all claimants are re.
quired TO submit proof of their claims
to the board, whether their claims no
crued before the adoption of the consti.
tuition or not, 1t is said in the opinion
that n determination by the board of
the priorities of certain appropriations
does not mount TO or necessarily i'm.
Nolve a denial of any right in others
claims are not considered or de-.
termined. 1t is assumed in the opinion
that in The absence of fraud. the decree
of the board will be conclusive ms IN
the public and all parties who particI.
pate in the proceedings: and II is sug-
AEfn cd IlRRf Tho