, 1900-09-20
WYOMING NOTES.

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Big Sandy for the purpose of estab-
fishing additional reservoir sites In
those sections.
The Weston Live Stock Association
has been formed at Newcastle. The
members are pledged to protect each
other and stand together in case OF ne
cessity. The chief objects of the asso-
citation are to protect h cattle ranges
from the encroachment of the sheep
men. There have been numerous
brushes in this section between the
sheep and cattlemen. and ii is to settle
the disputes over the range by arbltra'
ton that h association has Deen
formed.
A disastrous forest fire has broken
out on the Colorado-Wyoming line near
the junction of Carbon and Albany
counties and has already burned over
five square miles of valuable timber
1t is undoubtedly Of incendiary origin,
having been set in several different
places at once. Special Agent q. Is.
Abbott went TO the scene under in
structions from the government TO hire
all men necessary to eNtinguish the
flames and to arrest any parties sus-
pccted of starting the fires. Forty men
are now at work on the ground. This
is the most disastrous fire yet report
ed and is spreading rapidly.
The smoothest check raising detect
ed at Cheyenne for many months mas
| Just been discovered. Two checks is
sued by Fitzpatrick Brothers at Sher-
man, signed by their employe. Mr..
Carter. were so successfully raised that
they were passed by Saloon Keeper
Fowler at Tie Sid!lg, passed IL. Ait
man of Cheyenne, and then went
through banks Mt Cheyenne, Omaha
and Beatrice before the fraud was de
tected. One check for S1T was raised
to $40. and the other for sd was raised
to SI1. Business men in the vicinity
are becoming very suspicious of all
checks, and refuse to cash them I'M
less they appear valid in every respect.
British capitalists nave acquired OPP
lions on more than 1,ooO,OO0 acres of
oil fields in northeastern Wyoming and
have organized the Western States OIL
Company of America, with a capital of
E1OO,OOO $500. BOO, with the purpose
Of forming several subsidiary cOmpan-
les in America to work the lands and
establish plants. The property is To-
Gated in the midst of the Wyoming
asphaltum basin and is said to be fer
tile in the highest degree with lubri-
eating oil deposits. Negotiations are
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further holdings in the same region,
so that the ultimate result may he the
establishment of n formidable lubricat-
ing oil rival to the Standard Oil trust.
G. Il. Abbott, special agent of the
Indian Department, arrived at Sara
toga on the 18th to take measures to
subdue the forest fires which have
been raging near there for the past
forty days. MI. Abbott had instruc-
ion TO employ any number of men
necessary to successfully handle the
fires. The last fire of any magnitude
was near the Colorado line in Carbon
county. while several others have de
vastated large tracts of valuable tim
her in both the Medicine Bow and
Sierra Madre ranges. Mr.. Abbott
states that the heavy rains nave eN-
tinguished the fires and that all danger
is past for this year. About 1000
acres of timber has been destroyed.
According to the annual report of
Agent IL. +. NickersOn in the Shoshone
Indian agency. General conditions
have o changed there to any appre-
ciable extent in the past year. The
Indians are devOting themselves large
ly to agricultural pursuits and are
realizing good profits from their grain
and hay. Although ample school ia
cilities are offered, the Indians are re-
luctant about sending their children 10
he educated and much difficulty has
been experienced in securing even n
fair attendance. During the year TSS,-
600 acres of the reservation lands were
leased at II cent nj acre for grazing,
but il is contemplated that the price
will be doubled next season. There
are now 1,642 Indians Oh the reserva-
ton.
A close estimate places the number
of visitors to Cheyenne during the eel
ebration II 10000. OF this number
fully 1000 came from Denver and
Colorado points and the balance from
Wyoming and western Nebraska. The
railroads had their hands full to take
care of the throng and the restaurant
and rOoming facilities of the city We're
taxed to their utmost. Every II had
n good time, however, and the next
celebration will be attended by II
larger crowd. The celebration was Il
huge success and 1t is believed the
committee in charge will have n small
sun of money left to turn over 10 next
years committee after all bills have
been paid. The affair cost upwards
of 5000, but with what was taken in
from the sale of reserved seats mt the
fair grounds and the mask ball, to-
gether with the sun subscribed by cit.
liens this expense can be met.
The War Department intends to
make Fort Mackenzie, Wyoming. one
of its most complete and up-tO-date
army posts in the country. "a evidenced
by the class of new buildings that are
to be erected, and for which bids have
been asked. Throughout the entire
post brick buildings will be called for,
equipped with the most modern form
af appliances and with great attention
TO detail, with n view to insuring the
utmost comfort for officers and men.
The barracks to be erected are de
signed with n view of having plenty of
room, light and air, while the officers
quarters are to be attractive homes,
built in pairs on sites which have been
carefully selected. The main barracks
building, to accommodate o men. Will
be 123 fee long and twenty-seven
feet deep, with an - ut either end
forty-tive by twenty-seven feet. This
building will be two stories high, with
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