, 1900-09-13
WYOMING NOTES.

into water cars, which Will bear
water to the points affected.
One thousand dollars reward has
been offered for the finding of Il. II.
Piper. who was lost in Yellowstone Ma
tionnl park. Mr.. Piper is cashier or
the First National Bank of st. Mary s.
Ohio. Parties are now searching Tor
him.
The war department has completed
the plans and specifications for the
new buildings to he erected at fort
Mackenzie, Wyoming. and 1t Is eS-
pected that advertisements for propo-
sails will be issued on or about the
Sth inst. Thirty days will be allowed
In which to submit bids.
Those who will attend the launching
of the monitor Wyoming from Chey-
enne are Governor and Mrs. Richards,
Colonel Hanson and wife, Captain FIT
Covert and wife. and Miss France
Warren. Captain Sullivan of Casper
and Captain Jackson of Rock Springs
will accompany the party.
The Burlington railroad is locating
and surveying n new o into the Vel
lowstone National park running up the
north fork of the Shoshone river. The
survey has already been completed to
the mouth of Middle creek. Work on
n preliminary line to Sunlight is being
carried on by n large force of men.
Abe secretary of the interior has APP
proved the following patents of state
lands: -Four hundred and eighty acres
in the Evanston land district, Wyom-
ing, for hospital for miners; LAP acres
IN the Douglas land district, Wyoming,
for the Agricultural College, and H.
S1l acres in the Salt Lake City lane
district, Utah. for n school of mines.
Forest fires are again raging i'll the
mountains along the north fork of
Powder river and between the two
branches of Ten Sleep. over thirty-siN
sections have been burned over and 1t
now looks rs though the greater part
Of the timber on the western slope OF
the mountain is doomed to destruction.
Tie soda works about "A mile north
of Laramie burned on the list. The ori-
gin of the fire was n mystery, as the
plant has been idle for five years. The
plant belonged to the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, but had been
leased to the Stephen Padden Compa-
ny of Chicago. 1t cost $4,000 when
built and was only partly insured. The
loss is said to be 100000.
4 telephone message received from
Saratoga this morning says h n the
small posse which left Grand En-
campment in pursuit of fOur men who
were seen in that vicinity and thought
to he the Union Pacific train robbers,
We're ordered back by the men as they
drew near them, and rs there were
but three in the pursuing party they
obeyed the order.
DFl. g., ,I,n ,,.t,,,.t.n Sf ., etnpl-
ade around the new penitentiary
buildings here have been advertised
for. As soon as these ARE built the
institution will he ready for the re
ception of the prisoners now held in
the penitentiary ut Laramie. The re-
moval will, therefore, be made in n
short time. 1t is expected that about
100 prisoners will he transferred. The
law requires that the change be made
before January l, 1901.
Another big land sale in Carbon
county has been made by the Union
Pacific. j. A. S~choOnjans, n large
sheep owner of that county. purchased
from the railroad 1000 acres of graz
ing lands for n consideration of So
700. This price is less than that for
which any more railroad lands in that
locality will he sold. the price here
after being 30 cents an acre. Mr..
Schoonjans is one of the sheep men
who propose TO purchase vast areas
of grazing lands in This state.
As II has been decided not to hold the
Festival of Mountain and Plain Mt
Denver. or the Flower Carnival ut
Colorado Springs this year, the Chey-
enne Frontier Day committee have eX-
tended II cordial invitation to the peo-
pie of Colorado to join them upon Sep
TENDER 18th and 18th in celebrating
the early settlement Of this western
country. The railroads have very
kindly consented to make the tickets
sold at the cheap rates upon the 18th
good to return until the 18th, which will
enable all who wish to remain over
night.
\ report is in circulation at Their
mOpylis that the Northern Pacific pro-
poses to build a line into the Big Horn
basin country in the neal future. An
agent of the company has been in that
vicinity for several weeks locating coal
lands, the location covering about 5000
acres. The agent refuses TO say any
thing about the matter. 1t is known
that the Northern Pacific has had its
eyes on this section for some time, and
II Il Inc is quit II VIII doubtless he
extended TO the Yellowstone Park and
oil to Salt Lake.
An Omaha dispatch says: NO mat
ter what the telegraphic reports may
be, the search for the men who dyna-
mited and looted the Pacific Express
ear near Upton, Wyoming, a week
ago, has not been abandoned. Our
men are still on the trail and will fol-
low no matter where II will take them.
We may not get the robbers for some
days, but eventually we will run them
TO earth" Thus spoke General Man
ager Dickinson of the Union Pacific
Hallway Company, who has been di-
recting the search for the robbers and
who came in from the West this morn
ing. a private letter from Upton
says: AS the men left the scene of
the wreck 1t is said that Express Mes
senger WoOdcock Swung arms through
the air and remarked to some of the
trainmen. Boys, they have gotten
away with $4,000 in cash."
\ dispatch from Cheyenne to the Den
yer Republican says: United States
Marshal Hadsell and Deputy La Fois