, 1900-03-08
WYOMING NOTES.

infantry here at once. There is plenty
Of timber. and II is believed that one OF
the largest organizations in the state
can be enlisted.
A scheme is on foot at Rawlins 10
establish a large i%rrigating system 10
irrigate a great plateau between o
Steele and Saratoga and North fark'
Colorado. The plan is to take wafer
from the Platte river and convey II
through a big canal TO the lands to De
irrigated. II this is done thousands OF
acres will BIZ redeci1ed for prohtaoie
cultivation.
A company of Wyoming men, with
Colonel W. +. Cody at their mead, WI,
shortly incorporate the Cody Goid ana
Copper Mining Company, with a cap
ital of S1,OOO,OO0. a few weeks ago
while working i'm one of his mines
about forty miles from Cody City, III
the Big Horn basin, Colonel Cody
struck wonderfully rich gold and cop
per ore at a depth of sixty feet. Inc
ore lies in a large body, and the
believe they have n bonanza.
Governor Richards states that during
his visit to Washington he was i'll
formed that the War Department had
decided adversely to Wyoming's claim
for back pay for her volunteer sol
diers who took part in the Spanish
/ American and Filipino wars. The gov
ernor appealed from this decision TO
the comptroller of the treasury, from
whom he hopes TO receive n more raw
| orable reply. If the comptroller should
decide against the state, Wyoming's
representatives will be appealed to for
a special action in Congress In the mat
ter.
Knowing mes among the growers of
sheen and wool in the Rawlins section
say that If present conditions continue
much longer there will be serious
trouble over a division of the range in
what is known as the Red desert. The
Red desert is situated between Green
/ river and Wamsutter, and runs north
and south for a considerable distance.
Rawlins shecpmen first ranged their
flocks there in 1SS5-1SS6. During the
past few years shccpmen have been
1 crowding in on the Red desert from all
directions, many fiocks being driven
in from Utah and Colorado. There Is
now a struggle on among the OWNERS
of the numerous tlocks for food for
their bands and the situation is grow
ing serious.
Superintendent of Public instruction
lyman, who is also register of the state
land board, states that during Febru-
airy 121 applications We're received for
school lands as against eighteen for the
same month in 1899. Almost all of
these applications were for $40 acres,
and came from all parts OF the state.
In January of this year III applica-
tons We're received, as against seventy
in the same month of 1890. Stockmen
and ranchmen in all parts of the state
- - -, q - ,.. -, ntayt 1anl fAr
all purposes while there yet remains
tracts to be leased. Among those who
have applied for land during the past
month are noticed the names of many
who signed the petitions recently circu-
lated in Wyoming protesting against
the ceding of Ii public domain to the
states for leasing purposes.
A general order has been issued from
Fort Washable, Wyoming, where
Chief Washable of the Shoshones lived
for the last twenty years of his life,
announcing the death of the noted In.
dian, and giving n short history of his
life. 1t says: with sorrow is an.
nounced the death of Washable. For
fifty ears as chief of the Shoshones hi
has held the confidence and love of his
tribe. His friendship for the whites be
gan with their earliest settlements in
this section almost that long ago
Washable was born in the early years
of 1900. so his life covered almost !;
century with its changes. His great
influence preserved his tribe not only q
friend but an ally of our people in theil
struggles here. 1t was his pride that h,
never allowed n white mans blood Il
be shed when he could prevent it.
Orders for a military funeral ar,
given.
A peculiar condition of affairs has re
Gently been discovered by the stockmeT
of the Laramie plains. Fol some tim,
past wolf hunters have been bringing
in the pelts of dogs INT collecting boun
ties on the same as predatory wild an
finals. The hunters have each time
made affidavit that they killed the ami
mails among the haunts of wolves anC
coyotes. This has led TO an investiga
ton which disclosed the fact that dogs
have been enticcd away from the
ranches by wolves n coyotes, ant
have taken up residence among the
wild animals. The result has beer tina.
the pests have beer breeding rapidly
with the assistance of the dOmesticatet
animals, which accounts for the pre-
senting of dog pelts for bounty. Al
effort will be made 10 kill off all tn,
renegade dogs, II from this time OF
only certain breeds of CANNES will b,
kept on the ranches.
Bulletins have beer posted notifyin.
Union Pacific agents, operators, brake
men, engineers, iiremen, switchmel
and others that they must take I
physical examination mt once. This IL
in obedience to an order recently mad,
by the head officials of the road. TIL,
employees have been informed that tn,
tests for sight and hearing will b,
quite rigid. They do not anilclpat,
that any Jobs will he lost on accoun
of slight physical defects, but there /,
a feeling of uncertainty among til,
men here and along the line of tn,
Wyoming division, while waiting fol
the returns, All agree that the exam
nations are n good thing, for mel
may be found holding responsible,
positions, where "A failure of any of III,
organs at a critical momen migl
cause a heavy loss of life and property
AS "A rule the men seem willing /,
abide by the result Of the examination
for those ,VFtVI 1.vr.E- -.