, 1900-08-09
WYOMING NOTES.

The monitor wyoming will be
launched Mt the Union Iron works on
September Sth. An Invitation has been
forwarded to Governor Richards of
Wyoming, requesting the presence of
himself and staff with other state off,
cials. The iron works will issue other
special invitations to the number OF
1000.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued a statement showing the condi-
ton of the thirteen national banks of
Wyoming on June 18th as follows:
Loans and discounts, So, 155, 800; money
In reserve, $3O4, 67S; surplus, S122, 40;
undivided profits. S115,6 Cos; individual
deposits, 1851, 9I1. The average re-
serve held was 2T.S5 per cent.
The latest report in railroad circles
at Evanston is to the effect that work
will shortly begin on n cutoff between
that place and Salt Lake, leaving out
the town of Echo and all points west
of that place. 1t is said he prelimi-
nary surveys have been made and con-
tracts let. If this proves correct 1t
means that the Union Pacific will run
direct from Evanston to Salt Lake,
and Ogden will be on a branch.
The Albany county authorities have
lumber on the ground at Tie Siding to
build n Jail. 1t has been found neces-
sary, as hardly a day passes that a
bastile is not needed. The town and
grading camps are full of criminals
and tough characters of all descriptions
and hold-ups are of frequent occur
renee. The accommodations are poor,
there being no place for strangers to
sleep. The saloons are doing a thriving
business.
Two companies of the Twenty-third
infantry are o on their way to Fort
Russell from San Francisco. They re-
Gently returned from Manila and left
San Francisco Tuesday. They will be
stationed at Fort Russell for some time.
An effort was made to have the head.
quarters and band stationed here also,
but they will be located at Salt Lake.
The detachment of the Seventh, which
has been garrisoning the post, has been
ordered to Fort Logan, Colorado, and
will start as o as relieved.
The grain elevator of the Wheatland
Roller Mills Company was destroyed
by fire last Tuesday night together
with Its contents. The blaze was prob.
ably started by sparks from a passing
engine. 1t was not discovered until
late in the evening, and was not *
t%inguished until midnight. The Colo
RADIO & Southern depot and other build-
ings were threatened, but were saved.
A large amount of grain was stored in
the building at the time. The loss, eN-
elusive of the grain, will approximate
abou $4,000. The property was par
tally insured.
L. G. Caldwell. n brakeman on the
Union Pacific, met with a terrible ac-
cident at Smeed station, sixty miles
east of Cheyenne OF the 3rd. He was
standing on the pilot of the locomotive
as the train was heading in on n side
track, when he fell under the wheels.
Both legs We're mangled and one COM
pletely severed from the body. A spe-
cial train was quickly made up and
Caldwell brought to the Cheyenne hos
pital. where he died at noon, after sub
hitting TO the amputation of the re-
naming leg. He was conscious until
n few minutes before death came.
In connection with the big deals in
oil lands now being negotiated in CEN
trail Wyoming, n pipe line project of
great Importance to the oil interests of
Wyoming is being engineered with I'M
limited capital behind 1t. The proposed
pipe line will run from the oil regions
VI SohNtists LNulIODd anu IEtllOuI
counties, tapping the producing terri
tory in the vicinity of Douglas, Casper
n Lander. and bringing the oil to
Grin Junction, and connecting with
the Colorado x Southern railroad for
shipment to Southern states and gulf
ports, where Il world market will be
reached.
Complaint is being made that some
miscreants are dynamiting fish In the
Big Laramie river, as a result of which
large numbers OF dead fish are found
lying in holes along the stream, espe-
cially near the lie Roy bridge, some
eighteen miles from town. The prac-
tice is INDUCED in more or less every
year, but to a greater extent this year
than for some time past. The practice
is decried by all r sportsmen, as the
stream in this vicinity are known
throughout the West for their fine
trout fishing, and 1t is a shame to VIC
late the state laws in such a name
Cases of this kind should be reported
TO the fish commissioner.
The new watch order on the Union
Pacific goes into effect next Wednes-
day. Railroad men here are not alto
gether satisfied with the situation. but
seem willing to 'stand their chances"
and hope their watches will pass in
spection. There is n great difference
of opinion expressed by the men. Some
believe the rot and the F%orsinger
Watch Company are working together
to the detriment of the employees. 9th
ers are of the opinion hat h road is
introducing n valuable innovation.
Chief Clerk Anderson of the Wyoming
division believes that al! the employees
will cooperate with the company. One
of the new requirements, which rail
road men acknowledge to be a good
| one, is to have the our dial numbered
with plain figures instead of Roman
numerals, and to nave the watch wind
at the figure u, SO that a casual glance
shows the time.
An association comprising leading
sheepmen of the counties of Caribou,
Sweetwater and Uinta has been formed
for the purpose of leasing from the
Union Pacific railroad 100000 acres
In the Red desert for winter ranging