, 1900-01-25
NOTES.

hel0 In SHlt LIKE on Jtiiuhl i'th' AF
been postponed indefinitely because OF
lack of interest ON the part of the gov
ernors
A body of very f~ine-loOking brown
limestone has been opened up three
miles south of Rawlins. The property
is owned by Denver and Rawlins men,
who are also interested in the Wyona
Iron and Copper Mining Company If
n market can be found for the stone
a quarry will be opened at once.
The moral crusade started several
weeks ago by the clergy of Laramie Is
now on in earnest. Complaints have
been served on he owners of houses
which are being used for immoral pur-
poses. The keepers of the dives an
nounce that they will establish them
selves just outside Ii city limits If
they are forced to close up in the city.
The Union Pacific has purchased a
number of Otto gasoline engines ana
the same are being placed in position al
the several pumping stations along the
line west of Laramie. 1t has been
found that the gasoline engine does bet
ter work in pumping water and is more
cheaply handled than the steam en-
CINE.
Bridgeport, the new town on the Bur
%lington, situated on the Platte river. nj
Il point where the Alliance-Hartville
and Alliance-Brush lines of the Bur
hngton diverge, is experiencing n boom.
\ station was recently opened for bus
mess and already farmers II ranch.
men along the valley of the viver are
taking advantage of the shipping facil-
tiles there. Business and dwelling
houses are being made in sections nj
Alliance and shipped to Bridgeport,
where they are put up.
All evidence of the recent strike
among the coal miners at Diamondville
nave disappeared. The mines are work
ing steadily with about 1870 men. This
force will be increased as rapidly rs
the men can be obtained and it Is eX.
pected that from $50 to 700 men will
constitute the force before long. AL.
most all of the strikers who were re.
fused employment when the strike was
declared off have left the amp for 9th.
er fields. No further trouble is antici.
pated and the deputies have been with.
drawn.
Wyoming's population under the
present census has been a matter of
considerable interesting discussion AT
the state house lately. A short time
ago the governor estimated the pOpula.
ton Mt 10000. Director Merriam wrote
asking upon what grounds the estimate
was made, thinking it was too high, AZ
it would show an increase of about
fifty per cent. during the last decade,
the census of 1890 being only 90. 700,
The governors answer fully sustains
his figures. 1t comes largely from the
building up of numerous new towns in
the state during the past ten years. in
the increase pf coal mippS and ntbnr
mining camps of copper and iron, and
Il large Increase in stock growing
ranches and sheep camps.
Further particulars have been re.
ceived regarding the Union Pacific
train robbers. who have beel trailed to
Harlem. Montana. A bulletin Just sent
out by the Union Pacific road says sat.
isfactory evidence IA been obtained
that the Curry brothers are IA part of
the gang which held up IL robbed the
train at Wilcox, Wyoming, in June last.
Zach of these men is fully described
in the circular. Their names are Louis
or 'Lonny," Bob" and Harvey. Louis
has been running n saloon at Harlem.
He suddenly sold out January 18th and
skipped he town with Bob. both being
heavily armed. 1t is thought that they
have gone into Canada. 1t is thought
they have been Joined by Harvey and
have possession of a part or all of the
S3,4OO unsigned bills of the First Ma.
tional bank of Portland. Oregon. The
reward offered by the railroad and ex.
press companies, which is $1,000
for each party captured. is still in
force. and they are being closely pur.
sued by the officers and detectives EN-.
ployed on the case.
.'l'harn will hn mona S,inptiHn npa,J;
tons to the Wyoming fossil islds the
coming summer than we have ever
known before said Professor w. c..
Knight of the State University, to-day.
Last summer the scientists were intro.
duced TO that wonderful region through
which the Union Pacific exploration ex.
petition, which caused so much excite.
ment throughout the ountr thai an
immense amount of work has resulted
TO us ever since in the way of CORE
spondence. Most important of all is
that the National Museum will have a
big exploration party out here the com.
ing summer. The fields cannot be eX.
hausted for ages to cOme,'' continued
the professor, because of their extent
and the depth ut which the fossil re.
mains are found. 1t means hard work
with the pick and shovel to get the best
of them. No one should come out here
expecting that he can find the finest
specimens on top of the ground In
speaking of the work of the University
of Wyoming in h fossil fields. Profes.
sor Knight said: We now have from
fifty 10 eighty tons of fine specimens
stored, which we have had no oppor.
lunity 10 arrange because of made.
sor Knight said: I'VE now have from
building on the fifteen acres donated
to the university by President Burt of
the Union Pacific. and when completed
will then have plenty of room TO ar.
range our material"
Improvement is the slogan on the
Union Pacific these days, and all is
hustle along the line OF the road in
wyoming. Never before in the road's
history has there e such activity at
TINS time of the year Everything be.
ing done is for the betterment of the
road and its service. Superintendent
Harris of the Wyoming division states
that the company is constructing three
cutoff lines between here and Ogden.
! Oh which there urp 1 DDD man and con