, 1901-10-10
WYOMING NOTES.

ne J1ck creek tatlIe company HdS
purchased 1890 acres of land near
Fort Steele from the Union Pacific,
paying go cents an acre.
Oders have been received fron Oma-
ha to increase the force in tie Chey-
enne shops of the Union Pacific ten
per cent. Mt once. Sixty machinists.
boiler makers and other shopmen viii
be engaged.
The Albany county authorities are
posting bills throughout the county
and especially in the mountain dis
tricts. warning the people of the dan
ger of forest fires and quoting the
laws of the United States on the sub
ject.
Emory Land. lieutenant commander
of the naval cadets ar Annapolis,
will be presented with n beautiful
sword by his friends in Wyoming.
Young Land has made an enviable rec
ord at Annapolis, both in his studies
and in athletic sports.
1t is believed by many at New Cas-
tie that the killing of Ed. Lynch, an
aged employe at the Starr ranch on
Prairie creek. by Fred Starr recently,
was n foul murder. Starr claims he
killed the old man in self defense, but
| Lynch is said to have been unarmed.
Starr WI drunk when arrested.
A report has been received mt Chey-
pnne from the western part of the
stnte that the forest fires in the vicin-
ity of Fremont Lake ave been disas-
trous in the extreme. 1t is said that
a tract of valuable timber 2D miles
square has been destroyed. The hre
| started last June and has been burn
ing steadily ever since.
SncrInah sr -
trelil br"S' nmu liz ~ 49, hor.nS
- pn,, ,.a,rnr mont Loyo heen
ioL nii,tH" ~ f na,ica no
49, horsns ,,.iu lao nurcbosnd II is
In+imntad however that the work of
Gathering horses for the English will
be resumed shortly.
po,., Miller sncopd Iieutenont and
uanr, PIC srst sargaont Of the ca
1at c1rns nj the University of Wyom-
inc have henn reduced 10 the ranks
for bozing n number az freshmen. The
new hovs were tossed in gun covers.
made TO emf soaD and treated rather
harshly This is the first outbreak of
hazing for over three years.
An Elk mountain dispatch saws that
Andersen. the Young Swede who was
lost in the mountains for thirteen days
has been found. The cold and lack of
food unsettled his mind. but he is re-
covering slowly. During the thirteen
DAYS he was without food and was
clad ONLY In thin clothes. He is enact
ated and looks like n skeleton.
AIho,t NcIntvra com f .Rottlesnake
| lack" came into Laramie from Diam
moud PEAK recently with the pelts of
four COYOTES, two black wolves and
two red wolves, caught in n single day
recently ON Red mountain. The bounty
announced TO SOB. The red wolf Is ac-
cepted by trappcr as Il cross between
the gray wolf and the shepherd dog of
the ranch.
ranort is current i'm Evanston that
the coal mines of thc southern Pacific
nj Almy are to be reopened. The mines
have been practically die for several
wears. They are five miles from Ev-
anston on n spur built by the Union
Pacific. They were shut down on ac-
count of the tariff charged by the
Union Pacific for transporting the coal
TO the nearest Southern Pacific connec-
ton.
For, Stao,a residents have coused the
arrest of q G. stevens unon n charge
of cottIa stealing stevens was re-
Gently fined for selling beef without
showing the hide of the animal from
which il WIS taken, a charge euuiva-
lent to 'rustling." His second arrest
was brought about by the same case.
He wns Drepared to give $1,000 bond
for his appearance before the District
Cont.
rho Hurst Nonufocturiy Comnonv
ho. - iunornorotad undnr Tho l,ws
nT wynring Far mnnnfacturing and
,ioo,n1 nnnn ,ha markat a railro,d
sw'ttnh ,nrontod Inv r. NJ Hurst a
Young raiIroad man of Rawlins. The
switch is so constructed that trains do
nor have TO stop TO omen or close it.
The engineer can throw If omen from
his cab and n brakeman ON the rear
nIotform Of the train cnn close IL
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the company are going uoWh ueeIer
III seirch OF u Dig PROPOSITION Inc