, 1901-05-09
WYOMING NOTES.

The Laramie Daily Boomerang mas
been changed from an evening paper
of -four pages TO an eight-paSe morn
ing paper.
The cheyenne branch of the Amerl'
can Federation of Labor has perfecteu
its organization. 1t now mbe over
900 members.
Little Helen Lowell of Cheyenne won
the Tribune word contest and received
the first prize. She spelled nearly
1,600 words out of h two Worus
wyoming Tribune"
A fine road of the boulevard style is
to he constructed between Cheyenne
and Fort Russell under the joint SUI
pervision and expense of the cunt!
and military authorities.
Shearing is progressing rapidly an
over the state. Prices reported Tor re-
cent heavy sales at Casper range rom
10 to 12A cents. the maximum Tor III
but the very finest grades beihs II
cents.
NJ. C. Fitzmorris, n Sybille ranch
man, recently swore out a complaint
against Gustave Van Berken, a neigh
Dor, charging him with assault WIN
intent to kill. Van Berken is chargeu
with striking FitZmorris with a noe
Assistant State Engineer Parshall re-
ports that Green river and the flat'e
We're lower on the last of April thah
was ever before known at that season
of the year. In fact there Is no rec
ord of n lower stage in those streams.
Contracts have been let for building
eighty miners cottages at cumberland
the new coal camp of h Union IA
ciic. The force of miners at Cum
I,nr1nnl g., hnfnn inrranGaI daily ana
this camp will soon be the center OF
the company's coal mining operations
in the western part of the state.
The wyoming Audubon society was
recently organized at Cheyenne. Its
officers for the first year are: Frank
Bond. president: Mrs. j. \. Riner, vice
president: Mrs. \. Il. Davis, secretary;
Professor J. O. Churchill, treasurer.
The object of the society is to protect
the song birds, their nests, eggs ana
young.
In about n month Tie Cutter Teller
of the Union Pacific will Start an i'm
mense tie drive on the headwaters OF
Brush creek. On Barrett, Pass ana
the two forks of Brush creeks Teller
has 100000 ties which will be hoated
down these streams TO the Platte river
and thence to the railroad Mt Fort
Steele.
A circular has been issued giving
the details of the organization of the
Rough Riders school in the Big Horn
country. While the temporary camp
will be in tents. the construction of
barracks. mess hall. recitation rooms,
stables and corrals will be begun at
once Many of these buildings will be
built of logs.
Governor De Forest Richards. Mrs.
Richards. Mrs. X. G. Turner and son
and De Forest Richards, Jr.. returned
n few days ago from the
islands. The governor is improved IN
health and says he feels like a new
man. The islands are described as be-
ing a delightful place in which to
spend a few weeks.
Deputy United States Surveyor 5. f.
Blount and party arrived ut Wheat
land a short time g and VIII survey
the old abandoned Fort Laramie wood
reservation south of Laramie peak.
The work will be completed in about
a month and as soon as h surveys
have been approved the reservation
will be thrown Open to settlement.
Engineer L. +. Glafcke and n corps
of assistants will begin a geodetic sur
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Encampment, starting from Il geodetic
point at the court house in Laramie,
elevation T.165 feet. From this line
the typographical survey of the region
will be made. and the work will con-
sumo the greater part of the summer.
There is oil on the Mansfield ranch
on the Big Laramie river, seventeen
miles from Laramie. Mr.. Mansfield
bored n 562-foot well several years ago
for water. but SO much salt and gas
came to the surface that he could not
use the water. Recently the family
left the ranch and moved to town.
fearing that the oil might ignite and
cause an explosion or set their prop
erty on fire.
The Cheyenne & Northern is prepar-
ing to increase its rolling stock in or
der to handle the large shipments Of
iron ore from Hartville to Pueblo. The
Colorado Fuel n Iron Company has
been taking out about 1000 tons per
day but will more than double this
output by June list. The company will
soon demand from 1000 to 5000 tons
daily from Hartville.
Governor Richards has appointed
Professor II. C.. Beeler of Cambria.
Wyoming, as state geolOgist and the
first incumbent Of the newly created
office will take charge on June LIST.
Professor Beeler is II young man and
for several years has been chief engi-
neer in charge of the large mining in
terests of Fitzpatrick Brothers & Col
Inns. He is n graduate of the Colorado
school of mines at Golden.
At n meeting held at Basin City it
was decided to reclaim the land on the
west side of the Big Horn river from
the mouth of Gooseberry creek down
to the Greybull river. Here will be To-
Gated II thousand families of Nor
mons that are now packing up and
getting ready to trekk across the Wind
River mountains from Utah. 1t is un.
derstood the new settlers will be here
in time to plant crops this year.
The large real estate and live stock
holdings of the Guthrie Live Stock
Company in central Wyoming have
been sold to T.. NJ. Gibson for S15O,OOO
This is the largest outfit in the central
part of the state. pOmDriSinu pyar 4