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q FARLY MATr TRArN.

nited states. Canada and Mexico
) Of Manhattan and The BronD-
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The test of the quantity taken from
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zine. and 2e.4 per cent Of paraffine. one
quality greatly appreciated BIZ the re-
liners IS that it distilIs without foam
ing or kicking. as il is called by the
trade. The specific gravity of the
crude petroleum at the ordinary tenn
perature Of 6S degrees Fahrenheit is
AZ. and it flashes at the same temper
allure. These are the things that have
made the people Of Wyoming enthusi-
astlc- have removed the cloud OF doubt
from the utility Of biologists in gen
eral. and Professor Daniels in rartic-
ular. and are inducing scenes Of ex-
clCement that viii Outrivai anything
that ever happened in Beaumont.
Other Big Strikes Made.
Meanwhile other concerns have not
been idle. oil rigs came in by scores
and drilling was commenced ii ali parts
OF the field and many good strikes have
been made. the most nota Ole among
these being that of the Atlantic & Pa
cidc company, at what is known as the
Ellis we'll This strike was made early
in September and has proven a Won
der. Practical tests show il TO be a
fifty barrel day producer and the
quality Of the oil greatly exceeds any
yet produced. This well is located on
section 22-I5-11S. Another strike is
that Of the GrOshen & Carter company
Oh SECTION o4-l4-l1S and aNOAlGr. mat
OF the Utah-WyOming company at Eos-
Sl. while numerous other wells of
lesser Importance have been brought in
The many rigs that commenced drill
ing in the early summer are rapidly
approaching the oil producing strata,
and a few months will doubtless dOu-
bic and probably treble the number of
WyOming's producing wells. Every
foot of land has been filed upon and SO
far as known is fully protected by the
necessary assessment work required to
hold it. This assessment work con-
sists of putting down prospecting holes.
erecting buildings. building roads or
in fact any kind of development work.
The law requires that S190 be expended
on each claim. The early spring VIII
bring scenes of excitement to Wyoming.
Already the effect of these discoveries
Is apparent in the influx of strangers
and the air Of activity that pervades
the whole country from Spring Valley
to Evanston. Wages and the cost Of
living are high and constantly advanc-
ing. There is a boom epidemic in the
atmosphere but there is little or no wild
speculation in il as the conditions are
not favorable. The whole tendency,
and this is encouraged by our bankers
and business men. is to promote legiti-
mate development enterprises only.
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two hours?'' demanded Callahan, in
sanely.
why, the mails here in these box
cars" answered Jimmie Bradshaw,
pointing to his bobtail train. Now,
don't look daffy like that; every sack
is right here. thought the best way
to get the mail here was to bring it.
We're forty minutes late, amt we7''
Doubleday waited to hear no more.
Orders few like curlews from the su-
perintendent and the master mechanic,
They saw there was a life for il yet.
Before the fire brigade had done with
the trucks a string of new mail cars
was backed down beside the train The
relieving mail crews waiting at the
Bend took hold and a dozen extra
men helped them sling the pouches.
The 1914, blowing porpoisewise, was
backed up and the Yellow Mail, re-
habiiitated, rejuvenated and exultant,
started up the gorge for Bear Dance.
! only ffty-three minutes late with
Hawksworth in the cab.
And if you can't make that up,
Frank, you're no good or earth" sput-
tered Doubleday at the engineer. And
! Frank Hawksworth did make it up,
and the Yellow Mail went on and off
the west end on the test and into the
Sierras for the coast on time
There's a butt of plug tobacco and
transportation to Crockett's coming to
these bucks, Mr.. Doubleday" wheeZed
Jimmie Bradshaw uncertainty, for with
the wearing off of the strain came the
idea to Jimmie that he might have to
pay for it himself ST promised them
transfer. If it hadn't been for the
blankets we wouldn't have got off for
another hour. They chew Tomahawk,
rough and ready preferred, Mr.. Double
day. Hm?'
Doubleday was looking off into the
yard.
you've been on a freight run some
time, Jimmie. said he tentatively
The Indian detachment was crowding
in pretty close on the red headed engi-
neer. He blushed. IF you'll take care
of my tobacco contract Doubleday,
wen call the other matter square. I'm
not looking for a fast run as much as
I was"
IF we get the mail contract" re-
Sumed Doubleday refiectiveIy ~and it
won't be your fault if we don't-we
may need you on one of the runs.
Looks 70 me as if you ought to have
one
Jimmie shook his head. IT don't
want one, don't mind me; just FIX these
gentlemen out with some tobacco be-
fore they scalp me, will your
Inc 1lufdHS got their ledl, ana BUCKS
got his contract. and Jimmie Bradshaw
got the pick of the runs on the Yellow
Mail, and ever since he's been kicking
to get back on a freight. But they
don't call him Bradshaw any more
When the head brave of the hunt
ing party received the butt of tobacco
on behalf of his company he looked at
Doubleday with dignity. pointed to the
sandy engineer and spoke freckled
words in the Sioux
That's the way il came about. Brad
shaw holds the belt for the run from
Bad AK to Medicine Bend; but he
never goes any more blythe name of
Bradshaw. and from that day, west of
McCloud, everywhere up and down the
mountains, they have given Bradshaw
the name the Sioux gave him that day
Jimmie the Wind
tThe End.)
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enthusiasm. In no time they were
flying across the flats of the Spider
Water, threading the curves of the
Peace river and hitting the rails of the
Painted desert with the mogul sprint
ing like a Texas steer and the box cars
leaping like yearlings at the joints. 1t
was no case OF scientific running. no
case of favoring the roadbed, of cas-
ing the strain on the equipment; it was
simply case of galioping to Broad
way fire with a Silsby rotary on a All
call Up hill and down, curve and
, tangent, it was all one; while fright
ened operators and paralyzed station
agents all the way up the line watched
the fearful and wonderful train, with
Bradshaw's red head sticking out of
the cab window, shiver the switches.
Medicine Bend couldn't get the
straight of it over the wires; wires
went bad in the midst of the confu-
sion. They knew there was a wreck
and understood there was mail in the
ditch; and with Doubleday frantic the
dispatchers we're trying to get the
track to run a train down to Crock
ett's. But Jimmie Bradshaw had asked
at Rueker for rights to the Bend, and
in an unguarded moment they had
been given; after that it was all off.
In thirty minutes the operating depart
ment were wild to kill Jimmie, but he
was making such time it was con-
cluded better to humor the lunatic
than to hold him up anywhere for
parley. When this was decided Jim
nie and his war party were already
reported past Bad Axe, fifteen miles
below the Bend, with every truck on
the box cars smoking.
Between Bad AK and the Bend the
line is modelled on the curves of a
rams horn. but Jimmie with the mo-
gui found every twist in eleven min
utes; that particular record is good
yet. Indeed, before Doubleday, then
in a frenzied condition, got his CO.
horts fairly on the platform to look for
Jimmie the hollow scream OF the big
freight engine echoed through the
mountains and down the Bend a mon
ster locomotive flew from a trailing
horn of smoke. AS the Stubby string
of freight cars slowed quartering into
the lower yard the startled officials
saw them from the Wickiup windows
wrapped in a stream of fame Every
journal was afire, and the blaze from
the boxes, rolling into the steam from
the stack, curled hotly around a bevy
of Sioux Indians, who chung sternly to
the fOotboards and brake wheels on
top of the bOx-cars- 1t was ride for
the red men that is told around the
council fires yet
BY the time Jimmie slowed up his
astounding equipment the fire brigade
was on the run from the roundhouse.
The Sioux warriors climbed hastily
from the fire escapes, force of bruised
and bareheaded mail clerks showed
back the box-car doors, the car links
tackled the cOnHagration. and Jimmie
Bradshaw. dropping from the cab with
the swing of man who has done a
trick. waited at the gangway for the
questions to come at him. For a min
ute they came hot.
What the blazes do you mean by
bringing in an engine in that condi-
tion?" ehoked Doubleday, pointing to
the blown machine.
Il thought you wanted the mail?''
winked Jimmie
How the devil are we TO get the
mail with you blocking the track for
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An officer of a great railway system
who had worked his way up from the
bottom was rummaging the other day
and found a memorandum which is the
basis Of what follows:
This men," he said, dates back to
the genesis of the railway mail. The
man who made the first step in this
wonderful Improvement was, unless 1
am very much miztaken, the Demo-
cratic postmaster in St. Joseph, No,
at the breaking out of the civil war.
He was appointed by Buchanan.
The pony express, which was also
started from St Joseph, suggested to
the postmaster a crude arrangement
from which was evolved cur present
railway system The postmaster found
it necessary to arrange his mail so that
it could be handled quickly on the ar
rival and departure Of the pony express
rider.
He rugged up lot of pigeonholes in
an old dry goods box and put it where
he could have the mail at the ends Of
his fingers Each pigeonhole was Ia
beled with the name of a pOstOffice.
Soon after this arrangement q sim
liar one was rugged up in the baggage
car of a railroad train and the man in
charge distributed his mail for towns
aSong the line by putting it into the
pigeonhOles in a pine box.
Crude as that was it facilitated bus
mess. 1t was the cue for the inventive
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and development he might think
best Mr. Hardin arrived here in early
winter and was dumfounded to learn
the extent of the field. Instead of find
ing an oil field of few hundred acres,
where a person could easily locate a
favorable site, he was confronted with
the fact thet the Wyoming fields en-
braced an area of over $500 square
miles, and that as far as any one could
tell one part of it was just as good as
another. In the mad rush for claims,
Mr.. Hardin succeeded in locating on
several which have since proven them
selves TO be good It was then that a
happy thought struck Mr.. Hardin. He
would have a friend of his. P. Z. Dan
iels of Chicago, come out and locate a
well site and commence work. 1t was
mid-winter when Mr.. Daniels arrived,
and when IL was announced that he
was going to tell Mr.. Hardin where to
drill for oil with a certainty OF finding
1t, loud guffaw went up. The thing
was too ridiculous for serious consid-
Grafton. Allowing that a geolOgist I'M
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engine won't never stand it; it'll pound
her to scrap" he argued. Il reckon the
safest thing to do is to get orders"
Get 0TderSi" StOrmed Jimmie Brad
shaw. Get ordersl Are you running
an engine on this line and don't know
the orders for those mail bags? The
orders is to move 'eml That's orders
enough. Uncouple three of those
empty box cars and hustle 'em back,
BY the great United Statesi Any man
that interferes with moving this mail
will get his time. that's what he'll get.
That's Doubleday, and don't you for
get it.''
Bucks wants the stuff hustled" put
in the freight conductor. weakening.
Everybody knows that"
''Uncouple therei" cried Jimmie
climbing into the mOguI cab. IN pun
the bags, Kingsley; you needn't take
any chances. Come back there, every
mothers son of you, and nelp on the
transfer"
He carried his points with gale. He
was conductor and engineer and gen.
erai manager all in one. He backed
the boxes to the curve below the spill,
and set every man at work pfling the
mail from the wrecked train to the
freight cars. The wounded cared for
the wounded. and the dead might have
buried the dead; Jimmie moved the
mail. Only one thing turned his hair
gray; the transfer was so slow. AS
he stood fermenting, stray party Of
Sioux bucks on vagrant hunt rose out
of the desert passes and halted 10 sur
vey the confusion. Jimmie had the
blanket men in council in a trice. They
talked for one minute; in two he had
them regularly sworn in and carrying
cfx.
Jealously guarded by those of the mail
clerks who could still hobble. The mail
crews took the registered matter; the
freight crews and Jimmie handled the
letter bags, but second and d-class
were temporarily hustled for the Great
White Father by his irreverent chill
dren Of the Rockies.
Before the disabled men could credit
their senses the business was done,
they were made as comfortable as pos
sible, and with the promise of speedy
aid hack 10 the injured. the yellow
Mail, somewhat dishgured. was head
ing again westward in the box cars.
This time Jimmie Bradshaw like a dog
with a bone. had the throttle.
Meantime at Medicine Bend there
was a desperate crowd around the dis
patcher. 1t was an hour and twenty
minutes after POnca station reported
eAS 1SiAoN man Jul bSAOAS = u ! AeuSH-~
~r. eighteen miles west reported the
COX cars and Jimmie Bradshaw ia. and
allowed with a wreck report from the
Crockett siding. Doubleday's face
turned hard: fate was against him, the
contract gone glimmering, and he
didn't feel at ali sure his own head
and the roadnasters wouldn't follow
IT. Then the Rucxer operator began TO
talk about Jimmie Bradshaw. And
who's Bradshaw - asked somebody.
and Rueker went on excitediy with the
story Of the nogul and OF three box
cars, and of a war party of Sioux: it
came so mixed that Medicine Bend
thought everybody at Rucker station
had gone mad.
While they funed Jimmie Bradshaw
was speeding the mail through the
mountains. He had Kingsley's fire.
man. lsig as an OK and full of his own
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der ordinary conditions could scent out
oil territory, which in itself was too
big morsel to be swallowed. how was
Professor Daniels going to tell any
thing about IL when the surface of the
ground was covered with a mantle of
snow that made ali land look alike2
Daniels Was a Prophet.
AS subsequent events have proven.
all the land didn't look alike TO Profess
SCR Daniels he went carefully over
the ground with Mr.. Hardin and made
his selection of the spot where he was
positive oil would be found. Taking the
spot selected for the first boring while
the snow was yet on the ground, he
piped in a water supply from a spring
three miles away, erected quarters for
his men and graded a road over which
the drilling outfits could be hailed from
the railway. 1t was well into the sum
mer before he was ready 20 begin the
actual work of drilling his first well
and he approached it with a reverent
amount OF dread /.
All too slowly the we'll went down to
suit Mr.. Hardin, who was apprehen-
Sive lest he had made fatal and cost
" mistake. Everything tended to de-
lay. Tools broke. the hole went crooked
and had to be rehlled, and the drill
started over again Necessary supplies
were away behind time in arriving,
and II was after the 1st of August be-
fore oil was struck. This was at SIS
feet, and the sight OF the dark col
oreo fluid, smelling strongly of gaso-
line, was a glorious one to the super
intendent. He kept pushing the drill
deeper and deeper and finally at Loco
feet 1t penetrated the sands that hold
the main deposits. They had tapped an
ineXhaustible quantity of petroleum of
high grade, a lubricating and iiluminat-
ing oil that is worth So a barrel at the
well. Professor Daniels. the despised
geologist, was endorsed and Hardin
was happy He had given Wyoming
her first well, located on land with a
clear title that yielded oil in paying
quantities. The news spread rapidly
and the solid men of Wyoming came
in pairs and by fours to inspect the
find.
All the available tanks at the lager
well have been filed and the hole itself
has been capped pending the cOnstruc-
ton of a pipe line and erection of a re-
finery that wiz be located near Evans
ton This oil, while valuable as a nat
ural lubricant, is of much more value
for refining purposes as it contains an
unusually high percentage of high priced
products Analysis shows 33.4 per cent
kerosene, 27.1 per cent of signal or
hesdlight oil. To.19 Of gasoline and ben
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Is not believed that the railway COM
pany can hold a single section of land
included in the old congressional land
grant outside of section p. on which
Il mad not secured a patent before the
fling under the mineral laws. This
congressional grant consisted of every
alternate odd-numbered section for
distance of twenty miles on each
side of the railway, but it does not
embrace the best oil land and it can
be truly said that whatever the future
decisions of the land department may
be they will have no effect whatever
on the oil Industry in Wyoming.
Work in the Field.
While all this litigation has been tax
ing place prospectOrs and investors
have been busy. Notable among these
was the lager Oil company, formed in
Chicago That company sent their
general manager. J. ]. Hardin. into the
field TO look over the situation and take
whatever steps in the line of location
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Aspired to Hieher Honors-

Rear Admiral ]. A. Howell of the United
States navy, popularity known as thu
father Of the modern torpedo because
of his invention of that engine OF war. 1s
credited oy the Toronto Saturday Night
with knowing why he married. q piece OF
knowledge which some unmarried per
sons seem to regard as uncommon.
Il was generally believed that he was
welded TO the science or warfare. and II
was a surprise to the entire navy when
ne married a charming woman
A number of years after his marriage g
fellow officer visited Admiral Howell,
and saw the children Of the distinguished
sailor playing about the house.
It's like a dream, old man." said the
visitor. We never thought Of you get
ting married How did you happen to
think about it?''
oh" replied Admiral Howell. glancing
affectionately at his children at play, I
got tired of being referred to merely as
the father of the modern torpedo -
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make test and submit an official re-
port of the findings.
Zevely's Investigation.
Mr. Zevely arrived in Evanston June
%. 1902, and left next day for Spring
Valley, accompanied by a large party
OF interested people. including attor-
neys for both of the Itigants. court
ofhcials and several oil expert from
the pennsylvania, Texas and Califor-
MIA fields The first work of Mr.. Zeve-
~ on arriving at the well was to re-
move the shanty over the hole, in
which the armed guards had been
housed 1t was then found that the
bore had been effectualIy sealed by the
insertion of ten-inch wooden plug,
on top OF which We're about three feet
OF loose rock and earth, the whole be-
Ing topped off with a foot of solid ce-
ment- 1t took a lot of hard work to
get rid of this obstruction, but when
1t was removed there was no doubt
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as to the character of the well
or the fast that Wyoming was
hereafter to have official recog-
milton as AN oil-producing state. AS
the wooden plug was pulled out the
force of the gas drove the petroleum
nearly to the top of the wen, and
bailing operations were at once COM
menced
There was no dispute as to the ma
ture Of the oil. The experts agreed
that it was petroleum of unusual grade
and that it was worth fully So a bar
rel as it came from the well. This
important point settled. the next thing
was to decide upon the quantity that
could be obtained. Even with the fact
conceded there, the Union Pa
sific might still have chance of de-
feating the claimants If 1t could be
shown that it could not be had in
marketable quantities.
What the Test Showed.
The test of the quantity taken from
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the hole in a given time was there
fore of supreme interest. A 1e0- barrel
tank car had been placed on the track
a short distance from the well and
connected with it by a pipe line The
oil was then hauled UP in a fifteen
gallon bailer and allowed to run into
the piping and thence to the tank.
In the first five hours forty barrels
were taken and by O'Clock that night
the tank was filed to its full ca
pacity Of 100 barrels. This quantity
was obtained from 500 feet of eight
inch casing, the quantity being much
less than would have been secured if
the machinery used was not so made
quate and inefficient. 1t was all suf-
ficient for the purpose, however, as
it demonstrated beyond question that
the oil was there in paying quaint
ties.
Mr.. Zevely spent some six weeks in
the field taking testimony and max
ing observations. What his report was
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no one knows, but from a statement
from himself and the photographer
who did the work, 1t was learned that
it consisted of over 1880 typewriter
pages. With this report in the hands
of the interior department, over three
months elapsed ere a decision was
reached.
Decision Of Department.
1t was plain in its wording. 1t gave
this particular section (2O to the rail-
way company in view of the fact that
1t was operating extensive coal mines
on it and that in sinking the wen
it had expended the necessary amount
Of money in development to warrant
patent. 1t also further stated that
contest cases on land outside of this
particular section required a separate
consideration and that a decision
would be given in the near future
This latter decision has not as vet
been announced but there can be no
question as to what it will be, as it
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RAILWAY MAIL ORIGIN.

genius who improved upon It, and. Of
course, his improvements have been
improved upon until we have now the
best railway mail system in the world.
All this has been brought about
within the recollection of men who are
not yet old. From one man who ex-
perimented with il the service has
grown SO that IL now requires a force
of 2509O men
IF am correct about the postmaster
who started the idea his name was Da-
Wis, and he was native Of Richmond,
Va -
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Not Accountable.

fPuck.f
Mary. there's three months dust in
the drawing rcans
That isn't my fault mum You know
I've only Din here a fortnight"
The Washington times., 1902-09-15

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