, 1902-01-16
WYOMING IN BRIEF.

the wool clip of 1901 was 647, T32
pounds.
Governor Def. Richards has issued
n proclamation setting aside January
Goth as Mckinley day, and ordered Its
observation by tIe schools of the state
with special exercises.
Fred Bryson. who was convicted OF
robbing sheep camps in Sweetwater
county. has been sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for five years. BrysOn's trial,
conviction and sentence required but
twenty minutes.
A list has been made of the voters
of Lowell and Sarver precincts, and
shows that there are nearly LOO cleo.
tors living in the district embraced.
The list APPLY illustrates the rapid
growth of Big Horn county during the
past year.
II. Il. Christmas has been named to
succeed w. $. Post as postmaster of
the Kemmerer office. Kemmerer be-
caume II presidential Office January
list with "A fixed salary of $1,1O0 per
II Mr.. Christmas is a leading
attorney.
A large bull elk wandered into Glen
Rock from off the range recently. and
becoming confused. wandered about
the streets for some time. The hunt
ing spirit of several men was aroused,
but the animal galloped u of town
unarmed.
Father DeSmet and Major Frank
Baldwin have been proposed as Wyom-
ing representatives in the st. Louis
Hall of Fame. There are now six
names put forward, the others being
Jim Bridger, Mrs. NJ. Il. Post, Gov
ernor Campbell and Colonel Frank
Powell.
The annual reunion Of the Scottish
Rite Masons of Wyoming will be held
at Cheyenne on February 18th, 26th,
9th and 2Sth. Elaborate preparations
are being made for the occasion. a at
that time the new $4,000 Masonic
Temple will he dedicated. This build
ing is now about half finished.
Father NJ. Delihanty of Rock Springs
has been appointed priest of Ii Chey-
enne parish. Father George j. Bryant
of Cheyenne will assist him. The
priests of the diocese of Wyoming
will put forward the name of Father
Hugh Commlskey of the Laramie par.
lsh as the successor of the late Bishop
Lehman.
A. j. Parshall, assistant state engi.
neer, has examined the springs at
Granite canon AS to their suitability
for the source of C~heyenne's water sup.
ply. He found that the flow of the
springs amounts to 1.26 cubic feet per
second. or S14,4SO gallons per day, less
than one-third enough water To supply
the present demands of the city.
Ii is stated at Rawlins that the
building of the aerial tramway from
the Ferris-Haggarty copper mine at
Battle Lake to the Boston-W Wyoming
smelter at |Encampment is now as.
sured. Charles Il. Knapp. president of
the company, says that the money has
been secured and work on the project
viii be commenced in the near future.
Operations have beer resumed on
the well of the Fossil Consolidated
OIL Company, in which n flow of oil
was struck last November. Manager
Baisley will nj one put down the new
casing II ms sOun as this is in place
the drill will be started. Boise men
have received a new drilling rig
brought from California and will Mt
once place the machinery in position
and begin drilling.
Thad Sowder. the champion rough
rider of the world" has been engaged
by buffalo BIZ to ride in his Wild
West show this ycar Sowder will
VIII probably be granted n leave of
hbsehce during the annual FESTIVAL OF
ana ram ana VIII compete
Tor the worlds championship beit'
Whlch he now holds, nut whlch ne
must win three times IN order TO re-
tam permanently.
The streets of CHEYENNE will be re-
ramed Under the new system streets
east of Warren avenue will he named
I'm uIphubrticnI order and those west of
Cnpitol avenue. with the exception of
Ferguson, which will he called Lake
avenue Will be alphapetl-
cally as avenues; for instance went
A, Avenue H., Avenue Z, etc. Inc sys-
ten Will make the locating OF any
given address very easy.
II is rcnorted thnt C. II. King. rem
the Elkhorn & Mis-
souri, Valley railroad. has secured nos
session of the extensive conl fields w.
ing about the head of Muddy creek.
nenr the line between Converge and
Natronn counties. and that the com