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tenth OF the above amount. A year
ago last fall the sheepmen were unable
10 get sufncient cars to market their
sheep until prices became so unsatis-
lactory tnat owners as rule perferred
10 Keep their fiocks and run the risk
OF pulling through the winter. The
ranges were In bad condition, the fiocks
were diseased and there were few own
ers that did not anticipate heavy loss
es' ana the same feeling prevailed In
| every state In the range region
severe winter repvailed and with the
| shortage of feed hundreds of thousands
OF sheep persisted on the plains. A cold.
| wet spring interfered materially with
the lambing. and the increase was
| snort as result With greatly deplet-
ed HOOKS the owners sheared and again
suffered loss, for the fieeces were
from one to two pounds lighter than
during the previous year.
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE.
The nookmasters determined TO cor.
rect the evils OF the past and the re-
sur nus peen that the focks have been
W. uoWn. more hay has been put up to
!eed during the winter months. DINING
mas peen general, and while disease has
NOT peeh entirely eradicated such in.
ROADS nave been made that one or two
more seasons OF activity will accom-
piisn the desired result and Wyoming
ilocks VIII be entirely free from infec-
ton.
In the cattle industry the same adj
verse conditions We're encountered
shortage OF range feed and a eeyere
winter depleted the herds and affected
me condition Of the marketable stuff
NO accurate figures are obtainable, but
conservative estimate places the val
ue or the cattle of the state at about n
million dollars less than one year ago.
horse raising thrived during the year,
anu wyoming Is now looked upon as
one of the foremost states In the yn,on
IN the production of horses for all uses
from the heavy draft animal TO the polo
pony During the year no less than
le'oVO horses were shipped to the east
ern markets, while buyers at home
made heavy demands upon the raiser
or good stock.
:, irrigated farming In Wyoming, with
It's never failing crops, abundant Yields
ana heavy tonnage, both of grains bav
and vegetables, IN attracting wide.
spread attention among homeseekers
throughout the east and middle west.
ana during the year just closing thou.
sands OF people came to this young
s.o.V anu are now establishing COM
,ortapie homes for themselves. The
ianu ana water laws OF the state are
uniformly the best of any of the arid |
and femi-arid states and these advan-
tages have not been overlooked by the |
prospective home builder
BIG HORN ACTIVITY.
The sections Of the state that are at
present receiving the most attention
are Big Horn county, Sheridan county.
portions of Laramie, Albany, Fremont
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I acres Of land that can be reclaimed,
and across the line In Nebraska there is
| az much more awaiting the magic
| touch of water AS the North Platte
| river flows about 100000 acre-feet per
| annum, and as the cost of the reser-
Voii and canals, gigantic though the
| enterprise may be, will not exceed IL
Tor each acre-f0ot OF water saved and
distributed, and as It takes only two
atre.teet to irrigate through one sea-
son the cost would be only 81 per acre
per year. very reasonable price.
GOVERNMENT WORK.
There is every reason to believe that
the government will begin construction
during the year on both OF the proposed
projects, but In the mean time private
capital Is going ahead, and plans have
already been formed for the expendi-
ture OF upwards Of 100000 during
the year In irrigation enterprises In the
state Among these may be mentioned
three or four big canals, either under
construction or planned, located I'm the
Big Horn basin and which will be
extended, and now Col. Cody has ap-
Piled for water rights for several hum
dreds thousand acres more land whoa
VIII be watered by new canal. There
are numerous other small projects
planned for the Big Horn country. In
northern Laramie county local con-
Germ viii build big reservoir and
canals to reclaim 100000 acres of land.
Senator Charles A. Guernsey is pro-
noting another gigantic irrigation aud
reservoir scheme for northern WYE.
lning and numerous projects Of more
on less Importance have been started
or are to be started in various por-
tions OF the state.
THE MINING INDUSTRY.
The mining industry of Wyoming is
subject that needs many pages of a.
scriptiye matter to do Justice, but IN a
few words 1t may be said that coni
mining copper mining. iron mining AMI
the search for the more precious NIT.
aus Keeps large army Of men con-
stantly employed. Coal mining has
always lead the mining industry in
this state, and the year Just closing
was no exception Reports have NOT
been received from all mines in the
state but the reports i'm hand tell of
Hattering conditions. The production
OF coal during 1903 was about the same
as IN the preceding year, and this in
spite OF the fact that am awful acci-
dent In the Hanna mine early I'm the
year cut off the heavy production OF
mat colliery, and also the fact chat
u ere were few II any mines that work.
90 their tull compliments OF men,
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SHEEP MEN HIT HARD.

This loss to the flockmasters of the
state was not without its good results,
however, and 1t Is doubtful II under
similar conditions as prevailed during
the past IL months the sheep owners
would ever again lose more than one
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AWAITING WATERS TOUCH.

Lying between the reservoir site and
'he Nebraska line are fully 800 oOo
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s.ructihg churches, schoolhouses, bust
ness blocks. etc, etc.
Ahe mormon colonies in UInta
county In the vicinity OF Alton and Fort
brldger have also done We'll during tha
year Just closing and the settlers have
auded materially to their stores OF
| wealth. VI
The coming year promises TO be the
pahher year In irrigated agriculture.
,or not only are there a number of large
Irrlsatlon enterprises that will be
pusheu 20 successful end by private
,neahs, put the general government Will
- uoun.euly 90 something In the way
or construction also.
HUGE lRRIGATING CANALS.
during the past summer large corps
ol engineers have been making s,ir-
NSys ahd investigating projects on the
ia'se river near Casper and also on
the shoshone river, In Big Horn conn
W, In the Shoshone project the wnter
VIII be taken from the Shoshone river
AT high elevation and carried 10
something like 100000 acres OF choice
agricultural land lying along that
streem and some Of It's tributaries. The
nsost Oh this land lies at an elevation
~ Vss tnan a,oO9 feet and will there
ci"l' known TO such ATTITUDES as that
OF northern Wyoming. All kinds Of
cereals grow there in the most nrolia,.
Int'ner possible and fruits of many
nltleues VIII In time be cuItivnted
from practically worthless land these
desert tracts will I'm a few wars h,,
the cooperation Of the general govern.
I0eht with private enterprise. he Trans
termed into well cultivated farms
worth not less than $75 per acre.
BIG RESERVOIR SITES.
Reports OF a most favorable nature
ure now being made by the experts
tha' investigated the reservoir site i'm
we erolld canyon of the North Platte
river, IN the vicinity of Alooyn whS,a
me general government proposes ~
CONSTRUCT what will surpass the er,ot
Assuan reservoir In Egypt, which IL
now the largest I'm the world rbie
s,.c ~ some distance below the mouth
vi the SWeetwater river and Would
therefore conserve all the water of
that stream. The Devils Gate stte
was abandoned during the wear. rbe
@A'coVa site TX an unusually favorable
one, the walls OF the narrow canvon
Trough which the river flows. heinz OF
trvaI krahite' zoo feet high, the chasm
n put oY feet wide, and the bed
rock Deing solid granite, exposed. The
reservoir TO be created by the dam
VII have a capacity of 1OOO,OOO ncrc-
rect and IL expected to be sufficient
10 water 100000 acres of tnlable lana
IT is expected that the Alcova reseryoIr
VIII nave fully $4,000 acre-feet mnre
capacity than the famous Assam n,o-
Ject of Egypt. p''-
AWAITING WATERS TOUCH.
Lying between the reservoir site and
Wv NEBRASKA line are fully 800 900
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The sections Of the state that are at
present receiving the most attention
are Big Horn county, Sheridan county.
portions of Laramie, Albany, Fremont
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speciai Correspondence.


<~HEyENNE, wyo, Dec. 2A.-There
were no important Industrial
Neyents in Wyoming during the year
lust closing. but material progress
,,a. made in the development of the
,,ate,s wonderful natural resources.
aiming and stock raising were Wyom-
,ngs leading industries during the
year. and promise to remain In the lead
for many years to come. Compared
with the previous year the records for
,oo2 were not as fatterng, for there
was a slight falling Off in the tonnage
~ coal mined. the poduction Of gold,
silver, copper and iron, and reduction
On The clip of wool and the shipments
~ cattle. but when the conditions are
considered the results are highly salts
factory TO the people OF the state, and
uothing but the brightest prospects
onen with the dawn of the new year.
The condition of the state institutions
was never more satisfactory than at
nresent. All were conducted during the
year along economic lines, all were pro-
ductiye of much good, and with the car
wing out of numerous plans for new
buildings enlargement of old ones and
for the increase In the scope OF work
performed the year now closing will be
a memorable period.
During the closing weeks two banks
and two or three business firms sus-
pended, but these occurrences are no
indication of the financial condition Of
generally or OF business con-
ditlons throughout the state for the
reports Of the state treasurer and state
examiner show that the institutions
row in operation We're never In bet
Ter condition than at present,
HEAVY LIVE STOCK LOSSES.
wyoming did not escape the condl-
lions that caused heavy losses To the
livestock interests in every state in the
union, and especially was the loss In
the production of wool and mutton In
Wyoming marked. For 10 years the
production of wool in this state in
creased steadily until the year 1902,
when Wyoming lead all other states
and territories in the number of her
sheep and the tonnage OF her wool clip.
In that year the state produced In ex-
cess Of 100000 pounds Of wool, of a
total valuation of sb,s93,3i5 During
1908 the clip fell to 2S,70O, 900 pounds,
valued at $4,000, 100. loss in IL months
Of sl,l6S,ls5.
SHEEP MEN HIT HARD.
This loss to the flockmasters of the
state was not without its good results,
however and 1t Is doubtful II under
similar conditions as prevailed during
the past IL months the sheep owners
would ever again lose more than one |
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CARRlSSA MINE FREMONT COUNTY, OWNED BY SALT LAKE AND DENVER MEN

saying that "the deserts will blossom as
the rose" exists in fact there. These
hardy pioneers entered the country
with little else but strong hearts and
willing hands, hut they have succeeded
beyond expectations, and at the same
time they have added to the agircultur-
al wealth Of the state and set an ex-
ample that will be enduring in its eff
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and Uinta counties. while there has
been general settling up in all parts
OF the state. In the first three named
counties the abundance Of water and
the cheapness OF the rich land have
been the attractive features. In Big
Horn county the Mormon settlers
have transformed their localities into
veritable Gardens of Eden, and the old
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fects for all time to come. The colonies
at Cowley Lowell, Burlington, Cody and
other points are now prospecting, and
all this while the settlers were building
canals or great length, building homes
Tor their families and barns and cor
rals for their stock breaking the
ground, transforming meadows and up
lahds into productive hay fields, con-
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THE MINING INDUSTRY.


Running like mad down the street
dumping the occupants, or a hundred
other accidents. are every day occur
rences. 1t behooves everybody to have
reliable salve handy and there's none
as good as Buc<len's Arnica saIva
Burns, Cuts. Sores. Eczema and piles
disappear quickly under its soothing
erect 25c, at z. C. NJ. |. Drug Store.
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of, and shows no disposition 10 load
himself up with the burden OF half a
dozen.
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have come in with the railways, the
younger Mormon" Of today finds that
one woman is all that he can take care
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IN THE LAND OF MORMONDOM

Visitor from West Virginia Describes the Wonderful
Fruits OF ga Strange Relision"-tiow "Mormonisrn"
Has Prospered in Spite OF Bitter Hostile Perse-
cuton
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
The Way of CITY Grocers.

Prudent shoppers who delight In
finding a close relationship between
locality and prive have often observed
that perishable provisions such as
vegetables and poultry, are cheaper
far to the east and west than they
are on the avenues near Fifth. One
woman who had tried the experiment
was demonstrating with her own. gro
Ger over his high prices and told him
in triumph that she could buy the
same articles for less money, naming
in her desire to convince him, the
number on the East Side street at
which she had made her purchases.
His answer was a revelation as to the
means by which such reductions were
possible.
Il believe you,". he said, because l
own the store at which you made those
purchases and run it under another
name. I send there all the articles
that remain here for certain length
Of time without being sold When
they are no longer fresh enough to be
sold at my prices here, l send them
over to the other store I've been
doing that for 10 years and scarcely
know a grocer who doesn't do the
same thing. Most of them have two
stores. If you are willing to buy stale
provisions at the cheaper prices. I'll
keep them for you here and you
needn't take the trouble to go over to
the other place."
But she did not want to economic
in that way.-New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
Shoe Facts and figures.

Lynn, Haverhill and Brockton turn
out nearly one-half of all the shoes
manufactured in the United States. A
wonderful record for three cities.
About 26O,O00,O00 pairs of shoes
were manufactured in this country
last year.
Over 100 100000 of these shoes were
for women and girls.
Some 11O,O00,O00 pairs were made
for men and boys.
Nearly 100000 slippers, Oxfords
and low cuts are manufactured for
women each year.
The output of mems slippers nuns
bers less than 100000 pairs.-Illus.
trated Footwear-Fashion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06

my husband" said the matron in
gray, always gets furious when WON.
en- put on their hats just before the
end of the last act. OF course, 1t is
annoying to have the last Of an act
shut off at an interesting point, but l
have just learned one of the reasons
it is done. At the matinee on We'd
nesday l sat behind man who had
two girls with him. One of them got
all ready just before the curtain went
down. and the other, possibly more
considerate, kept her hat in her lap.
When the curtain fell the man was on
his feet in moment. Come on, girls,
he said, let's get out quick One was
ready, but the other was not, and the
Impotence of the man was something
lovely to behold. So now know many
of them do it just to save the man
from losing his lordly temper because
he has to wait over a minute. New
York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06

whom you dislike, who left their lux.
uries for the hospital"
"I did NOT mean to say that he
said, but he began to appear troubled
and restless Mt making SO long a stay
In the hospitable house Of another. I
felt that matters We're coming to a
crisis, and yet do not know how I
should have acted, for was growing
more and more nervous and democrat
lied, had not Beatrix suddenly at
breakfast one morning cut the knot
by saying:
"'Now, Mary, shall he obliged to
leave you tomorrow. have enjoyed
my visit extremely, but viii is coming
home and I must be there to welcome
him.
MAX raised his eyes and looked
from her to me. then quietly went on
with his breakfast He had seen us
both smile and thought we were max
ing n frivolous joke which seemed to
him rather meaningless. But Beatrlx
was desperate.
"'Have l not done the honors very
nicely? she said, looking full at Max.
L have played housekeeper to Mary
in her own house that she might inn
aglne she was somewhere else passing
her second honeymoon .
MAX looked at her silently and
gravely.
"If this Jest amuses you,' he said.
I can make no objection to humor one
who has been so kind to u.s.
"'Oh! said Beatrix, this will never
do, Mary; speak out. Colonel Max,
your wife has no courage
"At the word courage my husbands
eyes, which had been fixed on me
sternly, softened.
"'She has courage he said. His
thought had gone back to the hospi-
tai.
"'Oh. Maxi I said and began weep
ing like eliminated child, Il am really
that dreadful woman you disapprove
Of
"Beatrix had gone and I was in my
husbands arms. 1t took lis a month
to talk the matter out, but after that
he became reconciled to the inevitable"
"You lucky womanw said the in
quisltive one, putting her handkerchief
to her eyes as the clock struck three in
the morning.-The Sphere.
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DUE TO CHANCE,
How Two Lucky Hairdressers
Achieved Their Fortune.

How Two Lucky Hairdressers
Achieved Their Fortune.
The lady who afterward became
the Empress Eugene, and was then
Mdlle. Eugenia de Montijo. was wait
ing one night for the arrival of her
hair dresser Suddenly, says Answers,
a servant arrived with news that the
unfortunate man had been seized with
apoplexy.
There was not minute to waste,
30 the servant was sent flying for
another hairdresser, and soon M. JOS
eph e. arrived. He proved to be a
perfect artist at his work. He dressed
the beauty's hair in an entire new
mode, and she was delighted.
A day or two later she had become
then e-president-Louis Napo
leon, and afterward she appointed
Joseph r. her court hairdresser.
She found that he lived at No. 10
Faubourg st. Honore, number which
she insisted upon having altered.
Then she desired him to decorate tho
place in her favorite shade Of mauve,
and finally requested him to alter his
name to Felix.
That was 40 years ago. Today the
third generation of Felix is the head
Of one Of the greatest establishments
in Paris. having combined millinery
with his original business of hair
dressing.
Felix is not the only artist in hair
who has made a fortune out Of new
fashion. Twelve years ago the kaiser
saw one Of his attaches, Baron Hol-
sen, wearing his mustache in the way
which he himself has since rendered
SO familiar. He inquired the name OF
the baron's hairdresser, and was told
that 1t was Haby.
His majesty sent for Haby, and
eventually constituted him court hair.
dresser. The les list erriecht," or up
to-themark" mustache, has made Ha-
by's fortune, and, even though the
kaiser has now abandoned it, Haby's
shop is still centre of Berlin fashion
and an absolute gold mine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
Facets,

Children are won by candy, women
by bonnets, men by schemes.
1t always pays for a man to make
love to his own wife.
No one should ever blame a child
for being spoiled. 1t is not the child's
fault.
Keeping tabs on ones expenses Is
usually a hopeless task. There are
not tabs enough to go round.
II the hired girl could write book,
what a field she would have, for the
tragedies and comedies Of the back
door have never been depicted from
hire standpoint 1t would make a new
and interesting study in folk lore
Chicago Record-Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
How to Eat m Orange.

The following is the proper way to
eat a Mexican orange-any old way
will do for poor orange. You pare it.,
except a bit at the two poles; you cut 1t
in two in the diameter, and then first
adding sugar IL you like you eat the
two cups thus formed, or good por-
ton Of them. 1t is the only way to get
the full flavor and the delicious cool
ness of the fruit at its best. To eat an
orange with q silver spoon is most I'M
scientific; silver is a good conductor Of
heat. and the modicum Of juice that is
thus obtained has been rendered nau-
seatingly warm, and also lacks taste
on account Of its small amount.-Mod.
ern Mexico.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
The English School Boy.

The English public school boy, even
after he has spent year or two or
has gone so far as to take a pass de-
gree at a university, is one of the most
profoundly ignorant creatures on the
face of the earth. OF geography he
knows only as much as he may have
gathered by collecting postage
stamps; with English literature he is
not even on terms Of distant polite
ness; as often as not he refuses to
submit to the conventions of spelling
and the style of the composition of his
smile.-Pall Mall Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06

Aching backs are eased. Hip, b,ck, in
loin pains overcome. Swelling Of Y
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust N
ment, high colored, pain in passing, ID
bling, frequency, bed wetting. DuI
Kidney Pills remove calculi AND gnI
Relieve heart palpitatiou, sleeplessns
headache, nervousness, dizziness.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
Queen Xictoria's humor.

Queen Victoria's keen sense OF hu-
NOR gave her great enjoyment in car
toons. Her cabinet ministers used to
save all the cartoons that they could
get relating to themselves and send
them to the queen in a certain kind
of scrap book. These volumes are
preserved in Windsor Castle library,
and form valuable record of English
caricature in the 10Th century.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06

PL1NY, w. VA. - The free trial of
Doans Kidney Pills acted so we'll with
ne, wrote Hooif, the druggist, at Point
Pleasant, to send me three boxes, with the
result have gained in weight, as we'll as
entirely rid of my kidney trouble. My
water had become very offensive and con
tanned a white sediment and cloudy. l
would have to get up six and seven times
during the night, and then the voiding
would dribble and cause frequent at
tempts, but, thanks to Doan's Kidney Pills,
they have regulated all that, and | cannot
Naisc them too much. JAS. A. LANuAM.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06

AURORA, New MEXICO. Il received
the Tree sample OF Doans Kidney rms
which ordered for Q girl nine years old
that was suffering with bed wetting, and
she improved very fast. The pills acted
directly on the bladder in her case and
stopped the trouble. j. G. LUCERo.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06

] never dreamed she thought of me-
My sweet child neighbor; summers seven
The. blossom Of her lie had blown,
And to my saddened heart and lone
She seemed bit of heaven. {
I never dreamed she thought of me,
For was old, with weary years,
And worn and gray, and what had she, D.
The laughing child, in sympathy
With life so stepped in tears?