, 1905-10-26
TOLD NV a FEW WORDS
Leading Events of the Big World Briefly Stated for Busy
Big Horn County People.

Billings is jubilant because of the completion of new $780, 900 court
house for Yellowstone county, Montana.
J. e. Rillet, while walking across the top of a threshing machine
at his farm near Wheatland, stepped through a trap door and his right
leg as drawn into the machinery and mangled so that amputation was
necessary.
Judge Willis vanDeventer of the United States court of appeals,
anu au im ,as W. "a, nn roe are P preparing 10 eate lr casper where they
From Casper the party will travel overland to Commissioner Richards
ranch at Red Bank, Big Horn county, which will be their headquarters
during a hunt after big game.-Cheyenue Tribune.
In an opinion handed down to the Cary land grant board, Attorney
General Galen holds that lands acquired by the state under the Carey
act cannot be disposed of except to actual settlers. In his opinion Mr.,
Galen says: I understand from Mr.. Wade, state engineer, that certain
parties claim that under the act of June II, 2S06, amending the Carey
act, the state could sell these lands out in 16Oacre tract without regard
to settlement O cultivation. We cannot agree with this construction
of such amendment.-RedL Lodge Picket.
Acting at the direction of the United States attorpev general n den.
uy United States marshal has served upon a large number of stockmen
and small ranchmen of Teton county orders to emove fences owned by
them which indose public lands. Notice is given that if such fences
should be standing at the expiration of go days they shall be removed by
the government at the owners expense, and that criminal prosecutions
of the owners shall follow. Similar orders have been served on stock
men in the vicinity of Hinsdale, Valley county.-Red Lodge Picket
Washington, D. c., Oct, electromagnetic for the Wyoming
stockmen who r. protesting against the charging of fees for grazing
privileges in the Yellowstone forest reserve is contained in the resultof
with Secretary Wilson and Chief Forester Ptnchot. Gubb made a Wig
orous protest against the charging of fees for grazing privileges in the
Holy cross reserve, Colorado, and finally secured a promise from the
secretary and chief forester that early next month a n order wonld be is
1t is understood that the department is seriously considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of cutting off the proposed fees on all forest reserves for
the present, until the many problems incident to utilizing the grazing
on the reserves are setued-Cheyenne Leader.
John P. schmit, register of the state land office at Helena, has r-
ceived a letter notifying him of the location of a number of persons in
new rule on the Dart of the general land and oa @e = Wssbiuaton' SsasTns q
sent in compliance Herewith. While a person may locate a homestead
claim Oh school lands before they are surveyed, the state has always
been allowed the privilege of protesting when final hearing prepare
tory to final proof was had. AS this might be five years from the date of
settlement, it will be seen that the new rule of the department will act
both in favor of the state and homesteade. The latter will not jeopar-
disc his entry, and the state will not have TO seek witnesses who may
have removed in the lapse of years to every quarter of the nation. I'm
der e rule, the State may contest the entry within 30 days after
settlement has been initiated. The ruling applies only to homestead
entries, and if decided adversely, the state may select lieu lands.
Colorado has risen o a position where il is entitled to be regarded
as the leading beet sugar state in the country. Last year the output
was in round numbers about 81, 100000. This amount nearly equals our
silver product: t. is more than one-fourth of our gold product, and is
estimated to be about a sixth of the total agriculture al product of the
state outside OF the cattle industry. 1t employed over 5000 people and
% square miles of territory were cultivated. When one considers that
these conditions have been brought about in the short period ofsix years,
they are nothing short of marvellous. 1 think it is safe to say that no
single industry has brought so great an increase to the general prosperity
of the state and to the welfare of the people a has the beet sugar in
dustry. The communities where beet sugar factories have been started
n remarkably prosperous; are growing rapidly, and all the beneficial
results which come from intensified farming, diversified industries and
the settling up of new country. has followed in its wake. The above we
clip from the Denver News and what Colorado has already realized,
Wyoming can, and within the next ten years will not only initiate, but
exceed. The Basin county alone, by reason of the extension of the B.
& M r. r. now being constructed, will be in a position to supply beet
sugar factories in extent as large or larger than u neighbor o the
Souther hor1er