The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-07-20

FRIDAY. JULY 90. 1905.
ing, but the rush is expected TO start
within few days, when 1t will be
loaded to the guards.
Registration for lands on the Sho-
shone reservation commences today,
and continues for twenty days, so that
the Northwestern line Is expected to
be busy proposition during the next
three weeks. IL is figured that the
rush for lands In the new reservation
will equal II not exceed the rush for
Rosebud lands few years ago. One
man who has canvassed the situation
thoroughly makes an estimate that
there will be 100000 registrations In
this opening, but he has probably fie
ured pretty high.
Activity at Shoshonl.
Shoshoni sprang a surprise on the
railroad. Last fall, when the road was
surveyed through here, 1t was a will.
derness and this month the coming of
train finds us town with a munich
pal government, with two newspapers,
the Semaphore and Capital, with
banks, churches, schools and every
business and industry pertaining to a
city well represented. Already ore is
being shipped, both copper and gold
and vast ricks of wool are being piled
up along the track for shipment. The
w. & N. w. X. r. has two miles of
passing and industry tracks and their
depot at this point will be the largest
west of Chadron. The platform Is the
length of city block. The large wa
ter tank, the largest on the system,
will supply the crowds with the purest
of soft water from the company's $50
foot well. The town Is fortunate in
having as pure water as can be found
anywhere. Great preparations are be-
ing made by citizens and the city Of
ficials to take care of the crowds and
as result of this forethought Sho
shoni will be able to accommodate
5000 people each day during the rush
The rough features incidental to the
opening of new lands and the starting
of new towns in the west are entirely
absent from Shoshoni and indeed 1t
is true that those incidents are passing
away all over the west forever.
Shoshoni Is as orderly and peace
able a place as can be found on the
map and strangers coming here may
feel assured of full protection to both
person and property. Supplies of ev-
cry kind necessary for the tourist can
be purchased here at reasonable pric-
es, the banks will cash your drafts,
provisions and lodging places are am
pie and people coming from the east
are bound to be delighted with their
trip and to come west again next sum-
mer Automobiles will take the crowd
to the hot springs or on sight seeing
trips, there will be daily exhibitions
of frontier scenes and everything pos
sible will be done to entertain and
made tourists comfortable.
Bright Future for Wyoming.
At no time in the history of the ma
tion's development has there been
brighter prospects for any section of
Uncle Sans domain than appears to
be in store for Wyoming during the
year 1906 The vastness of it's terri.
tory and its possibilities may be esti
mated from the following comparison
with an equal area in Europe: The
area Of England, Wales, Ireland, Den
mark and Holland is $4,000 square
miles and has population of $4,000,
900. The area of Wyoming is 1880
square miles and has population OF
100000. With the building of rail
J roads and the investment of capital
the settlement and development CT the
J state the present year will be unpar
alleled in the history of the west. Ir
rigation will convert the valleys into
} fertile farms, the hillsides will be Gov
cred with orchards and vineyards, the
mountainsides with herds of cattle and
} flocks of sheep while from their hid
den storehouses will be dug vast trea
sures Of gold, copper, iron and ashes
tos. The reservoirs of water and the
natural gas will turn innumerable dy
namos for mining and for the manu-
} featuring of the hundreds of raw pro
ducts found everywhere.