, 1906-05-01

and the green grass is far enough ad-
yanced to give stock plenty Of feed.
Rangemen are looking for the best year
In the history of their business-it cat
tie and sheep are combined in the car
culation. Horses, too, are good prop
erty and are giving an exceedingly
handsome return to the breeders.
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At the city of Casper the people are
feeling remarkably good considering
the fact that the transportation bust
ness is soon to move on-at least so
far as the great wagon outfits are con
cerned. The town will be n division
point on the Northwestern road and
will receive n large amount of bust
ness from the irrigation works in
course of construction on the Platte,
but after the wild west elements move
on with the road, there is certain TO be
a dearth Of ready cash, for the gam
blers are free spenders and the MANY
drivers of the big outfits and the large
number of shearers will have their
headquarters farther west. The moral
atmosphere of the town will be improy-
ed and in n few months the people
there will forget the past and turn
their attention to the development of
things more stable. The Pathfinder
project will bring under cultivation
many thousands of acres of fine farm
ing land adjacent to Casper, which will
give It standing as an agricultural COM
munity. Its elevation is such that all
kinds of small grain can be raised there
with the greatest success.
Casper is just at present putting in
$4,000 worth of water pipes. A street
main of six-inch pipe is being laid and
nan laterals are also being added to
the system. 1t takes its supply from
a mountain spring and 1t is as pure as
the nectar that Jupiter slipped"
Casper is improving and business is
good. All the business houses appear
to be doing a splendid trade. Some
building is being done. Casper appears
to be the first town in the state to in
troduce cement blocks as building ma
terial. The houses built of this mate
rial appear to be substantial and look
well, They are considerably cheaper
than houses Of brick.
Coal business on the Northwestern
does not appear to be thriving, The
mines at Muddy are closed down on &C
count of some labor trouble and the
Glenrock mines are only putting out
about four cars of coal per day. The
Glenrock coal is not of good quality
Inc the mines are pretty well worked
out
Converse county has completed its
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that county are justly proud of their
achievement. The total Indebtedness
of the county, court house bonds and
all, is under fifty thousand dollars and
is being reduced every year. The new
court house cost approximately $4,000
and is probably the best county build
ing in the state. with the possible ex-
ception of Sheridan. Every dollar APP
pears to have been made to go to its
farthest limit. The county officials are
as proud as peacocks with new fealh-
ers. One of the beauties of the new
building is the fact that it was made
of Douglas brick, which is an excel
lent article.
The manager of the Douglas pressed
III NOhNtlh Is experimenting Mllu
oil as a fuel for the burning of brick
and from the tests already made there
is little doubt but that he will be able
to introduce the fuel with success and
economy. The oil will be obtained
from the wells in the near vicinity of
Douglas.
John Morton, John Williams and De
Forest Richards are pushing the work
on the irrigation project that is to bring
the Fetterman flats under irrigation.
There is something like five thousand
acres in the tract and the land is of
splendid quality. Another canal, to be
taken out under the Pathfinder project,
Will irrigate a large amount of land
across the river from Douglas and ex-
tending down almost to Grin Junction.
These combined tracts will bring a
large population and Douglas expects
to profit to a large extent by the i'm
proyements. The Fair City is also
looking for the Colorado and Southern
to extend its line into hat city and
make a division point there. Its wool
shipments last year were 1000, 900
pounds and it feels that the freight
from this and other sources is sufic-
lent to warrant the extension.
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Passing on down the Platte to the
vicinity of Guernsey, the people are
elated over the completion of one of
the big government canals. This canal
is to the north of the Platte and con
ducts water to about $4,000 acres be-
tween Whalen falls and the Nebraska
line. Hundreds of families will settle
there this year and water will be fur
nished them for 1906 crops.
The people over in central Wyoming
are really too busy to talk politics. All
of them say Governor Brooks has
made good and in the same breath thev |