, 1907-07-25
WYOMING HAPPENINGS

region ave CHAMBERS and state Neterl-
MARIAN Placing will go there and XIII
them.
o. W. Brandt, formerly chief dis
patcher for the Cheyenne-Rawlins dis
trict of the Wyoming division, with
headquarters at Cheyenne. has been
transferred t North Platte, as chief
dispatcher for the eastern district, re-
lieving Mr.. Brown, assigned to other
duties.
The plague of 'grub-in-the-head,
which attacked sheep in the Casper
section several weeks ago and caused
the death of about 10000, has about
run its course and a few deaths are
now occurring. Owners of sheep are
Gipping the noses of all lambs in tar,
so tnat they will not be affected by the
flies another year.
H.. G.. Garrison will assume COM
nand of the corps of surveyors now
laying out a line for the extension Of
the Laramie Plains road to Walden
from Centennial. T. p. Gill, who was
called to England to assist in settling
an estate, has given up the place for
the present, going TO Denver and eX-
EectIng to leave for the East in a day
OF two.
Hon. C. d. Oviatt reached Larimer
recently from the Boswell ranch bring
word that Will Hiskey, formerly of
Laramie, but now connected with the
Indian service in the Indian territory,
was learning to swim. He is in camp
with a party of friends, and the sup
position is that he fell into the river
n had to swim ashore. Mr.. Oviatt
lays the party is having a delightful
time.
%Shcepmen, dry n irrigation farm
ers, merchants and other who have op-
Eoscu h governments proposed land
policies. are now looking with favor
upon the Kincaid law, as adopted in
Nebraska. 1t is asserted that many Of
the anti-lease people are not opposed
to the Kincaid law, or some similar
measure, n it is expected they VII!
advocate the Kincaid proposition. A
number favor state control, and among
these it is claimed are some who have
heretofore favored the leasing scheme.
The commission appointed by Gov
ernor Brooks to investigate the MOI
toI. charges against the University Ct
Wyoming, consisting of l.. G. Phelps
Of Mecteetse, NJ. r. Johnston of Wheat
land, Charles F. Maurer of Douglas.
Rev. Leon C. Hills of Evanston and
Charles Kutcher of Sheridan, are pre-
pared to begin their investigation.
Neithc. Prof. B. C. Buffum, late Iii.
rector of the experiment station, nor
c.. L. Morton, formerly associate pro-
fessor of animal husbandry, who made
the charges, was present when the
board met, and the members spent the
forenoon investigating the physical
condition of the university p-opert?,
goiLS ever the station farm and visit
ing the old ~penitentiary building, nor
used for station purposes. The board
was organized by the election of the
following officers: Chairman. NJ. r.
Johnston; Secretary, Charles kutcher.
The Larimer Republican says: An
sdvance copy of the ofiician call of the
fifteenth national irrigation congress
mas been received by The Republican.
1t is issued from the headquarters of
the congress at Sacramento, Cali
fornia, and announces that this impor-
tant convention will be held in that
city September 81 inclusive next. The
document recites the purposes of The
congress, invites the appointment of
delegates by organized bodies of all
kinds, and special railway
ldtts tNtI all railway INES 10 IdlllOT-
mia. An interstate irrigation and for
estry exposition, the California state
tair and special harvest excursions
over California are among the enter
;ainment features promised those who
attend. The purposes of the congress
are declared to be Save the forests,
store the floods. reclaim the deserts,
make homes on the land" and who are
Interested in these subjects or in any
OF them are invited 10 participate in
the deliberations and thereby contrib
ute to a wise direction of national
policies and development of practical
methods of conserving and developing
the great natural resources of the
country.
+. b. Very, the Rawlins fireman
who was terribly injured in the eXplo-
sion or a Union Pacific locomotive near
Latham, is very low at the county hos
litai at Cheyenne. He was burned, in
haieG steam, and received a compound
fracture of the left leg. While being
brought to Cheyenne in a special train
il was thought he was dead. but the
surgeons revived him. He is having a
hare struggle for life, with the chances
GgainEt him. A brother arrived from
Lovsiand, Colorado, and Mrs. Very,
his mother, arrived from Nebraska.
Another brother, DIR. C. c. Very of tho
state beard of sheep commissioners,
came with his injured brother from
Latham. Engineer Adkins is also SER
lously Injured. but he has a better
chance for recovery than Very.
Brakeman Howard is also hurt badly.
The cause of the explosion has not
beer determined. BY some IL is as
serted that the crown sheet of the en-
CINE was patched and that this patch
became weakened and resulted in the
explosion. Railroad officials scout