, 1907-07-25

market at from ! 70 $1.l0 per NOR
pounds. 1t is not more profitable than
Alfalfa. which gives an average yield
per ton.
A Great Feeding Point.
The hay crop goes to the f~attenins
of stock. Wheatland is destined to be.
come one Of the greatest feeding points
in the entire west. During the winter
of 1866 feeders fartened $4,000 lambs
at q nice profit. The succeeding feed.
ing season lambs sold so high that the
feeders were afraid to take q risk aAd
only $4,000 were fed. but the results
were ane. net profits being from 81 to
$3.50 per head. The future will doubt.
less bring to Wheatland the combina-
ton of beet pulp. field pease and al
falfa. when Wyoming win send to mar
ket the best lambs placed on the block.
High Price for Lands.
Farm lands are selling high and
there is much activity. Transfers dur.
ing the past three months have aver,
aged approximately $4,000 per day. 1t
is stated that during that period there
has been an advance of fally ten dol
lars per acre.
Town is Prosperous.
The town reflects the general pros.
perity Of the colony. Bank deposits
approximate a quarter OF a million.
two good hotels are doing a thriving
business. two weekly newspapers en-,
jovtne splendid patronage, a roller
mill Is turning out -four Of excellent
quality, many stores are well patroniz.
ed-one claims to be doing a business
of 100000 per nnu and there is a
general atmosphere Of push and pro.
gress.
Morality at Wheatland is at high,
tide. There are only two saloons, no
gambling and no Jail. The latter is to
be provided in the nea future. howev,
or, as some lawless individuals have
made 1t necessary. A year ago, we re.
call, Saratoga had something like nine
saloons, with about the same popula.
ton, and Saratoga laid some claim to
godliness. Wheatland has good schools
and churches.
Good Bali Town.
For diversion, Wheatland plays ball
with Sunrise. Guernsey. Cheyenne or
Casper, and the tossers of those hust-
ling towns have to rise mighty early
in the morning to twirl the sphere
around a Wheatland bat. An occa-
sional circus m along and trav-
| cling troupes sometimes find it to their
advantage to stop here. Wheatland's
greatest diversion, however, is the
county fair. This year it will be held
On the 18th, 18th and Goth Of Septem.
Der. In addition to the great displays
Of live stock and farm produce, there
will be racing and plenty Of amuse.
ment for the people. Those who at.
tend are sure to be repaid handsomely
for their time and expense.
Civil Engineers Cause Comment.
Wheatland is wondering what q
corps Of civil engineers bearing the
Union Pacific brand are doing In the
mountains southwest of town. Know.
ing ones allege that the surveyors are
trying to find q shorter and better
route for the main line from North
Platte to Medicine Bow, and that the
future will see through traffic hauled
| over such a line. The engineers are
not saying what they are doing. They
simply go quietly about their work and
let the people guess. Meanwhile
Wheatland hopes that If an east and
west line is to be built, it will come
its way.
Burt WrestIed With II.
1t Is a problem that has been studied
before and by one Of the most eminent
civil engineers in the world. 1t will be
recalled that Horace G. Burt, accom-.
panied by Edward Dickinson, took a
wagon ride up the North Platte before
he decided to spend two and a half
millions between Laramie and Chey.
enne. Mr.. Burt decided not to build
the cutoff. There is a mighty rise
from Wheatland to the top Of the hill
about 1000 feet. This rise is in such
a short distance that the problem Is q
hard n to surmount.
Once q Great Lake.
1t seems that for countless ages the
Laramie plains ere a great lake. The
silt from the erosion Of the centuries
gradually filled this lake till finally the
Big Laramie cut the mighty gorge