text: < a a . ' « A «.. . JV n M <^Eh^Kt'< <J|k K I * '^h4L W SLBR ^L - . ■mK^^k.vKp^B^^k ; 'a V-&' ' "y^ '•'».*■ C.J INLY NEWSPAPER IN THE;FETTERMAN£COUNTRY, VOL. 5, NO. 6. ‘©ijUl’®ußrti&v»^ M. O. and Minnie F. Barrjw, Proprietors. ■ukoeripttoa Rateoi ■neltatko P LOO UM*. UO teolear. LOO toRwWIm «»•«> Invariably In advance. SliraU COPIES, TEN CENTS. UmtWnt rates made known on applioaUc-’. JFFICIAL DSREGTORY. COUNTY. (apt. of Schools: Cornelia Lusk. Uorctisr: W. F. Loogor. Sarveror: Alex T. Seymour. jmmsot: Sam Slsymaker. Jommissioners: Chas. A. Pollard, chairman •orgs Bolin and John Storrie. CITY. ■a*or: M. C. Barrow. ^oilmen: J. H. Belkiik, H, O. Peters, A Tuidair and F. E. Cafley. ifcAw) and Street Comm’r: W. H. Rouse, fiminr: Robert Knittie. 4A Chas. F. Mani er. Witter Commissioner i. H. Selkirk. Assessor Cha*. F. Maurer. Polios Judge* Luke Usher. PRECINCT. Deputy Sheriff: W. F. Mecum. Fasticeo: John 8. Warner and L. Usher, loastable: J. W. Overman SCHOOL DISTRICT. *resi3eut: Meredith B. Camplin. Measurer: E. P. Champlin. leek: N. E. Burns. CHURCHES. fIRST CONGREGATIONAL.—Center street, ween Fourth and Fifth. Rev. Beniamin Hinton, pastor; 'H. R. Paul, deacon; W. H. imilton, Jno. Adams and J. H. Selkirk, trus e. Bunday serrioee at 11 a. m. and 7JO p. m. War meeting Wednesday evenings, at 7 o’clock. FIRST M. R CHURCH.—Third Street. Bun r servlets atlla.m.and 7JO p. nr Sabbath mol at 10 a. m. Prayer meeting Thursday Tin- Btningere welcomed. Invitation D. Day, pastor. • ASHLAR LODGE. A. F. AA. M. ■flk^ Regular meetings Ist and Stu Tues KHC day of each month. AU visiting I** ■ ■ brethren invited. I J. H. BURY. W. M. ■. L. EDWARDS, Seay. I DOUGLAS LODGE NO. 15, O. F.—Meets every Thursday evening at Bury's Hall, Second street, at 8 p.m. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. WOOD, N.G. L. MECUM, Secretary. TIME TABLE. Lavat Elkhorn, Mteonri Valley R. B. Saturday evening at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at 8:30 p.m. C. C. PEXIX, Karat at Douglas, Wyo. B. Boal, J. B. Baskins. Garats! Pate. Anant, Missouri Valley. Iowa. Worthworth Bta*a Une. Me Mania* dw. RoakCta*kouTrao- E. W. BARBER, M.D. Physician DOUGLAS, CONVERSE COUNTY, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1890. A. W. BARBER, M.D. Physician DOUGLAS, CONVERSE COUNTY, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1890. A. W. BARBER, M.D. Physician DOUGLAS, CONVERSE COUNTY, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1890. A. W. BARBER, M.D. Physician DOUGLAS, CONVERSE COUNTY, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1890. A. W. BARBER, M.D. Physician DOUGLAS, CONVERSE COUNTY, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1890. A. W. BARBER, M.D. Physician DOUGLAS, CONVERSE COUNTY, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1890. A. W. BARBER, M.D. Physician DOUGLAS, CONVERSE COUNTY, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1890. A. W. BARBER, M.D. Physician DOUGLAS, CONVERSE COUNTY, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1890. A. W. BARBER, M.D. Physician DOUGLAS, CONVERSE COUNTY, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1890. A. W. BARBER, M.D. Physician DOUGLAS, CONVERSE COUNTY, WYOMING, W Surgeon, DOUGLAS, WYOMING. Office Center street. First door east of First National bank. OFFICE HOURS: Douglas from 4 p. m. to 10 a. m. Fetterman Hospital from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. J. M. WILSON, M. D., Physician and Surgeon Office and residence on Third street, opposite Union Block. DOUGLAS, - - WYOMING. W. F. MECUM, Attorney at Law, DOUGLAS, WYOMING, Practice in all the courts of this territory. CHARLES F. MAURER, Attorney at Law, DOUGLAS, WYOMING. BERT EICHELBERGER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN FLOUR, FEED AND HAY. Corn, Oats, Chop Feed, Bran and Shorts. Choice brands of Colorado and Nebraska floor. Always in the lowest. Dentist Street - - - Douglas, Wyo. Julius Swanson Blacksmith and Wagon Maker. DOUGLAS, WYOMING. NIMS AND SMITH WHITE & PRINGLE. FAIR, FAITHFUL, AND FEARLESS. A NEIGHBORLY SEKU OFF. The Resources of Wyoming Tersely Bet Forth. The Denver Republican in a carefully written editorial thus describes the resources of Wyoming: Wyoming, when admitted to the union, will be the eighth state in area. Its population is estimated at about 100,000, and it possesses sufficient resources to maintain a population of 500 times that number. Its taxable wealth consists chiefly in live stock. It is estimated that it has 100,000 cattle, 1,000,000 sheep and 125,000 horses. The value of all these animals is put at $75,000,000. But the cattle industry has probably seen its best days. Much of the land which has been used for pasturage will in the near future be brought under cultivation. The possibilities of Wyoming in an agricultural way are much greater than people suppose. There are four streams in Wyoming which, besides the numerous tributaries, are capable of supplying a large amount of water for irrigation. They are the North Platte, which is a larger stream than the South Platte of this state, the Powder the Big Horn and the Green. The Green, owing to the fact that it runs through canyons over a considerable part of its course, cannot be utilized to so great an advantage as the others. But, taking the available water in Wyoming, the supply for irrigation purposes appears to be much greater than that of Colorado. In connection with the possibilities of agriculture in Wyoming, it should be considered that there is reason to believe that a considerable part of the northeast quarter of the territory is susceptible to cultivation without irrigation. That part of the territory is not very far from the Missouri river valley, and it is probable that the annual precipitation is sufficient to bring crops to maturity without irrigation. The mineral wealth of Wyoming consists chiefly of coal, iron, building stone, and oil. It has long been known that the territory possessed great coal fields. In 1885, the population at 9996, about 10,000. Recently, much attention has been attracted to its old fields. These are situated near the center of the territory and will be developed as soon as they are connected by rail with the rest of the country. The forest area of Wyoming is estimated in government reports to be 7,718,400 acres consisting chiefly of pine and spruce. Considering the enormous population that can be maintained in a given area under a system of irrigation, Wyoming promises to contain a large population at some day in the future. Its resources are sufficient to make it one of the greatest states of the Union. Arid Land Surveys The general land office has completed the work of segregating the lands surveyed under the arid land act of 1889. The law practically reserved the entire arid region until the surveys were completed, in order to properly establish and mark the areas tributary to streams and subject to irrigation. In all but twelve hundred townships have thus been segregated. They are located principally In Idaho and Montana, with smaller areas in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, aggregating twenty-two million acres. Not only are the sites for reservoirs, ditches and canals included in these surveys, but also such lands susceptible of irrigation by reservoirs, ditches and canals. The surveys are by no means completed, but the work already done will define the areas which these surveys will bring under the operations of the arid land law. Under the decision of the attorney general, the arid lands reserved under the act of 1887 will be subject to entry and settlement as soon as the land office prepares the final maps and profiles. Several maps are passing in congress, providing for the modification of the law so that salt reservoirs the land for agricultural purposes. A special session of the legislature, in session at the hour of adjournment, has been called for the purpose of considering the bill. The president signed the Wyoming bill precisely 5:30 o'clock this afternoon, and the judge, who was legislated out of office, has been working diligently for the last few days in the effort to secure the bill. The bill, which was signed by the Wyoming legislature, has been working diligently for the last few days, and has been a significant step in the development of the state's agricultural and mineral resources. He was just about ready to file number of reports from the committee on military affairs with the clerk, the house, when he received a message from the president that the legislature ready to sign the bill. Judge Cargill filed his reports, which was his official duty in the house as the president and then took a cab to the White House. The president said it gave him great pleasure to perform the act of signing the bill admitting Wyoming into the Union. The people of that territory, he said, showed themselves eminently qualified for the task of self-government, the president then took a new pen and signed the bill, and saying the deed is done, presented the pledged holder to Judge Carey as a witness of the occasion. Judge Carey, the only person with the president when he signed the bill, informed the people that there was a particular reason for delaying the signing of the bill and so late an hour in the afternoon. It happened that the house bill to offer to the settlers several abandoned military reservations in Wyoming came to the point of final passage at just about the same time as the Wyoming statehood bill. There were certain provisions in the former bill which made it necessary to have it signed while Wyoming was still a territory. It was the reason why the president did not sign the statehood bill at an earlier hour. Judge Carey will remain in the five days longer. Important matters in view of his people are interested. He will then return home. The Omaha Bee's Washington corres pondent writes: “Forty-four stars in the fla^, t^yoming slipped up to the range of statehood very easily. At a moment in the house this afternoon when there were very few members present and nearlylevery one was yawn ing and stretching under a sweltering atmosphere the Wyoming statehood bill, as amended by the senate, was called up and concurred in without a word of debate or explanation. It was less than sixty seconds from the mo ment the speaker recognized Mr. Baker of New York to take the bill off the speaker's table for the purpose of con sidering the senate amendments until the measure was finally adopted. Dele gate Carey, who is to be one of Wyo ming's first senators, has been very busy looking after the measure dur ing the past week he had it engrossed and ready for the signatures of the two presiding officers of congress. The members of the house scarcely realized what they had done until some minutes bad elapsed after the concurrence of the senate amendment. Therefore there was not a comment among individual members, nor a single handclap, and the few strangers in the almost de serted galleries did not realise what woe done. Speaker Beed promptly attached hie signature to the bill and it was sent over to the senate, but owing to the nature of the proceeding* in that body the signature of th* speaker could not bo announced, and therefore Mr. Ingalls, president' pro torn, did not have an opportunity to sign the bilL Ho will do re tomorrow, when it will go to the presidrat, who win promptly give it Mt autograph. The campaign in Wyoming and Idaho will program vitb glMNft BVMI dtiM end olMbtegß HWyS M l * tor the toteetfoß us ■late eod ®cMNPNtetoßal oMm« Mid ' ft it said lbs laaHttana will meet M tb* ■Mte Um mml bMobm. ÜbMI Stetes MMhbM* MgHftdßMNMlyf BB MbF - ’IIMM ■teF BfFMM Ml Mbß Inmf ®f' ÜbR XtoftjM gtodM bmMlb'Wbl toft* Mlb 'W ■MtaM-.M tba*mn*ltam Thrtrfom W ba *■* Remarkable Rock. It has often been asserted that almost every mineral ever discovered in the world existed in some portion of Wyoming, and the truth of the statement is becoming more apparent every day. A great mineral curiosity, or freak, known as “photographing rock” was discovered and has been known to exist in the vicinity of Colorado, Utah, for some time but, we believe, was not known to exist anywhere else in the world until a stratum of it was recently discovered near Elkhorn, on the Cheyenne and Northern line of railroad in Wyoming. The Wyoming strata is in the face of a bluff and about one hundred feet of solid rock formation is above or on top of it. It is only about four inches in thickness, and is sort of an agate formation, and the curious thing concerning it is an exact and delicate photograph of whatever hills and other scenery happens to be in front of the ledge is faithfully depicted upon its face, and reduced in size to about the same extent as would be the work of a photographer’s camera; while it is more natural, perfect and delicate than any work that all the cunning of the hand of the most noted and accomplished artist can ere hope to produce. By means of sharp-edged tools the “photographic rock” can be scaled off in layers from an eighth to a quarter of an inch in thickness, containing the photograph, while on the freshly exposed surface of the ledge another photograph is formed after a time. The specimen exhibited to a reporter for the Derrick contained a representation of two hills, with a valley or “draw” between, and on the surface of the hills every sage brush or other article of vegetation; was represented in a startlingly distinct manner, and can neither be washed off or otherwise removed. The possessor of this specimen, Mr. Gus Sanborn who has had the management of King & Co’s store at Elkhorn, informs us that on some of the streets, it was found that the water was not pure, and that the water was not pure. This discovery was made by a man who had been in the business for some time, and who had been in the business for some time. Upon exposure to the air, a chino-white formation about the thickness of two sheets of paper, forms upon the surface, and in this, it is claimed, lies the photographic property. It is certainly a remarkable work of nature, and since seeing it, we feel sure that we shall eventually wear native diamonds. 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ROBERTSON, WIKSB, LARGEST CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL WYOMING Gertrude Joins the G. O. The Platte Valley Lyre, edited and published by Miss Gertrude M. Huntington, declares its adhesion to the republican party in an excellent editorial as follows: To the republican party do we owe statehood and as the people of Wyoming have never been slow to acknowledge just debt, neither will they be in this instance. Their allegiance to that party will be as firm and unflinching as has been their fight for statehood, and justly so. From the beginning the democrats as a party have done all in their power to prevent the action taken by the senate on Friday last, and they would in all probability continue that opposition indefinitely. The speeches of Senator Vest of Missouri, Keegan of Texas, and Jones of Arkansas have been published throughout the country, and their arguments have simply brought ridicule upon themselves. The old adage, “People who live in glass houses should not throw stones," has been frequently quoted since Senator Platt proved that to be the position of the gentleman from Arkansas. Notwithstanding this opposition, Wyoming is today standing on the threshold of the union and will enter with a constitution giving liberty to all her people. The new state is the only portion of the United States, and, we may say, of the entire world, where women are permitted to hold equal rights with male citizens. During the twenty-one years of territorial government through which Wyoming has just passed, her women have proudly exercised their equal privileges, and they will continue to do so now that their territory has become a state. Both men and women are proud of this distinction and all will work for the further advancement of their noble state. The Platte Valley Lyn. not to be behind its patrons, today declares its allegiance to the republican party. 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