WYOMING. 



YOUNG, BRIGHAM. 



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ming, hitherto prevented by marauding Indians, 

 will go forward, and its mineral and pastoral 

 wealth be made available by the industry of 

 the settler. The removal of the Indian agencies 

 from the northern border to points near the 

 Missouri River is now taking place, and this 

 gives additional confidence in the prospect of 

 peace. 



The following is the financial statement for 

 the past two years: On hand at the beginning 

 of the term, $8,792.37; receipts, $43,698.49; 

 total, $52,490.86; disbursements, $50.635.34; 

 balance, $1,855.52. There are outstanding bills 

 to the amount of about $4,800. 



The total valuation of property as assessed 

 for the year 1877 is $9,275,811. The rate of 

 assessment for Territorial purposes is three mills 

 on the dollar. The amount of tax levied for 

 the year is $27,837. 



There are now 67 Territorial prisoners in 

 the United States Penitentiary at Laramie, at 

 a cost of $1 per day per man, which is the 

 contract price with the Government. 



The Governor recommends that all convicts 

 having more than two years to serve be sent 

 to the House of Correction at Detroit, where 



THE GIANT GEY8EB. 



the cost of keeping them is $1.25 per week 

 per prisoner. 



A volume published in the latter part of the 

 year gives many interesting details respecting 

 the Territory. It is entitled "The Hand- 



Book of Wyoming, and Guide to the Black- 

 Hills and Big-Horn Regions : for Citizen, Emi- 

 grant, and Tourist." By Robert E. Strahorn 

 ("Alter Ego"), of the Wettern Preu. 8vo, 

 pp. 249. Cheyenne, Wyoming. 



THB THUD GEYSER. 



From this volume the following information 

 is condensed : 



The number of cattle. and sheep owned in the 

 Territory at the present time is : Cattle, 90,000, and 

 sheep, 67,871. The common method of handling 

 cattle is to purchase in the spring two and three 

 year old Texas steers, at $12 and |16 a head deliv- 

 ered in Cheyenne, and to sell the same, the ensuing 

 year, at any of the stations, at an average of $28 per 

 headf. The expense of keeping a herd of 1/00 is 

 reckoned for the year at $1.75 per head; of a herd 

 of 5,000, at $1.40 ; of 10,000, at $1 ; and 25,000, from 

 65 to 75 cents. Sheep requite some attention in 

 herding, feeding, and sheltering from storms creat- 

 ing an expense per head of 27 cents per annum. 

 "With proper care, they return the owner a large 

 annual profit on the money laid out. 



Capital invested in the dairying business, with 

 easy management, doubles itself annually. The case 

 is cited of a dairyman who received $6,540 for the 

 products of 50 cows in a single year. In another 

 instance cited, a net profit of $2,600 was realized 

 from the yield of 80 cows in a singjc seuson. This 

 experience is said t j be duplicatea by hundreds of 

 dairymen along the eastern base of the Bocky 

 Mountains. 



The area of fertile land in Wyoming, having natu- 

 ral fticilities for copious irrigation, and abundant 

 material for fencing and building in convenient 

 proximity, aggregates 20,000 square miles, or nearly 

 13,000,000 acres. It is adapted to the growth of the 

 cereals and the crops ana fruits of the temperate 

 zone. The market within the Territory for products 

 of the soil is shown in the statement that potatoes 

 command an average of two cents per pound through 

 the entire year ; turnips, one to three cents ; onions, 

 three to six cents; cabbage, three to seven cents, 

 and other garden-produce in proportion. Small 

 fruits everywhere command prices that insure a 

 competence to the producer. 



YOUNG, BEIGHAM, died August 29, 1877. 

 He was born in Whitingham, Vt., June 1, 

 1801. He was the son of a farmer, received 

 but little education, and learned the trade of 

 painter and glazier. He was a member of the 

 Baptist Church, and is said to have preached 

 occasionally. In 1832 he joined the Mormons 



at Kirtland, Ohio, and was soon ordained nn 

 elder, and began to preach. His talent nnd 

 shrewdness speedily made him prominent, and 

 in 1885 he was ordained one of the twelve 

 apostles, and sent out with the other apostles 

 to preach the new doctrines. His field of 

 labor was the Eastern States, and he was sig- 



