Show Wyoming Valuations Cheyenne Wyo Aug 20The Wyo wIng state board of equalization completed com-pleted its work toda The levy for 1598 Is as folows General fund 375 mills university iIcome tax 25 mills the fund for the insane 375 mIlls state land tax 50 mills capitol tax 125 mills law1Is penitentiary building tax 125 mills tate hospital maintenance tax 125 mills total levy 5250 mills This is a reduction of 75 mills over that of last year which was 6 mIlls The levy in lS96 was 615 mills and in lh5 62625 millS The board returned the valuation Of taxable property in the state at 30798 29129 being an Increase over last year of 500000 The valuation of DroJerty in the state for purposes of taxatioIl was found to be as foows Lands and improvements 688222080 town lots 540597350 cattle 4361843 horses l1062l3 mules 40335 swine 1709450 sheep 291316495 doSS 1 76725 capital in manufacturing 1 231291 watches and musical Instruments Instru-ments 8SiG7725 carrIages 24140475 I moneys and credits 6513121 stock incorporations in-corporations 95980 fannIng utensIls 155620 private librarIes 18362 household house-hold furniture 81819 other property 351679 railroads 722727180 telegraph tele-graph lines 10536375 RESERVOIR COMPANY Cheyenne Wyo Aug 20The Raw has Reservoir company was incQrpor ated here today for the purpose of acquiring ac-quirIng and sellIng reservoirs canals etc in Carbon county Among the incorporators are General Manager Ed i Dickinson pf the UnIon PacIfic Erastus Young and John B Berry all of the Union PacIfic BUFFALO BILL TO RETIRE Cheyenne Wyo Aug OHon W F Cody Buffalo Bill has written n friend in thI8 city that he intends to rEtire from the show business after this season He IS getting hIs affairs In shape to take up permanent residence at Cody City at the base of the Big Horn mountains In what is called the Big Horn basin in northern Wyoming At this place the famous scoul has invested in-vested over half a million dollars in a bIg ranch and an Irrigation enterprise He says in his letter I have traveled all over the world and hae seen no place that combines so many attrae I tion9 that suit me as does the valley I of the BIg Horn In Wyoming I nm tired of crowds and of the show bust nEtEs and want to get away where I I can rIde and hunt and have the best I water In the universe |