Show territorial ITEMS CULLED e it itis is reported that the northern northera pacific ra railroad expended in keeping their lines open during the month of january miners report that there art are rich placer deposits on boulder elver a stream that empties into the yellowstone near big timber station on the northern pacific this ground is within the lines of the crow reservation they are of no use to the in deans abut but connot be worked until the indian title to is extinguished the new rotary snow plow introduced seems to be a success A recent instance in point is the work of the shovel on the wood river branch of the oregon short line this branch is sixty nine and one half miles biles lu in length and the rails were hidden beneath frozen snow from five to seven feet in depth the nw now steam shovel cleared the wood river branch in four hours driven by only one engine the snow on the track was as burled buried aside to a distance of feet and the rails were as clean as though swept by a broom A report reached laramie wyo on the dinst that four men tod GA been discovered disco vexed frozen to dettl deahl on a handcar hand band car on the oregon short line the car was on the rails in a de deep cat and had bad been completely complete ay burl burled el and when found the men were hurdled huddled closely together and had frozen last to each other in their last effort to communicate muni cate mutual warmth the reporter could learn nothing as to the point of the occurrence or the names of the frozen men it was said however that the discovery was made by the new steam shovel I 1 on the ibe forenoon of the ath last at butte montana an accident occurred in the salt sheds opposite the depot by which ira gilbert lost his bis life the salt had frozen in a crust over the top and gilbert and a partner by the name of roberts were working by turnis turn shoveling it from underneath deceased hg had ad just taken his bis turn at it thi the shovel when the crust fell ofus crushing hing him its his part partners nees calls for help soon brought several of the railroad ma mea to his bis assistance quickly as possible the heavy crust which had split lust just over the body was removed and the unfortunate scan man taken out dead ten carloads of snow fences passed through laramie laralle LAr amle wyoming on the from cheyenne en route for use on the oregon short line more fences are to be taken from the line of the wyoming division between thea aba point and lookout and shipped to the same destination lor for the same use one hundred and fifty laborers from the cheyenne and northern passed through there en route for work on en the oregon short line seven outfit cars can fully loaded accompanied the party these men were originally transferred from the oregon short line to the cheyenne and northern as track layers |