Delta chief., 1883-03-21
The state at Large.


warm for the evil doer.
There is not much snow now in the vicinity
of Montezuma and Dillon.
Leadville is determined on having fair
and honest election spring
Ashcroft is beginning to attract the eye and
the money of the capitalist.
Dan L. Taylor has been nominated by the
Democrats for mayor Of Trinidad.
Boulder has caught the Jimtown fever, and
the town is becoming depopulated.
The building boom is continuing at Red
Mountain and promises to continue all sum-
mer.
Aspen is making strenuous efforts for II
smelter, and will have one in very short
time.
The population.of Grand Junction Decem.
Der l, 1882, was 524 on March !, 1888, 1t was
1905.
A hospitable association has been formed at
silverton, and suitable building will be
erected ut once.
The Ouray school district has about $4,000
of its school bonds, bearing per cent interest,
for which buyer is wanted.
The rush westward by the d. & Il. G. rail-
way for the fertile valleys Of the uncompah.
gre and Grand still continues.
Charley Coleman has packed his Loveland
Ne,es outfit for Grand Junction, where he
will establish himself again.
With eggs at seventy five cents. says San
Juan exchange, per dozen, the average lec,u-
rcr need have no fear Of Ouray audiences.
Longinont Is excited over silver find on
the Little Thompson. No boom is expected
or asked, but the metal is there nevertheless.
If the report that carbonates have been
found at Dillon proves true, that embryo city
will enjoy boom never before known to II.
The case of Jack McBrainey, who killed
Tom Casey near Irwin two years ago, will
come up before the court in Gunnison this
week.
The sports of ourny have an immense
amount of amusement staying the mountain
sheep tina: abound in large numbers in iha,
vicinity.
Red Mountain is now tolcrably well sup
piled with mail enthusiastically from
Onray, alternating with n tri-wcckly from
Silverton.
The Grand Lake Proprietor thinks the
taking away of the property Of Judge Wc..
colt. by the Government, was not exactly the
square thing.
Red Mountain mines are proving up well
and will make n grca, ouipu, during the
prcscn, year. Her ores will be ON exhibition
a, the Exposition.
II is said by the Prospeetor that going 10
bed with cold fee, three nights in succession
in Del Norte is now considered sufficient
grounds for divorce.
The Pacific slope ditch ai Grand junction
will be in running order in two weeks There
is talk Of a private ditch, to be taken out by
ranchmcn, below tewn.
Capt. c. A. Woodruff, u. 8. A.. from Santa
Fc has been IN the vicinity Of Larai buying
potatoes. lie bought one car. load for seventy
five cents per hundred,
An electric light company has been organ.
lied at Silverton. with John q. Taylor. II. B.
Adsit, T.. T. Sweet, W. q. Melville and j. c.
McSpaddcn as charter members.
Pueblo is experiencing her first spring
boom of the travelling public. Trains are all
well filled, the large majority Of whom pass
through to the mining regions.
The future Of Pitkin's mining camps Is
bright. Extensive developments are being
made on all her properties, and the output
the present season will be greater than ever
before.
The carbonate camp east of Salida Is Great.
ing considerable excitement The mineral in
the veins, says the Sentinel. Is looking well.
and there is no doubt that with proper devcl-
opmeni the camp will soon became no incon.
siderable producer.
Ground has been broken for the new Cath.
Ollie church Mt Trinidad, and the work will ,~
hurried to completion. II will be an impos.
ing structure when completed and will not
cost less than $4,000. II will be built On.
tirely Of Trinidad stone. In excavnting. the
remains of two bodies were unearthcd.
Notwithstanding the stcnuous efforts being
made to stay the progress Of the small -rox Il
still continues to spread at Leadvillc. Up 10
the present time about sixty cases have been
reported to DIR. Law, the city physician. on
that number twenty-five remain In the hospi.
tai and the balance have died or been dis.
charged.
The new town site Of Tronton hns 16s lots
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