The Delta independent., 1890-05-06
STATE NEWS.


duct Of Boulder County.
There were 1,O35 children in the
Leadville schools last year.
The drummers OF the United States
are to meet in Dcnver ir June.
A case is on trial in Denver to es-
tablish the legality Of the poll tax law.
S. b. Newell has been confirmed as
receiver Of public moneys at Central City.
The demoralized passenger rates
east from Denver will probably be patched
up very soon.
Almost every day brings the news
of an accident at Aspen in which miner
is killed or injured.
The Divide Coal and Oil Develop
rnent Company of Monument has let a
contract for well l 600 feet deep.
The Fort Collins cheese factory uses
1000 pounds of milk per day, and is turn
ing out large quantity Of excellent
cheese.
The grand jury at Durango has re-
turned twenty indictments against saloon
keepers in that town who have kept open
ON Sunday.
Ex-senator Tabor has called a
meeting of the vice presidents Of the Col
orado Silver Association TO meet in Den
vcr, May I'd.
The Castlewood reservoir, above
Castle Rock, is still being pushed toward
completion. About one-hslf Of the ditch
is completed.
Three hundred Odd Fellows cele-
brated the seventy-first anniversary Of
the order in America, ut Salidn last Sat
nrday. People came from all the neighbor-
ing towns.
The county commissioners OF Logan
County are offering premiums for the
largest yield of sugar beets on one square
rod OF irrigated land, and also for the
largest yield on unirrigatcd land.
The Colorado Coal and Iron Com
pany have secured n large contract from
the Union Pacific railroad. The order Us
for scvcnty-fivc pound rails, and will keep
late in the winter TO III IT,
Col. +. S. Nct,leton. Of Denver, is
conducting an investigation rs TO the ar
tcsian basins of the West, and the proba-
biliiy Of water being obtained In that way
for irrigation purposes. The government
has appropriated sao. 600 for the survey.
A Colorado Springs gentleman. who
has been addicted 10 drinking has jus;
taken an oath before an officcr TO refrain
In tho future The papers call attention
To the fact In. order TO dissuadc pcoplcfrom
following the pcrnicious custom Of Offer
ing 10 treat him.
The GOLD washers working in the
gulchcs west OF Elizabeth find consider
ab.c quicksilver which was lost from
sluIec boxes when the gu.ai,es were worked
years ago. In nearly every instance the
quicksilver has collected alt tho gold that
would adhere TO it.
Tue United States Supreme Court
has rendered n decision In tho celebrated
Sierra Nevada mining case, Involving the
title to "A claim near Leadvillc, claimed by
the Iron Silver Mining Company. The
Supreme Court reversed the decision Of
the Colorado Circuit Court. and rcmandcd
the case bsrris for now trial, which will
give the Iron Silver people another chance.
A dispatch from Aspen says: A
ing offered tho street commissioner q n
month II he would employ his team. II Ia
believed there has been much. OF this kind
OF work done In the past, and the mayor is
determined to break II up, The Affairs OF
the city appear to have been conducted In
n scaudnlously loose manner In all the do
partmcnts. Each officer seems TO have
.gonc It alonc.' There has been no Ays-
ten and no plan by which transactions. in
the various departments could be readily
traced, There is no way to ascertain def
initciy that any of,iccrs accounts arc cor
rect except 10 take his word for It. II is
found that IT Is almost impossible to tell
what tho city has lost by the defalcation
OF It's late city clerk. This state OF affairs
icd tho council TO employ an expert TO check
up tho city's affairs from end to end.
The Midland Company is to make
another tunnel through tho main range
west OF Lcadvillc, which will take about
two years to complete. II will bc about
mile and thr-c.qusrtcrs long (9,s5O fcet)
and 900 feet below tho top Of the range,
probably avoiding snow blockades md
heavy expenses connected with them rs
well rs that involved In overcoming tho
greater elevation. Some air lines to bo
built from Denver to Grand Junction In
tho near futurc-pcrhaps by tho Denver,
Colorado Canon q Pacific limo will
greatly reduce attitudes and heavy grades
by abundant tunncling. It is reported
that fine vein OF orc has bccn struck In
tho tunnel Of tho Rio Grandc ut Tennessee
Pass. Possibly in extensive tunucling
many such veins and ORC contacts might
bo found and their sale, or working, largely
meet the expense OF tho work. The Mid
land tunnel is expected 10 cost q, ,0oo,o 600.
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