Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-07-05
4 FEW FAR WEST NOTES.
Colorado Observations by II former
ledger Repartcr Out West for
ellis Health"
Correspondence of the Ledger.


We had very pleasant weather for
travelling and made the trip in COM
fort. Eastern Kansas looks well,
the wheat was nearly all cut and
some of it thrashed, and the corn
al about waist high in some places,
but did not look as we'll as that in
Missouri. For several miles we were
i'll a region in which a hail storm
had played havoc, and crops of all
kinds were beaten to the ground.
The small boys in our party were
greatly interested in the prairie dogs,
jack rabbits, antelope and other an
imals, large and small, which were
seen from the cars. Guy seemed
restless all through eastern Kansas,
and his face ore a disappointed
look. When near the Colorado line,
however, three ''cow-punchers," of
the regulation type, raced along the
track for about 100 yards; their cry
of "yip! yip!" could be heard
above the oar of the train. Guy
watched them with delight depicted
in every feature, and when we had
left them far behind, he settled back
in his seat-satisiied at last.
In Pueblo, where they have suf-
fered such severe washouts recently,
the signs of the floods are very
much i'll evidence. Bridges were
broken, one-half being left standing
on the piers, the other half being
stranded on the banks, probably
one-fourth of Il mile away.
The Cripple Creek strike is set
tied, although the value of mining
property is greatly deprecated, and
you hardly ever hear anyone men.
ton the Tarsney outrage. Ofcourse
this matter is being investigated >"
but nothing has come of it yet.
the Republican League Conven-
ton has Just adjourned in Denver,
and this city and Manitou ore flood.
ed with delegates, who are taking in
a few of the points of interest before
returning home.
1t is an old and true saying that
misfortunes never come singly. Col
orado probably felt the past finan-
cial panic more keenly than did any
other state, on account of her silver
interests. Following this came the
washouts, then the Cripple Creek
strike, and last, but not least, the
Pullman strike.
The Santa Fe line absolutely re-
fuses to run a train without sleepers,
and the employees are just as stub.
born in their refusal to work on a
train that carries the Pullman cars.
Result: Trains are not running on
that road. We would have still been
in Pueblo, had it not been that the
Sheriff ordered the strikers to take
| the train on. He must have known
that | was on board. The situation
is growing serious and it is expected
that many of the A. r. U. leaders
| will order the men under them to
refuse to carry Pullmans on the
trains run by them. Should this
happen the tie-up will extend tc
other roads and travel to the Colo
RADIO resorts will be very difficult
and this will naturally hurt the citi
zens of this section, who depend
more upon the tourists for a Twins
than they do upon themselves.
| have not seen many OF tht
friends of my former days in THU
city. The day of my arrival in Col
orado Springs, | walked down on,
of the streets, and met one of tn,
"boys." From him | found tina
the most of the ''gang," all of whom
had come to this country for thei
health, were dead. Consumption
gobbled them up, everyone. Suel
is life. "MACK."
Around the earth, in every land,