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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27
The Forty-Mile Ditch.

"A. M. Gillespie, jr., accompanied by
Engineer z. II. Ryan, drove in from
the west on last Thursday evenings
passenger, says the Rawlins Journal.
In conversation with a reporter, Mr..
Gillespie stated positively that work
would commence on their big 40 mile
ditch from Slater in about two weeks,
when several hundred men and teams
will be put to work,
K. e. Gillespie, ST., who came in from
the river the first Of the week and con-
tinued eastward in company with Rob-
erts, a Denver expert, has all plans per-
fected, and all that is wanted now is
the water to work the ground with.
In speaking of the value of these
fields, Roberts says: 1T is in my jude-
ment the greatest discovery that has
ever been made. 1t is entirely propo-
sition for capital to handle, and the poor
man can do nothing on any profitable
scale, except to stake a mine On the
richer deposits as they may be found.
The value averages better than the
usual placer deposit In California, on
the Bloomfield, for instance, the gravel
runs or cents yard and pays we'll
There is ground to be broken and the
sluices have to be kept clean of boul-
ders, clogging clay and other debris.
The sand in the new fields washes
freely, and there is no debris to be han
died. By ground sluicing the sand can
be handled very rapidly, and the same
head of water will handle two or three
times the amount of dirt in a day it
would in the California fields men
toned. OF course, the enterprise will
require large investment of capital,
but in my judgment the showing fully
justifies the expenditure. The gold is
there, and the problem of getting it out
is simply one Of getting water to it. 1t
will take money for the water, but the
chances for profit are greater than the
disadvantages to be overcome. 1t is a
granulated gold which can be saved in
the sluices without difficulty. The bars
might best be described as deposits of
quartz ground to the fineness of sand" :"
w. IL. and S. d. Fitzpatrick, S. j..
Corey, of Corey Bros, and j. II. Tenn
pleton, of Templeton, Mallory 81 Cush-
ing, the big contractors, have all been
on the river this week, figuring on the
35-mile ditch that will be built for the
Rhode Island company, in which j. G.
Rankin, w. II. Smith and T. G. Maghee
were interested. This will afford en-
ployment to several hundred more men
within the next month. The contract
for this last named ditch will be let
within the next two weeks, also.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27
About White River Valley.


Hardly day passes but what inquir-
les are received at this office regarding
this section, and it gets rather monoto-
nous to have to answer so many of them
who are long on questions and short on
stamps. For the benefit of number
THE HERALD takes this means of an
sweriDg one in particular, from w. IL.
Conklin, Gage county, Nebr., who had
the goodness to enclose few stamps:
Cyclones and hot winds unknown.
The sun shines here 800 days in the
year.
Price of land under ditch ranges from
SO to S25 per acre.
School facilities are of the best
throughout the county.
Some 900 miles of irigating bitches
traverse the county, and crops are sure.
The climate is all that could be asked
for. Summers not unbearablY hot, nor
winters excessively cold.
Stock raising is one of the chief in
dustries, but the day of immense in
dividual holdings is past.
The general character of the soil is a
rich gravelly loan on the mesas and a
sandy loan on the low lands.
If you want to know about any par
ticular branch of business, trade or pro-
fession, enclose a stamp for reply.
The mountains TEEN with elk and
deer, while in every stream will be
found the brook trout in abundance.
A $4,000 flour-mill, containing the
latest improved machinery, adorns the
valley and grinds up all the cereals
raised.
Lands handy to water about all taken
up, but plenty OF fine land open to pre-
emption which takes money to put
under ditch.
The Episcopal and Methodist denom-
nations are organized here, the former
having neat and creditable church
building in Meeker.
White river valley proper is over $50
in length in Rio Blanco county alone,
and its tributaries furnish an equal
extent Of valley land.
The average yield per acre is about as
follows: OF wheat, 40 bushels; oats, so
bushels; potatoes, 24O bushels; alfalfa,
tons; timothy, tons.
Thousands of acres Of coal lands lie
right in our midst, and as the veins
range from to 30 feet in thickness that
commodity is a cheap article.
Two railroads lines are being sur
veying into this valley, and when either
is built more land will be brought under
cultivation, as the market under exist
ing conditions is limited.
In the course of time marble, gypsum,
petroleum, iron, coke. lime rock, fire.
clay and building stone will take a
prominent place in our resources, as
they are all within our boders, awaiting
transportation facilities.
Immense beds of asphaltum have
been opened up in the western part of
the county, and shipments have been
regularly made for two years past by
wagon over hundred miles of mount
ain road. That section will be tapped
by the g., w. & G.. N. railroad.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27

Alexander Mcdowell McCook, who
was last fall elevated to the rank of
major general of the United States
army, was placed on the retired list last
Monday. In 1881 he was in command
of regiment at Camp on White River,
as Meeker was then called.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27

Over in Eagle county, on Catamount
creek, $50 sheep belonging to j. Ell. Her
wick we're killed on the night of the
18th. They we're the only sheep in that
section, and owing to the antipathy of
the cattlemen the owner had promised
to take them out, but he was saved that
trouble,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27

Colorado's supreme court has just de-
cided that county officers do not have
to turn over to the county treasury
moneys received by them from time to
time unless the same is in excess OF the
yearly salary provided for them. Also,
a sheriff cannot ride on pass and then
collect from litigants for travelling ex-
penses.D The court holds that where
passes were used no expense was In
CURED, and "actual" expenses are all
that can be allowed.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27
A Chance for Practical Genius

The Press Claims company, of Wash
ington, d. g., has adopted unique
method of encouraging American in
ventors. Every month it makes an
award of one hundred dollars in cash to
the inventor having the most meritori-
GUS invention, who may apply for pat
ent upon the same through the medium
of this great combination of American
newspapers, effected for the protection
of the American people against unscru-
pulous patent attorneys and claim
agents at Washington. Three awards
have already been made: One to G. L..
Jordan, of Pellahatchie, Miss; one to j.
Fl. Rogers, of Philadelphia, and the
third to r. G. DeVault, Of Philadelphia,
Pa. Mr.. DeVault lives at No. 1923 S.
Juniper ST., and his device which re-
ceiyed the award of merit for the cur
rent calendar month, is car fender,
simple in construction, practical in oper-
alton, and no doubt Of great CONNER
cial value. The Press Claims company
sends out an interesting booklet called
Hints to Investors" which the readers
Of this paper who are interested in OBJ
tanning patents would do well to secure.
They can be obtained gratuitously by
the readers who mention that fact and
who enclose clipping of any advertise
ment of the company which may appear
therein. Backed up. as its attorneys
are, by the influence of nearly two
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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27

The following dialogue did not occur
in the Meeker school, but that it will
appear in due time in the modern text
book goes without the saying: Ques-
tion-"Where is the state of matri-
mony ?n Answer-"It is one of the
United States. 1t is bound by huggtng
and kissing on one side and the cradle
and babies on the other. Its chief pro-
duction is population, broomsticks and
staying-out-at-night. 1t was discovered
by Adam and Eve while trying to find a
passage out of Paradise. The climate
is rather sultry until you pass the trop-
les of house keeping, when squaly
weather sets in without sufficient power
to keep all hands as cool as cucumpers.
For the principal road leading to that
state consult the first pair OF blue eyes
you run across"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27
T0n nv Has eclipsed NEPoLEoN
AU.~ as a. fad. hy7+ 7r,o :, ,o 80

sorry that "Trilbyism" is on the wane, and
that the magazines have told all there is to
be told about Nepoleon. We are on the
aui vive, as it were, for some new fad. While
we are waiting let us not forget that the
sporting season is at hand We are head
quarters for trout-fies, leaders, snell-hooks
and base ball goods CITY DRUG STORE.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27

What's your idea in wearing eastern
advertised shoes when you can buy as
good or better goods for same money Oh
+. w. Hugus & Co. Kick with home
goods if you've got to KICK at AT
there's more satisfaction in it. You
can't hurt eastern dealers, but home
merchants don't like that treatment
and try to avoid all cause for 1t.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27

The western slope congress will be
held in Telluride some time in June. 1t
is doubtful whether Meeker will be rep
resented.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27

For full particulars as to tickets,
maps or rates, apply to any coupon
Icket office in the United States, Can
ada or Mexico. or address,
JNO. SEBASTIAN,
r, g Genl Tiki. 4 Pass. Agt., Chicago, Ill.
u. ST. JOHN
Genl. Manager, Chicago, Ill.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27

page journal leading Republican family the
Family the
the United States 1t the events foreign lands nut
she'll Agcuua department has superior the country
Folks Science Mechan
the admiration
daughters Its political editorials and discus
brilliant exhaustive special
offer this splendid journal and THE MEEKER HERALD
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27
GREAT Rock ISLAND ROUTE
TO THE EAST.
1EST DININe GAR SERVICE IN THE WORLD.

ttoi uiNiNo UAn SchviGt IN thE WUhlUs
The Rock ISLAND is foremost in
adopting any advantage calculated to
improve speed and give that luxury,
safety and comfort that popular patron
age demands. Its equipment is thor
oughly complete with vestibuled trains,
magnificent dining cars, sleepers and
chair coaches, all the most elegant, and
OF recently improved patterns.
The Importance of this line can be
better understood if short lesson in
geography be now recited:
:, What Is the great Eastern terminal of
lhe Rock Island Route p-Chicago.
what other sub Eastern terminal
has itp-Peoria.
TO what important points does it run
trains to the Northwest Minneapolis
and st. Paul, Minnesota, and Water
town and Sioux Falls, Dakota.
10 what important Iowa and Ne
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Draska.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27

1t isn't patriotic to try to sneak out OF
having the income tax, but it Is so hui
man that little surprise is expressed az
the number engaged In doing the sneak
act.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27

The Cuban revolution has reached its
dying gasp, or is on the eve of perma-
nent success-according to the source
from which you get your news.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27

Paine's Celery Compound is what
your system requires this time of the
year. City Drug Store.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
CHURCHES OF ST.PAUL

Epworth NJ. z. Church, Corner Au-
rora and Mackubin; E. L. Ferris, Pas
tor-Morning service at 1920; theme,
''The Lord Is My Refuge" Evening
service at 1880; theme, "Nicodemus."
st. James Church, Corner De Soto
and Lawson Streets; Rector Rev.
Robert Hammond Cotton, NJ. A. B..
Sc.-Services for the Fifth Sunday in
Lent: Morning prayer, ante-commu-
MON, and sermon at II a. m. Subject,
Passion Sunday" Evening prayer
and sermon at 1880. Subject, "Our Cit
izenship in Heaven" Sunday school
at 2:3O p. m.
English Lutheran Church of the
Redeemer, Lafayette and Woodward
Avenues; J. A. Deter, Pastor-Sun-
day services at 1915 a. m. AT 2:3Q p. m.
examination of catechumens. Fifth
Lenten service in the evening at 7:30.
New-Jerusalem (or Swedenborgiam
Church, Southeast Corner. Virginia
and Selby Avenues; Rev. Edward c..
MITCHELL Pastor-Service at 1890 d.
m. Sunday school at As a. m. Sub
ject of sermon: what Are the Good,
Old Ways to Which Men Should Re-
turn?' They are much farther back
than is generally supposed. They &c
back to the time when men lived in
! simplicity, in loving obedience to Di-
| vine principles.
| st. Peters Church, Dayton's Bluff
| Corner Fourth and Maple Streets
Seats free; strangers made welcome
Rev. A. T. Gesner, rector. Divine ser
vice for Passion Sunday: Holy com
munion, 1880 a. M; Sunday school, s:3
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31

lengths. The time was between II
and IA minutes. Then there was the
GREAT RACE AT HENLY
in 1S43, when Menseir, the Oxford
stroke, fell i'll just as he was step
ping into the boat and tumbled into
No. SIS arms. Cambridge refused
to allow a substitute to row, so Ok
ford rowed with seven men-No. Z
going to stroke, and bow going to
No. z, leaving bow seat empty. Cam
bridge refused to row seven men,
but the judges said they must, anu
they went att. Oxford soon showed
their metal, and below Poplar
Court they were clear, and taking
the Cambridge water, and went in
winners by length of daylight.
There was another famous race in
1859. Cambridge had an elegant crew,
who pulled well together and with an
even feather, though low one. Ok
ford was very strong, but rather rough
in shape and with an uneven feather
in some places. On the day of the
, race the wind blew a gale from the
| northeast, and Putney reach was per-
| feet sea. Above Hammersmith the
wind was across stream, but after
| Barnes Bridge it was dead ahead
again, and the surf was as bad as at
Putney. Oxford was almost water
logged befo@ Cambridge launched its
boat, but the low free board of the
Cambridge boat caused her to ship,
even in the paddle of the aqueduct, as
| much or more water than Oxford had
taken aboard Oxford led from the
start. Rounding Craven point they
we're two lengths in. the clear, and al
Barnes Bridge they were twice az
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31

crowd which ever turned out was the
one which came to see Harvard in
1869. Of course, I did not see the
first race, but it must have been
great sight at Henly in 1929, when
the 'varsities faced each other for
the first time from Hambledon lock
to Henly bridge, 2A miles, against a
summer stream. The. books tell us
they had no light blues and dark
blues. Oxford's colors We're nearly
those of Christ church, the head of
the, river, sort of blue, and the
Cambridge rowed in their white
shirts, with pink sashes, out of
compliment to their captain, who
was a Lady Margaret man. They
were a famous lot. The Oxford
crew were mostly clergy - after
wards No. (Worth) became bishop
of st. Andrews; No. became a pre-
bindary of York; No. 6, dean of Lin
coin; No. Z, rector of Tunstall; stroke
became rector of Bolton, and the
coXswain, Freemantle, became dean
of Ripon. Cambridge had a rare
lot. No. became vicor of Over; No
became dean of Ely; No. Z (Selwyn)
became bishop of New Zealand and
afterward bishop of Litchfield; No
(RayforO was a lawyer and chan.
cellor Of the diocese of Manchester
and Toogood, No. 5, in the Oxford
boat, was the heaviest man who
ever pulled an oar for varsity; he
rowed at IA stone, 10 pounds, (2o'
pounds). They fouled at starting
but began over again, and oxfoTrt
won at the bridge by five or 81,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31

a. M; morning prayer and sermon,
ii a. M; evening prayer and sermon,
7:30 D. m. East End Episcopal Mis-
sion, Corner Ross and East Seventh
Street-Sunday school, 8 p. m.
Church of the Messiah, Fuller and
Kent Streets-Rev. c. Edgar Haupt,
rector. Services for fifth Sunday in
Lent: Holy communion, $3.50 a. m.
evening prayer, II a. M; Sunday
school, o. M; evening prayer, 1880
p. M; daily service every afternoon
at 4:3O In the guild room, except
Wednesdays and Fridays at 1880.
! ST. Philips Mission (Colored), 463
Rice Street, Near University-Priest In
charge, Rev. Robert Hammond Cotton,
NJ. A, B. &c.; services for the fifth
Sunday in Lent, celebration of the
holy communion, a. M; evening
prayer, litany and sermon, 8 p. m. /;
confirmation class, Tuesday evening,
7:3O, at 299 Rice street.
Atlantic : Congregational Church,
Corner Bates Avenue and Conway
Street, Rev. S. M. Dickinson, Pastor
Morning service, 1920; in the evening
at 7:30 the second lecture on "a Trip
Through Palestine" will be given and
illustrated with the stereopticon.
Christian science services at 107 and
10S Globe building; preaching at 1890
a. M; subject, 1.-The Power of God :"
Bible class following; inquiry meeting
Thursday at 1880 p. M, Nathan John
son, speaker.
First NJ. E. Church, West Third ant
Summit Avenue-Rev. c. B. Wilcox, ID
D., will preach at 1890 a. m and p
| M; morning subject, "All Things 70
the Christians Good" evening theme
1.-THE True Purpose of Life" The pas
tors last address.
Unity Church, Wabasha Street, Foo
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31

and we only had a half-length's lead.
1t was tremendous race to the finish.
Cambridge overhauling us inch by inch.
The umpire's decision has never been
agreed to since. The race of 1885. was
roWed in a binding snow storm, and
it was so dark you could hardly see
the crews from the shore. The year
1868 was the Harvard year. They had
a. beautiful boat and she was very
fast. If< they had. .rowed to match
her, the result would have been diff
ferent. They had good reach, and a
clean, hard wrench through the water:
but the crew had never been ground
together. They could go as fast as
anything af1oat for twelve minutes or
so, then they tired, through lack of
perfect falling together in the fair oar,
and they broke down. And Oxford
had probably the finest four ever
turned out" ~
Tolstoi's Master and Man" is fav-
ing a phenomenal success in Russia.
The second edition, price three ko-
pecks, is in press. -
Society will attend the law courts
next week in order to hear the testi.
mony in the suit of Oscar Wilde
against the Marquis of Queensbury.
and that of Countess Russell for a
restitution of cenjugal rights.
| The Tennyson memorial committee
| has issued public acknowledgment
Of the generous subscriptions received
from Americans. The committee adds
| that the memorial will be inscribed
! Erected by friends in England and
| America"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31

of Summit Avenue-ReV. William r.
Lord, the pastor, will preach; services
begin at II o'clock; all seats free; Sum
day school meets at TO-
Woodland Park Baptist Church, Cor
ner Selby Avenue and Arundel Street
Addison Moore, pastor; public worship,
1920 a. m and Ais p. m; subject for the
morning, IAN Exalted Humanity" for
the evening at 4:15 o'clock, 1.-The Ideal
Life Music by Minneopa Male Quar-
tette and A D. S. Johnston: 12:15 Sun
day school; $3.50 junior meeting; $50
young peoples meeting; Wednesday.
7:45 midweek meeting.
Musical programme of afternoon
service at Plymouth church today: So
Anthem ..... .......... Chorus
Solo-''Show Me Thy Ways" Torrent
Miss Carrie Krieger.
-Chorus-"Jubilate
Duet-SHoly Mother ........ Watson
Mrs. Charles B. Grant and Miss Mabel
Lowering.
Plymouth Congregational. Corner
Summit Avenue and Wabasha Street
Rev. Watson B. Mlllard, pastor; morn
ing service at 1920. At the afternoon
service the pastor will give talk on
''The P-odigafs Brother" Special
music.
Spiritual Alliance-Mrs. Carrie Tryon
lectures for the st. Paul Spiritual Al
lance at Odd Fellows hall, corner
Wabasha and Fifth streets, today at 3
and s p. m. Mrs. Coursen will hold
the usual test circle after afternoon
lecture. abraham Lincoln's Life in
| the Spirit World is the subject for the
! evening lecture, following the lecture
Mrs. Coursen will give readings and
tests.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
Do@o0C@ 0@e@oc@o@
|ScbOs6zse!A4!||
- Wabasha II - Il
Streets. E <~ Pant

New Silks.
Our Silk Department is a veri-
table bower of Silk beauty No
new weave, no new idea, no pop
u1ar Silk that has not found its
way here. The specials for to-
morrow will BET
$I.25 CoIored Brocade Satin
DucheSSe, % inches wide, all the
new shades for street and even
ing wear, at
Only 75c Yd,
SIPS ChangeabIe Taffetas, new
brocaded designs, at
Only Soc Yd.
75c Eiffei Satins, changeab1e
effects, for Innings, "a inches
wide, at
Only 4Oc Yd.
1000 Yards $I.oo Black eros
de Londres, a11-woo1 filling, at
Only ooc Yd.
500 Yards Black Satin Rha-
dame, at
Only soc Yd.
600 Yards $I.25 Black Satin
Rhadame, "a inches wide, at
Only 7oc Yd.
500 Yards $I.25 Black GrOs
Grain Silk, "a inches wide, at
Only csc Yd,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
Millinery.

You will find here the Correct Styles
always in advance of all others and at
prices lower-than the lowest.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31

much in the lead. Off the White Hart
Cambridge foundered. They rowed te
the last, and, though sinking, they
never tried to steer ashore. They
rowed till each mans oar foated out
of the rowlock. Oxford was almost IN
a sinking state, too, and another quar-
ter of a mile would have sunk the
boat. The now Lord Clondbury was
in the Oxford boat, and No. in the
Cambridge boat was the present Lord
Justice A L. Smith. / have seen OK
ford win nineteen times in my thirty
two years. In 1865 there was a sensa-
tional and exciting race. Oxford. won
by sixteen seconds, although Cam
bridge shot Hammersmith bridge a
was stove in by a tug just after itswas
over.
"But 1867 was, until the dead heat,
ten years later, the closest of all the
races. Mr.. Marsden, the Oxford
stroke, could get a lot out of men, and
though he rowed the slowest stroke
ever seen-never got beyond thirty
four-while Cambridge did thirty-eight
for the first two miles, and then nearly
forty, Marsden was always a half
| length in front. Only the last dozen
| lengths were taken at thirty-eight, and
he won by three-quarters of a length.
| In 1877, there
WAS THE DEAD HEAT
"Cambridge led by length at Han1--
mersniith bridge. Oxford drew clear
at the Bulls Head, and at the White
Hart there was half a length of day;
light between oxford's stern and Cam.
bridges bow, when Oxford's bow
/ sprung his car. and became passen
ger for the rest of the Journey. II
:. two strokes Cambridge overrapped us
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31

Myrtle r.. 2:15A, injured herself by
getting tangled up in her stall re-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
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