The Meeker herald., 1896-02-01
COLORADO CONDENSED.

COLORADO CONDENSED.
A chamber Of commerce has been or.
gandxed at Grand Junction.
From 1,5OO to 1900 barrels Of petrol
cum are shipped from Florence daily.
A big party of Leadville men In car
nival attire visited Denver on the
23rd.
Percy Hagerman of Colorado Springs
has married Miss Eleanor Lowrey OF
Minneapolis.
Simon Jacques of Telluride was sent
10 jail for three months for trying ID
stab the city marshal.
The cut rates between Denver and
points south are thing Of the past, -
the roads have reached an agreement
II incorporation fees continue to come
In to the secretary of state's once NJ
F, their present rate there will be no de-
ficiency in any OF the state appropr1a.
tio1rs by the close of the ensuing necnI
year. On the 22d the sum Of $2,7S6
| was taken In.
William Holt and Donicio Romero.
who have been ON trial In the District
court at Trinidad have been
found guilty Of murder In the first de-
gree. The crime for which they were
convicted was the killing of Policeman
Solomon on the night of November 20.
Governor McIntire. State Engineer
Sumner and NJ. b. Colt of Alamosa, fhe
board of construction for the state pr
tesan well to be sunk near AntOnfo.
have let the contract for the job Ito
GrOssmeyer & Hobart, Denver FIR
| The constructors agree to sink a u
| foot well with 4-inch casing, for
sum of $1,000.
Game Warden Land will get aft
the military officials who sever
months ago slaughtered n great qua
tity OF game, illegally while in
mountains, for the purpose of retur
| ing renegade Indians to their reserv
| ton. The officer in charge of the troo
will be given an opportunity to expla
his action In the nffair and to this el
a letter will be sent to the war depai
ment so that the answer to the charg
may be made through official sources
| The sixteenth annual session of Il
| Colorado State Bee-Keeper's Ass)ci
ton convened on Monday morning IA
the horticultural rooms of the calitoI
building. There was good represcn.
tation Of the more prominent bee-tais-
ers of the state gathered for three
| hts seSSioh 10 ltlitc eApShiVuNS
| OF the past year and to discuss meth
DDS for keeping the hive free from dis.
ease and to formulate some plans
whereby a better market could be OBJ
tained for the product.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday it was
decided to request the Manufacturers
Exchange and the Real Estate Ex-
change to consolidate with the Cham
ber of Commerce and to have the one
organization. A committee will be ap-
pointed by the president of the Cham
ber of Commerce to confer with the
directors and officers of the two
exchanges referred to. At the meeting
yesterday 1t was stated that majority
of both organizations We're favorable
| to a union.
The West Creek stage lines are max
ing the fur fly in rate war of their
| ann In tho f4au, -Ai----AA---
| coveries in that district the traved has
| grown to such point TINT there are
| four stages running every day between
the Midland railroad at Woodland Park
and the several camps, and between
| there and South Platte on the South
Park road Is another line. These lines
were $3.50 each way until a week ago,
| when other stage lines came into exts-
| tence and reduced the rate to 81. Now
the rate Is anything you please, and
| people are flOcking in from everywhere,
| so that in n few months the new dis
trict will be as populous as Cripple
| Creek Ia now. The rush Is much great
| er than 1t was in the early days of
| Cripple Greek, and promises to equal
the rush to Leadville.
Owing to the extensive illegal slaugh-
tering of game going on In La Plata.
Archuleta, San Miguel, Montezuma and
| San Juan counties the sheriffs of these
counties have been asked to do special
service in hunting down the lawbreak-
ers Owing to the smallness Of his
staff State Game Warden Land finds
himself unable to cope successfully
with the game destrOyers in that Sec
tion of the state. Several complaints
regarding their depretlntions there
have been pouring in upon him recent
ly. An appeal was received from cit
izen of Durango, saying that deer and
elk cHrcasses were openly offered for
sale in that city every day. They are
being slaughtered in the five counties
mentioned. So daring have the law
breaking hunters grown that they
make no secret of their operations.
Recent trouble with snowslIdes at the
Gunnison end of the Apline tunnel has
inspired the officials of the Denver,
Leadville & Gunnison railroad to an
undertaking that will cost an immense
sum of money to carry out, but which
they believe will render the big bore"
through the mountains impregnable
against blOckades even in the widest
blizzard that rages there in the height
Of winter. A series of mammoth snow
sheds are to be constructed from near
the site Of Woodstock, the western en-
trance of the tunnel, for about three
miles toward GunnisOn, where there
will be no longer danger of the tunnel
being rendered impossible by snow.
The plan is to guard against future
blockades by running an immense roof
from the side Of the mountain over the
railroad to as to shield 1t from any