The indicator., 1897-03-20
COLORADO BRIEFS.


from Parachute.
Milwaukee PARTIES expect TO buy ana op-
crate the Bouider brewery.
wnlsenburG has iunuEuratcd campaign
for the city ownership II water.
Rcv. Passmore has been enjoined from
preaching n the church at Parachute
SIX prisoners sawed their way out OF the
guard house at Fort Logan few days ago
salida hus the full amount Of stock
pledged for creamery Of large proper
uons,
Fort Collins has n new fire alarm whistle
so noisy thrt 1t scares the citizens Into hys-
terlcs.
Rev. George II. vosbursh, DID. has en-
tered upon his pastorate at the First Rap
tist Church, Denver,
As result Of the ending OF the Leadvlllo
strike Governor Adams. on the 10Th or
dcrcd the remainder Of the militia to re
turn home.
Range horses are picking up in value. A
carload OF unbrokcn bronchos at Fort Lup'
ton lately Just MS they were driven in from
the range, brought $50 head.
officers Of the State Board Of Land Com,
missioners have discovered that lcssees OF
coal lands in the vicinity Of Durango nave
failed for several years to turn over 10 u''
State the royalty OF ten per cont that the
law requires
+. II. Braudcnburg. who Is director OF me
Weather Bureau at Denver. has issued n
timely report showing the amount Of snow
fall In the mountains Of Colorado during
last winter, for the Information Of farmers
The report. with the accompanying table
shows the snowfall mp TO March l was
heavier than the average
Roscoe Rasmussen. miner employed at
the Carson city mine on Straub mountain
Victor, met with a painful accident The
staging at the top Of the shaft upon when
he was stnuding gave way and he was pre-
cipltatcd To the bottom, distance of seV
euty 1--WE fcct sustaining serious internal
injuries and fracturing both ankles. There
is six feet of water In the bottom OF the
slnfi aud to this the man owes his escape
from Instant dcnth.
The Union Pacific, Denver x Gulf rail
road will carry Pacific express cars on It,
regular passenger trains beginning with
the ist Of April. when the contract with
the Denver * Rio Grandc Express Com
pauy expires. TINS change has been ndopt
ed by Receiver Frank Trumhull after ma.
ture dclberution, and it Indicates stlH
more aggressive policy upon the part OF the
Guf In competing for business with other
energetic railroad systems.
that are strong enough to haul trains up
Ute Pass without the aid Of helper. as
heretofore. The grades through Ute Pass
are very steep and the curves sharp. Al
some places the line aSccnds at the rate oi
about 2jn feet 10 the mile II has always
been found necessary In the past to employ
two locomotives from Colorado city to Dl'
vide upon regular passenger trains, The
new locomotives climb the grades with the
greatest Of ease
Commander French. of the soldiers and
Sailors Home ut Monte Vista, Few days
ago made report To President Harbottlc- OF
the Soldiers aud sailors Home Commits
sion, setting forth that the prevailing In
clement weather Is seriously affecting the
veterans under his care On Sunday last
two soldiers died Three others are now In
dying condition, and the hospital Is fun.
The Colorado Catholic has called attention
to the report that three Catholic veterans
who died at the home were buried without
the services Of priest
The high schools Of Leadyillt and Aspen
met on the 13th in friendly oratorical
contest at Lcndvllc. A picked team from
each school had been chosen for the contest,
which consisted of rectations, declama-
tlons. orntions and debate The Aspenitcs
won the declamations and the debate' while
Leadvile won the rccitations aud the ora
tions. In summing up the points, Lead
Vile was found TO have 15.I1 and Aspen
l5.25. thus giving the victory to Leadvllle
At the conclusion Of the contest n reception
was rendered the visitors from Aspen
For months a band OF seventeen elk have
been feeding In the high ranges above
Spring Gulch, near GlenwoOd. and by de
crecs the heavy SHOWS have forced the
animals down the mountains until they
arrived in the valley adjacent to Spring
Gulch last Saturday. Italian miners, work
Ing at the Spring GuIch coal mines, were
apprised Of this fact, and on Sunday II
score of them surrounded the herd, drove
them into the deep snow of gulch ana
slaughtered the entire band. taking hides,
horns and meat to their cabins, where they
are openly drying or otherwise curing the
meat The people In the vicinity are In
dlgnant about it, aud the Italians may be
prosecuted.
The coal miners strike at Baldwin as
sumed serious phnse on the 18th, and a
long shut. down Is expected unless the min
ers withdraw their demands and return to
work. The strike caused the laying or of
every agent aud sectionmnn between Buena
Vista and Baldwin. The South Park ex-
pended 5000 in opening the tunnel after
the recent snow blockade and only hauled
out forty cars Of coal before the strike took
place. This destroyed their business, and
1t is now thought best to abandon this end
of the line until the strike is settled. Two
men will be kept nt Alpine to prevent Ice
from accommodating in the tunnel II Is
learned that the men are growing restless,
none Of them having any money and hav
ing no outside union to support them hnan
clnIIy. \ large majority desire 10 return
to work on the old schedule, but the agi
tators hold sway. as Is usual In such cases
II no change occurs soon, many Will have
to leave. as they will he In actual want
The business men of Gunnlson already feel
the depression. as large share Of the
miners money worked into local channels
Tie trustees Of thr boulevard Congrega
tIonaI Church. nt Denver, have secured n
release from The Congregational Church
Bulldlnc Society Of New York. decree
was handed down In the District Court by
Judge LeFcvre freeing the Boulevard
Church from the obligation to pay 81, 3G7
when the actual debt represented by the
mortgage was but Si2s,62 The court ruled
that n mortgage In excess of the amount
loaned is Illegal aud that by the payment
Of the sum actually borrowed the church
stands released from the lien Of the Church
Bullding Society. Whenever the building
society has aided new churches 1t has been
It's custom to include In Its mortgage the
amounts contributed to the church from
other sources, for the purpose Of preventing
the future scquestratipn of the property to
others than the Congregationalists. No
interest has been required on these mort
cages. aud the system has generally proved
satisfactory, but there has been considera-
BILE friction between the boulevard Church
and the society Of late and the matter was
taken into court with the result above
stated
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