The Meeker herald., 1897-07-24
COLORADO BRIEFS.
1t is proposed to establish a workhoss q,
Denver for vagranfa III I4.k

/ The play 'As fou Like IT. was EfvA n
the open air ut Denver n few days ago.
! Ex-Mayor Steele of Cripple Greek trih TO
, take his life by using morphine, but he|was
saved.
The editor of the Cripple Creek Citixes has
been arrested by school teacher oai q
charge Of criminal libel.
Eight hundred santa Fe employees h.
joyed a picnic in the mountains above tio
RADIO Springs on the 18th.
The Chautnuqua season at Glen ttk
opened very ausplciously on the 18th. ID
, there ls large attendance.
In the three big bicycle races at Denver }n
, the 18th and 17th. Walter Sanger won De
, one-niile and two mile and Hamilton vVn
the iive-mile. IL
Near Eastonvillc, In Ell Paso county, te
X. X. ranch has shipped since last April te
grand total Of thirty eight carloads Of pdh
toes and oats, and there Is not ditch on Be
place.
gang Of thieves stole thirty-nv headbf
valuable horses from Judge Smith Of Gr&e
ley few days ago. but they were captur{I
nnd the horses recovered when they reached
Julcsburg.
In carriage runaway on the Ironton tbl
road on the 10th. Miss Myrtle Shaw Of Pt1s
field, Illinois, was thrown violently to Tie
ground. sustaining internal Injuries wach
caused her death. She was one OF the hfge
party that was going around the circle from
Denver.
II Is estimated that over 1000 head n cat
tie are now feeding on the range surround
Ing Plateau valley In Mesa county. Rri at
least 5,On of them will he wintered here.
which means a good price and read sale
for all the hay the ranchmen can rabe this
year. There is range, however, 70 three
l. X IN
the valley for hay is limited only b, the de-
mand.
The first shipment Of wool out Folsom.
New Mexico. consisted Of seven cas- shipped
by A. q. Miller and Troy brothes, most Of
, 1t coming to Denver and arrivingthis week.
The largest wool house In that tart Of the
territory Is located at Folsom aid is stored
full of wool. large Ice houe has been
turned Into a storage house. AM is also full.
besides ten or twelve box cars on the side
track. Wool continues to cone In and Is
bringing from 10 to IL cents pound.
Upon requests of the commissioners of
Saguache county. State vetrinarian Grs~s-
well has secured an opinloJ from Attorney
General Carr the authority of county
sheep Inspectors. 1t was tesired to know II
such inspectors had the power to compel
sheep herders to dip thet focks to prevent
scab. General Carrx .pinion Is that In
spectors cannot directly compel dipping. but
can quarantine incoming nocks and can
order diseased sheep ,n public ranges onto
private property. THIS will indirectly con-
pei owners to dip their sheep.
Consequent upor the operations of the
new state military law. which went Into
eject on the 18th Of this month. the National
Guard of Colorado IL now wrestling with II
number Of Innovations. On the whole II Is
agreed that these will tend to raise the
standard of the organization In many drec
tions. one provision Of the act. from which
great things are expected. is that which
makes 1t necessary for all those seeking Of
ficcrs' commissions to irst take coinptti-
tive examination, as In the regular army.
Formerly no examinations were taken. the
company electing Its own officers without
any Interference from outside.
A good start In sheep feeding Is to be made
In Logan county the coming fall The
farmers there who grow alfalfa are begin
ming to realize that they must work of their
surplus hay, and they are going to adopt the
lamb idea. Recently several Of the les1ting
farmers have contracted for something like
30.Doc New Mexico lambs for fall delivery.
Powell * Dillon have bought 600 head from
Jesse Harris. the Fort Collins CONTRACTOR,
while Arthur strong Of Weld COUNT. has
arranged to winter 5000 head at Jerino.
The Fnrr brothers have engaged his for
1000 lambs to be fed at Sterling and in all
up to date 1900 tons Of alfslfa have been
contracted by feeders at $2.85 a ton.
Commander Booth Tucker has been h Pu
eblo inquiring into the feasibility " a
scheme for planting colony In the Afkan.
sas valley. in the vicinffy Of Pueblo. The
general plan of the colonization scheme is 10
take poor families from the crowded cenfers
Of population and bring them to unoccuplei
lands In the West and place them on small
tracts under the charge of experienced
farmers. and thus aid them to support them,
selves. Commander Tucker has ASSURANCES
OF plenty of financial backing in New York
City. 1t being intimated that such prominent
men as j. Pierpont Morgan and John d.
Rockefeller are backing him with funds. 1t
Is not proposed to give the land away, but
sell 1t TO the occupants
Mr.. u. v. Donaldson. the originator and
one OF the largest shareholders in the Colo
RADIO Power Company, which IL to supply
Cripple Greek with electrical power, has
gone to Canon City to meet Electrical En-
gineer Il. d. Mershon of Telluride. These
gentlemen will select the pole line for the
company. and also decide on the most avail.
able point from which to enter Cripple
Creek. Distributing stations will be lo-
Gated and a general survey Of the company )
plans will be made. The company IL now
ready to begin active operations. plans for
all Of the buildings having been completed
by Mr.. g. +. Palmer. weli-known engineer
of this city. The power company h having
Its electrical machinery built by the West
1nghouse people at Pittsburg. The COM
pany proposes to furnish electrical power to
the mines Of the district. aud Its promoters
feel confident that their system will event
ually succeed steam throughout the entire
camp. .l---
There Is a strong probability that Ward
district, Boulder county, will soon have q
railroad. a facility that would more thar
double the output Of that camp. The heavy
rates for wagon transportation into ths
camp have prevented n number Of fairly val.
liable mines from operating. The road from
Boulder Is about twenty miles long and u
an uphill climb all the way. and even at tAs
current rates of 80 cents hundred going In
and half that sum coming out 1t is imp0esl.
BILE for the teamsters to make any money.
Recently eastern capital has become intsr.
ested in the construction Of q railroad fnte
the district. and the necessary surveys have
been made and all the grade stakes set. tn
route will follow the old washetl-eut rail.
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