Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-08
BlrPUs nuzziNas.
Our Colorado Correspondent Again
Comes TO the Front with a
Batch ofNewsy Paragraphs.

At last New Mexico has q new gov
ernor, and from what the writer knows
OF Gillie Otero. as his friends love to
call him, President M Kinley might
have gone farther, and made a poorer
selection. Is indeed very gratifying
to find hat old political bosses like
Catron, anu chronic Office hunting
~barnacles, have been so neatly turned
down by Mckinley, who evidently be
lieves that the young men should have
o chancs TO show their mettle. Whether
Gov. Otero will prove himself the right
man, in the right place, time alone
can tell, but all the same, here goes
our old shoe for good luck. and il the
governor has q nice, fat Office 10 his
gift that is yearning for a patriot t,
answering to our description, to fill,
he cen find a willing victim by calling
on us personally, or showing a "billy
duck" under our front door, stating
salary, etc. We never hesitate when
our country. and a fat salary calls.
Cripple Creek district, a short dis
lance from this city, still keeps the
lead OF Colorado camps. During May
the output at Cripple Greek was larger
than any month Of the present year,
and also larger than it has ever bcen
before in the history of the wonderful
camp. The reduction mills are rum
ming at their full capacity, day and
night, and are receiving more ore than
they handle as promptly as con-
signors demand. During May $4,000
tons Of ore were treated by the chlori-
nation and cyanide mills, tn Q ore hay-
ing an average value of s28 per ton,
The metallic extraction works at
Florence treated 7.400 tons OF Cripple
Creek ore during May, which averaged
$25 per ton. Additions are now being
made to this plant which will increase
its capacity so per cent.
Cripple Greek also sent 10, 900 tons |
of ore to the smelter at Pueblo, Dem
yer and Kansas City, so that the gross
value of the Cripple Greek output for
May, focts up the snug sum OF 81, 094,-
600. The people of this progressive
camp are not worrying about hard
times, or losing sleep because Billy
Bryan and his 16 to l silver kid got
showed under last fall.
In a jewelers. window on north Main
there is on exhibition q photo
graphic view of Pueblo, as it looked 10
1867. The thirty years that have pass
ed since then have brought about won
derful changes. This old photograph
shows q frontier village of less than
fifty houses, when Pueblo had a popu-
lation of less than 500; to-day Pueblo
is g city e=e sc goo sc..s aaa i.
Its business enterprises it ranks second
the state it is gra dually growing in
and new enterprises that
add materially to the city's pr osperity,
are continually beng added to those
in existence. Its people are
awake and progressive; It's bust
less men seem to fully understand the
'alue OF printers Ink, for the city
boasts eight newspapers, who each
eem to be thriving. While Pueblo a
las its unemployed workmen, the
lumber is comparatively small, con- :
its population, and the want .
nd destitution SO prevalent in many of :
be eastern cities are practically un- J.
nowhere. Pueblo is patiently waiting
Dr. the better times to materiaIize, and
lille she is waiting, she is dong
God work in developing her resources,
nd taking advantages of her oppor-
lnitles, thus helping to bring a speedy
OF the old time prosperity for r.
hich w all pray. II
The slight of hand fakir, who pro-
osed to knock spiritualism out of time
one round, so to speak, came, ex-
lbited his stale, shopworn tricks, and 4
# a poorer, if not a wiser mau. u
hough he came highly recommended
I several preachers, his %audiences
lring his three nights shows were SO
nall, that it is a CUES ion If he made G.
9 running expenses while here.
leblo folks do not take kindly to-
humbugs. even though they
aim their work is in the interests OF
9 church and religion. u.,
The executive committee Of the State ~
ieration of labor, met in this CITY
ring the week. Among other mat -
8 the committee proposed to take NJ
!, necessary measures to test the -
1stitutionality of the anti-boycott
passed by the legislature recently.
. of the members declaring his
'diness to violate the law, in order]
bring the matter before the courts.
ange as it may seem, it is yet a
I, that labor unions are always the
t to i%naueurate a boycott when
+ they find they cannot control a
o to do their bidding, yet these
unions claim to be the champions
he very w~orkingmen whom they
-cott, and ruin il they cannot rule A Fl
!. m
mother cutting ARRAY occurred on ID
dnesday, at a questionable resort A
! on Tenderfoot hill, known as 49,
'ico. A negro did the carving, his
being q white man named Wade
tn. Smith is now at the Woman's
'ital, with but little hope of his re-
ny. The would be murderer is -
taking a comprehensive vie Of I'll
DO scenery from the barred win
of his prison cell.
Woodmen Of the World are hav-
their memorial services to-day.
program includes a street parade,
hich the four camps Of the order in
city will march. Floats contain
title girls, daughters Of Woodmen, he
also be In the line. At the ceme-
J, the monuments erected on the
IS of Woodmen will be unveiled,
the religious services pre-
I'd by the ritual, the graves of the