The silver star., 1897-05-20
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Middle and North Boulder creeks.
Forty eight carloads Of lambs were shipped
out OF northern Colorado last week.
1t is stated that the Bijou canal system in
Weld and Morgan counties is to be COM
pleted.
The Illinois Steel Company has Increased
Its order for manganese ore from Leadville
to $50 tons per dag.
A man named Kimhall and four sons have
been arrested In the Poudre canon for re
moving claim stakes.
Denver doctors operated on young man
for appendicitis and found that he did not
have 1t. He will die.
Two teams of Denver Turner'S went to the
quadrennial bundesfesf at st. Louis and cap
tured several big prizes
Charles H. Nelson was Killed In the Gold
King mine at Ward by roller that fell
down the shaft, striking him upon the head.
Georgetown expects 1000 visitors at her
Fourth of July celebration. a feature of
which will be the tournament OF nre COM
panfes.
Negotiations are now pending between
Louisville and Lafayette whereby the latter
town will have a pipe connection with the
water system OF the former.
State Senator II. c. Bol>inGer. who mas
been under treatment at the State Insane
Asylum for some months. has been pro
nounced cured and has returned home to
Central CITY.
The State Veterinary Sanitary BOARD has
appointed J. T. Archulesa and John A
Slayton sheep inspectors for Archuleta and
Weld counties, respectively George NJ.
Black was appointed Inspector for Ararahoe
county.
Large shipments of apples are being made
from Denver to the Pacific coast The ex-
pertinent Is the first large attempt OF the
kind by one firm In Colorado. and has proven
an unalloyei success. The shippers get
about So per barrel.
The Bon Ton mine In Russell sulch, Gilpin
county. is to be worked by the Rev. J. h.
Weber Of Preston. Ohio. who will devote
the net output to the relief of the poor. The
mine was formally dedicated to this purpose
by religions services.
The State Board of Managers Of the Colo
RADIO Children's Home Society held its an
nuai meeting ai Denver on the Sth. Chief
Justice Hayt was reelected president Dur
ing the past year the society found homes
for io4 homeless children.
The school census Of Colorado Springs for
this season has been completed and the re-
port shows that there has been slight gain
in the number of children Of school age over
last year. The census shows that this year
the number is 4.4c9. and in 1896 1t was
4.iTe.
Gussave Csrlste,it. the ,hirteen-yesr-oid
son Of John Caristeit. Of .Arge. WAS dragged
TO deSth Thursday evening by the family
horse. The cause of the accident was tie
boy having inprndeutly ttei the ,ethes
rope around his waist while the animal was
grazing, It became frightened and then ran
away
The State Ra1-d Of Arbitration hzs been
completed by the spq.ointment et J W
Barnes % GelteH- The 1-st case TO De
Submitted 10 the nozri Is the strike IN the
Baldwin cozi mines The eSsSi company has
made several offers To the men to resume
work. hut these were refused. os;eas;hly
uroa the e-v1ad that the men objected to
the proposed schedule to be paid with the
use Of electrical miniu- machines In view
q the fact that the strike continues and the
men are not allowed 10 return TO work even
after tn. company has offered To pay them
full wages until the matter Is settled hy the
hoard Of arbitration. leads the officers Of
the company to believe that the machines
arc not ,he rssi cause of the trouble.
Before farmers Institute In rrowers
county the other day Professor Cooke. Of the
STATE Agricultural College said that good
results would te obtained II winter and
spring wheat Is harrowed after the irsi ir
Figation- any time before the crop Is eight
inches high He recommended the use Of
an ordinary ruund-ts-athss, barrow. with ad-
grs-ihle teeth The object Is to store the
water and preven, damage by winds. Irri-
gate less and cultivate more should be the
motto Of Colorado farmers. In answer TO q
question the professor said that az certain
times excessive Irrigation vcnld cause rust
In wheat and oats Smut. however. is
caused by germ In the grain and will de-
vei0p regardless cf the method ef irrigating.
\ very simple and safe way TO prevent snu;
Is TO soak the seed for nfteen minutes In
water heated to Il temperature Of i3s de-
crees II is not necessary to use any chem.
iesls In the hath. The ho; water kills the
smut germs erectusliy. and as the treatment
is very simple II should be adopted by all
As 4 precautionary measure Corn can be
given The sane treatment for smut. though
the results are not - certain
In the Supreme cour, cn the ;,h the
petition Of the la Junta and Lamar Canal
Company and the New La Junts and Lamar
Canal Company for writ Vt injunction TO
Issue. restraining the Great Plains Water
SAsrzxe Company from conveying water
through the Ia Junta and Lamar canal. OF
In any way interfering with that property.
was denied The court. how, rer. gave re
lief TO the two canal companies by issuing
a writ Of snper>--ieas- This instrument
practically serres the sstne purpose as an
injunction. An,. brings 10 an end for the
present the extensive Irrigation improve
inenis which the Great Plains COMPANY
has under way in the Arkansas valley. This
Is the t-s; rosnd In = hxht thA, Is heinS
wa<ei by John =. SeArics Of the sugar
irrs, and other Eastern capitalists asalns,
David H Morat add some Of his business
associates here. 70. Possession Of the Ia
1unta and Lamar canal An Indication Of
the cash insres,s Involved may BE- cleaned
frum the fac, that the supreme Court Re
qulret the Colorado end Of the ssrussie to
aie a hond u So"sD in order TO perfect the
writ % sug-rseieas On the par, Of the two
canal comran.cs II l. claimed that yesser.
days decision gave them all they asked for
II the litigation ultimately goe. against the
Great Pisins Company that corporation viii
probably icre the improvements Il has ai.
ready made on the canal The MofRas In
tsrcs's have 3 claim of sbss, tiur on aea1nss
the canal property. and q; Ia UNDERWOOD
that II the S>ariss people care TO take IL IN