The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-25
COLORADO BRIEFS.

IIIeulLeTS.
John l.. Hodges has been appointed
assayer Of the Denver mint.
Denver has suffered from coal fam.
inc as result OF scarcity Of cars.
Tie contractors report that 1t is very
difficult to get men enough for their
camps.
George \. Henderson of Sterling has
shipped 200 sacks OF alfalfa seed to
London.
The new Congregational church at
Cripple Creek has been completed and
paid for.
The result Of the Lamar rabbit hunt
was 1876 rabbits. III wild geese,
wolf and bald eagle.
a. Il. Estcy OF Lcudville has Just or
ganized three large eastern syndicntcs
for operating Lcadvillc mines.
II now seems probable that the Dep-
yer X Gulf road will not be taken out
Of the hands OF the receiver for year.
The Atclisor. Topeka 4 Santa Fe
announces half-fare rates between all
'roints in the state on their line during
the holidays.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Huctt
have left Denver for Japan to become
missionaries. They go out under
Methodist auspices.
II has been suggested that Colorado
hold n celebration or have an cXpOsl-
iiOn In 1901. on the twenty-ffth ami
versary OF the admission Of Colorado
as Il state.
After the Ute hunters had loadcd up
with all the hides they could carry. the
Indian police from Fort buchesne
found them and are taking them back
to the agency.
Joe Bradley. n well known miner and
prospcctor Of Cripple Creek. was res
cued from death by freezing on the
north slope OF Pixies Peak the other
night His hands and feet We're frozen.
The Greed school board has compro-
missed with Miss Nora Vaughan by
paying her $222.. The board employed
her to teach. but aftcrward objected
To her on account of her religion, she
being 4 Catholic.
William X. Fleming. who has re
Gently been appointed additional sec
retary To Senator Wolcott. has arrived
/ in Washington. Senator Wolcott de-
livcrcd speech nj the New England
dinner In New York ON the 2:ir,l.
Governor Adams has appointed Colo
mel Irving Hafc To the vacant position
of brigadicr general OF the National
Guard Of Colorado. This was done In
respect to the wishes of the officers.
who voted OH the question. lie is II
West Point graduate.
Twenty Denver men have n scheme
to make $4,000 out Of the klondikc
craze on an investment OF $1,000
Each man will put up 500. making n
total capital of $4,000. and they will
buy the Clara Brown, n sound steamer
now a, Seattle. aud with the opening
Of navigation will start up the Yukon
river with 2O1 passengers and heavy
cargo OF freight.
Some very crcditablc crops Of OATS
were grown In the foothill region Of
Iarimer county the past season. Les
lie Horsley OF Livcrmorc. one Of the
progressive men Of that section. put in
a little patch Of Twelve acrcs Ms sort
Of experiment and was rewarded with
n yield Of fifiy-scven bushels TO the
mere. There is good prof, in growing
oats on this scale.
The largest potato yield on record
was produced In northern Wyoming In
1880. According Ia sworn testimony. u
amounted 10 91I bushels and forty-niue
pounds an acre of which S.,s bushels
We're marketable. The expense of pro-
ductlon was stated fo have been $50.
The average yield OF potatoes in the
United States l. In ordinary years
] .L.ut itsl hn.l..I. IN flr usr.
Not In years has ihcrc been more
disastrous decline IN cattle prices than
has occurred the past two weeks. \
Hood Of hnlf-fat steers has been the Inn
mediate cause. hut all grades from
common 10 choice have been affected.
| The best becvcs are worth twenty-five
cents less than two weeks ago. while
common To good grades have deprecinf-
ed IN 'h. same time nifty 10 sixty cents
per hundred.
j. j. Hngcrman of Colorado Springs
Inns succeeded In placing londs for the
extension Of the Pccos Valley railway
from Roswell. New Mexico. northcnst
en miles To n connection with the
Santa Fe branch nt Pan Handle city.
Texas. should this prove cOrr~ct II
means the expenditure OF over S2,Ws'..
Goa In eastern New Mexico during the
coming year. whereby Chicago and
Kansas city secure n direct route Ia
Ei Paso several hundred miles shorter
than amy existing route.
The Colorado Il Northwestern Rail.
road Company viii establish shops at
owen lake. nloui hNnr miles from
Boulder. They viii build n town nj
this location which VIII lr known ns
Cnli1rtson. teinv named after the priii.
cipal stocliholdcr la the company.
Work has already been lryun on the
hlg reduction pliLnt which Will is ~.
tnbllshcd M this point. and work will
be begun on the company's shops ear.
" In the spring. The reduction plant
viii cost S1W.WD. and will have u ca.
pnci'y of 30 tons I1r day.
Charles ShIpmnn. n tamnlc pc,liicr.
was cut to icnth In n drunken row ut
: o'clock last Monday night by Emil
Inkcl. mn assistant cook employed In
Harry Hni,er's ,nmnlc factory. l:aeI
Eleventh street. The murder occurred
In the open lot back ~ the factory
Shlpinnn. whose head wns half yevcr,sl
from his body. died ten minutes after
being attacked. Jnkcl used n large
pockct knife lie wn- emp, urssi twenty y
minutes later The prisoner cinima Ia
have acted Ia scif.,Icfcnsc. asserting
TINT he WAS knocked down by Sliipn,aii
md threatened before resort was hn.l
TO n knife. n.
The frrt meeting of the National
l sxSssS Il.