The western recorder., 1898-03-17
WESTERN NOTES.

ed n new code FOR the government OF
the state militia
The Denver Trnmwny Company is
| talking Of building mn electric line TO
the northern coal fields.
The body of an unknown man was
| found on Pixies Peak few days ago.
He had apparently gotten lost and
froze 10 death.
The Wyoming Supreme Court has de
eided thnt ex-J'reasurcr Grnmm and
his bondsmen are not liable for the
loss Of state funds deposited in n
] failed bank at Cheyenne.
Twenty-Five insane patients in the
| Arapahoe county hospital are to he
transferred TO the private asylum OF
| DIR. Work at Pueblo, where they will
he boarded until the state asylum can
receive them.
Senator Rawlins of Utah has intro
duccd n bill to provide for the disposal
| OF the asphaltum beds within the I'm
compahgre Indian reservation by the
sale of claims 300 by 1,5OO feet In size
to the highest bidder.
Secretary Gage had decided to let the
contract for the Denver mint 10 A.
Fergc OF Milwaukee. but upon the re
quest OF Teller and Wolcott deferred
action for few days to give Il Den
yer contractor another hearing.
A Colorado & Northwestern engine.
No. %. coming down from Crisman.
| left the rails and. jumping clear of the
embankment. turned sonersault and
| landed on It's back in the creek bed
below. The engineer and fireman
| jumped in time and were not injured.
The Wyoming State Board of Equal
| izaiion has jumped up the value of
stock and the same will soon be done In
| Colorado. Pure bred cattle were raised
from S33 to S3s per head. Bulls from
$50 to S35 n head. Grade and dairy
cattle from $40 to $50 n head. Range
cattle from S13 to S15 head.
The Indian village of Isleta, located
about twelve miles from Albuquerque,
Is having n siege of the smallpox. Sew
cral indians have already d'ed from the
disease and many others are down
with It. Other small river towns are
having siege with the dreaded dis
ease.
Arkansas Valley editors to the num-
ber of twenty met at Pueblo ON the
14th, and formed permanent organi-
zatinn. NJ. i. McCauley of La Junta
was elected president. Vice presidents
Were selected from each county in the
valley. A constitution was adopted
and numerous other business matters
transacted.
Steps have been taken by the bee
| keepers OF the state looking TO the or
ganization Of n honey exchange In
| Denver. This exchange Is to he the
medium through which all the honey
| grown In Colorado will reach the re
| tail and wholesale dealers throughout
the country. The demand for the honey
| over the United States.
There are many cattlemen in Colo
RADIO who feel that 1t is not necessary
for the state authorities to 20 to Rob
bers Roost to find cattle thieves who
need determination. 1t Is generally ac-
cepted by cattlemen that they must
stand certain loss each year from
the depredations of thieves and rust
lers Within the last year. with the
price of cattle jumping up every day,
the drain from the rustlers has cut
quite figure with the cattle owners.
The store OF Matthew Kirch at San
Rafael, New Mexico. was entered last
week by band of Mexican robbers
who informed the store keeper that |
they would kill him II lie did not turn
over the store to them. He offered no |
resistance and the robbers helped them |
selves to everything they wanted In the
store and shooting and destroying ev-
erything they didn't want. When they
had n surfeit of this kind of sport they
departed.
We must now conccdc that the water
supply for eastern Colorado the COM
ing summer will be short for the rca-
son that there is very little snow on the
mountains and that which will fall lat
er can do no good in furnishing mid
summer irrigation. Under these cir
cumstances the most careful preparn-
tion of the soil is n necessity and we
will have to resort to deep and subsoil
blowing in order TO conserve such
moisture MS may come. 1t Is also ad-
visable to get the grain in early 50 as
to secure the benefit OF such SHOWS and
rains MS may fall later.
The call for territorial convention
of Arizona miners was answered in
Phoenix by representation of less
than half the counties of the territory
W. s. Adams of Yavapa was elected
chairman. After sharp debate II was
agreed that the attendance was not
such as would warrant the completion
of n permanent organization. COM
mittee was therefore appointed con
sisting of one miner from each county,
to formulate an address and to call a
convention at such time as would in
the Judgment of the committee he ad-
visablc.
The following Colorado postotficcs
will be made money order offices April
18th: Arboles, Archuleta county:
Beaver Creek. Fremont county; Doyle
Vile. Gunnison county: Dumont, Clear
Creek county: Eckert. Delta county:
Emma. Pitkin county; Eureka. San
Juan county: Forks Creek. jefferson
county; Guffy. Park county: Harris.
.Arapahoe county: Harrisburg. Arapa-
hoe county: Hillside. Fremont county:
Iris. Snguache county: Lasalle. Weld
county; Manhattan. Larimer county;
Nepesta. Pueblo county: Pitou, lIuer-
fano county: Rand. Lnrimer county;
sidney. Routt county; Sneffels, Ouray
county: Whtehorn. Chaffee county;
county.
After this no one under eighteen
years of age will he allowed to take the
semi-annual teachers examination for
certificates In Colorado. Many young
women throughout the state have been
In the habit OF taking the examinations
for the purpose of praciicing their wit.
In many instances these women are
under eighteen years of age. They
have no idea that they can pass the eX-
aminations. but attend them for the
fun of il. just TO see how near they can
come TO passing And, besides that,
they take the examination to get an in
sight into the class Of questions that
are asked. that they may have gen
eral idea what to study when they
seriously contemplate taking an ex-