The western recorder., 1898-03-31
WESTERN NEWS.

The city council of Aspen has made
a cut In the salaries OF minor city OH
cials.
new Catholic hospital has been
dedicated at Colorado Springs by
Bishop Matz-
A big meeting was held at Colorado
Springs on the 2sth TO express sympa-
thy for Cuba.
Citizens of Colorado Springs have
sent petition to President Mckinley
urging him TO ''refrain from hostile In
fervention In Cuba"
Governor Adams has set apart FRI
day. April 18th, as Arbor Day. 1t
should be observed by the planting OF
a large number of trees.
An ordinance has been passed by the
Denver Council forbidding the employ
mcnt Of children under fourteen years
Of age In stores during school hours.
shearIng Mt Milford. Utah, will be-
gin April 7th, with 10000 sheep un-
der contract with the clipping firm.
One hundred men will be employed
for six weeks on this work
Attorney Thomas A. Green Of Denver
has been debarred from practicing In
the federal courts Of Colorado. This
was done because of Green's attacks
an Judge Halletts character and decis-
ions.
Fred G. Bulkley. the veteran mine
manager, has been placed in charge OF
The hex at Leadyllle, as John II.
Champion, one of the owners, wished
10 be relieved Of the duties of manage
ment.
hox
completed at the State University and
will be dedicated April 10th. They
are for the chemical, engineering and
medical departments and the gymna-
stun.
The Akron cattle pool In Washington
county will handle this year more
beeves than at first intended, the
eventual number of steers placed on
the range between now and May TO
he 6,000. The pool will also purchase
for the range this season 1000 head of
she cattle.
Some of the Denver dairymen have
commenced to use aluminium milk
cans which are claimed to be very
light and durable. While more costly
than tin. the durability of the new
cans, which are claimed to be very
u 10 .tliililtb IihVhS pthtA ah
vantages they possess that Of non-oxi-
dalton.
Samuel McCarty of Otero county
sheared his band of 1000 head last
week and clipped seven pounds from
each animal. His spring lambs num-
Der over 800, with seventeen more
lambs than ewes. OF course he has
good comfortable winter quarters for
his sheep in order to do this so early
in the season.
President Slocum of Colorado College
has announced that another valuable
gift, consisting of $4,000 cash, had
Just been made to the college. The
donors are Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Bemis
of Colorado Springs, and the gift in
creases the total they have given TO
Colorado College to $4,000. The
money will be used to endow a chair of
English.
While out in small sailboat on
Calkins' lake, near Longmont, Sunday
afternoon, Milo Cornwall and John Pc
terson were upset in the icy water and
died from exposure before they could
be rescued. They had been out on the
lake all the afternoon. AT about $50
o'clock a sudden gust of wind caught
their sail and overturned the boat. Two
hours later the craft drlfted ashore
with Cornwall and Peterson lashed TO
its sides dead,
=. A --h~r-es.l- burner named William
Longton, while walking from n camp
called Pando to Leadville. came
through the Tennessee Pass tunnel and
was overtaken by freight train while
in the tunnel In endeavoring to get
out OF the way of the train, his foot
slipped and he fell under the cars, the
wheels of which passed over his legs
and both were crushed off at the
knees. They We're amputated, but 1t
is not thought that he could recover.
Ex-Governor Baxter, now resident
of Denver, manager of the Western
Union Beef Company, is in Cheyenne
for the purpose of continuing the steps
his company is taking to close out its
cattle interests in the West. Mr.. Bax-
ter states that, owing to the great in
crease In prices, his company is ena-
bled to realize about double the amount
from its cattle holdings that was ex-
pected several years ago. The COM
pany has had large cattle herds in
Wyoming, Colorado, Texas and South
Dakota.
pital TO be built on the campus of the
University of Colorado at Boulder. 1t
viii cost $4,000. The money will be
raised among persons interested in the
university The building will, on COM
pletion, he presented to the state. With
n hospital on the campus, the facilities
for clinical instruction will greatly in
crease the opportunities to be enjoyed
by the students of the medical depart
ment. The building, Romanesque in
style, will consist OF n basement and
three stories. The dimensions will be
n frontage of 40 feet, with depth of
30 feet. Boulder pressed brick and
trimmings of Fort Collins sand stone
viii be the materials to be used.
The contract for the construction OF
the Denver mint was awarded on the
2Sth to John A. Mcintyre of Denver
by the secretary of the treasury on rec.
ommendation of the supervising archi.
tect at Washington. The amount OF
Mr.. Mclntyre's bid was S247, ,S74. II
was not the lowest, but 1t was the low
est that fulfilled the requirements OF
the government specifications. There
threatened to be scandal of large
proportions over the contract, but II
was avoided by the prompt action OF
the officials at Washington. The con.
tract was practically awarded to Ferge
of Milwaukee when MIR. Mcintyre sent
Charles Hartzcll to the national capital
in his interest. The representatives
from this state had the papers with
held until the attorneys arrival. II
did not take the supervising architect
long to change his mind and give the
contract TO Mr.. Mcintyre.
The cattle buyers of the West are
cautioned by the best judges against
going crazy over the present upward
tendency of prices, for If there is any.