The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-17

Nineteen young men graduated from
the Colorado School Of Mines this year.
wilmot H. Lake Of Central City was
drowned In South Boulder Greek on the
10th.
The smeiter hands at Pueblo have
rejectsd the terms offered by the smelt-
Ing companies.
Cripple Creek will have = big cele.
bratiOn on the Fourth. Denver will
send company Of firemen to compete
for q prize.
Commissioner Hermann Of the gener-
q land ONCE has refused to allow
sheepmen to put their docks on the
Pecos reserve.
A three-year-old girl wandered away
from her home in Russell gulch, GIL
pin county. on the 10th and had moi
been found Monday night.
Sam Roberts of Canon City shot and
killed his wife and her mother and
then killed himself. He was dissolute
and his wife had Obtained a divorce.
Governor Otero Of New Mexico has
designated June oath as holiday on
account Of the Rough Riders reunion
and the visit OF Governor Roosevelt to
Las Vegas.
John Fielding and Harry Williams,
cattle rustler, who recently gave bat
tie to deputy sherIfYs at Denver. have
been arrested at Man.an0ia while on
their way to Oklahoma.
A message from Buffalo. Wyoming
at q fna h1 q n Z
come In from Powder river with the
report that the officers have the Union
Pacific train robbers surrounded at +
X. mountain and capture Is regarded
~ certain to follow.
The School of Mines boys are thin.
ming out the girl population Of Golden
+. G. Miller. a graduate. has Just pro
cured Z license to wed Miss Carrie C.
Robson Of Golden. md In said TO be
the third Of the last graduating class
who has carried away . belle from the
Golden boys.
Prominent officials Of the Santa Fs
road are seeking to secure range priv
ileEes for sheep owners by opening the
Pecoa forest reservation until the sum
mer rains begin. The matter is now
Drouth has made the pasturnge scant
favorable decision is expected IN q
few days.
United States Engineer r. E. Har
roun has left Santa Fe on an overland
trip through the northern part Of the
territory to make general recOnnois
sance OF the country, preparatory to q
more thorough investigation OF the
most suitable places for reservoir sites
as he was requested to do by the geo
logical survey.
Boston and Philadelphia wool buyers
who are running brisk competition
In New Mexico. have forced up the
price OF wool from to IL and L. cents
Eastern men have secured 1900 Kacks
and local buyers are purchasing heav
lily. A. J. Crawford has bought 1.OO(
sacks, llfield Bros. $1,000 pounds. and
Louis Baer 100000 pounds.
Governor Otcro has formally re
moved from Office Territorial Treasu
rer Samuel Eldodt by letter to tina,
ofiicial. Hon. Jefferson Raynolds Of
Las Vegas was appointed by the gov.
ernor to I'LL the vacancy. The latter Ii
banker. Eldodt held over from the
Democratic administration. He may
contest the governors power Of ne
moval.
Oliver Lee and James Gilliland wers
acquitted OF the murder OF Henry
Fountain on the 18th. The Jury wa,
cloaeted but seven minutes. There wal
great applause In court when the yer
dict was rend and the prisoners wers
1 s,,1. IL. Akx-t
ments the attorneys have been blttel
toward each other at times and towart
the witnesses for the other side.
A telegram from Washington state.
that the shoshones and Arapahoea, wh<
have now reached Washington. declars
they are not willing TO ce<le any portion
Of the lands In their reservation to th1
government. They state that the tribct
wish to take allotments Of 10O acres
for each member. the balance to bs
reserved for grazing purposes. The
Indians propose To lease such landn a
they do not require for grazing theil
own stock 10 cattle and sheep growers
aud 10 this way replace the annuitie.
which they will lose BY the expiration
Of their treaty.
Wyoming has been notified by tn.
government that equipment to take th.
place Of that Furnished the volunteer
from that state has l,cen shipped from
the government supply dcpots and
should arrive In q few days. Whet
the Wyoming volunteers left for thu
Philippines they took with them ai
most all OF the military equipment IL
the state. when the state militia va,
reorganlzed and recruited. there wal
little or NO equipment for the new
troops. In the consignment from the
general government are q number oi
cannon. two or three hundred Rpring
deld rides and large number Of tents
An Investigation Of the alkaiI soil,
In the Salt Lake basin IL soon 10 b,
undertaken under the direction Of Pro
fessoe Milton whitney Of the Depart
meut Of Agriculture. lie is now I'm m,
recos valley. New Mexico. but Will
reach Halt Lake City about June lOth
With him arr two Of his most ea,,sr
ienced assistants. Frank u. Gurdnc,
and Thoman II. Means. The Sale Lake
alkaii Investigation IL hut n continue.
tion of the work of the same chnrncte,
which wns prosecuted last year In thc
valley of the Upper Yellowstone
where much good land has been prac.
tically ruined by nccumuiations Of nj.
cali. Professor whitney and tho ON.
~rs Of the soils division believe tha,
iuch Of this land can tc restored by
'atrlligcnt Irrigation.
W. r. Murray Of Henson. Colorado
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