The Meeker herald., 1899-01-21

leg was badly injured and he was
otherwise bruised. james and Frank
Fouts were thrown to the ground by
the shots, but were not injured. The
men had finished their late meal and
had placed nine sticks Of powder on a
tin plate over the Goals 10 thaw out.
Mcdonnell was just STOPPING over to
see how the explosive was thawing
when the explosion occurred.
A bill has been introduced in the
Utah legislature designed to authorize
the Union Pacific Railroad Company to
exchange its stock for Oregon Short
Line stock. The present law prohibits
the purchase by any company of stock
in competing line. and while these
roads are not competitors distinct au-
thorization of the transaction was de
sired. BY this exchange Of stock the
Union acific will secure control of the
Oregon Short Line, which in turn owns
the control of the Oregon Railway u
Navigation Company. thus giving the
Union Pacific n through line from Ona-
ha to Portland The Oregon Short
Line and Union Pacific are organized
under the laws of Utah. The hill Will
pass.
An important suit, involving the va
lidity of county bonds in Arizona, was
decided in the Supreme Court OF the
| United States Tuesday. The case val
idates S2S0,9 worth of bonds, issued
by Pima county, in aid OF the Arizona
narrow gauge railroad. 1t was based
| upon n petition for mandamus upon
the governor and other territorial Off
GERS to compel them to issue bonds in
lieu Of those originally issued in 1883.
The Supreme Court of the territory
| denied this petition. but the opinion OF
the federal Supreme Court, which was
handed down by Judge Brown, re-
| verses this decision and remands the
case for further proceedings in compli'
ance with the original petition. The
opinion of the court is based upon the
authority of the act of Congress of
June 9. 1896.
Over three-fourths of the state OF
Colorado now is buried under snow.
| This means that there are nearly SO,-
600 square miles of the state that is out
of sight and will remain so until the
warm days of spring turn the frozen
liquid back into water. All who are
interested in cattle raising. agricul-
ture or horticulture will welcome this
information. The tons upon tons of
| snow now lying upon the ground
mean that there will be n goodly sup
| ply of water for irrigation purposes
for the land and drinking purposes for
the cattle during the summer and fall
months. One fortunate thing about the
existing condition regarding the snow
is there has been comparatively little
thawing, owing to the continued cold
weather. 1t is almost impossible to
estimate the number of cubic feet Of
water which will come eventually from
| this supply Of snow, bat the experts
say that 1t will be enough for all OF
the irrigation needs Of the state.
Not dismayed for moment by the
comparatively poor success Of its first
venture in the way of wild animal
hunt, the Western Slope Hunting Asso-
citation has determined to engineer
second undertaking similar to that of
last month, this one to occur next
March or April. 1t is thought that at
that time the heavy SHOWS upon the
mesas which surround DebeQne will
have driven the mountain lions from
their highland haunts to the more shell
tered hooks to be found along the beds
Of the streams that seam the mesa land
where they will be easily accessible to
the dauntless huntsmen. To further
insure the success of its second venture
In the way of a lion hunt, the associa-
tion has negotiated for the purchase of
pack of thirty trained fox hounds to be
divided up among the different parties
radiating from Debeque. The deal for
the purchase Of these valuable adjuncts
to a hunt may be closed at any time,
and 1t is likely that the association will
conclude to make the investment with
in day or two.
Most vigorous and sensational testl-
mony was given before the War In
| vestigation Commission Thursday by
Commissary General Eagan, who, ap-
pearing unexpectedly to meet the alle-
cations against the beef issued in the
war, vigorously arraigned Major Cen
eral Miles, commanding the army. He
read his testimony from a large written
statement. He denied numerous state
ments of General Miles, charged that
the latter's testimony constituted severe
reflections on the commanding gen.
erals of the expeditions and referred to
him as "this same commanding gen.
eral, Nelson A. Miles," and said who
ever called the beef furnished "em-
balmed beef" was n ''lar." General
| Miles later made n statement to re-
porter In which he sarcastically re-
views General Egan's record dnd indi-
Gates that the commissary generals
moral standing hardly entities him to
serious consideration when 1t comes to
a question of veracity Miles charges
that Eagan has, during his army
career, been court-martialed for poker
playing and neglecting to pay his debts,
and that he was found guilty.
John F. Campion, the rich mine
owner, has for the past year been presi-
dent Of the Denver Chamber Of Com
merce. At the close of his term he
severely criticised the penuriousness of
Denver's wealthy men. He said:
Public spirit in this town is as dead
as Lots wife after she was turned into
pillar of salt. With many of our citj-
zens who came into this community
as innocent Of worldly goods as Adam
was when he made his first appearance
in the Garden of Eden, and who in
many cases grew rich In spite of them