The Meeker herald., 1899-07-29

| Inc coal tnlIles OF wyoming uAV
producing 22,0OO tons per day.
Teller county has received its pro-
portion of Ell Paso countys funds,
amounting to $32,OGI1s.
The decrease In the earnings OF the
Colorado Midland for the last fiscal
year was only s44,569. in spite Of the
big snow blockade last winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. ]. Cabler left Den
yer Friday in an automobile carriage.
They reached Palmer Lake at noon on
their way to Victor. The carriage Is
propelled by n gasoline engine.
i Three masked men, at an early hour
Friday morning. held up the railway
lunch room and telegraph office at
Palmer Lake, securing in all only about
$40, S35 from the lunch counter and So
at the telegraph Office.
The county commissioners have np-
pointed Jefferson b. Farr to be sheriff
| Of Huerfano county to serve out the
| term of Edward Farr. late sheriff
killed near Cimarron. The appointee is
a brother of the late sheriff.
From a reliable source it is learned
that the Union Pacific has decided to
make its Omahn-Ogden line n double
track road. The business OF the road
has reached such proportions that this
step is deemed advisable and the only
way out of the difficulty.
A party of surveyors is at work in
the Bear river valley, south of Steam
boat Springs, and the citizens of that
place nre again hopeful that the lon:
looked for railroad there will soon ma
ter1alize. The Colorado Il Northwest
ern is said to be behind the project
The latest addition to Colorado
Days Is State Game and Fish Day,
to be celebrated at Steamboat Springs.
September sth and 9th. There is to be
free barbecue of elk. deer, antelope
bear and other game, and a fish-fry.
There will also be rough riding, roping.
ball games and other sports. Two days
before the event n grand hunt will
take place.
The figures Of the Utah State Board
of Equalization show that the total
valuation of property in the state in
round numbers is $99,OOO.OOO. about
the same as last year. The figures on
live stock are as follows: Horses and
mules 72.219. valued Mt 1925 .34G:
cattle 169.475. valued Mt x2.G54. 174:
sheep 1,576,444. valued at s.. .S64, ,02S;
swine 1875, valued ut $44,GO1.
Canon City has one of the most won
derful hot springs in the West. 1t is
situated at the entrance to the Roya!
Gorge, and has good hotel accommo-
dations. Few people in Colorado re-
alize what they have in the way of
mineral springs, and people from the
East travel hundreds Of miles to visit
and recuperate by few days of rest
and recreation.
July has so far been a season of al /,
most continuous rains In New Mexico |
Farmers are assured Of a splendid crop |
Of alfalfa AMI prairie hay. Three weeks |
ago meadow hay was selling for $40
per ton, while to-day there Is no mar
ket for It, Cattle are beginning to get |
ronnd and fat, and lambs are growing
fast. This will be prosperous season
for northern New Mexico.
To date the state of Wyoming has
expended SS,240 for bounties on wolves
ssace the appropriation Of $4,000 was
made last March. This appropriation
was to have covered a period Of TWO
years, but at the rate the money is be-
ing paid out the sum will not last
much over year. The wolves were
very numerous in all parts Of Wyo-
ming last winter and spring, AMI 1t IL
expected that the war now being wag-
ed on them will result in their cXtcr.
mination.
This years Chautauqua assembly at
Boulder is proving n most gratifying |
success, in respect both to attendance
and excellence of entertainment. 1t Is
estimated that between seven and eight
hundred people from outside the state
are in camp on the grounds. while the
local patronage from Boulder, Denver
and other towns has been very much
greater than 1t was last year. The as
sembly will be in session until August
14th.
-Four men were swept away by 4
huge wall of water which was caused |
by cloudburst at the head Of a mar
row canon they were crossing near
Trinidad, and Bernard Tamboya, villa
Rafino and an unknown Austrian
were drowned. The men were on their
way from Gray creek to Blossburg in a |
wagon. While crossing n narrow,
deep canon, n big wall Of w,iter came
rushing down upon them, carrying the
whole party, with their team, far down
the canon.
Creditors of Rio Grande county, and
there are a number of them, will be |
pleased to learn that the county has
quit fighting the payment of its out
standing warrants and has voted by an |
almost unanimous vote to issue 8 per
cent bonds to take up all the old in |
debtedness and to refund $67, 600 of |
outstanding Z per cent. bonds. For
years Rio Grande county has been
lighting the payment of a large amount
of old 10 per cent. warrants against
the county.
The Leadville gamblers have won
their case in the Supreme Court and
Judge Frank Overs Of the Lake coun-
ty District Court cannot interfere with |
them. Mary Henderson, president of
the Leadville Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union. instituted an action in
the District Court against G. A. Liable
and forty others. to enjoin them from. |!
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