, 1899-09-21
WESTERN NOTES..

The city council Of Victor has decid-
ed to build n city hall.
An old-fashioned right-of-way con
test is on at Leadville. The Colorado
Southern and Rio Grande are laying
branches to the big mines and crossing
contests result.
Greeley and Boulder gave n royal
welcome to their returned volunteers
when they arrived Friday. Parade,
speech-making and II dinner were the
features of the day and there was n
great turnout of people from the sur
rounding country.
President Osgood of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company. acting for
the board of directors, has sent the
stockholders n circular explaining the
use TO which the proposed increase Of
Sl2,OOO,OOO capital stock is to be put.
1t Is proposed to increase the present
output 100000 ions of finished products
annually.
The Denver & Rio Grnnde roads fin
ancial report continues to show In
creases. Fol- the first week in Septem-
her the earnings were SiS.6iT, compar-
ed with Si7, 1856 for the corresponding
week of last year. Since July l the
earnings have beef 81. TO2.O 900, COM
pared with 81. G14.50O for the same per-
Tod last year. an increase of SST 800.
Benjamin Laswell and Charles Walk
or, mining men and ~prospectors. have
bonded their mine. near Bear noun
tain. to eastern parties for S2o,OOO.
The mine contains several large depos-
its of corundum and vesuvianite. ana
II is the intention of the persons bond
ing II TO erect II large factory thereon
for the manufacture of s%andpaper.
\ bad freight wreck on Sherman hill
west OF Cheyenne delayed freight and
passenger trains Friday. The accident
occurred shortly after & o'clock in the
morning. Train No. 10, the Pacific
coast fast freight. In charge of Conduc-
tor WoolSton and Engineer Hodgcman,
was bowling along down the west side
of the hill when Il wheel broke at the
Harvey side track. Ten heavily load
ed cars We're thrown into the ditch and
the track badly tori up. No one was
hurt.
Bishop Matt of Denver has @ ten
dered ana accepted the honor of in.
vcsting Rev. Peter Bourgade, the re-
Gently installed archbishop of the do
cese of Colorado. New Mexico and Ar.
IN , Nll' l'iillAllll il'7G'i ny ~
Pope. The ceremony will be one of
Grat splendor and will take place in
the cathedral mt Santa Fe. 1t will he
attcnSed by nearly all the priests in
the diocese. as well as priests and
church dignitarics from all parts of
the United States.
Thursday. the third of the Peach day
celebration at Grand Junction. was the
greatest of all in point of numbers and
entertainment. The business houses
all closed and the city was turned
over to the visitors. who seemed Ia
make full use of the privilege. The
main thOrough:ares in the afternoon
We're one surging mass of people. fully
eight thousand people enjoying Grand
functions hospitality. The event of
the day was the masque carnival, in
which fully 1000 people participated.
w. S. Stratton and party have ar.
rived in New York on the maiden voy,
age of the big steamship Oceanic. The
news of Mr.. STATIONS arrival in this
country Will be received with pleasure
by his friends, and especially so when
it is known that Mr.. Stratton is much
improved in health and has been
greatly benefited by his vacation. Ii
is probable that Mr.. Stratton will re.
main in the East for several weeks
and will witness the Dewey celebra-
ton. the yacht races. etc. He is stop,
ping ut the Waldorf Astoria hotel,
New York.
a very successful reunion of the San
Juan Pioneers Association was held III
Telluride on the 18th. Many pioneers
came across the range from Silver
ton and Ouray on horseback. Others
came around in wagons and more
came on the train from each way. The
reception committee. composed of al
the resident pioneers. met the trains
with n band and escorted the visitors
to the new Sheridan hotel, until that
connections hostelry was taxed to its
limit. Papers and talks upon the early
history of the region made up an In.
tereSting program,
The Grand Lodge. knights of Ply,
thiaS. In session NJ Florence. Colorado
gave n contest Wednesday night in
third rank work. Those taking par
were Ignite No. 81, Lafayette: Enter
prise No. 81. Denver, and Pueblo No
-. Pueblo. The judges were W. q
Ronald. Seattle; Everett Bell. Trim
dad; Frank Madden. Greeley: DIR
Little, Canon city: T. T.. Frnton
MontrOSc. Ignite No. 81 was award
ed the first prize of 500 and Enter
prise No. 81 the second prize OF $50
At 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon the
drill between Ralph Talbot Uniform
Rank and Queen city Uniform Rank
look place. the former winning the first
prize of 800, the latter the second
prize of 500.
The first section of the Colorado free
train of soldiers did rot reach Lead
willie until lO:lh O'Clock Tuesday night
having been delayed for some time by
the breaking down of tile head en-,
CINE. Companies f and l. reached The
city ut about II o'clock. and there was
IA tumult of joy from II cnd of the
camp To the other. The reception ten,
dcred the volunteer soldiers as they ar.
rived was n genuine western welcome.
The city was ablazc with enthusiasm
nS well as with bouiircs and fireworks,
over 10000 people thrOngcd the streets
to greet the returning soldiers. and
while II was too late 10 march them
In companies down To the %receptlon
quarters. they were all quickly han.
died and satisfactorily attended to.
Excellent suppcrs were served by the
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