The Monte Vista journal., 1899-07-08

MEs. E-uun HlERlnB OF La Netn, Ine
well-known temperance worker OF
Colorado. died on the 9th.
The President has appointed Louis
A. knackstedt OF Colorado to be agent
OF the Southern Ute Indians.
The Buckeye mill. located near Mag
nolia. Boulder county, was destroyed
by fire last week. The loss Is estimated
mt $4,000.
Frank A. Wadleigh, general passen-
ger and ticket agent OF the Rio Grnnde
Western. has sent in his resignation.
George W. Heintz will take his place.
Clarence +. Johnstone of Cheyenne
has been appointed nn assistant In the
irrigation department OF the ASricul-
tural Bureau at salary Of 1880 year
ly.
The pipe organ presented to the First
Presbyterian church OF Boulder by An.
drew Carnegie, the iron king. has ar
rived. The organ IL the only instrument
OF its kind In the city
The James Doyle contempt case will
not be disposed OF until the September
term of the court OF appeals. The
millionaire miner will remain in Jail
ut Colorado Springs during the warm
weather.
Rural free delivery postal service has
been established at Morrison. Jeffer-
son county. with one carrier. George
c. Strickland, TO take effect July 9th.
The service will cover nm area Of
eight miles and serve 100 persons.
As an experiment the Santa Fe rail
road Is employing Navajo Indians ms
section men on Its road near Gallup.
About 100 men have been employed.
and thus far the experiment has been
pronounced success by the railroad.
which will probably engage several
: hundred more OF them.
Officers OF the Western Slope Hunt
Ing Association are arranging clabo-
rate plans for their second annual lion
| hunt, TO he held NJ DeBeluc, and they
have called upon General Passenger
Agent Bailey of the Colorado Midland
to announce that the hunt will he held
October 18th this year. instead OF In
December, as in 1s?s.
Jesse NJ Smith of Layton. Utah,
president of the Utah Wool Growers
Association, and Senator Arthur
Brown of Salt Lake City are on their
: way to Washington. where they cx-
poet to protest 10 the Interior Depart
! Tcnt against the recent order of the
, government forbdding the pasturing
Of sheep on the forest reserve Of the
tlntnh reservation.
The Fourth was n great day for the
people OF Cripple Creek and Victor,
I, The weather was ideal. and there was
in attendance on the principal day Of
= the celebration bigger crowd than has
G ever before congrcgated In the great
= gold camps. Fully 10000 people par
q ticipatcd In the festivities. and in one
, Of the most enjoyable celebrations ever
F., arranged on the nations birthday.
y, Thomas Tobin. one OF the most efii
, Client guards ever employed at the
;, Colorado penitcn,inry, was fatally
y wounded nt l2:l5 o'clock Wednesday y
morning, In most unfortunate en-
counter with two officers from Flor
o ence, NIL parties being In search OF
A Charles Nichols. the escaped convict
: who was captured by still another par
ty and is now safe In his old cell.
II Something peculiar In the monthly
y cport OF the Board OF Health. whicl
=, will bc issued In few days, Is th'
tact that for June the number o.
'' ieaths OF women about cIuaicd thos'
u 81 men. This is very unusual. as
n glance through the records OF III,
l. Health Department VIII show. II
r. May elIhty.four males and ffty-on'
!. females composed the deaths. and II
- April the ratio was III 10 six,y-siX.
=, The workings of the Vulcan mine n
r. Newcastle are becoming so ho, tina
a. work is almost impossible. The I'm
IN n rupuip.s al fntl
% drive out the great volumes OF Ia
40 .hrown on. The fire In the vein I
ny liable to break out Mt any moment
- The management Is rushing the work
IN men In an attempt TO get ont all tn
\, soai possible. but the danger Is yer,
great and shutdown must com
toon.
H.. The salvation Army colony nea
:, Granada has been the center OF attra,
III ton for several days. owing To IN
la presence there OF Commander Booti
A. Fucker. The commander found mat
c. ,crs NJ the colony In n very satisfactor
n, condition. The people ARE doing we
n, md making the experiment success.
- Fifty more families VIII H. sent To tn
"a, ,Olony this summer The commando.
In expects TO visit the colony u, no Ill,
re ant date.
~ Il, now seems possible that the S,rici
~ cr tunnel. to supply water for Coiorad
'f. springs. may bc completed by ia
r. line snow filcs. II is announced thn
ne he work on the west end. which wn
10, abandoned last fall. win be- commence
., iEnln. II IL thought that the wat.
low In the tunnel can he pumped ou
IN n about ten days. The present shor
~ igc Of city water Is considered by man
IA. ~ a proof that the tunnel should Il
be finished without delay because ,
h, financial misunderstanding or nm
), other cause.
Train No. I on the Midland Tcrminn
so which left Colorado Springs nt =.
NJ, Monday morning. wns brought TO
a. eompictc s,nndstiil by cntcrpIliar..
-, Nns on steep grade n few miles fro,
Gu Cripple Greek. The train wns moyln
~ slowly. the engine puiiing great cloud
II black smoke out upon the mountnl
air. when suddenly tho wheels bs.gn
n 10 rcvolvc with great rnpidity. m
-, train stopped. nnd the engineer M
-" itcmnn discovered thnt immense cate
IL pillars covered the rails completely &,
'or q distance Of about 100 yards.
no Manager Fitting Of the t.nfayctl
he mine NJ Victor hns received returns ,
~. part of the bis shipment sent out fro
N. that property last week. giving l2l'
49,, ounces per ton. The consigninci
-, amounted To sixty tons nnd three toI
Y . a "a