The Delta independent., 1899-10-27


Candeiaria died from the effect Of 4
gunshot wound received from . spring
gun set In the door Of Nefxingers tool
house as . protection against burgiars.
The gun was set 80 the char1e Wsud
strike below the knees any perso0 at
tempting to enter. but the woman in
question was sitting down with her
back to the door. Judge Crumpacker
ruled that the charge OF murder could
not he sustained. and ordered the jury
to bring In . verdict Of not guilty.
The work ON the White Oaks Noun
tain line from Toboggan. New Mexico,
to a point four miles beyond Cloud
croft il progressing rapidly. The con-
tractors expect TO be through by De
cember 1st. but the railroad O4lcials
think the first of the year win see the
work completed The road is even more
difficult In construction, from an en-
cheering point of view. and more mag
nificent as Q scenic route than the pres
ent noted cloud climbing route. Two
hundred and nifty men are employed.
The contractors are using Pueblo In
dams as much as possible m they are
much better workmen than Mexicans.
The commissioners Of Douglas coun-
ty have begun taking u hand In the
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Southern railroad and the Denver Pow
er and Irrigation Company over the
right Of way through south Platte
canon. The dispute has become . tri-
angular AFFAIR for the reason that the
commissioners contend that the rail-
road is laying its tracks over an old
county highway. and before the matter
il finally adjudicated the Rio Grnnde ID
likely to be Involved In the dimculty
by virtue of its having formerly sur
veyed q route over the same roadway.
The Douglas county board has Ordered
John Runge. road overseer Of the Eaev-
enth district. to go to Symes and begin
removing the sO-called Constructions"
which the Colorado 4 SoutheFH has
placed. The railroad company hao sent
a force Of men to protect their track.
b. Littleneld. the elk raiser Of Snake
will ship next year to the Chicago mar
ket a carload Of elk steern. tho elk
beeves ranging from three to seven
years old and weighing Out an average
Of 1000 pounds. Mr.. IAttleAeld has
now an elk herd sixty-nve stroaG and
expects at the close Of the next ave Or
six years to count on his eocSoeed
ranges 1000 elk. The elk sleee has 70
horns and Ia ~ gentle and readily han
Edbed - . sheep. He faftens Qoicklys
making Q shlpper with . minanu0
shrinkage. He does not stray. anA u
by any misrhance he Ands himself
without his range enclosure never rests
until he b hack again. IL has been
found that elk milk pr0doceo . eheese
Of peculiar and excelIeat character,
and the dairy will dOubtIeas play IN
important factor In the devel0p0eat q
the elk industry.
Since the Wyoming Smeltiag and ne
nning Company toek charge a tt Iron
mines at Rawlins eight moaths ago. .
large amount OF work has besa aoae.
A new incline has been run 10 . oepfh
Of It's feet, where . solid body 0f the
hest kind Of red henaa tite iroa ose has
been uncovered. The ore lies un6er .
hanging wall. the dip Of the VEN beins
about - degrees. The foot wan has
not yet been encountered. 10 II h i'm
possible to say how thick the bead In.
been done to prove that there In m Inn
mense body OF solid ore that win av-
erage "a per cent. iron and slight trace
Of gold. Chief Engineer Berry Of ahe
Union Pacific and other authorities
who have visited the mines say that
with the present development 1000 car
loads Of ore can he taken from these
mines. The ore runs ~ per cent. and
In sold In Denver for &4.5O u'er ton.
There was great gathering Of Odd
Fellows at Cripple Greek On the 10eh
and 18th. The cantons In unIf0rm
rank made n fine display and there
was . big parade. The Pntriarchs
militant and the military drens parade
occurred Tuesday sfterD0un- The
space surrounding the drfll Gvound
was crowded with spectatosn- The
drill of each canton occupied abOut nf-
teen minutes and ~ the di@cula evoiu-
tions were performed they drew
rounds Of applause. The judges. Cap
tain Howard. Firpt Lieutenant 0owdy
Of Colorado Springs and 0eoes11 K1ee
decided that Canton RcEers of Deaves
was the winner Of the ex25 psf1e: Cas-
ton Trinidad No. n. The 417x prtse:
Canton Arnpahoe No. I. IT, 81 pstse
and Canton Cripple Creek Ne. IL TIE
esS prize. Each captain u the 1ri11
teams taking part IN tie co0peestsee
Two men o. horsehock hsoA - ~
staee fron sse0es st . sfeoDe6 No.
day afternoon about three Dsoao sUsth
of Ouray. up the mountola rso1 ot tAs
secood watering trough, Q paoe0 weo
fitted for such Q deed- H. 0eo ~
sented revolvers at tbe fsar seeupasto
Of the open stage and eo6eocsse1 %
get out the iron safe. bot cs9e1 s0t
break the fastenines. Ths haa1itD
were after the gold bags hsvagAt 6swn
daily from the Camp Bird 0soe. ut
were unaware that TIE baO ase a.
ways placed in N irso aafs vssh IN
AIMED guard TO prOtect n. a oeeRVAsoe
message from SpeGleo ahoWs t1laa ~
men kept up on tie ruad s11 paDed
thruugh SDeMes. GberlR DAen4 = -
in6 tie wires asd w1u daspseeA psss
- eodeavos N co0euse ebR hegoWay-
men. The occupa9Ss - IL sea0R Wss0
pOt mosessed and - psvpessy Wes ene-
ea from The staee. whseA essssso ebe