The silver star., 1899-10-06
WESTERN NOTES.

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milling point for Cripple Greek ores. II
Will expend in the erection Of plant
$26O,000. Whichever site Is selected,
the citizens Of Florence will donate
the ground.
During the past year 290 miles Of
new railroad have been built In New
Mexico. The Ell Paso and Northwest
| ern has constructed 1862 miles Of this
the Pecos Valley and Northwestern 100
miles, the AlamogOrdO and Sacramen-
to Mountain railroad twenty miles, and
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
branch eighteen miles to Hanover.
Grant county. A number Of new lines
have been projected and 1t is estimat-
ed that fully 500 miles Of new line will
be built during the coming twelve
months.
Extensive improvements are being
made all along the line Of the Union
Pacific, both ON the Colorado aud wy
oming divisions. Two gangs Of ,nasons
are at work on the Col0ratlO division,
with stone culverts. These will arch
over the small gulleys and dry creeks.
More than a hundred are being put in
! on the system. This. the officials sny,
will improve the safety and the
smoothness of the roadbed. On tue
larger bridges masons are putting In
new stone abutments. II Is will make
the washing out Of bridges much less
frequent than heretofore. Several new
bridges are being built, and for the six
already begun in Weber canon, Utah,
the steel is already on the ground.
The Colorado roads are suffering
from a scarcity Of freight cars. There
has been such a heavy movement Of
l m hoy 81,
but still famine is not anticipated.
The create scarcity is of ore cars. 1t
fs said that mt Aspen alone there is
demand for 300 cars and that Leadville
would like an equal number. Other
mining towns are reported proportion
ately short and the roads are endeav-
oring to relieve this pressure. Smelters
have orders to rush the unloading Of
ore cars and send them back.
The final New Mexico crop report, Is
sued recently. says: wheat and oats
generally are cut and are being
threshed. Both crops are very irregu-
lar, and, with the exception Of the bet
ter watered sections of northern coun-
ties. the yield was far below the av-
erage. Corn and beans and late garden
truck are maturing under favorable
conditions; as rule, corn will be a
poor crop. principally on account of the
August drOuth. The third growth Of
alfalfa will soon be ready to cut In the
northern section. In central counties
the fourth cutting promises to be quite
Irregular. Stock Is In good condition
and. as a rule. good fall and winter
feed is assured"
The New Mexico grand jury, by q
vote Of 8 to 5, decided at the last mo-
ment not to bring In wholesale indict-
ments against merchants and others
for violations Of the Sunday law. 1t
looks now as II after court adjourns
every thing will be wide open as for
merly. No Indictment has been found
In the alleged penitentiary poison con-
spiracy case and 1t Is said that none
will be. The ex-convict, W. H. Garner,
upon whose statement the cases
against o. l.. Morrill, of Monero and
Henry Bergman of Ration were held to
appear before this grand jury Is still
In jail at Santa Fe, and Is believed to
be insane. 1t is believed that Judge
McFte will order medical examina-
ton Of his mental condition.
The following letter was received at
Trinidad Friday. from q resident of
Stonewall. regarding the situation In
that valley: "St0newall is quiet to-
day. The deputies are at the Torres
tuuCu ou coutu crttk. ! ne WuOle Mex
ican band Ii In favor Of resisting the
serving Of writs OF eviction by United
States marshals, but the Americans are
keeping them In check. Only one ar
rest has been made up to this time,
The prisoner is Mexican living on
South creek, who resisted being driy.
en- from his home. The people here at
Stonewall are outwardly unconcerned,
but think there is a prayer going up
from many heart to God for help to
protect the homes where they have
lived 20 many years, and have done
all that has been done to civillxe the
Stonewall country"
Some Of the sheep owners of Wyom.
Ing are annoying the Colorado sheep
inspectors. They have hit upon a nov.
el and successful plan Of avoiding the
Inspection laws. Dr. Solomon Book.
the state veterinarian. was In confer.
ence with the chief cattle inspector at
the state capitol Friday as to the best
method Of bringing these Offenders to
book. Several Of the larger Wyoming
cattle companies have leased Colorado
land just across the Wyoming line In
I.arimer and Weld counties. UnIn.
spected sheep are allowed to simply
roam" across the state line from land
owned ny these concerns In Wyoming
to the land Of the same compauies I'M
Colorado. Then from Colorado land To
Colorado markets the trip Ia easy, The
inspector stationed ON the line at this
point has been unable to accomplish
much 10 preventing the trouble, al
though he has done NJ much In the ser.
vice Of the State Veterinary Board %
he could.
=. A. Schomburg Of Ration, New Mex.
leo. superintendent Of the Maxwell
Land Grant Company. says In refer.
on: IAN this talk about 4 fho,,.
sand families being rendered homciess
through the efforts Of our company Il
pure nonsense. In the whole Colorado
portion Of the grant there are not
more than 800 squattcrs, Including
men. women and children. and it Il
NOT the intention Of the company 20
opprcss them IN any manner 'wha tevcr.
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