Gilpin observer., 1899-06-29

This makes the products of Colorado
equal to about two-thirds of all the
others. The Colorado wheat crop was
one third Of the total of all the other.
states mentioned. the oats and barley
one-half, the hay two-thirds, and the
potatoes one and half times as much.
Among the states of the union, Colo
RADIO was twenty-ninth in the list In
the yield of corn per acre, third in
wheat, eighteenth in oats. seventh in
barley, first in rye, twelfth in potatoes.
! and fourth in hay. Her yield per acre
was as follows: Corn, 21.3 bushels;
wheat, 10; oats. go; barley. 26; rye,
16.7; potatoes, 90; and hay, LIS tons.
The chase after the men who held up
and dynamited a Union Pacific mail
train at Wilcox bridge June 2 has been
abandoned. They We're followed across<
Laramie plains, the Casper mountains,
| through the Hole-in-theWall country,
across the main range of the Big Horn
mountains and into the Big Horn bn-
sin, where the trail was lost. Twice
during the pursuit the officers We're
ambushed, Sheriff Hazen being killed
in one fight. Friends of the outlaws
aided them to escape by furnishing
them fresh horses and keeping them
posted as to the movements of the Off
Creek mountains, and it is believed the
bandits reached the Wind River noun
tains, where there is an immense re-
gion almost unexplOred, and affording
countless hiding places. Realizing the
futility of further pursuit, the various
posses maintained by the railroad COM
pany, the federal and state govern
ments have been withdrawn. 1t is
the opinion of Marshall HadselFs posse
that the only way to capture the rob-
bers is by still hunt. conducted by
men thoroughly familiar with the coun.
try.
To illuminate the point of Pixies
Peak, to paint the entire state of Col
orado and parts of Kansas and Ne
braska red, is the purpose of those in
charge of the Fourth of July celebra-
tion at Cripple Creek. The undertake
ing is one of the largest and most
unique in the history of Independence
Day celebrations in Colorado. 1t is pro-
posed to place on the summit of Pixies
Peak 300 pounds of red fire. At an
hour to be fixed later the entire mass
VIII be ignited by electricity and will
burst forth into flames The promot-
ers of the illumination of Pixies Peak
say that the light will be seen over
the entire state east of the range and
its reflection on the heavens will be
visible on the Pacific slope. The idea
was suggested by Mayor Johnson of
Denver. The people of Cripple Creek,
and neighboring towns and in Colorado
Springs and Manitou will be asked to
contribute money for the fire. The
cog wheel railway company has offer
ed to haul the fire free of charge to the
summit of the peak and half a dozen
nIaxa atv.tn tnV, haxv -,I, .t-.x, -
meet the huge mass with n storage
battery and guarantee that it will be
exploded without difficulty.
A dispatch from Cheyenne says Mr..
e: p. Snow, secretary of the State
Board of Sheep Commissioners, re-
turned this morning from the western
part of the state. where he has been
inspecting several bands of sheep be-
ing trailed into the state from Oregon.
Under the new law passed by the last
Legislature, all sheep trailed or shipped
by rail into the state are to be In
spected at the border. Among the
shipments being made into the state
at the present time are the following:
J. w. Blake, 1000 head, shipped by
rail from Oregon to Montpelier, Idaho,
and trailed into Wyoming from that
| place; J. X. Fitzwater, 1000; Barker
Bros, 5000; Il. Boettcher, 14,O00; w.
j. Blake, 12,O0O; L. p. Southworth, 2O,-
| 600; Platte Valley Sheep company. 3d.
ie)O head. These sheep will nearly all
be driven over what is known as the
Lander trail and will be ranged in
various parts of the state. About 4O,-
600 will be ranged in Central Wyo-
ming, about $1,000 will go to the Lar
| annie Plains, and the remainder will
| go to the Big Horn basin. Sheepmen
of the state are apprehensive that the
advent of many sheep into the state
will result in serious overcrowding Of
| the ranges
:
The summer session OF the Colorado
| Editorial Association met at Glenwood
on the 23rd. At the afternoon rOll-cnll
the following were found to be pres
| ent: Halsey NJ. Rhoads, Press, Den
yer; w. p. Kennedy and wife, Re
veille, Rifle; Il. Price. A. G. Newton,
Press, Denver; w. +. Kennedy and
wife. News, Grand Junction; Il. A.
Haimbaugh, Sentinel, Denver; l.. II.
| johnson, Herald-Democrat. Leadville;
Howard Il. Lee and wife, Republican,
| Denver: ]. l.. Berry, Facts, Colorado
Springs; C. +. Liggett. Press, Sheridan
Lake; Leo Vincent and wife, Represen-
tative, Boulder; A. Roberts and wife.
Press, Montrose: S. ID. Brosius and
wife, Mail, Pueblo: w. l.. Thorndyke
and wife. Reporter, Loveland; A. G.
Sechrist, Times, Wray; j. ID. Lawless
and wife, Sparks, Lamar; c. o. Finch,
Journal. Castle Rock; W. Il. Pabor,
Grand Junction: G. II. Rawalt. Cham
| pion, Gunnison: j. II. Greenawaldt.
Tribune, Florence: Howard Russell,
Express, Fort Collins; George o. Blake,
Star. Grand Junction. At the afternoon
session the following program was ear
ricd out: Especial and Boom Editions,'
Il. S. Lawless of the Lamar Sparks.