The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-12-09
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| Platte canon may come to an ami
| ara agreement to avoid further liti-
CATION.
A. n. Petit and w. H. Cheairs Of
Sterling engaged In q shooting ARRAY
the other day which may result fatally
a. both were severely wounded.
Cheairs was the aggressor. charging
Petit with insulting his wife.
Judge D. @. Beaman, who framed the
game law which Is at present on the
statute books of Colorado, says that in
ten years the elk will be but memory
in Colorado. so far as hunting Is con
cerned, and In twenty years the deer
! will be unknown in this state as q
| game animal.
President Ristine of the Colorado
Midland railroad, who Is now he:e
said to-day concerning the build ng OF
| the Midland into Routt county, that ha
| had read the account which appeared
in the Republican, and that it was truH
Surveys had been made and the route
outlined, he understood, was practical
The production Of the great gold
camp for the month just closed was
over 81, 5OO,0OO The actual figures are
| 46,8O0 tons, the gross bullion value OF
| which In $2,515,5OO. This IL an increase
| of more than % per cent. over last
| month, and represents an increase OF
more than $1,OOO,OOO over the produc-
| ton being maintained during the early
| months OF the year. The record is
| remarkable one. 1t liz up to the full
est capacity of the reduction plants
treating Cripple Creek district ores,
and astounding as 1t may seem, the
record could easily have been Increased
| II the capacity of these plants had been
greater.
| The Denver 4 Rio Grande railroad
b making preparations for track lay
Ing next year. Last year the work OF
\ replacing the 75-pound rails on the hrst
| division by 85-pOund rails was begun
| and will be continued next year until
the entire first division Is equipped
| with new rails. An order was placed
several days ago with the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company for 3O,OOo tons
4 OF S5-pOund rails, to he delivered In the
spring of 1000. This will be laid be-
tween Pueblo and Salida and south OF
/ Pueblo. The purpose of the company
Is 10 lay heavy rails on Its whole line
from Denver to Grand Junction.
| Colorado College won the intercol-
lexiate championship of Colorado at
football Thanksgiving afternoon by
| defeating the State School OF Mines on
Washburn field. The score was II to 0.
This, on top of the defeat of Boulder a
week ago Wednesday by n score Of II
% 8. makes the record Of the college
decisive. For the first time In the his
tory Of Colorado College Its football
team has won the state championship.
" never before having defeated the
team from Golden. Excitement Is run
ming high and the students of Colorado
| College are most enthusiastic. The
townspeople are rejoicing with them
In their victory.
| The Western Colorado Educational
Association was In Sc 9 on at saba
| last week. A significant and import
| ant action by the association was res
| Olution to the effect that school boards
be empowered to levy ten-mill. tax
4 for the purpose of establis hing libraries
4 In every school, ard that such libraries
should be selected under the supefvis-
I'm -ek . etata hnarsl The liveaiost In
| terest was manifested In these matters
and the leaders OF the association are
determined to make themselves felt In
| the coming legis alive tlec ions and the
session Of that body to follow. A de-
| tefmined effort to amend and improve
our school laws will Re made by the
| ua9mbe1B of the association. For the
| ensuing year the following officers
were elected: President, DIR. O. f.
Chadsey Of Durango: vice president.
Professor J. W. Hamer of Walsenburg;
secretary, Professor +. j. Browns
c0mbe Of Aspen; treasurer, Mrs. M. i.
Sisson of Salida: executive committee,
| @. e. Elliott of Leadville, ]. II. Keatins
| Of Pueblo and Mrs. s. ID. Wilson Of Du-
range.
l vTvH.< n a
| boring the Strickler tunnel have only
twenty eight more feet between them,
| and 1t Is expected that within fifty or
sixty hours they will have drilled
through this intervening ground. 1t will
| require several days after the tunnel
ID broken through to get the big bore
in perfect condition throughout. The
contract time expires December 9Th,
and there seems no doubt that the tun-
mel will be entirely finished by that
time. The detour In the tunnel. which
was made to avoid streak of soft
| mud, has never been Strengthened,
and City Engineer Sawyer has given
| Wilson & Jackson, the contractors, no.
tice that it must be Strengthened before
he will accept the work on behalf Of
the city. The tunnel Is being bored
by the city of Colorado Springs to
make an outlet for certain water res
ervoirs on the western slope Of Pixies
Peak, through which the water may be
brought down to Lake Moraine, now
the head of the water system. The
boring Of this tunnel has been produc-
tive OF considerable litigation at times,
and the work has met with delays
through trouble over the warrants
which were issued on the contract.
on the 21st of last month deal was
consummated by which all interests
Of the American ZInc-Lead Company
west of Chicago passed into the hands
Of II. L. HOLSTER Of Boston and DR.. F.
L Bartlett of Canon City. This in
cludes valuable patents and consIdera-
Bile mining property in New Mexico,
and the American ZInc-Lead Smelter at
| ramon Citv. The amount involved in