The state herald., 1899-10-06

| a few days ago, n few miles below
San Pedro. After driving the drill 400
feet by the ordinary walking beam pro-
cess, II. B. Sullivan. manager of n
Rhode Island syndicate, developed n
positive flow rolling over the surface
| of a slx-lnch hole. The artesinn water
was at once cased of In order to 60
deeper In hopes OF securing spOuter.
The discovery of the artesian flow
marks n new era in placer mining In
Santa Fe county after twenty years of
earnest effort to secure flowing water,
and now that cheap water IL possible
| 1t is questioned whether Edlsons so.
called electrical method Of gold extrac.
tion will be of such great Importance
In this district after all. s.....
State warrants will no longer he ped.
died among scalpers by state employees.
This was the announcement made by
Attorney General David NJ. Campbell,
who took the initiative in the matter,
after n conference with the heads OF
departments. The attorney general
has all along protested against the
throng of warrant buyers which hov-
ers around the capitol on pay day. and
buys up the warrants OF jnnitors,
guards and other employees by paying
few cents premium-gencrally about
per cent. He says that this prevents
the treasurer from securing them and
saving the state the interest which
warrant buyers secure under the pres
cnt system. Attorney General Camp
bell 80 strongly presented his case TO
the officials mt the meeting that they
all agreed to notify their employees not
to sell their warrants In future.
Two men on horseback held up the
stage from Snefiies at 3 o'clock Mon.
day afternoon about three miles south
of Ouray, up the mountain road, at the
second watering trough, a place well
fitted for such deed. The men pre-,
sented revolvers mt the four occupants
of the open stage and endeacored to
get out the iron safe, but could not
break the fnstenings. The bandits
were after the gold bags brought down
daily from the Camp Bird mine. but
were unaware that the bags are al.
ways placed in nm iron safe with an
armed guard to protect It, A telephone
message from Sneiiies shows that the
men kept up on the road and passed
through Snctiies. Sheriff Edgar is us.
ing the wires and will dispatch II posse
10 endeavor TO capture the highway.
men. The occupants OF the stage were
not molested and no property was tnk.
On from the stage, which carries the
United States mail.
Some of the sheep owners of Wyom.
ing nre annoying the Colorado sheep
inspectors. They have hit upon n nov.
el and successful plan of avoiding the
inspection laws. DR.. Solomon Book.
ha cts ttnn p. t,,
ence with the chief cattle inspector nj
the state capitol Friday as TO the hest
method of bringing these offenders 10
book. Several OF the larger Wyoming
cattle companies have leased Colorado
land just across the Wyoming line in
Larimer and Weld counties. Unin.
spected sheep are allowed to simply
roam" across the state line from land
owned by these concerns in wyoming
to the land of the same companies IN
Colorado. Then from Colorado land to
Colorado markets the trip is easy. III,
inspector stationed ON the line nj this
point has been unable to accomplish
much In preventing the trouble. al,
though he has done as much In the ser,
vice OF the State Veterinary Board us
he could.
The deputy United States marshal.
are still on the South Greek portion OF
the Maxwell grant and have made no
eviction. nor have attempted to make
any. They have simply served n few
wri,s. No officers have yet appeared
In the Stonewall valley. When they
do appear II Is said there will be no op.
position TO the serving Of papers, bu,
that evictions will not be- tolerated.
The spur from the Cheyenne &
Northern, from Badgcr 10 HartviIlc. H.
progressing very slowly. This Is ON
account OF the inability of the contrac.
tors to get and keep men ut work.
More than 100 men have been sent to
the work at one time and another, but
only sevcnty-five remain nj the present
time. 1t is not due to the scarcity of
labor. Plenty OF men can be found
who go TO work hut quit within d
weeks time. This Is unfortunate. ms
II will reiad the opening OF the road
much longer than has been counted ON
by those ready to Use II.
f. A. Schomburg OF Ration, New Mex.
leo. superintendent Of the Maxwell,
Land Grant Company, says In refer.
crcc 10 the evictlons now detcrmired
on: "All this talk about n tho,i.
sand families being rendered homeless
through the efforts OF our company IL
Eure nonsense. In the whole Colorado
portion Of the grant there nrc NOT
more than 800 squntters, Including
men. women and children, and ID is
not the Intention OF the compnny 10
opprcss them In any manner whntever.
The truth OF the matter In, though.
that q large number of these sauntters
mike their livelihood by cutting our
timber nnd selling II. aud We propos.,
TO put u stop to that In we cnn. ANY
settler on the Colorado portion of the
grant who Will give proper guarantees
not 10 destroy our timber land and who
IN willing TO recognize our title hy buy.
ing or leasing. hns nothing 10 fear a,
all; hut II IL u ease where patience hns
ccnscd 10 be virtue and II they Will
not quit their dcpr, ,latlons nnd recor.
nIzc our title they WIN hnve To move
on. every onc OF them. II II takes the
whole force OF the United Stntcs COY.
crnmcnt to put them or"
When Sheriff Stewart Of Eddy coun.
~. who captured W. II. McGlnnls.
member OF the Black .Inck gang. called
upon Tom Kcichum. leader OF the gang,
nj the penitontinry the other day,
kcichum said. Joklnrly:"I nm getting
int. ~ that when they hing me they
cnn eat me, " they want To-" This re-.
mark led tho pcnltcniinry nuthori.
Ties to believe TINT there was sotne-
thing up. and nficr u thorough invcsti. |
CATION n dnring plnn wns discovered 10 |
make break for liberty. Kciciium hnd |
been In the pcn,teniinry hospital Mncc
his nrm wns nuiiD,ltutei trscntiv In |