La Junta tribune., 1899-02-25

1 cuts In horses and other animals. Peo-
pie send great distances. in some cases
from other states, for bottles Of II to
| use In the stable.
A contract for the purchase Of 500
sacks Of sugar beet seed, the largest
ever let In the west, has been made
by Secretary Charles Boettcher OF Ahe
| Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Com
pany. II will be divided among San
| Francisco and New York seedsmen,
most OF the seed. however. coming
from the east. The seed will be plant
| ell by farmers in the vicinity Of Grsld
Junction. The location OF the beet su-
gar plant will be on the Grand river,
half a mile southeast of Grand juno
ton. 1t will occupy thirty acres and
be accessible to the three roads touch
| ing Grand Junction. 1t Is estimated
that the plant win have a daily Ga
pacity OF $1,000 pounds of sugar. Dur
| ing the first year OF its existence more
than 10000 tons of beets will be util-
| lied.
Sixteen men on snowshoes made a
perilous trip over the snow from ! cad
vile to lvanhoe the other day. They
We're paid good price by the Midland
| officials to carry repairs for the big
rotary plow that had broken down on
the pass. They carried food, and were
prepared to care for themselves. no
matter how deep the drifts or how diff
| cult the route. There were ten tobog-
gans In the party, the material for the
rotary strapped TO the sleds. The route
from Leadville TO Ivanhoe lay over
Mount Bassett, distance OF eighteen
miles. The men took the short cut
There was nothing to guide them ex-
cept the mountains. According to the
reports received the party had several
thrilling escapes from death in the
drifts. The arrival OF the party at -
plow was signal for rejoicing. The
rotary was speedily repaired by the
crew. and II was soon enabled to re-
sumo the work OF forcing its way
through the drifts. piled up by wind
and slides.
+ An Omaha dispatch says: Presi-
dent Burt of the Union Pacific has is
sued an official notice that the ovtS-
land has become the owner OF what is
known as the Julesburg branch, and
which heretofore has been a part Of
the Colorado Southern. or Union Pa
cific. Denver & Gulf road. The pur-
chase Of this branch. taken with the
trackage agreement just made with
the Colorado Southern. whereby the
latter road is accorded the use OF the
Union Pacific tracks between Denver
and Cheyenne. is taken to indicate but
step forward In regaining control oY
the entire Southern system. 1t was
originally part of the Union Pacific
line. but was segregated under the re-
ceivership regime, and placed under
separate management, as was done
with the Oregon Short Line. The lat
ter road Is now in process of being alb
sorbed by the Union Pacific. and 1t Ia
reported that when this deal ia out OF
the way negotiations for the accession
of the Southern will be begun.
A dispatch from Silver Plume on the
18th stated that the Inhabitants were
afraid Of other avalanches. slight
thaw, pun Of wind. jar may bring
down millions Of tons Of snow that
now hang upon the mountain tops, al
most defying the laws of gravitation.-
The awful slide OF Sunday morning
wns only forerunner. Barely a 1.-THE
of the burden Of the mountains came
away in the avalanche Sunday. 1t
left great circular gaps. whose walls
OF snow rise vertically a hundred feet
in height. But the first slide paved
the way for the rest. 1t swept out
every obstacle and filed up the low
places. so that when the rest comes 1t
will have n clean sweep right down.
into the town itself. Any slide, no.
matter how slight, coming down Wal
low Hen gulch now will reach the
school house. besides many residences
near 1t. and there is little doubt but
that they would be destroyed II the
break occurs on the east side and in
Cory gulch the slide will now be diS
verted, coming across the lower works
of the Pelican and the Diamond tun-
mel, striking the business section Of the
town. Had all Of this snow given wny
yesterday It would have been carried
into town and the loss OF life would
have been terrible. People began lcav-s
Ing here today. and many will take
up their homes In Georgetown until
fears of snowslides are over
Many thrilling tales are being told !.
OF EFFORTS of people In the mountains
to reach the large towns. Joseph Rog-
ers, who has been mining on the west
side of Tennessee Park, about six
miles from Leadyille. had a terrible
experience week ago. His provisions
gave out and rendered It imperative
Slat he should reach Leadville for n
Iresh supply. He started to walk and
Tor q time got along fairly we'll, but
as the snow became deeper his difH-@ =
culties increased with every step. The
snow was up to his waist, and in
places reached his shoulders, and he
soon came to the conclusion that prog
ress In the ordinary method was i'm
possible. He then lay fiat on the snow
and by working with his hands and Z
feet succeeded In covering about two
miles In two hours. He had then
reached place where the walking
was better. but was so exhausted with
his previous efforts that he found 1t
impossible to proceed and fell in the
snow. He gave himself up for lost. as
half an hour in the icy atmosphere
would have placed him beyond human
aid, but yelled vigorously for help.
fortunately miners cabin was not
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