The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-25
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

Denver has sixteen tickets for the
spring election.
Work on Bouldcr's electric street rail-
way will be commenced soon.
A telephone line IL being put up be-
tween Pueblo and La jun,a.
Twenty-Five Indian territory families
have arrived to settle In Eddy.
1t is stated that Mrs. wolcott will
Springs.
Leadville miners got out and cleaned
the track to 1beN SO that the mines
might start mp again.
DIR. 7. A. Hughes lias resigned his
position as secretary OF the Colorado
Board o: Medical Examiners.
The imprisoned Leadyille miners
have not We, been released and 1t may
be some time before they get out.
The Democratic candidates at RidG-
way. Colorado. demand the enforce
ment Of saloon and gamblin: laws
The Denver mili,iamen returned
from Lake City Tuesday morning. only
A murderer and cattle thief. who had
been convicted, sawed their way out oil
the Arapahoc county jail n few days
ngo.
Roswell is proving the center OF n
great artesian we'll region. a. u. Gar
rett has just struck Il 30 gallon a min
ute well at 22!1 feet.
Contracts have hccp let and work
begun on fifteen miles of the grade OF
the Rio Grande Westerns Park city
extension up Provo canon.
At the meeting of the sovereign
camp. WOOdmcn Of the World. NJ
Memphis. +. \. FalkenburG OF Denver
was elected sovereign adviser.
Reports have reached Santa Fe of an
outbreak OF smallpox among the .Iicar-
lila Apachcs in the Dulcc sub-agency.
Agent Walpole Is on the ground In
vcstigating and directing the tight
against the disease.
AT the coming municipal election
Rocky Ford Will vaD upon the propo-
sitlon Of issuing wnter bonds In the
sum Of $1,000. for the purpose OF tax
Ing on $1,000 seven per cent. bonds and
providing funds for the extension and
improvement Of the water works.
The Colorado Supreme Court has de-
cided that stockholders in savings
hanks operating under the laws or
Colorado must consider themselves lia-
BILE personally for double the amount
OF their holdings and answerablc to the
deposi;ors OF the Institution for thai,
amount.
The Cimarron mail driver reports
that n prairie fire Is sweeping over
what is known as the Corremopa coun-
try east Of Clayton. The adjoining
country was burned over II few weeks
ago and the damage to the stock inter
csts will be very great
As rider to the appropriation bill.
the Arizona Legislature. previous to
adjournment sine die. abolished all eN-
penditures for the National Guard.
The guard. which consists OF ten we'll
equipped companies, with strength
Of $40 men. will be ut once disbanded.
Rev. Jonathan Wood has been grant
ed "A divorce In the County court at
Aspen. Rev. Wood has been pastor
OF the Baptist church there for two
years past and both he and his wife
have been held In high esteem. Rev.
Wood alleged extreme cruelty and the
evidence showed the wife to bc no in-
snncly jealous that the Jury thought
him justified In seeking divorce.
The Wyoming State Board OF Equal.
xation has raised the valuation upon
live stock for purposes Of taxation thir
~ per cent. over last years rates.
~ sst. "a
per head: range sheep from S1.I3 to
s225. and other classes Of stock. cx-
ccpting horses. which are unchanged.
are raised In the same proportion. The
raise In these valuations Will incrcns.
the assessed valuation OF the state u
million dollars.
The United States grand Jury at
Butte returned Indictments against Dr.
J. l.. Atkinson. surgeon: Charles Me-
lntire. irrignting engineer. and Frank
A. Hunter. clerk nj the Fort Peck In
dian reservation. for soliciting u cam
paiIn fund for the 1890 election. The
money IL alleged to have been collect
I'D on November ~. ls.N. 10 help
make good a deficit in the campaign
fund OF the National Committee Of the
Democratic party.
A LcHdviile dispatch Of the 1hh says:
The Rio Grand" reached kokOmo to-
day. and tomorrow morning Will Htnrt
running passenger trains on the Blue
river branch ON time. A train Of freight
ears filed with supplies Will also b.
rushed into the town. The principal
food VIII bc potatoes. -four. butter and
eggs. of which III" town II badly In
need. This In the first of the biockad-
ed towns In that section Of the country
to be opened up, they hnvin. hscn iso-
lated from the outer world for over two
months.
by the terms Of contract signed In
Denver. the wciis-Fnr.o company viii
on May LIST place Its service In opera
tion over the lines Of the Colorado X
Southern rnlirond. By this change
.'aD miles of railroad service is added
to the Wells Fargo system, thus super
scsiing the service Of the Pacific Ex.
prcss Company. ani giving II u direct
connection with the northern mud
southern lines controlled by II. The
Wcli..fargo company viii retain all
employees Of the Pacific Express Com.
pany who will stay.
The Roxnnn Gold Mining and Tun.
nrling Company OF Colorado has tcti.
toned the District of Columbia Ru.
prcmc Court for permanent injunction
against Secretary of the Interior Hitch.
Geek. Commi.sioncr Hermann Of the
General Land Once. and the Isabella
Gold Mining Company. aiso Of Colo
rntio. To prevent the government ias,,.
nnrc 10 the tunlrlla company Of any
patent for land. covered by the iocn.
iions mn,ir In tho nnmcs NJ the He'd