The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06
WESTERN NOTES.

, NTdlu junction september 1lth.
The Leadvillc AMI Cripple Crce
companies of volunteers will not go l.
Denver upon their return from Sa1
Francisco. but will go directly to thei
homes.
The El Captain Land and Cattl
Company of Lincoln county. New Mex
leo. is reported to have sold its i'm
mense ranch and all cattle to the Low
ing syndicate. The ranch marketed
10000 cattle last spring.
At 10 O'Clock Thursday night rail-
commenced falling in torrents II
Springer. continuing for "A hours
is the heaviest rain of the year anC
has filed streams. water holes. arroy
as and dry water courses. Stockmer
are much elated and mining men ar,
greatly benefited.
In the school district in which Victor
is situated there has been Il big in
crease in the assessed valuation. Las1
year the total value was $3,SOO,OOO
taxes. $1O2.GOO: this year the tota
value is 1921 .S1S; taxes. S131 .235: an
increase in valuation of 81 .451 .S1S
taxes. $2S,G95.
The smelter at Durango Is working
only about half of it's capacity. Very
few union men returned to work and
new crews are being drilled on fur
mace and rOHster work. All the coun-
ties in the San Juan report that all the
men who desire work are steadily en-
plOyed.
n petition to President Mckinley
originated in jerome recently, request
ing the removal of Oakes Murphy, gov
ernor of Arizona. 1t is being sent
| from Jerome through every postottice
in Arizona. The charges against the
| governor are connected with his re-
cent open letter denouncing fake mill
ing companies.
Mrs. Mcclure. accompanied by her
little child. in attempting to cross the
CimarrOn river. which was not ford
able was thrown from her buggy into
the deep water. but after a desperate
struggle succeeded in reaching the
shore safely with her little one. Mrs
Mcclure is the wife Of Foreman Nc
Clure of the Red River Cattle Com
pany.
The air compressor plant. machine
shop. engine for propelling the same
and boarding and bunk houses at the
destroyed by fire early Wednesday
morning. The employees Of the mine
and mill occupying the bunk house. LOST
all their clothing and effects. The the
Ory is that fire was generated by Il
spontaneous combustion i'm the coal
bins, which contained Il large quantity
of coal.
In the Fort Collins district alfalfa
growers are buying nothing at all ana
VIII not consider the purchasing Of
feedlng lambs and sheep at the pres
ent prices. lhey will not undertake to
1eeu tins winter at the prices asked
and hardly lamb has been sold to 90
to Fort Collins. This is Il peculiar wear,
the most of the boys do not know
whether they are afoot or horseback.
and do not seem to care much which
it may be.
Some creamerieS are adding pasteur-
lzers for skim milk which is meeting
with much success and giving patrons
satisfaction. For feeding purposes the
pasteurizer settles one of the yrpatest
difficulties to the creamery industry.
particularly in the hot summer season
when it is almost impossible to return
the skim milk from the separator in a
sweet condition. Wherever the pas
teuliZer has been introduced the patron
has become more satisfied.
tremendous rush of cattle from
shipping points in Colorado. Wyoming.
Utah and other cattle raising states has
begun. and the principal railroads. es
peclally the trunk lines. have as much
as they can do to handle the business
Last Monday several of the passenger
trains on the various roads were de-
layed on account of the number of
cattle trains crowdng the
tracks, and which it was impossible TO
keep entirely clear Of the passenger
traffic.
There is great excitement at Chey-
enne as n result of recent discoveries
made in Plumha%o canon by Colorado
mining mon. The camp is about tWen-
ty-ilve miles north of the city. and sew
cntc"n men have been employed there
Tor some weeks. Recently Il carload
pl the ore was sent to Denver and if is
known that the returns showed 80 TO
40 per cent. copper and eight ounces
silver to the ton. \ large number of
INNING men are preparing to go to
flunbdgo canon and stake off claims.
Fifty thousand dollars will be maid
within the next thirty days for Fow-
Ter cantalOupeS. Some farmers have
already received 500 per acre and the
season has only just begun.
prospects eclipsing the most sancuinc
The fatal vine rust
which visited so many parts of the
valley showed no signs in this yicin-
ty which left the fruit in the finest
possible condition for marketing. A
few of the best patches will turn off
over 300 crates per acre. Oh an aver
lge of 81 per crate.
"Rlack Jack" the noted highway
man, has been doin" nicely since his
light arm was amputated ut the elbow
I few days ago. He has quite recoy-
red from his fit of despondrncy and
alkS checrfully with the officers ON all
subjects save him criminal career. Re-
'ore removing the arm Doctors Donna
ais and Austin took an excellent nho-
oglaph Of the wounded member, show
ng the ugly gaping wounds in tbc
wrist ana upper arm where yaurreur