The Meeker herald., 1899-05-13


becomes n law. This will be about
June Is. and the fight will probably
take place early in July.
A dispatch from Durango says:
There is going to be considerable ex-
citement, any amount Of litigation and
possibly bloodshed. before the rights
OF those locating on the Ute lands have
been decided, said well-informed man
this evening. And it is not out of place
to give much credefce TO his state
| ments. To all outward appearances
everything Is quiet, but there IL much
feeling. Only a few filings We're made
to-day at the land office. but word
comes from different points that Local
tors nre holding their positions through
the agency of Winchesters. One of the
queer features is that at many places
several men are located on the same
ground, while few miles distant
equally rs good land and as accessible
still reHnins open. A prosperous Flor
ida mesa farmer In the city said the
lower prrt of the mesa on the reserva-
tion contained sufficient good land for
100 families that had not been touched.
1t is the general opinion that more To-
cations will be made during the next
sixty days than We're made on the day
of opening.
Ranclmen in the eastern part of
Colorado have taken steps to form !
wolf and coyote district organization.
Local organizers have been appointed
for the several towns in the territory,
who will solicit members. The plan
proposed is similar to the one which
has been in successful operation for
some time in Wyoming and Montana.
1t is on n cooperative basis. and only
members will receive the bounty Of 81
on coyotes and IS on wolves in ad
tion to the state bounty. During the
last two years the loss to ranchmen
from these pests has been increasing.
1t is thought that the organization eau
be perfected by July list. G. G. Suth-
crland and Judge Miles. both Of Hugo,
have been respectively elected tempor-
ary chairman and secretary. The
boundary of the proposed district will
be as follows: Commencing near the
Arapahoe county line, between Deer
Trail and Agate, thence east to the
northeastern corner of Lincoln county;
thence southeasterly to Kit Carson, on
the Union Pacific railway; thence west
to the southwest corner of Lincoln
county; thence north to the starting
point.
u. NJ. Hyman, the well known mine
owner of Aspen. was interviewed by
l. nver paper the other day and said:
81 shall not be surprised If silver
reaches 20 cents an ounce before the
close of the year. The existence of the
great smelter trust is the reason for
it. For n number of years past clique
of London manipulators have had COM
plete control of the silver market.
These fellows have had 1t all their own
way They have put prices up or
down-generally dOwn-to please their
whims and there was no power 10 say
nay. Now conditions have taken
turn and the London fellows are be-
coming alarmed They find they have
n rival in the field which may test their
steel and the London manipulators are
buying and storing silver for an inev-
liable rise. OF course the smeiter com
bine is not going to lie idle ana the
smelter men will soon be in the nelo.
Then look out for see-saw game, put
one which will surely cause general
advance in the price of the white met
nj. / look on the organization OF the
smelter trust as sure forerunner of
an advance in ailver-an advance whlch
can be depended upon to hold the price
much higher than it has been since
The members of the Board OF Equal
ization say that for the present they
think they want to raise the Vaiua-
tions of railroad property SO as 10
avoid an extra session, while the rail-
roads object. not only to any increase.
hut even to the amount of taxes now
Maid. The railroad attorneys spent
four hours before tile board Thursday
arguing against the increase. 5. l..
Hyleman. for the Missouri Paclhc,
pleaded for n lower valuation on that
nart of his line running from the Kan
sas line to Pueblo and through the un-
settled part of the state, notably
through Kiowa county. When GOV.
Routt was on the board" said he, "he
refused to reduce our taxes. In 1act'
they were raised, and the governor re-
marked, We don't tax you on the value
of your property. but because you were
such - fools as to build railroad in
that barren country Now we want
you to equalize valuations and not pro-
ceed on the Routt principle. we go
through Kiowa county lengthwise. Ihe
county is only nine miles wide. but
ninety miles long, and we pay ~ per
cent. of the taxes of the county Inc
road is assessed at $500 mile, and
SnOUIu nOL De slSStsScu oNVh TcfoOo a.
mile, because it didn't pay. Sometimes
a Pullman goes over this line with only
one passenger in 1t.
The weekly crop bulletin of the Colo
RADIO section of the Department OF
Agriculture says that while cold nights
have been the feature of the week. the
average Of the seven days has been
normal. There has been some rain In
+la u-octnrn counties hnt rQinS have
continued throughout the state. Rain
is especially needed in the Arkansas
valley. Work has progressed rapidly,
but high winds and cool nights have
rendered the soil too dry for germina-
tion, and retarded the growth OF
grasses The effect of the exception
ally cold winter on fruit, especially
cherry and apple trees. becomes more
apparent as the eeason advances and