The silver lance., 1899-03-03
NEWS FROM THE rTT
WESTERN REGION

as a wonderful remedial agent in cur
ING sore shoulders or other bruises or
cuts in horses and other animals. Peo-
Die send great distances, in some cases
from other states for bottles OF 1t to
use In the stable.
A contract for the purchase of 800
sacks of sugar beet seed, the largest
ever let in the west, has been made
by Secretary Charles Boettcher or the
Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Com
papy. 1t will be divided among San
Francisco and New York seedsmen,
most of the seed, however. coming
from the east. The seed will be plant
ed by farmers in the vicinity OF Grand
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 will have daily ca
pacity of $4,000 pounds of sugar. Dur
ing the first year of its existence more
than 10000 tons of beets will be util-
ized.
Sixteen men on snowshoes made
perilous trip over the snow from cad
vile TO Ivanhoe the other day. They
were 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. a 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 the
plow was signal for rejoicing. The
rotary was speedily repaired by the
crew, and it 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 over
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
n step forward in regaining control of
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 it is
reported that when this deal is 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. A slight
thaw. a puff of wind, a 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
was only forerunner. Barely a tithe
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 wh,l the rest comes 1t
will have a 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. If the
break occurs on the east side and in
Cory gulch the slide will now be di-
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 way
yesterday it would have been carried
into town and the loss of life would
have been terrible. People began leav-
ing here to-day. 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 Leadville. had a terrible
experience week ago. His provisions
gave out and rendered il imperative
taat he should reach Leadville for a
fresh supply. He started to walk and
for time got along fairly well. but
as the snow became deeper his diff
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
feet succeeded in covering about two
miles in two hours. He had then
reached a place where the walking
was better, but.was so exhausted with
his previous efforts that he found it
Impossible to proceed and fell in the
snow. He gave himself up for lost. as