, 1899-11-02
WESTERN NOTES.

gun set in the door of Metzinger's t,ol
house as a protection against burglars.
The gun was set so the charge would
strike below the knees any person at
tempting to enter, but he woman IN
question was sitting down with her
back TO the door. Judge Crumpacker
ruled that the charge of murder could
not be sustained, and ordered the jury
to bring in a verdict of not guilty.
Plans are under consideration for the
construction of the largest smelter in
Colorado at Grand Junction. A syndi-
cate of Colorado men assumes respon-
sfbility for the undertaking. The prop
critics of the Grand Junction Town and
Improvement Company go II the pool
and John Il. Phillips. a Cripple Creek
mine owner, who resides in Denver be-
comes trustee. Several of II capital
lists interested in the beet sugar plant
at Grand Junction are Identified with
the new enterprise as are citizens of
Colorado Springs, Cripple Greek, As
pen, Grand Junction and the San Juan
region.
The Santa Fe board of trade has ask
ed the national government either TO
transfer the Fort Marcy reservation to
the city in trust for school I'M free
public library purposes or to sell it to
the highest bidders. AT present the
buildings on the reservation about
twenty in number. are occupied rent
free by office holders, who receive good
salaries and who, 1t is maintained,
should build or rent good houses in the
city and pay their proportion of taxes
for the support of the city and terri
tory. The board of trade is also max
ing an effort to secure n gift from An
drew Carnegie for n public library on
similar condition to that upon which he
gave $1,000 to Prescott, Arizona.
The first beet sugar plant of its kind
to be built in the United States was
successfully started up at Springville,
Utah. on the 9th. 1t is n branch of
the Utah sugar factory, located at Lehi,
and the novel feature of the enterprise
Is the fact that it produces Juice only,
and this is conveyed by pipe line to the
main plant, twenty-five miles distant,
where it is converted into sugar. The
plant has II capacity of $50 tons of
beets per day and has n stock of 1880
tons to start on. There is n fall of 100
feet in the pipe line and it is proposed
to place a turbine wheel mt the Lehi
end II use the beet juice for power
purposes. The experiment is watched
with interest by sugar beet manufac-
turerS elsewhere.
The stockmen of Carbon county. like
those of every other county in Wyom-
ing. are much troubled by wolves and
coyotes. Wolf-hunting is quite an in
dustry. says the Denver Republican.
and lately stockmen have discovered
that the best way is to hunt them with
dogs. Mr.. William Turnbull of Sara
toga is the owner of eighteen wolf
hunting dogs. His dogs are grey
hounds, stag hounds. Russian wolf
hounds and crosses of all of these, to-
gether with the greyhound and bull
dog crossed. Mr.. Turnbull's "McCar-
thy" half bull and half grey. unaided,
caught a large wolf and would have
killed him alone. as he had the animal
down when Mr.. Turnbull arrived. His
~foN-hounds have been known to remain
on the trail of Il wolf for twenty-five
hours.
Ogden last Wednesday witnessed the
spectacle of United States soldiers beg
ging in the streets for something to
eat. They We're members of a party
of the F~irty-siXth United States volun-
teer infantry, and came from South
birmingham, Massachusetts. in COM
mando of Colonel Schuyler. When they
marched through the streets, while
they made n good military appearance.
they all acted tired. After their march
they scattered through the city, and
many little purses We're made IN for
them by the citizens whom they hap
pened TO meet. They tool the money
and bought bread. They stated that
they had been fed on bareback and
canned beef with coffee from the time
they started. The regiment went west
over the Southern Pacific tonight.
There have been IA humble of deser-
tons since the regiment started.
The commissioners of Douglas coun-
ty nave begun taking a hand in the
controversy between the Colorado &
Southern railroad and the Denver Pow
er and Irrigation Company over the
right of way through South Platte
canon. The dispute has become n tri-
angular affair for the reason that the
commissioners contend that the rail
road is laying its tracks over an old
county highway, and before the matter
is finally adjudlcated the Rio Grande is
likely to be involved in the difficulty
by virtue of its having formerly sur
veyed a route over the same roadway.
The Douglas county board has ordered
John Runge. road overseer of the Elev-
ehth district, 10 so to Symes II begin
removing the so-called Constructions"
which the Colorado Il Southern has
placed. The railroad company has sent
a force of men to protect their track.
Santa Fe is in the throes of a pc
culiar church war at present. Rev. G.
l.. Madden, pastor Of the Methodist
Episcopal church in. this city, had
served hYe years as pastor, and was
transferred to the church mt Bland at
the last session of the Methodist con-
ference, held mt Ration IA week q
Rev. A. A. Hyde of Alamogordo was
appointed to succeed Mr.. Madden, The
local congregation did not like the ap-
pointment. They. therefore, at a Sc
cret meeting, decided TO close the
church and telegraphed Mr.. Hyde and
family not to come to Santa Fe, as the
congregation had seeded and closed
the church. Mr.. Hyde and family,
however, came anyway, and arrived
this week. They took possession of the
parsonage, and Mr., HYDE has nnnonnr-