The Elbert County tribune., 1899-08-10
WESTERN NOTES.

| again to-day that they would allow no
| outside Interference, and should any
| agifntors from Denver or Pueblo be
found here. the rule adopted few
days ago would be strictly adhered to
and they Will be given one hour to
leave town. Kepnir work is alreldy un
der way Mt the Union smelter and this
viii be the next plant TO blow In. al
though II viii be some time yet before
II Is In running shape.
The University OF Colorado viii he
conducted during the coming year with
the vigorous policy which has charnc-
terIzed its work In the past. Last year
| the university enrolled 100 university
students and 800 preparatory pupils. II
graduated in June fifty from the uni
versify and tlirty-seven from the pre-
paratory. The alumni OF the university
now number 800 and OF the prepnrn-
tory school 2s7. Among the noteworthy
events of the past year were revision
of the requirements for admission.
shortening by one year the entire pc
Rod reqalred for obtaining both n col
lege degree and n degree in law or
medicine. opening n hospital and estab
fishing clinics In connection with the
| medical school Next year the full -four
years medical course Will be given.
The Thirty-fourth regiment will be
fully recruited within three weeks and
every one OF the men viii be In quar-
ters nt Fort Logan. The Thirty-fourth
liz recruited from the states az Colo
RADIO, South Dnkotn. Wyoming. Utah
and New Mexico Sub-stntions are he
ing established In nIl these states un-
der the direction OF regulnr army offi-
GERS. South Dakotn II under the direct
charge OF the army headquarters at st.
Paul. The officer IN charge OF the sub
station at Salt Lake reports many on
listmenfs for the regiment and officers
In the field In Utah also report success.
| The Santa Fc Office Ii sending many
men and yesterday Lieutenant Cole
| man was ordered to proceed to Coralis.
New Mexico. and open n second sub
station In New Mexico. II IL In Colo
RADIO, however. where the bulk Of the
cnlIstments for the Thirty-fourth are
| being made. "The success In recruit
Ing the regiment Is highly satlsfac-
tory" says Lieutenant Ryan, In charge
| of the station. for the regiment Is to
be recruited from Western states which
are not as thickly populated as are the
| Middle and Eastern states or Northern.
Then. again, the towns are much small
Ter. but there seems TO he n desire upon
| inc part ol ihunN Jbiii INV anu
we are having no trouble whatever IN
securing men. The recruits nre dnc
specimens of physical manhood and
are credit to the army. The regiment
will be one to he proud of when It Is
complete
There Is n gang of moonshiners In
Colorado which Is minus n complete
distilIng apparatus The still WAS cap
about tbirty-five miles from La veta,
For about six weeks Collector Frank
w Howbcrt OF the internnl revenue
office has been working OH the case.
and for ten days Deputy Collector \. q.
Allard and Special Gnuger W. l.. Paint
or of Omaha have been ranging the
mountains about La Vetn In search Of
the plant. They located II in u small
log cabin after three days scouting
The cabin wns hidden among the rocks
and underbrush and tall pine trees at
the foot of cliff. None of the moon
sinners were in or near the cabin at the
| time of the capture. The officers say.
however, that they have located the
dlstillers and expect to arrest them.
The cabin contained nothing but the
still and washtubs. No living or sleep
Ing accommodations We're anywhere
visible about the place. For this rea-
son u Is particularly difficult to esti-
mate the number of the gang. The
officers. however. are reasonably GER
tain of the guilt of three or four men.
The still was located by the amount of
white" whisky found in the railroad
camps of the workmcn who are cngag-
ed In building the new road over la
veta pnss Collector Howbert first
learned OF the presence of the white
whisky In the camp about six weeks
ngo. Since then he has been In con
slant communication with officers in
that part of the country. and about
two weeks ago Allnrd and Painter
were detailed to find the still They
got definite clue about three days
ago. From that time until they found
the still they hunted for the moon
sinners day and night In the midst OF
n pouring rain. Allard and Painter
have telegraphed Howbert that they
are almost assured of catching the
men at once.
Professor Henry + Osborn. in charge
of the geological department of Co
lunibia University and connected with
the American Museum of Natural His
tory in New York. arrived In this city
yesterday says the Denver iepubli-
cnn. from the fossil fields Mt Aurora.
wyoming. Professor Osborn is in
charge of the work at that place which
Is being carried on under the direction
OF the American Museum of Natural
History. "rhls is our eighth season at
the work." he SAID yesterday afternoon.
"and II has been our best. We have
discovered many valuable skeletons.
and n large quantity of miscellaneous
bones. We are In search chiefly of
| uft,s ha
res in which we have been working
have proved rich in Just the specimens
that we sought. Two years ago we he
gan work In digging out "A large skele-
ton, which turned out to be about half
complete. II was about seventy feet
long. This year we have completed
the excavation of n skeleton which
lacks but little of being absolutely per-
feet. The head. some of the vertebrnc
of the neck. and one or two bones of
the fore limbs are missing. BY compar-
ison of the femurs of both skeletons
we have proved that the animals Were
of the same size. We will be able TO
combine both and then will have fos-
sill skeleton complete, except the head
and seven of the vcrtebrae. The most
recent discovery In our quarries was n
small head of dinosaur. Unfortun-
ately. 1t belongs TO an animal much
smaller than those whose skeletons we
hnve Just found. The head Is interest
ing, ON account OF It's extremely smaf
proportions. Ii Is barely elghtee
inches long and n fout wide Whel
you remember that the body TO whic
tit belonged was fifty feet long. Il
least. and almost as high. you get n
idea of the snake-like smallness of til
head. The problem that II presents
how did the animal get its food IN sui
iicient quantities TO support such
immense frame? No animal tim