, 1899-08-17
WESTERNi NOTES.

Colorado is threatened with a plague
of grasshoppers.
A collision on the Midland resulted
in injury TO four men.
Work has begun on the Hartviile
branch road in Wyoming.
The union men of Durango held n
big picnic the other day.
Trinidad is to have a city park adj
Joining the Santa Fe depot.
The Flower Carnival at COLORADO
Springs will be held August 3lst.
The Cryptic Masons have been mold,
ing initiation ceremonies on the top OIL
Pixies peak.
f. ]. Burke of Denver was killed on
the Pixies peak trail the other DAY,
through falling over a preciplce near
Lake Moraine.
The Santa Fe shops at Albuquerque
are to be increased in size so as TO
give employment to several hundred
additional men.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
has been filed at New York by Donald
Fletcher. n general broker, with SILL
AS liabilities, all but $4,000 contract
ed in Denver, Colorado, in 1929; no
assets.
w. T. kirkpatrick of Durango has
started out with 100000 young trout
to distribute in the public streams OF
Colorado free of cost to the state n
the people. He p~ropagated the fsh at
his own hatchery at an outlay of about
$4,000. His QUITE consists of half a
dozen men and n pack train and he Is
now planting the public lakes n
streams of the Durango section Inc
fish are carried in cans strapped across
the horses's backs.
Word has been received Of the break
ing of the tie boom across he Platte
river at Fort Steele and the loss of
1000 railroad cross ties. The boom
and ties are the property of j. c. Tel
Ter, who has been cutting thousands
of ties on Brush creek and floating
them down the Platte river to Fort
Steele. 1t is possible that some of the
ties will he recovered further down
stream. but the loss will be consider
able, amounting to upwards of 5000.
An official of the Union Pacific states
that when the new cut-Offs, now build
ing between Laramie and Dana sta
tons, on what is known as the Sixth,
or Laramie-Rawlins district, are COM
pleted, the old track, instead of being
torn up or abandoned, will be used in
connection with the new cut-offs. This
will give the Union Pacific n double
track for a distance of about fifty
miles and WIN greatly expedite the
work of handling trains over this part
of the Wyoming division.
The infant chiid of Mr.. and Mrs.
Viudstrum, N~orwegians, while out on
the grass in front of their house at
Greeley. was bitten by a bug. 1t was
presumed to be n mosquito bite. When
the insect bit the child it drew blood
from the cheek. The child screamed
and the mother took it into the house
and thought nothing more of it. Short
ly afterward a swelling was noticed,
and by the next morning the child's
face was so swollen as to be unrecog-
nizable, and the little one died at !
o'clock.
b. G.. Wilson. agent of the Cont
mental Oil Company, n branch of the
Standard Oil Company in @ Mex
leo, has been arrested on n charge of
doing business in the territory with
out a license. The last territorial Leg
islature passed a law requiring all for
eign corporations doing business in the
territory to take oil a license. The
Continental Oil company and all other
foreign corporations refused TO com
ply with the new law II have com
bined to fight its validity. The case
will undoubtedly be taken to the Unit.
ed States Supreme Court. Mr.. Wilson
is nominally in the custody of the
sheriff awaiting his hearing.
The board of capitol managers has
selected the portraits of Bella NJ.
Hughes, Kit Carson. Chief Ouray, Ben
iamin IL. Eaton. General Denver, Will
lam N. Byers aud Jim Baker to adorr
the windows in the top of the dome OF
the state house. Nine other persons
will be selected at the next meeting
of the board. 1t has been decided Il
extensively decorate the state house
in honor of the return of the Colorado
troops when they arrive in the city
Broadway side of the building will bt
decorated in s~iXteen-foot stars, four
teen-foot flags and an abundance OF
bunting across the entire building. The
pillars will be wrapped in bunting.
The public subscription which wa,
started Mt Cheyenne a few weeks ag,
for the benefit of the widow and chill
dren of Sheriff Josiah Hazen, the Off
Ger of Converse county, Wyoming, VIII,
81, WnS SnOt uONn ny lnt W llCbA lTdll
robbers last June, has grown steadil,
from the start, inc will be tutned owe.
to Mrs. Hazen during the presen
month. The friends of the family n
, Douglas, where the late sheriff mad
: his home, subscribed enough money L
nav the mortgage on the home. abou
, $500. The Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany donated $500, the Fremont, Elk
horn and Missouri Railroad Compan,
donated $500, Colonel Jay l.. Tore,
donated $3.50, and it is thought the pri
vate subscriptions will swell the tota
10 about six thousand dollars.
The Soldiers Home commissioner,
are in recipe of most encouraging
news from the counties of the stat,
regarding their payment of 1913 PEE
month for he support of each of til,
old soldiers maintained in the HON,
from the respective counties. Mon
trose county has sent n draft to covel
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