The Holly chieftain., 1899-10-06
WESTERN NOTES.

Tenie and Willie Marshal, two of his
pupils. Mr.. Sayers was fined $50 and
costs, but will appeal the case.
The Ration Water Company at pres
ent supplying that city with water has
bought out the old wells and plan for
merly furnishing water to Ration. 1t
also bought Dean duplex pump that
pumps $4,000 gallons of water per hour.
]. l. Carson, manager of the Pardee
Live Stock Association of Rawlins,
Wyoming. is now in Oregon to pur-
chase 25,0O0 head of sheep. He drove
15,GOO head of wethers over the trail
last spring. He thinks sheep are held
TOO high in that country to make buy
ing profitable to the shipper.
The Dunbar Cattle Company of Chey-
cnne has decided upon new method
of handling its enormous business. The
great herds are TO be divided into small
punches. each bunch TO be run and
controlled by Il separate company, all
such companies TO be under the con-
troll of the mother corporation.
1t is authenticity reported at Santa
Fe that the anthracite and bituminous
coal deposits covering thousands of
acres, have passed from the control of
the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad Company 10 the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company for n consider
alton approximating s1,0o0,ooO.
j. A. Eddy has decided to build large
water works mt Cloudcroft. near Ala
mogordo. The water will be pumped
from the head of James canon, two
miles from Cloudcroft and 200 feet be-
low it. Two artificial lakes will be
created at the summer resort. The
Holly water system will be used.
Harry Strout, an employee of the
Virginius mill AT Ouray accidentally
caught hold of n live electric wire with
both hands and received Il shock of 500
volts. He was unconscious for about
thirty minutes and resuscitated with
great difficulty. His hands and arms
are horribly burned and the accident
may yet give him serious trouble.
Governor Otero sent the following
message to Admiral Dewey upon learn
ing that the Olympia had ben sighted:
"The people of New Mexico through
me send greetings. congratulations and
their deepest admiration TO the hero of
Manila bay on his return 10 his native
land" A salute of seventeen guns was
fired on the plaza in honor of the event.
A dispatch from Seattle says: Three
of the Union Pacific train robbers,
who in July held up the east-bound ex-
press near Rock Springs, and relieved
the Pacific Express messenger of his
iron box. containing over S125,0O0 in
cash. have been located in this city
and arrests are expected to result at
any time.
The Rio Grande Western and con-
Meeting lines to Chicago, the Denver &
Rio Grande, Rock Island and Burling-
ton, are preparing TO put on new
train to connect with the Southern Pa
clfic fast trains mt Ogden. The local
roads will run light fast train be-
tween Ogden and Denver. consisting of
five or six ears only. No local stops
will be made on the fast train unless
absolutely necessary.
The stone cutters of the Cripple
Creek district have organized n branch
of the Stonecutters' Association of
North America. The established wage
is S5 per day of eight hours. They will
not sanction the introduction of stone
cut by prison labor, and will not coul-
tenance the transportation of cut
stone from one place to another. All
stone used in the district must be cut
In this district
The Baldwin mines of the Citizens
Coal Company will hereafter give en-
ploymept to none but non-union men.
This is the announcement made at the
office of the company in Denver, and
the management declares that the pol
icy will be strictly adhered 10. The
mines are now closed, but the com
pany is looking for non-union men to
take the places of the old workmen.
The mines gave employment TO 400 or
500 men, and the output last August
WIS 5000 tons.
President Baker of the University of
Colorado has announced in chapel that
hereafter hazing OF other interference
with students liberty would be consid-
cred an offense punishable by expul-
sion. Blanket tossing was defined in
the action of the faculty as hazing
While this action will not be retroac-
tive 1t was induced by some haZing
which was done early this fall. The
students generally not accepting the
leaders in this falls actions look favor
ably upon the faculty's action, and will
hereafter observe the law.
The federal sanitarium for the navy
recently established at Fort Stanton.
New Mexico, has imported a small
herd of Jersey cows from Kansas for
the use of the invalids. The milk is
first to be sterilized and given TO the
patients and then given to the patients
in increasing amounts and DIR. Cobb,
the physician in charge, thinks that be-
tween the climate and the Jersey milk,
proDerly administered he will lose few
patients unless they reach Fort Stan
ton in state of disease that is too far
advanced to be affected by any sort of
treatment. no matter how careful or
enlightened 1t might be.