Gilpin observer., 1899-07-06
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

York City has located here MS the rep
resentatives of more than 100 member
OF divorce colony soon to take resi-
dence here in order to meet the six
months requirement for institution O
divorce proceedings. Until the lat
North Dakota Legislature amended
the divorce laws that state was til,
mecca for divorce seekers. Now WY
oming is regarded as the most lenient
Divorces are granted here after si1
months residence for the following
causes: Extreme cruelty, desertio1
for one year, non-support, neglect Of
duty, adultery, abuse and incompatible
ity of temper.
The smelling situation at Leadvillt
assumed very favorable phase Wed
nesday when the announcement was
made that the Bimetallic would start
up with one furnace. There has been
number of men applying for work
recently, who have expressed their
Willingness to accept the terms of the
smelter, with the understanding that
an adjustment would be made after
the eight-hour law had been decided
Arrangements We're at once made to
start up the furnace, and it is expected
that before another week the entire
plant will be in full operation. Should
there be any attempt at interference
with the wOrkmen deputy sheriffs will
be placed on guard.
One of the largest stock deals ever
closed in the Southwest took place at
Engle. New Mexico, last week. The
Detroit and Rio Grande Cattle Com
pany, Of which Secretary of War AL
ger is president and principal stock
holder, and Colonel Philip Mothersill.
now chief cOmmissary of the United
States army at Havana. is manager,
transferred to Levy Baldwin, who con-
trolls vast stock interests in central
New Mexico and Lamar, Colorado. its
entire New Mexico property. including
more than 10000 head of cattle, extern
sive ranges and many watering places.
Baldwin pays $50 head for all above
yearlings and So for calves. An inven-
tory is now being taken under Bald
wins supervision. Swift & Co., the
big Chicago packing house, are said to
be interested in the deal. The Detroit
company has been i'll existence since
1885,
Over 1000 acres of timber in the
Dolores valley, selected ten years ago
for the State Agricultural college, is re-
PoAtVu Wy Ing llODl sOuuc uuhuONu
cause. The timber is the best pine in
the state, but unless nature takes a
turn and the trees stop dying the loss
will be great. Appraiser Paddock of
the State Land Board recently returned
from a tour of the valley. He exam
ined the timber which had been report
ed to be gradually dying off the hill
sides. He says: 1T is strange phe-
nOmenon. The trees are tall, majestic
specimens of the pine, but for some
reason they drOop and die at maturity.
AS many of the trees are maturing in
this decade, 1t Is possible that before
another ten years have elapsed the val
ley will be denuded. Several persons
have attempted to account for the
strange behavior Of nature, but are .un-
able to do so. 1t is possible that the al
titude is too high or that there is not
sufficient nourishment in the earth sur
rounding the trees. The timber is scat
tered over six sections OF land and the
dead trees can be noticed in all quar-
tiers of the territory. 1t is one of the
strangest happenings that has ever
there and they consider 1t a subject for
SCIENTISTS t nr
The most important conference Of
the Mormon church leaders that has
ever been held will convene in Salt
Lake City on the I'd, says the Rocky
Mountain News. 1t has been called
by Lorenzo Snow, president of the
church. and will include all church Of
ficials including and above rank of
bishop. Officials will be in attend
ance from Mexico. Canada and all
parts of Utah and surrounding states.
The meeting will be held in the Temple
building. to which no gentiles are ad-
mitted and the utmost secrecy will be
observed. The object of this solemn
conclave OF church leaders is stated
only in the vnguest terms by President
church policy. but it is generally be-
lieved that the purpose is to give.
President Snow an opportunity to in
struct the officers TO more strictly en-
force the law of tithing. During re-
cent years the church revenues have
greatly diminished through n falling
Off in tithlng payments. and It Is
known that the church is in desperate
financial straits. 1t is reported that
the church debts now aggregate over
81, 100000, although no financial state.
ment has ever been published. This
sum is drawing n high rate OF interest,
anS some Of the obligations must soon
be paid. 1t is to urge upon the Of
ficials the necessity for making ex-
traordlnary efforts in the collection Of
tithes in order to relieve the financial
embarrassment of the church that this
conference has been called.
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DR.. William Il. Harper president OF
the University or Chicago. has ended
his long connection with Chautauqua.
Back OF the announcement OF the
famous educators retirement as the
head of the Chautauqua collegiate de
pnrtment and from the board of trus-
tees of the Chautauqua Association is