The Springfield herald., 1899-05-12
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

commodations will have to be provided
for at least $4,000 people. No date has
been set for the fight, but 1t Will not
take place until after the Cannon Dill
becomes n law. This will be about
June 10, and the fight will probably
take place early in July.
A dispatch from Durango says:
There is going to be considerable ex-
element, any amount of litigation and
possibly bloodshed, before the rights
of those locating on the Ute lands have
been decided, said Il well-informed man
this evening. And II is not out of place
to give much credence to his state
ments. To all outward appearances
everything is quiet. but there is much
feeling. Only few filings were made
to-day ut the land office. but word
comes from different points that loca-
tors are holding their positions through
the agency of Winchesters. One of the
queer features is that mt many places
several men are located on the same
ground, while n few miles distant
equally as good land and MS nccessipie
still remains open. A prosperous flor-
ida mesa farmer in the city said the
lower pert of the mesa on the feserNh-
tion contained sufficient good lahd lor
100 families that had not been touched.
1t is the general opinion that more 10
cations will be made during the next
sixty days than We're made Oh the day
of opening.
Ranchmen in the eastern part Of
Colorado have taken steps to form
wolf and coyote district organization.
Local organizers have been appointed
for the several towns in the territory,
who will solicit members. The pan
| proposcd is similar to the one walch
has been in successful operntioi Tor
some time in Wyoming and Montana.
1t is on II cooperative basis. ana ON.
| members will receive the bounty OF 81
on coyotes and S5 on wnves IN al
tion to the state bount'. during the
last two years the less TO rahchlheh
from these pests has been increasing.
1t is thought that tie oriaiilZat,oil eau
be perfected by July list. Z. Z. Suth-
crland and Judr. Miles, both of Hugo.
have bccn RESPECTIVELY elected temper
nr;r cbnir,nan and secretary. The
boundary o. the proposed district will
bo os foII.ws: Commencing near the
Aronnbc, county line. between Deer
| Trail nnd Agate thence east to the
| northeastern corner of Lincoln county,
thetce southcasterly to Kit Carson, ON
tte Union Pacific railway; thence west
20 the southwest corner OF Lincoln
county; thence north to the starting
point.
ID. NJ. Hyman. the well known mine
owner of Aspen. was interviewed by
n Denver paper the other day ana sad:
Il shall not be surprised If silver
reaches 40 cents an ounce before the
close of the year The existence of the
great smelter trust is the reason for
it. For number of years past clique
of London manipulators have had COM
Dlete control of the silver market.
These fellows have had 1t all their own
way. They have put prices up or
down-gcnerally down-to please their
whims and there was no power to say
nav. Now conditions have taken a
turn and the London fellows are be-
coming alarmed. They find they have
n rival in the field which may test their
steel and the London mnnipulators are
buying and storing silver for an inev-
liable rise OF course the smelter COM
bine is not going to lie idle and the
smeltcr men will soon be in the field.
Then look out for II see-saw game, but
one which will surely cause II general
advance in the price of the white met
al look on the organization OF the
smelter trust rs a sure forerunner OF
an advance in silver-hn advnnceWhich
can be depended upon TO hold the price
much higher than it has been since
the panic"
The members of the Board of Equal
iZation say that for the present the!
think they want to raise the Nhiua-
tions of railroad property SO as 10
avoid an extra session. while the rail-
roads object not only to any increase
but even to the amount OF taxes now
paid. The railroad attorneys spent
four hours before the board Thursday
arguing against the increase. $. Il.
Hyleman. for the Missouri Paclhc,
pleaded for Il lower valuation on that
part of his line running from the Kan
sas line to Pueblo and through the I'M
settled part of the state, notably
through Kiowa county. When GOV.
Routt was on the board" said he. ne
refused to reduce our taxes. III iact,
they were raised. and the governor re-
marked, We don't tax you on the value
of your property. but because you We're
such = fools as to build railroad in
that barren country Now we want
you to equalize valuations and not pro-
ceed on the Routt principle. We go
through Kiowa county lengthwise Ihe
county is only nine miles wide. but
ninety miles long, and we pay 50 per
cent. of the taxes of the county. The
road is assessed at 81 800 Il mile. and
should not be assessed at over $1,000 n
mile, because it didn't pay. Sometimes
n Pullman goes over this line with only
one passenger i'll 1t.
The weekly crop bulletin of the Colo,
RADIO section of the department of
Agriculture says that while cold nights
have been the feature of the week. the
average of the seven days has been
normal There has been some rain in
the western counties. but rains have
continued throughout the state. KAN
is especially needed in the Arkansas
valley. Work has progressed rapidly,