The silver lance., 1899-08-11
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

Crops in the San Luis valley are suf-
fering from drought.
Mrs. Edna Higgins of La Veta, the
well-known temperance worker OIL
Colorado, died on the 27th.
The President has appointed LOUIS
A. Knackstedt of Colorado to be agent
Of the Southern Ute Indians.
The Buckeye MILL located near Mag.
nolia, Boulder county, was destroyed
by fire last week The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
Boulder celebrated Strawberry Day
on the 24th, and also the completloh
of the new electric road to the Cnau-
tauqua grounds.
Clarence f. Johnstone of Cheyenne
has been appointed an assistant IN the
irrigation department of the Agr1cul-
tural Bureau at salary of 81 800 year
ly.
The pipe organ presented to the Flrst
Presbyterian church of Boulder by An
drew Carnegie, the iron king, has ar
rived. The organ is the only instrument
of its kind in the city.
Rural free delivery postal service has
been established at Morrison, Jeffer-
son county, with one carrier, George
C. Strickland, to take effect July 9th.
The service will cover an area OF
eight miles and serve 400 persons.
As an experiment the Santa Fe rail
road is employing Navajo Indians as
section men on its road near Gallup.
About 100 men have been employed,
and thus far the experiment has been
pronounced a success by the railroad,
which will probably engage several
hundred more of them.
Officers of the Western Slope Hunt
ing Association are arranging elabo-
rate plans for their second annual lion
hunt, to be held at DeBeque, and they
have called upon General Passenger
Agent Bailey of the Colorado Midland
to announce that the hunt will be held
October 25th this year, instead of IN
December, as in 1898.
Jesse NJ. Smith of Layton, Utah,
president of the Utah Wool Growers
Association, and Senator Arthur
Brown of Salt Lake City are on their
way to Washington, where they ex-
pect to protest to the Interior Depart
ment against the recent order of the
government forbidding the pastur.ng
of sheep on the forest reserve of the
Uintah reservation.
Thomas Tobin, one of the most ef1-
cient guards ever employed at the
Colorado pententiary, was fatally
wounded at 1915 o'clock "Wednesday
morning, in a most unfortunate en-
counter with two officers from Flor
ence, all parties being in search OF
Charles Nichols. the escaped convict
who was captured by still another par
ty and is now safe in his old cell.
The police report that there is more
petty stealing going on in the mis-
around Cripple Creek and even in the
city itself than ever before in the his
tory of the present administration, says
the Star. The depredations consist
in the hills. of a general breaking INTO
cabins, during the absence of the own
ers, the invasion of subterrauean
places of storage and the theft of pow
der, steel and miners implements.
Something peculiar in the monthly
report of the Board of Health, which
will be issued in a few days, is the
fact that for June the number of
deaths of women about equaled those
of men. This is very unusual, as a
glance through the records of the
Health Department will show. In
May eighty-four males and fifty-one
females composed the deaths, and in
April the ratio was Ill to sixty-six.
The workings of the Vulcan mine at
Newcastle are becoming so hot that
work is almost impossible The i'm
mense fans are running at full speed
to drive out the great volumes of gas
thrown off. The fire in the vein is
1iab 70
The management is rushing the work
men in an attempt to get out all the
coal possible, but the danger is very
great and shutdown must come
soon.
Granada has been the center of attrac-
ton for several days, owing to the
presence there of Commander Booth
Tucker. The commander found mat
ters at the colony in a very satisfactory
condition. The people are doing well
and making the experiment a success.
Fifty more families will be sent to the
colony this summer The commander
expects to visit the colony at no dis
tant date.
1t now seems possible that the Strick-
Ter tunnel, to supply water for Colorado
Springs, may be completed by the
time snow flies. 1t is announced that
the work on the west end, which was
abandoned last fall, will be commenced
again. 1t is thought that the water
now in the tunnel can be pumped out
in about ten days. The present short
age of city water is considered by many
as a proof that the tunnel should be
finished without delay because of
financial misunderstanding or any
other cause.
Train No. 1 on the Midland Terminal,
which left Colorado Springs at 7:2O
Monday morning, was brought to a
complete standstill by caterpillars 1t
was on a steep grade few miles from
Cripple Creek. The train was moving
slowly the engine putting great clouds