The silver star. (Dolores, Colo.) 1897-1901, 1899-07-21

passenger men report tne NOV n.he =
bound to continue for at least tnirty
days. They are making speciai.y 81
the mountain resorts this year. and say
they are engaged in a campaign OF
education to induce eastern people 10
20 to the Rocky mountains rather than
take sea voyage. The summer tour
ist business this year Is certain 10 At
tain proportions never before reacneu
in the history OF American railroads
A dispatch from Helena says Judge
Knowles. in the United States court.
has signed a warrant for the removal
Of David Putty and Bud Nolan. the
two outlaws who were captured IN
Beayerhead county and are believed TO
have been implicated in the hold-up OF
the Union Pacific train near WILCOX,
wyoming Officers will leave Tor Og-
den at noon tomorrow to convey the
prisoners 10 Cheyenne. They have
been positively identified as Putty ana
Nolan, and are being taken East TO
answer to charges of robbing post
offices at Woolton and Big Piny- Re
cent advices however. are to the ef-
feet that the Wyoming authorities have
card up their sleeves. and that the
men when safely lodged in the Chey-
enne jail will be informed against for
the robbery of the train. District At
torney Timothy Burk thinks the gov
eminent will he able to connect them
with that outrage. although they are
admitted now not to he the original
Roberts brothers. whom the off1cers
were looking for when they set out.
Swift Bear and his party of Sioux
Indians, having eight wagons loaded
with venison. resisted arrest on Buck
fnr
trary 10 law. Amos Demming. deputy
sheriff OF Converse county. and a
posse left Lusk Wednesday with war
rants for the arrest OF the Indians and
overlook them at Buck creek Thurs
day morning. After reading the war
rants the Indians refused TO go with
the sheriff. drew a line and told him II
he crossed the line there would be war
Being outnumbercd the sheriff came to
Edgemont 10 get help and papers for
the arrest of the Indians In south Da-
kota, as they had crossed the line.
Deputy Sheriff George Miller Of Edge
mont will go out with an Increased
force. Demming telegraphed the In
dian agent at Pine Ridge to have a
force OF Indian police go out to inter
cept the Indians If they got away from
the Edgemont and Wyoming posse.
and IL Is expected the Indians will be
overtaken somewhere near the agency.
One of the most terrible cloudbursts
and floods known in the history Of the
section occurred five miles west or
Pine Grove at about 80 p. IN. on the
18th. The electrical display was vivid
beyond description. A dark cloud ap-
peared from the north which was met
by one from the west and n battle OF
the giants began. The water fell in
torrents. filling Pine Grove gulch and
Rowlen gulch to n depth of fifteen to
twenty feet When the flood struck the
Platte river Mt point half n mile west
OF this place. II swept the railroad
/ bridge and tracks into the river for
about eighty feet. At Cliff. five miles
further west. the railroad track was
buried under sand. rocks and debris
| for length of 300 feet and depth OF
from two to six feet. The wagon road
in Pine Grove gulch. which was built
by the Stewart & Mcconnell Lumber
Company three years since. at a cost
OF $1,000. is nearly destroyed. Every
bridge for four miles Is gone. The
Colorado & Southern Company imme-
diately placed force OF fifty men at
work and trains are running regularly.
Some transferring OF passengers was
necessary last night.
Warden c. r. Hoyt Of the state peni-
Tertiary advocates an addition to that
institution. The penitentiary, he says.
Is overcrowded. I'VE have $50 cells
and 5S7 convicts This necessitates
putting two men In many Of the cells.
When you consider that the cells are
only 4x7 feet II can readily be seen
what II means to put two men into one
Of them. 1t Is simply outrageous that
this must be done. but there is no help
for II until we build an addition. We
ought to have cell room for at least 200
more prisoners. A building OF this
kind would cost us about $4,000. This
Ia figuring on the roofing and iron
work. The labor. stone. lime. brick and
everything In that line we could fur
nIsh ourselves. Out OF the 5S7 convicts
552 nre mt work making brick. quarry
Ing rock and laying water mains. We
ARE extending our water works sys-
TEN. About 100 feet OF mains II be-
ing laid. and we shall tap the Arkan-
sas twelve feet below It's bead, thus
insuring absolutely pure water. An.
other important enterprise on which
the prisoners nre now mt work IL the
building OF n stone wall around TWEEN.
ty-two acres Of lind adjacent to the
penitentinry and n part OF the peniten-
tlnry grounds"
In his report to the penitentinry coin
, missiOners Warden HOyt gives us the
following figures: "December 30, 1893
there were In the penitentiary 50U
prisoners. During the six months end.
Ing June 30. 1870. 11s were committed
to the prison. los were discharged on
expiration Of sentence. and was par.
, doned. -Four were transferred to the
. | tnsnne asvlum MT ptiel,lo 4 en- ttn ~
formntory ut Buenn Vista, and 8 died
while % convicts are employed on the
state r0ads. From this gnng there
, have been three escapes. but al have
. been recaptured. During tho first fouI
, months OF 1870, before I took posses
+. sion Of the institution, e4O.721.76 wal
expended for operating expenses
! Since that time about 5000 has beer
! put into improvements and repair
, The water works and sewer system,
I have each been greatly improved, sew
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