The Monte Vista journal., 1899-04-15
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

Denver people nre discussing the ad-
Visibility OF Strengthening the English
sparrows.
Governor Thomas has appointed
james I. Smith OF I.eativille TO be Ia
Dor commissioner.
A complimentary dinner was ten.
dered Senator Francis f. Warren by
the citizens OF Cheyenne last week.
The Colorado Il Southern Is building
hotels at Bailey's and Slaght's In Platte
canon for the benefit OF summer tour
lists.
The trouble between the Colorado 4
Southern Railway Company and its
telcgraphers Is In fair way to De
settled.
Albert Greek. who has been In Jail ut
Canon City. charged with killing MS
father. has escaped twice. but has been
recaptured both times.
Reports are In circulation that the
Missouri Pacific. Rock Island and I'LL
nois Central are planning to build to
the coast by way OF Denver.
The District Court OF Arapahoe
county has decided that owners OF
property must file their schedule of
property with the assessor according
to law
The SANTA Fe city council has voted
to ask President Mckinley to give to
the city the abandoned Fort Marcy
reservation OF seventeen and onc-half
acres for school purposes.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. y. Stevens. national
president OF the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. Is soon TO visit
Colorado. She will speak in Denver
| April "a and 81. For nearly twenty
years she has been elected to the pres
ldcncy OF the Maine union without one
ballot for any other candidate.
William Hall. the murderer Of 7. c.
Grump. has been found guilty OF mur
der In the first degree. and will be
hanged NJ Santa Fc. The date OF exc
cution has not been set yet. Theo.
Wick. who shot and killed his guardian.
DIR. Parish. last winter In Roswell. re-
| celvcd n sentence of eighteen years IN
the pcnitcntiary,
The disbursement Of the state boun-
~ on wolves and coyotes under the
lately enacted Wyoming law and ap-
preparation has just begun. The appro-
priatton for two years was H25.Vn Ihe
old appropriation having been exhaust
cd for three months. the presentation
OF n great number Of scalps accumu-
lated In the interim is expected.
Commissioner Hermann says that
sheep grazing on the forest reserves
will bc permitted In the southern part
| OF Wyoming and In Colorado and New
Mexico. In Colorado and New Mexico
the reserves have already been thrown
| open. In Wyoming they will be open
cd next week. Grazing will e re-
stricted to l.OOO.oOO head Of sheep ON
each reservation.
Chester l.. Ainsworth. deputy shcr-
| IN OF cocblse county. Arizona. and n
brother of Charles +. Ainsworth. attor-
ncy general Of Arizona. was killed and
Edward Moore. n young cow boy. was
mortaliy wounded Saturday nt VIII
gus. In the Chiracahua mountains.
They We're killed by the Hallerman
brothers. whom the murdered men
were trying to arrest.
The following Colorado soldiers have
been sent home from Manila on nc-
count OF sickness: Claude Il. Hooper.
William T. Byrnc. Herbert A. ID. Lowe.
Charles G. Drake, u. A. Cutting. A. II.
Rogers. William G. Saxon. George A.
Cnrmcchel. Jonnthnn DE York. Archie
Blair. &. Il. Bailey. 4. Westfall, John
T. Horsman. o. II. Hcinroth, NJ. J. Me-
Glynn. and T.. Van Coraigh.
The Union Pacific gravel mine ut
Sherman has been placed In charge of
+. T.. Edwards Of Illinois. II Is the in
t.ntion TO commence work shipping
gravel nj once Two steam shoyels and
a large force OF men Will bc employed
In the work. The shipments Will ng-
gregaic SEQ tons per day during the
entire summer season. \ rotary plow
4. now clearing the gravel pits Of snow
and Ice. and shipments OF gravel will
comcncc In few days. The shipments
Of gravel from Sherman viii cause the
employment Of several additional train
crews.
The Denver superintendent Of the
Pullman Palncc Car company has re-.
ccived word that the proposed retiuc.
tions In berth rates will take effect on
April II. The reduction will affect the
country from New York 10 San Fran
cisco and throughout the south. From
Denver TO Ogden the former rate was
So: II will be -. State rooms will hc
reduced from xlt to &li.:O, and draw
Ing rooms from SIS to xii. From Den
yer 10 Oakland the berth rate of fll
will be cut to $50. and drawing rooms
from $40 to 3:p. Similar reductions
will ,s made Oh the lines TO the east.
An official In close touch with the
Colorado Il Southern railroad recently
stated that there would br develop
mcnts by that company In Wyoming
within ten days which would bc Of
grcnt Importance" To the industrial tie.
ycIopment of the state. The reference
wns undoubtedly to the cnrly com.
incnccment of the llartville spur.
With the building of that spur md the
daily shipment OF IO tons OF Iron orr
mn .ra OF prosperity for the Cheyenne
L. Northern road will begin. II will
also mean employment for I'm men At
least nt Hnrtvillc and open up also the
copper and onyx mines.
Seventeen Union Pacific surveyors
left Cheyenne for the purpose Of max.
Ing n survey ~ u branch line Of road
proposed TO In. built from sidney. Nc.
brnskn. into eastern Wyoming by why
Of Crawford. Nebraska. This cxtcn.
sion Is planned to secure the stock and
farm shlpinrnts from the valley Of the
North Platte In western Nebraska aud
eastern Wyoming as against the Bur.
ilngton system. which has u corps of
surveyor. In the neid surveying 4 pro.
posed line Into the district from Brush.
Colorado. The district Inns number
of prosperous town. which have been
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