The state herald., 1899-06-09
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.


RADIO opened on the list. There was
never promise of better sport as re.
ports from all the Streams of the state
Indicate that the supply of fish is ms
great us at the opening of any season
for many years The new game law
must not be forgotten. Trout under
eight inches In length must not be
caught and twenty pounds In one day
is the limit. The past winter has seen
Colorado streams better stocked with
young trout than ever before. OF
course, the advantages of the seasons
work Will not be reaped by the sports
men this season, and aside from nearly
1OOO,00O new trout that has been
placed In Colorado waters during the
past nine months. the fish that have
matured beyond the protection of the
game law make the streams of the
state the most attractive of the West.
The famous Gunnison Is reported to
be alive with eight to twelve-pound-
ers. The railroad employees declare
that the supply In the Gunnison is
greater than 1t has been since the city
sportsmcn first devastated the stream
by continuous fishing. The Big Thomp.
son, the st. vrain, the Frying Pan and
the Arkansas near its mountain
sources, the Platte. are all well popu-
lated with speckled beauties.
The state convention of the Chris
tian Endeavor Union of Colorado met
at Greeley on the 2nd. In his address
to the convention Mr.. Sweet, state
president said: "In this state. where
loose ideas prevail regarding the sane
tity of the Sabbath. and where our
Legislature will dare insult the decent
people of the state by the passage Of n
bill leagalizing prize lighting, we need
men who will not how the knee nor
cringe before a goddess press, or n
powerful political party-men who will
not be allured by the enticements of
political preferment. honor, fame or
fortune, attained ut the expense of
Righteousness and the moral welfare of
the people" That the convention was
in full accord with the sentiments ex-
pressed by Mr.. Sweet was evidenced
by the adoption Of n resolution pre-
sented by Mr.. Cassiday of Boulder. as
follows: ITO His Excellency, Hon.
Charles s. Thomas, Governor of Colo
rado: At n meeting of the members
of Colorado Society of Y. +. s. G. E..
held June 3. 1899. 1t was resolved that
we as body respectfully petition your
excellency that In case you call spe-
cial session OF the Legislature, you
will include in the call the consldera-
tion of the question Of the repeal Of
House Bill No. 191 Of the Twelfth Gen.
eral Assembly. entitled. An act In re-
lation to prize fighting and sparring
exhibitions approved April q, 1S99."
| lao A d,t
| Company has notified its employees
that an advance of 10 per cent will be
made In all wages. TO commence with
June LIST. This action has been under
consideration ever since the organiza.
tion OF the company. and the discus
sion Of the cight-hour law. At the first
meeting OF the smelter managers in
Denver II was strongly insisted that
the wages paid before the panic be re-
stored, and this has since been uni.
formly favored by most Of the west
ern managers. The matter was dciin-
itely settled yesterday by instructions
from New York directing general in
crease of 10 per cent. In all wages. The
Philadelphia Smelling and Refining
Company has also decided to make an
advance OF 10 per cent. in wages OF all
| ~
In no case to be more than - cents per
day. That Is. all men receiving pay up
TO $3.50 per day win be advanced 10
per cent. and all men receiving more
than $3.50 per day will receive nn ad-
vance OF - cents per day. the men to
be paid by the hour and privileged TO
work eight. ten or twelve hours. as
they may choose. but In no even, TO be
I rs...un 40. II. -l.a
hours, except in eases OF emergency
Notices 10 this effect Will b sent to the
works nt Pueblo In n few days. At the
Argo works similar notices are TO be
given In relation 10 work by the hour.
but there VIII be no change In the rate
OF wages, Ms there has never been "a
reduction since the smelter was built.
twenty years ago. the company paying
the same rate throughout the panic Of
1893, when reductions We're made In
all the other smelters. and In nearly
all other branches OF business. An In
crease In wages. averaging IL per cent.
and affecting I25 men, was announced
odny by the Colorado. Philadelphia
Reduction Comnnny. whose plant IL Mt
Colorado City. The increase comes vol.
unfairly. the men having made no com.
plnint whatever Of low wages. The rc.
duc,lon plant hns been In operation
about three years. and II one OF the
most profitable In this part Of the coun-
try. II treats Cripple Creek ores al
most exclusively.
The oil interests OF the United States
are closely watching movement
which mas been taking shape nt Trini.
dnd for some time and which IL likely
10 culminntc In active operations In n
wide field adjacent to Trinidad. The
United oil Company Of Denver, which
operates the field NJ Florence. has
closed several deals In Las Animns
county, and viii soon begin nm active
scnson of prospecting. The United
company Is said TO he backed 10y the
Standard on people. For the last -four
or live years the oil subject has been
agliaied In the same locality. but not
until the last few months has anything
been done that looked like II develop
mont Of the field. Sufficient surface
Indications have been discovered Ia
warrant the sinking OF experimental
wells. There are both oil nnd gas In.
dlcntions and work viii bc commenced
| within n fortnight 10 ascertain whether
either can bc obtained IN paying uunn.
titles. The United company hnE come
down here asking neither bonuses nor
subsidies, md with plenty of money To
carry ON the operations. In III. pnsi
many tests have been made by men OF
insufficient means. aud IN each cnHc
oil was found An option on several
thousand ncrcs cnst of Trinidad has
been secured nnd ns much more bnH