The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28

value of corn, oats. wheat, barley, rye
and potatoes raised in Colorado last
year was $17,45OOOO. while the same
products aggregated a value of little
less than $2S.OO0.OO0 in the combined
states Of Montana. Wyoming, New
Mexico, Arizona. Nevada and Idaho.
This makes the products of Colorado
equal to about two-thirds of all the
others. The Colorado wheat crop was
one-ti!ird of the total Of all the other
states mentioned. the oats and barley
one-half. the hay two-thirds. and the
potatoes one and Il half times as much.
Among the states of the union, Colo
rafo was twenty ninth in the list in
the yield of corn per acre. third in
wheat. eighteenth in oats. seventh IN
barley. first in rye. twelfth in potatoes.
and fourth in hay. Her yield per acre
was as follows: Corn. 21.3 bushels,
wheat 10: oats. 90; barley. 26; rye,,
167; potatoes. o2: and hay, 1.7S tons.
A dispatch from Cheyenne says Mr..
f.. p. Snow, secretary of the state
Board of sheep Commissioners. re-
turned this morning from the western
part Of the state. where he has been
inspecting several bands of sheep be-
ing trailed into the state from Oregon.
Under the new law passed by the last
Legislature. all sheep trailed or shipped
by rail into the state are to be i'll
spected at the border. Among the
shipments being made into the state
at the present time are the following:
J. w. Blake 1000 head, shipped hy
rail from Oregon to Montpelier. Idaho.
and trailed into Wyoming from that
place; J. IL. Fitzwater. 4O0O; Barker
Bros. 5000: e. Boettcher, 1900; w.
i. Blake. 1900: l.. =. Southworth, 2O.-
900; Platte Valley Sheep company, so
0n0 head. These sheep will nearly all
be driven over what is known as the
Lander trail and will be ranged i'll
various parts of the state. About 4O,-
600 will be ranged in Central W.
ming. about 10000 will go to the Lar
annie Plains, and the remainder will
60 to the Big Horn basin. Sheepmen
of the state are apprehenSive that the
advent of many sheep into the state
will result in serious OyercrOwding Of
the ranges.
The summer session Of the Colorado
Editorial Association met at GlenwOOd
Oh the 23rd. At the afternoon roll-call
the following were found to be pres
ent: Halsey Nj. Rhoads, Press, Den
yer: w. =. Kennedy and wife, Re
veille, Rifle; Il. Price. A. g. Newton.
Press, Denver: w. =. Kennedy and
wife, News, Grand Junction; II. A.
Haimbaugh. Sentinel, Denver; l.. II.
Johnson. Herald-Democrat, Leadville;
Howard II. Lee and wife, Republican,
Denver; J. L. Berry, Facts, Colorado
Springs; G. +. Liggett. Press, Sheridan
Lake: Leo Vincent and wife, RepreSen-
tativc, Boulder: A. Roberts and wife.
Press. Montrose: s. ID. Brosius and
wife, Mail, Pueblo: w. l.. Thorndyke
and wife. Reporter. Loveland: A. G.
Sechrist, Times. Wray; J. d. I4awless
and wife, Sparks. Lamar: G. o. Finch,
Journal. Castle Rock: w. E. PabOr,
Grand Junction: G. 7. Rawalt, Cham
DiOn. GunniSOn: j. Il. GreenaWIldt,
Tribune. Florence: Howard Russell.
Express, Fort Collins: George q. Blake,
Star. Grand Junction At the afternoon
session the following program was car
rcd out: Special and Boom Editions"
II. S. LawleSs of the Lamar Sparks.
who took the position that such did not
pay. "Needed Legislation' was fully
treated by G. II. Rawalt Of the Gunni-
son Champion. who explained that
much of the legislation desired by
newspaper men was defeated for the
sole want of time the local legislator
paying more attention to local bills.
than to the passage of general laws.
Howard Russell of the Fort Collins
Express gave a review on the topic,
'DOes Foreign Advertising Pay" His
remarks We're thoroughly discussed.
and the general opinion prevailed that
it was best 70 let the foreign adver-
tiser alone. At the evening session W.
r. Pabor read poem and Mrs Il. A.
lhAyer delivered a paDer entitled '"The
Publisher and the Country Editor
She was followed in a short address by
Congressman ShafrOth.
Alfred Packer. the 'man eater" has
lost his case in the Supreme Court The
pardon board is now the only possible
means. for him to escape serving out
his forty-year penitcntiary sentence.
The case decided by the court on the
10Th was an appeal from the Gunnson
county District Court. This is the
fifth time that this case has been be-
fore the Supreme Court in one form
or another. In the District Court of
Hinsdale county, at the April term,
1883. five separate indictments were
returned against Alfred Packer. charg-
ing him with the murder of Israel
Swan. Shannon Wilson Bell, Frank
Miller, George Noon and James Hum
phrey. The Swan indictment was
filed April 9th. and the other four
April Z. 1888. On the 9th of April,
Packer was arrested on the charge Of
killing Swan. He pleaded not guilty.
but on April 18th was convicted of
murder in the first degree, and on the
same day the court sentenced him to
be hanged May 10Th. Later the SEN
tence was set aside and the cause re-
versed. upon the ground that the sec
tiOns of the criminal code prescribing
the punishment for murder We're re-
pealed by the Legislature without
saving clause. after the crime was
committed and before the conviction
was had. The case was remanded for
new trial for manslaughter included
in the specific crime Of murder charged
in the indictment. Thereafter an an
plicatiOn in the five cases was made by
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