The Meeker herald., 1899-02-25
NEWS FROM THE 4
WESTERN REGION.

N"tA IA tue ANoItu IuTk lHSt week.
The postoffice at Ibex. near Lead
vile. was burned down on the 18th.
During January there were 2:3T7
deaths in Denver, which breaks the
record.
David II. Mofrat is credited with hav-
! ing cleared s2JO.OOO by the recent rise
lin Isabella stock
/ The Rawlins paint works have re-
,sumed operations agnin after n shut
idown of several months.
During the cold weather of last week
The water mains in the streets of Col
.orado Springs froZe in many places.
There is some likelihood of the re-
moval to Golden of one of the Back
Hawk reduction works, on account of
scarcity Of water.
Mine operating at Anthracite and
Crested Butte was at a standstiil on
the 9th owing to the inability OF the
Rio Grande railroad to furnish ears.
Communication with outside camps is
practically cut off.
Leadville helped the Midland road
In the same way that the Rio Grande
had been favored. ON the 18th 500
men gNt out early and put in full
day clpring the tracks of ice and
snow. Plenty of coal was then
broughtin.
The f,beral services at Denver over
the remans of Rev. Myron W. Reed
were r$narkable for great out
pouring T people of all classes, The
throng tas immense. 1t filled the
| Dron n t-ut TO
thousand men and women stood in the
street outside, cold as the weather
was. unaAe to see or hear any of the
ceremonie. but 10th to leave the build
ing wherd the last hon0rs We're being
paid the Il Ian they loved. In the serv-
ices jewish rabbi. a Catholic clergy
man and t.veral Protestant ministers
participate.
Announcement is made that the east
iron pipe IIlls of the Colorado Fuel 4
Iron Complny nt Pueblo will resume
in the courte of the next few days.
They have large orders ahead. This
means the employment of about 100
additional men. 1t is currently report
hd and generally believed that the COM
pany will soon begin the construction
Df fourth blast furnace with Capa-
|
+ at present impossible for the furnaces
10 supply all the crude iron that is re-
4 auired in all departments of the plant
! In operation on full time as they now
!! Ire.
If the plans of the board of direc
ton, Festival of Mountain and Plain.
l IRE carried out. and they resolved last
night to do it. the opening of the
century will see the Festi-
nyal established. not only as an annual
'rOlic and reunion of Colorado people.
e tut a grand exhibition of the resources
i the state and the ingenuity and in
t1iustry of its people. While 1t IL pro-
olliis exposition and fair 1t is also rec
-bmmended that the Festival of Noun
: Jain and Plain continue its special
features, but that the same be confined
+ 70 three days.
The judges of the Wyoming Supreme
e tOurt who, by request of the Leg
Stature, have been for two weeks ex-
l. INNING the revision of the statutes
e lepudiated by the Legislature of 1896.
: terrifying the presence of all statutes
Indicated therein. and eXpurgatins foB
i Sign matter Incorporated by the revis-
/ prs. have about concluded their work
l. md will report tomorrow. The re-
Eision verified and expurgated will be
e ordered published as the revised stat
S htes of the state. The chapters en-
t revenue and municipal corporations
!. nterjected into the revision by the
: Former committee have been expurg-
r hted.
u The Rocky Mountain News says: 1t
lis expected that there will be a great
rishaking up among mining companies
lrecently organized and Incorporated
5when the books of the secretary of
Estate have been thoroughly examined
uby a representative of the internal rev.
Ienue collector. The collector decides
THAT companies should pay govern
1ment war tax at the rate of 81 per
1 600 shares. whereas some of the new
ly fiedged companies have tried to get
off with stamps costing only 81 in all.
Under the ruling of the collector. the
1 company incorporated for S5oO.OOO
should pay government tax to the tune
/ of $500.
Sixteen men on snowshoes made 4
perilous trip over the snow from Lead
| vile to Ivanhoe the other day. They
were paid good price by the Midland
officials to carry repairs for the big
[ rotary plow that had broken down on
,\the pass. They carried food. and were
prepared to care for themselves. III
. matter how deep the drifts or how diff
Icult the route. There Were ten toboG
Igans in the party. the material for tn.
Rotary strapped to the sleds. The route
Ifrom Leadville to Ivanhoe lay ovel
Mount Bassett. Il distance of eighteel
: lmiles. The men took the short Gu
.There was nothing to guide them eN
tcept the mountains. According to th'
treports received the party had severh
thrilling escapes from death in th'
drifts. The arrival of the party AT tht
b,low was signal for rejoicing. The
Rotary was speedily repaired by tbs
frew, and it was soon enabled To re
Eume the work of forcing its wa,
! Through the drifts. piled up by wint