The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-05-02
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

The trainmen on the Midland Termi-
nal struck for higher wages on the
Goth.
1t is stated that the Utes own the
best portion of tine reservation to be
thrown open May 4th.
General William II. Shafter, on his
way to San Francisco, stopped over in
Denver n few hours Sunday.
Frank II. Smith of Pueblo shot and
killed his wife n few days since. She
was trying to get n divorce.
Ex-Attorney General Byron l.. Carr
of Longmont died on the 21st at Min
eral Wells, Texas, where he had gone
for his health.
In the Colorado militia Captains
Verdeckberg and Ransom have been
promoted to the positions of lieutenant
colonel and major, respectively.
The people of Breckenridge welcom-
ed train on the oath, the first that
they had seen since February 4th. A
hundred citizens helped clear the
| tracks.
j. r. Ammons. father of Senator f..
NJ Ammons, died suddenly of apopleXy
last Thursday mt his home, near Irum-
bull, in Douglas county. He was SIX
ty-one years old.
A new line of telegraph wire will be
| strung between Denver and Kansas
City by May 18th. 1t is made neces-
sary by the rush of business at the
Western Union office at Denver.
The daily output of the United Verde
mine at Jerome, Arizona, is said to be
100 tons per day of copper alone. The
ore carries considerable values in gold
and silver, and the annual production
is worth from fifteen to eighteen mil
lion dollars.
The boards of county commissioners
of El Paso and Teller counties have
agreed to divide the funds in the pro-
portion of 1925 for Ell Paso and 2I.Io
for Teller The actual division of the
funds will not take place until the Su-
preme Court has passed on the consu-
tutionality of the Ammons bill.
The skeleton of Otto Goette, or
Brown, the lone shepherd of the Big
Muddy, was found Sunday afternoon
within n half mile of his ranch near
Byers. 1t had been buried under the
bank of the stream and the spring
floods washed ii out. A big hole in the
skull showed that Goette was muir
1ered.
An important decision was rendered
by the Wyoming Supreme Court the
other day, in the case of Henry Ras-
mussen and C. Il. Blydenburg VS.. The
County Commissioners of Carbon
County. The plaintiffs collected sala-
ries during the time they We're contest
ing for the office which We're finally
awarded TO them.
The county treasurer of Arapahoe
I 1t. ,tp,Sst
! the American Refrigerator Transit
| Company, which refused to pay taxes
upon its rolling stock in Arapahoe
| county. An opinion was handed down
| by the United States Supreme Court
| affirming the decision of the Colorado
Supreme Court and sustaining the tax.
| The costs are all charged to the COM
pany. The opinion is far reaching, af-
fecting not only refrigerator cars but
The Coronado mine at Leadville has
an unique water supply. In sinking
the shaft stream of water running
west was cut about eighty-five feet
from the surface. A small station was
cut on one side of the shaft, tank
sunk. and made water tight with clay.
A small pump sends the stream to the
top, supplying the boilers with watc.'
and furnishing a most excellent bever-
| age for the men. The stream flows at
the rate of twenty gallons per minute.
DIR. Martha Hughes Cannon, state
senator of Utah, and the only woman
| who has ever been voted for as candi-
| date for United States senator, is liy-
ing in polygamy. Proof of this, in the
way of an addition to the Cannon
| family. has just arrived. President
! Angus NJ. Cannon, her husband, one of
the most prominent ecclesiastics of the
| Mormon Church, is receiving the con-
| gratulations of his friends on the ar
rival of n daughter.
Samuel Newhouse and Thomas Weir
| have secured an option on the Dragon
mine in the Tintic district, Utah, and
are developing it with n large force of
miners The mine is an immense blow
, out of iron that has produced more
| than 10000 tons for the smelters dur
| ing the last year The ground below
| the blowout is to be thoroughly ex-
| plored and it is believed that it will
prove to be one of the greatest mines
in the Tintic district.
State Engineer Elwood Mead of Wy
oming. who has charge of irrigation
matters in the West for the depart
ment of agriculture, is collecting data
| from the various western states and
territories of water supply ut this time
, of the year and of the amounts of
water used in various localities in Or
, der to ascertain definitely the duty of
water and water requirements. Re
| ports are now being received from all
parts of the West which will form a
| valuable addition to irrigation informa-
/ ton.
John B. Howell, one of the Oldest
and most successful prospectors of the
La Sal district, and IL former resident
of Ouray, is believed to have lost his
life in storm on the mountains just
! this side of the Utah line. Searching
parties have been sent out to look for