The state herald., 1899-09-01
WESTERN NOTES.

walked up Pixies peak In eight hours
recently.
AS n result of the striking of coal
oil near Trinidad number Of new
companies have entered the field 10
prospect.
An ex-convict of Utah tried to get
even with the judge and warden by
sending them boxes of dynamite, but
they were not exploded.
The horse purchasing board which
has been buying horses for cavalry pur-
poses Mt Cheyenne met with eXtraor-
dinary success and a finer lot of ami
mails was submitted to them for selec-
tion than mt any other market in the
West. Over T5 per cent. of the horses
submitted were bought.
Permits for grazing sheep OH the tim
Der reserves south of the thirteenth
standard parallel, excepting Clear
Greek, Piney and Ten Sleep lake coun-
try, Wyoming. have been granted to
twenty-four tlockmasters. The tlOcks
will range in numbers from 1000 to
1000, and in all 159,500 win be driven
In.
''oi ~ 'ulIN. VI oltlo
ty, New Mexico, and former captain
of Roosevelfs Rough Riders, has been
appointed n lieutenant of the Eleventh
cavalry. now forming in the Philip
pines, and has accepted. His appoint
ment was secured through the infiu-
ence of Governors Oteio and RoOse-
welt.
The district attorney has had war
rants issued for the arrest of X. Il. Pen
niston, cashier, and j. ID. Maben,
president of the insolvent bank of
Creede. The charge is bank wrccking,
and accepting bank deposits when the
bank was known to be insolvent. The
charges will implicate number OF
stockholders. The amount will reach
$4,000.
The Annual Corn Roast At Lovcland,
viii be held this year on Labor Day,
September 4. These corn roasts have
become so popular that n large attend
ance is assured. particularly as the
date falls on a holiday. The Colorado
Road will make extraordinarily low
rates TO Loveland and return for this
occasion and is making preparations 10
handle very large number of people.
A forest fire has broken out on the
mountains below Morrison. The dry
pines ON one of the lower ridges caught
Sunday, probably from some campfire
and seem TO be burning steadily. The
weeks of dry weather particularly on
the eastern ridge of the mountains has
left the timber AS dry as chips, and for
fear of destructive blaze campers
have been warned TO cNtingulsh their
fires.
The size Of the iron works AT Pueblo
is to he increased For year or more
the most elaborate alterations have
been under way, and only within the
last six months has the output been
pushed forward in earnest. Hundreds
of thousands of dollars have been eN-
pended and the pay rolls Increased 10y
the employment of u vast army OF new
men, but still the contracts are away
behind.
The Rcssemcr City hotel. n rec
story brick structure of twenty-scyen
rooms, was totally destroyed Monday
night by fire which originated in the
kitchen at $50 o'clock. The loss X
$1,000; Insurance. $1,000. Inside Of
thirty minutes from the time the fire
was discovered the entire structure
was cnvclopcd In flames. AMI owing
TO the lack OF water pressure, they
gained remarkable hcadway.
Jerry Cronin. Alexander Wills, and
Patrick Addudel, and three others. un-
der Indictment for the murder OF Smith
and Cheync In the Wardncr riot Of
April last. escaped from the stockadc
ut Wnrdner the other night. one OF
the soldier guards Ii also missing. The
county Is thoroughly aroused and every
possible effort Is being made for their
rccapture. The manner OF the escape
Is unknown. but no one doubts that
bribery played an important part
Gorgeous and spectacular will be- the
queens parade and irlumphnl march
nt the Festival Of Mountain and Plain,
TO he held IN Denver September 18th
TO Both. attended 10y the king Of the
mountains and escorted by outrldcrs.
courtlcrs and the military. She viii
come from her mountain home In "A
glldcd coach drawn by twelve white
horses and he crowned 10y her loving
subjects beneath blaze of light and
surrounded by her maids OF honor. In
the presence OF thousands. II VIII bc n
sight 10 remember.
The coal camp Of Rouse ON the Colo
RADIO X southern. near Walscnburg, Is
deserted, and the mines are being rap.
idly closed down, the reason being that
the properties ARE nearly played out.
and that the operators are troubled
with water The Colorado Fuel aud
Iron Company has enough other coal
ground In the sam" vicinity To Justify
moving It's machinery TO some other Ia.
cnllty. The plants viii he transferred
to Plctou and Maitland. As Rouse il
distlnCtlycly coal camp. thls change
VIII leave II u deserted village, all Of
the buildings NJ any consequence br.
Ing torn down FOR the sake Of lumber
A Cheyenne dispatch says: Hon.
John 4. Martin nnd General Nnnurds.
ale, ns u nOn'pnrllsnn committee, mr.,
to-day circulating notes for the $4,000
10 he furnished by the banks TO ,lefrny
the Wyoming soldiers expenses home
among prominent citizens for sigma
iurc. They nre meeting with marked
success. These notes VIII be tnksp
later nlong the line Of the Northern
Pacific 10y Mr., Martin. II il not Thought
the whole Si3.ooo win be used. II no,.
the surplus win be- returned to thr
banks, nnd credit given on the hnck on
the notes. Governor Rlchnrds and
stan. now On route 10 San Francisco.
VIII return with the mustered out vol
uniccrs. II they can get nwHy by the
10Th of September,
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