The silver star., 1899-10-27
WESTERN NOTES,

S""'eneu NJ fueDiO on the 18th,
Manzanola, Colorado, held a very
successful autumn festival last week,
8. Graybill, n Rio Grande fore
man Mt Pueblo, was run over and kill
ed on the Goth.
me taxpayers of Jefferson county
are 10 vote on the proposition to erect
county high school building.
me cattlemen OF Chaves county have
raised FUND from which they will pay
special bounty on coyotes and wolves.
Inc body of an unknown man who had
Deen iynched was found the other day
VI tne road from Canon City to Grip
pie Creek.
tame Commissioner johnson has re-
ceived letter from the "fish king"
y, y, durango, who says that next yenr
ms nsh hatcheries will be much en-
iarged and that he will be enabled to
donate 1.OOO.OOO fish to the state.
The circumstances surrounding the
escape OF James X. Stratton from the
penitentiary on the night of October
lOth VIII be sifted to the bottom. Both
warden Hoyt and the board of peni-
tentiary commissioners have decided
upon an investigation.
An accurate test made of the flow of
the large nrtesian well recently bored
In the Pecos Valley & Northwestern
Yards mt Roswell shows that the well
discharges 2.6t4 gallons minute. or
mas velocity of 1,5OO feet per minute.
making 1t by far the largest and most
powerful artesian well In New Mexico
What is presumed to be an organized
gang OF plunderers forced an entrance
into the pOstOffice and store of A. Nc
Clintock at RincOn, New Mexico. Mt n
late hour Sunday night. The thieves
secured $14O in postage stamps. $50
III coin and various pieces of the stock
convenient to carry.
w. II. Kerr has made arrangements
Tor running daily stage from Santa
Fe to Blnnd, cutting down the distance
to less than thirty miles. At present
people from Santa Fe must go by rail
10 thornton. stay night there and
take n stage the next morning for
twenty-five miles.
Some eastern capitalists who have
been attracted to this state by the rosy
accounts OF Colorado as n beet sugnr
country Will construct at town to
be known as Sugar City II sugar beet
plant as large again as the one now In
successful operation at Grand June
tiOn. The new town will be located in
the Arkansas valley.
Years may elapse before the provis-
ions In the will Of the late George w.
Clayton. who bequeathed a million dol
lars for the establishment of an or
phan boys school In Denver can be
carried out. Litigation will be insti-
tuted which promises to continue Mt
length ana possibly through all the
courts OF the state. 4 brother OF Clay
ton intends to contest the will.
For more than n week n snow storm
OF unprecedented severity for this time
of the year has been raging In the
mountains surrounding Leadville. One
band OF 1, 400 sheep and the hertier
with them are lost. Other large fiocks
have reported heavy losses and no
word has been received from many
others known to be still In the noun
tain pastures.
A trust Is being formed to control the
output OF all the turquoise mines In
New Mexico. Hor. j. l.. Victory of
Santa Fe IL working mp the combina-
tion. TO which most of the turquoise
mine owners have already subscribed
and which will practically control the
output of the world. as the turquoise
mines in Saxony. Egypt and Persia
have pinched out. The headquarters
of the trust Will he ut Boston.
The Union Pacific Is doing land Of
fee business In Its land department.
1t Is selling mt the rate OF 100000
acres year the land 1t secured In gov
ernment grants and which have been
causing some threats OF litigation with
the government. During the years of
depression this rond has been holding
fast to It's remaining s.5OO.OOO acres OF
the original 12.OOOO0O acres granted Il
by the United States government, hut
now that good times nre again In sight
II In unloading mt prices thnt are good,
yet lower than the market figure.
Southern Santa Fe county mining in
terests are enjoying n boom such as
they have never experienced before.
II Inns been known for years thnt the
Colorado Fuel and Iron COmpny held
a controlling interest In the cOal mines
at Cerillos. and II In now stated upOn
reliable authority that the company
will expend x1.OOO.OO0 next year In I'M.
prOvcments and that there will bc n
complete change In management and
TINT work will In prosecuted upon u
much larger scale tlinn heretofore.
The thirty.first annual session OF
the Grand Lodge. the eighteenth nn-
nuaI session Of the Grand EncamD.
meut, the ninth annual session Of the
Rebekah Assembly. md the thirteenth
annual CnntOnmcnt Of the Patriarchs
Militant, LOO. r.. convened In Cripple
Greek on the 10th for four-day's SEES
sion. Probably the most important and
interesting feature Of the big event
was the dedication by the Grand Lodge
Of the new md magnificent !. q. q.
r. temple ON Bennett avenue. C0nsid.
ernble business Of Importance was
transacted.
Pearl Hart. the noted female handit
Of the Mexican border. who ON May
3Oth with one male companion held ,ip
md robbed the Globe nnd Florence
coach nnd after arrest broke Jail nj
Tucson nnd made good her escape.
WINS captured ut DemIng by United
Stntes Deputy Marshal George Hcnr.
borough. With her wns u mnle COM
pnnion Whose identity II not known.
hut who ON his description N wanted
by ArixOnn officers. The two were uu.