, 1899-08-10

streams near Gunnison.
There is n big crop of hay in the
Grand and Eagle valleys.
There will be n large quantity OF ap-
pies shipped from Canon City this year.
There is reported to be an excellent
opening for a good hotel man at Grand
Junction.
James Burns has decided TO permit
the release from jail of James Doyle
of Victor.
The Florence and Cripple Greek rail
road track is being relaid with heavy
steel rails.
Florence is making great prepare
tons for the meeting of the knights
of Pythias.
-Four hundred miners will be put TO
work at the Baldwin coal mines within
a few weeks.
Ex-Mayor James Doyle was given a
warm welcome when he reached Victor
after being released from jail.
There are enough idle men in the
state pe~nitentiary to improve the roads
of the state at n small expense.
Several brick buildings are being put
up at Montrose. A first-class mineral
artesian well is one of the attractions
there.
Miss Mary McLearn. living near
Rife, Colorado. was burned to death
the other day while lighting a fire with
kerosene.
Victor is bound to he one of the sub
stantial towns of the West. Several
large stone and brick buildings are
being built this season.
Bob Blair of the Delta Independent
is one of the successful farmers of the
western slope. He has n standing inVi-
tation to all newspaper men 10 stop
and see him and fill their pockets with
fruit.
Dan Cornell. the agent from the
Occur d'Alenc district. who has been
mt Cripple Creek 10 gather non-union
miners for the mines AT Wardner. was
attacked by Il party of men, beaten and
driven from the camp.
A wooden snow shed 1.5OO feet long.
on the Union Pacific, eighty miles west
of Laramie, Wyoming, caught fire from
sparks from an enginne and was total
ly destroyed. The heat warped the rails
and a new track had to be laid. Traf-
tc was blocked several hours.
A dispatch from Price. Utah. says a
disastrous wreck occurred on the Rio
Grandc Western road sixty miles east
of there last Thursday night. Freight
train Nc. 16 ran into Il washOut near
Solitude. The engine toppled over.
instantly killing Engineer Frank Nc
Mahon and Fireman James Whelen.
The Board of Governors of the Min
ing Stock Association of Colorado
Springs has passed sentence on six
brokers charged with cutting commits
slons. n. Leipheimer is expelled: A. C.
Wagy, A. G. Rowland. w. w. Price,
+. ID. White and j.. X. Miller are sus-
pended from the exchange for one year
and are also fined $500. Others may be
punished.
Engineer John Mack. whose negli-
gcnce caused the awful wreck at VOL
colt last Saturday, has reached his
home in Laramie. After the wreck he
went to Hanna, where he remained in
hiding for several days, as he feared
the consequences of his carelessness.
His friends say Mack's watch stopped.
and he miscalculated the time of trains
by one hour.
The first six months of the existence
of the Colorado x Southern railroad
show fiattering returns. both in its
gross and net earnings. The semi-an-
nual report of the company has Just
been received in New York and the fol
lowing figures have been given out:
Gross earnings. 81. s04. 506. 10; operating
expenses. 81 BOB, SOS.29; net earnings,
S5O0,69S.5O. No comparative figures
are TO he had, for tile reason that the
old Gulf system included the Julesburg
branch. but the returns are said TO be
received by the officials with no little
satisfaction. Repeated rumors of fur
ther consolidation between the Colora-
do and santa Fe continue to be heard
in railroad circles.
Northeastern Colorado is the scene
of Il val between sheep and cattle
men. Monday last four hOrsemen. care
fully disguised both as 10 person and
their horses. rode into some large locks
of sheep belonging to the Warren Live
Stock Company of Cheyenne, which
were being grazed along Two Mile
creek, about twenty-four miles from
Sterling. The men were well armed
and hot and killed 100 sheep and bad
~ cTlppleu twenty-five more. IL Is re
ported also that two sheep herders
Were badly beaten, but this cannot be
verified. Logan county authorities are
hard ut work and hope to bring the
perpetrators to Justice. The trouble
has been brewing for some time and
results from m inability to satisfactor-
lily divide the open range. There is no
question that Ii small ranchmen are
banded together to n V the open range
for their small herds Of cattle.
State Engineer McCune has located
the site FOR the $500 artesian well
provided for by the last Legislature.
The site chosen is On the Stevens ranch.
about two and II half miles northeast
of Antlers, near Glenwood. and in the
center of the ranch population. There
We're two sites recommended by the
examining biologists. Tho one selected
appears to meet with approval of n
large majority. If proper deed is made
TO give five acres of land to the county, |
work will probably he commenced
within two months. From what is