The Meeker herald., 1899-03-25

boom.
Denver has sixteen tickets for the
spring election.
Work on Boulder's electric street rail-
way will be commenced soon.
A telephone line is being put up W.
tween Pueblo and La Junta.
DR.. T. a. Hughes has resigned ms
position as secretary OF the Ioioraoo
Eoard OF Medical Examiners.
The imprisoned Leadville miners
have not vet been released and Ii may
be some lime before they get OUT.
The Denver militiamen returned
from Lake City Tuesday morning, oliy
one company being left on guard there.
A murderer and cattle thief. who had
been convicted. sawed their way OUT Vi
the Arapahoe county Jail IL few DAYS
ago.
Contracts have been let and work
begun on fifteen miles of the grade OF
the Rio Grande Westerns Park CITY
extension up Provo canon.
AT the meeting of the sovereign
camp. WoOdmen of the World, at
Memphis, +. A. Falkenburg of Denver
was elected sovereign adviser
Rev. Jonathan Wood has been grant
ed divorce in the County court AT
Aspen. Rev. Wood has been pastor
of the Baptist church there for two
years past and both he and his wife
have been held in high esteem. Rev.
Wood alleged extreme cruelty and the
evidence showed the wife to be so in
.
him justified in seeking Il divorce.
The Wyoming State Board of Equali-
zntion has raised the valuation upon
live stock for purposes of taxation thir'
ty per cent over last years rates.
Range cattle are raised from SD to SD
per head: range sheep from $l.I1 TO
$2.2J and ether classes of stock, en-
cepting horses, which are unchanged.
are raised In the same proportion. The
raise in these valuations will incre;is"
the assessed valuation of the state Il
million dollars.
The United States grand jury nt
Butte returned indictments against DE.
j. l.. Atkinson. surgeon: Charles NC
Intirc, irrigating engineer. ana FRANK
4 Hunter. clerk ut the Fort Peck In
dian reservation. for soliciting cam
Daign fund for the 1896 election. The
money is alleged to have been collect
ed on November 30. 1896. to help
make good deficit in the campaign
fund of the National Committee of the
Democratic party.
By the terms of n contract signed in
Denver. the Wells-Fnreo company VIII
on May lst place its service in opera
Of ~. al ~ n
southern railroad. By th's chinGt
1000 miles of railroad service is added
10 the Wells-Fargo system. thus super
scding the service of the Pacific EN-
press Company. and giving it direct
connection with the northern and
southern lines controlled by it. The
Wclls-Fargo company will retain all
employees of the Pacific Express Com
pany who will stay.
The rumored resignation of Cassius
NJ. Moses Of Pueblo. lieutenant colonel
of the First Colorado volunteers at Ma
Mia. has been confirmed by a telegram
received by Governor Thomas: Cen
eral Otis wires from MANILA that he has
declined To accept Lieutenant Colonel
Moses resignation for the reason that
his services cannot at this time be dis
has been known among members of
the militia In Denver for some time that
Lieutenant Colonel Moses WAS not sat
isfied with his treatment nj Manila.
Many assert that he WAS not friendly
with Colonel Coy owing. it is said. 10
the latter's treatment of him.
Reports from all sections OF Colorado
are telling of the great loss of horses
on the range Range horses are not of
great value and as rule are given
little or no attention. During the pres
ent winter very few of them have
been fed and they have been com
PEELED to hustle for themselves. In
Wyoming. Utah. Idaho and all through
the north, the range Is said to be Gov
cred with the carcaSSes OF dead horses,
frozen to death after being partly
starved through inability to get at the
feed through the snow. The fact that
horses are the best range rust!ers
known. will give fair idea of the Sc
verify of the winter when they die in
such numbers.
Deputy sheriff Waraument has re-
turned to Cheyenne from the ranges OF
Little Horse creek in eastern Laramie
county. where he served injunctionS
upon Il number of the small stockmen
of the region ~ restrain them from
carrying on threats to drive the cattle
of Mark Coad and c. j. ieysham
from the range. The injunctions We're
secured by Messrs. Coaa and Hey
sham. who claim the stockmen threat
ened violence. The matter will come
before the District Court upon the ap-
plication to secure n permanent injunc-
ton to restrain the defendants from
driving OFF the cattle. The procedure
Is Il novel one in determining range
disputes and will be watched with
great interest.
Valuable copper deposits have lately
been discovered near Placerville. Colo
RADIO. on the line of the Rio Grande
Southern railroad. Specimens on eX-
hibition in the general offices of that
company in the Equitable Building,
4. ant