The state herald., 1899-10-06
WESTERN NOTES.

| pany Is offering steady work for the
coming winter for two hundred add
tional miners mt the mines at Rock
Springs. Also steady work for cal
leaders and other employees.
Principal Sayres of the Dlamondville
Wyoming. school was tried before Jus
tice Rosenberg for severely whipping
Tenie and Willie Marshal, two Of his
pupils. Mr.. Sayers was fined $50 and
costs, but will appeal the case.
The Ration Water Company Mt pres
ent supplying that city with water mas
bought out the old wells and plan FOR
merly furnishing water to Ration. !,
also bought Dean duplex pump that
pumps $4,000 gallons Of water per hour.
]. l. Carson, manager Of the Pardee
Lave Stock Association of Rawlins,
Wyoming. Is now In Oregon to pur'
chase 25.O0O head of sheep. He drove
1900 head of wethef.s over the trail
last spring. He thinks sheep are held
too high in that country to make buy
ing profitable to the shipper. .s 81.
The Dunbar Cattle Company OF Chey-
enne has decided upon a new method
of handling Its enormous business. The
great herds are to be divided into small
punches, each bunch to be run and
controlled by n separate company, all
such companies TO be under the con
troll of the mother corporation.
1t Is authentically reported at Santa
Fe that the anthracite and bltuninous
coal deposits covering thousands Of
ncrcs, have passed from the control of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santn Fe
Railroad Company TO the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company for n consider
alton approxiinating S1,O00.000.
]. A. Eddy has decided to build large
water works at Cloudcroft, near Ala
mogordo. The water will be pumped
from the head of James canon, two
miles from Cloudcroft and 200 feet be-
low it. Two artificial lakes will bc
crented nt the summer resort. The
Holly water system will be used.
Harry Strout, an employee of the
Nirginius mill ut Ouray accidentally
caught hold of n live electric wire with
both hands and received n shock of 800
volts. He WINS unconscious for about
thirty minutes and resuscitated with
great difficulty. His hands and arms
are horribly burned and the accident
may yet give him serious trouble.
Governor Otero sent the following
message to Admiral Dewey upon learn
ing that the Olympia had ben sighted
1.-THE people of New Mexico through
me send greetings, congratulations and
their deepest admiration TO the hero of
Manila bay ON his return to his native
land" A salute OF seventeen guns was
nrcd on the plaza In honor OF the event.
A dispatch from Seattle says. Three
OF the Union Pacific train robbers.
who in July held up the east bound ex-
press near Rock Springs. and relieved
the Pacific Express messenger OF his
Iron box. containing over S125.OOO In
cash. have been located In this city
ana arrests are expected to result at
any time.
The Rio Grande Western and con-
Meeting lines TO Chicago, the Denver L.
Rio Grande, Rock Island and Burling-
ton. are preparing 10 put on n new
train to connect with the Southern Pa
ciiic fast trains at Ogden. The local
roads will run II light fast train be-
tween Ogden and Denver. consisting Of
five or six cars only. No local stops
VIII be made on the fast train unless
absolutely necessary.
The stone cutters OF the Cripplc
Greek district have organized branch
of the Stonecutters' Association Of
North America. The established wage
Is So per day OF eight hours. They win
not sanction the Introduction OF stone
cut by prison labor, and will not coui-
tcnance the transportation Of cu.
stone from one place TO another. All
stone used In the district must be cut
In this district.
The Baldwin mines OF the Citizens
Coal Company will hereafter give en-
ploymcnt to none hut non-union men,
This Is tlr announcement made at the
office Of the company In Denver. and
the management declares that the pol
ley will be strictly adhered TO. The
mines are now closed. but the com.
paDy Ii looking for non-union men to
take the places OF the old workmen.
The mines gave employment TO 400 or
800 men, and the output last August
was 1900 tons. as ar. r ~.
President Baker OF the University Of
Colorado has announced In chapel that
hereafter hnzing or other Interference
with students liberty would be consId.
cred an offensc punishable by cxpul.
sion. Blanket tossing WAS defined In
the action OF the faculty M hazing.
While this action VIII not be retroac.
tive It was induced by some hnzing
which was done early this fall The
students generally not accepting the
leaders IN this falls actions look favor
ably upon the faculty's action. and viii
hereafter observe the law.
The federal sanltnrium for the navy
recently established at Fort Stanton.
New Mexico. has imported small
herd OF Jersey cows from Kansas for
the use OF the invalids. The milk is
first to Ike stcrllizcd aud given To the
patients and then given to the patients
In increasing amounts and DIR. Cobb.
the physician In charge. thinks that he
tween the climate and the Jersey milk.
properly administered. he viii lose few
patients unless they reach Fort Stan.
ton In n state OF disease that II too far
advanced 10 bc affected by any sort OF
treatment, no mnttcr how careful or
enlightened II might he.
Notwithstanding the reports that
fruit OF all kinds would h. scnrcc In
northern Colorado this year the Den
yer market In nbundnn'ly supplied with
plnms from the nclghborbood OF Fort
Collins. In Porte aud Bellevue In Lar.
inner county. These plums ARE put In
peek baskets and are retailing for xi.r,O
cnch. A. Y. GllkIsop had n crop OF 100
bnskcts on his place near In Porte.
Mr.. Pcnnock hns obtained u wonderful
crop OF his new Sunset plum, which
created n sensation ON the market tiils
ycnr. lie hns been gathering the