The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-10

Judge Allen has dismissed the suit
for criminal libel which was brought
by the Tramway cOmpany's officers
against the Post. A civil suit is pend
ing.
Deputy shcriffs had lively fight
with two alleged cattle thieves south
or town the other night. Deputy
Young was badly wounded and the
thieves got aNay.
The State Federation OF Labor met
here Monday. The day was given up
to specch-making and General Merriam
was scored severely for his charges
against union miners in Idaho.
1t now appears probable that there
VIII be n consolidation of the old and
! new exchanges on an equitable basis,
and that all Of the members of the old
who may make application will be nd
mitted 10 the new organization.
\ miraculous thing happened in Den
/ yer Thursday when Ed. Chase the not
| ed gambler. paid fines for gambling.
| The peculiar thing about 1t Is that
| Chase has been running games here
for twenty years, but never paid fine
before. Other gamblers paid fines, the
| aggregate amounting to $500. This
Is the result OF prosecutions by the
| district attorney.
| Priesthood meetings of the twenty
Mormon elders OF the East Colorado
| Conference OF the Colorado Mission Of
the Church OF Jesus Christ of Latter
| Day Saints have been In session here.
Elder J. X. Fairbanks, president of the
conference, requested from the elders
! suggestions as to the best method of
| Introducing their gospel before the peo-
| pie OF the state. During seven months
the elders have visited about Gvo
families in the eastern half of the
/ state.
The Post asserts that the Auto-truck
| Company of New York City Is going
TO establish a branch plant in Denver.
| This seems Tery simple proposition,
but In truth 1t is of the greatest Import
to horse breeders throughout, the West.
1t means the passing of the horse,
both for heavy hauling ard for driv-
Ing. and consequently soon the west
ern horse breeder viii go out of the
business and the unbroken plains will
know Its herds no more. The Auto
truck Company designs to furnish not
only pleasure vehicles for Denver, but
also heavy drays for hauling purposes.
Its machines are perfected FOR both
purposes. they are protected by some
800 patents, the company Is backed by
as much capital ns the Standard on
! Company. ana the scheme has been on
| trial In New York for NOR. than n
year, while Its feasibility has been
practically established In some twenty
cities of the United States. and Denver
Is one of them. That the company is
able to carry ont It's intentions Is evil
denccd by Its backing.
The English sparrow Is increasing so
rapidly In Colorado that VIII G. Fcrril
curator OF the State Natural History
| Society. has come to the conclusion
! that something must bc done soon or
| all OF Colorado's beautiful song birds
/ Will bc driven ont Of the state by the
| sparrows, who have accomplished that
result everywhere else where they
have had the opportunity. The dam.
age which 1t does In destroying fruits
and grain, In disfguring buildings in
cities and towns and In driving away
| other birds makes II one OF the worst
OF f"athcrcd pests. The rnpidlty with
| which II Is increasing In Colorado Is re-
markablc. The ill.dircctcd care and
energy expended In introducing and
! fostering the sparrows thirty years ago
are largely responsible" FOR the marvel
Gus rnridity Of their distribution, Now.
when II Is too late. efforts nj the eN.
| termination Of the sparrows have been
begun, and four stnt"s-Illinois, Mlchl.
| gan. Ohio and Utah-hayc offered
hountics FOR their destruction. The OK.
| pcndltures In Illinois and Michigan
amount TO about $4,000. The bounty
| plan would he NIL right for Colorado.
but care should h. taken that the XIII
| Ing OF sparrows be- undertaken hy
those who would not through ignor-
anc" Kill other birds \ good way to
aid In destroying the pests would br
Ia tear down their nests and destroy
| the eggs. Last year the sparrows
around Denver were very few. This
year they are thice.
Secretary Griffith OF the State Board
OF Equalization has received fair
proportion Of replies from nsscSsors
and the Indications are that th.s. OF.
hcials Will be on hand in lnrg. force
! nj the conference 10 bc held here They
! realize the serious conditions which
| "onfronts III" state aud are willing In
! most cases 10 cndeayor To- lind som.
way out OF the difficulty. An Increase
OF >15.s0ep In the total valuation OF
stat" property win bc strongly urged
| nt III" meeting. Thi. VIII mean nj.
most twice the amount OF general
r"V"nu" ms now received II such n
result can b- accomplished the rcy"nu.
] problem VIII he solved and no extra
session Of the Legislature VIII ~ nrc.s.
! snry. Governor Thomas remarked yes.
f.r,iny. ~ I min tax ON ST5.uriUno
] means 100000 additional for the state
each year. or sGprOpo for the biennial
! period, That would solve the prob,
| lem" Auditor Temples carefully prc.
| pared figures show prospective bl.n.
ninl deficit Of less than sGnuvpo.
though very near II. and II III" $4,000.
60 incrras" In valuations l. mnir the
stat" treasury VIII be- able 10 NEE, niI
/ Legitimate" demands. No fictitious vniu.
niion- would h" necessary. n senator
/ E1r"ln nnd others have shown tim.
and again that III" various county n-
SCISSORS, IN their effort 10 tax their
counties ms little NJ their n.ighhors nre
taxed, hnv" lowered valuations far be-.
rond fair npprnlscmont. Governor
Thomas VIII hc pr"-"n, ni the confer.
enco. which may last NOR. ihnn on.
day. nnd h. will take no action n. to
mn extra session until II Is nscrr'alncd
whether or not mn arrangement to
rsiuaiiyr taxes and Increase valuations.
by S15.nDuD cnn bc put through,
Whether or not the meeting. Of the
~"nfrcrr- win b" public or private has
not been determined.
Al the meeting OF IN. nonrd of Cant.