The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

ions. He and his wife intended to
leave before winter. but were cut Oh
by heavy SHOWS. He managed to keep
the trail open to one Of his mines and
kept steadily at work until some time
In January. when the scarcity Of pro-
visions admonished him that he would
have to husband his strength and live
on the least possible amount Of food
From that time until few days ago
Il was . constant struggle for Mr..
King and his wife to keep themselves
alive. For weeks they ate but one
meal a day. In February he became
i'll and for several weeks lay battling
with disease and possible starvation.
He philosophically remarks that his ILL.,
ness probably saved the lives of him
self and wife.
George Thompson. superintendent of
the Cheyenne lines OF the Rocky Noun
tain Bell Telephone Company. states
that the long-distance line between
Cheyenne and Denver will he CON
structed at once. Several carloads of
poles and other material will arrive
there In a few days and the work will
begin at Cheyenne. Connection will be
made at Fort Collins with the present
line between that place and Denver.
The company IL now operating n line
between Cheyenne and Laramie. and
this will he extended as soon rs the
material can he gotten on the ground.
This will place Denver in direct COM
munication with Cheyenne, Laramie.
Rnwlins and all Of the larger towns
along the line OF the Union Pacific in
southern Wyoming. OUTFITS are now ut
work building telephone line east
from Ogden. When the two meet
Denver can have direct communication
with Ogden. Salt Lake and many towns
In Utah and Idaho.
Nikola Tesla. the noted electrician.
wns the guest Of honor at banquet at
Colorado Springs recently. A number
Of the prominent gentlemen Of the city
were present and spoke warm words
circles. Mr.. Tesla responded very
cordially. He spoke briefly OF his early
| life. then OF his work and of the inter-
est which he took In II. He discussed
the marvellous advances made In the
study of electricity and touched briefly
upon the experiments In which he ~
at present engaged. He intimated that
he would some day prove to the world
that u spark may be generated In one
place and transmitted through the at.
mosphere for great distance without
the instrumentnllty OF wires. and also
that movable bodies can he governed
from distance without wires. intimat.
ingn that boat at sea could be gov.
erned from the shore. Governor Thorn.
NJ was n guest of the evening and
spoke briefly In eulogy OF the electric.
ian and expressed delight that Tesla
had come to Colorado to perform his
experiments.
The great flow OF water which has
blocked work In seven OF the greatest
mines Of Crcede for NO long has at In Il
been tapped. and they will soon be dry
and ready for working. At II o'clock
last Tuesday morning the diamond
drill In the tunnel pierced the bottom
Of the Chance shaft. and the result was
a terrific rush OF water. mud and sed.
| iment from the hole. which knocked a
man several feet. and scared him 20
badly that he Ned In haste. This was
| the only occurrence In the nature OF q
mishap. Within an hour the water In
the Chance shaft fell nifty feet. 10 great
was the pressure when II found vent
through the fateful drill hole. Tha
good news spread rapidly througheat
the camp. and crowds Of people were
soon surrounding the Chance shaft and
swarming Into the tunnel to watch the
flow OF water which has no long caused
enforced idleness In the mines which
have made this camp famous. Chief
Engineer Rowley stated that the
/ Chance mine would undoubtedly be
unwatered completely within three or
four days. He said that when this
Was finished he would probably com.
mencc tapping the Amethyst through
the lowest levels OF the Chance.
A dispatch from Las Vegas says
The first reunion OF Roosevelt,
Rough Riders Association. beginning
on June oath, will be held at thi.
place. II promises to bc success.
Business men and citizens are banded
together In nn organization pledged fo
make the occasion all that tn. most
cxacting rider could expect. la.
Vegas figures only as an entertainer
on this occasion. The reunion detail.
are under the auspices OF Roosevelt.
Rough Riders Association. which wa.
organized az Moniaus Foin, upon r--
turn OF the regiment from Cuta last
year. OF this association Major n n
Brodie of Briggs. Arizona. 10 ps,->id. Mt
and Lieutenant J. l. Carter % Pre-
cott. Arizona. i secretary. Captain
/ o
New Mexico. 4. chairman os rh- s-aa,.
Ing executive committee. The l,.o.
clation has snnounc-.. that IL win
hav. nfty Invited guests. ali ot moo.
or l.-s prouilneoc- throughout th.
United States. OF enur.- "a. star
f.ur. in the a.~-mbja.- of western
/ riders Will BE- Governor Rsa-ersif. Foe
be- has virtually pruail bo b. herr.
/ he as>as-t1ripu Ii. sent Nnrf. tlaf IL
VIII iasi'e >-nifnr, Thaunc.y VI De-.
f--- in! Thoulis =. Filtf u New
York 70 arr-uupanT IN. governor The
dat of Isa- .sfh ser fur the op~nin;
IN. rsf-rpn,-- fl flr -.s.im"nr. work
AZ Lar Sgn.inina - i-u.rinin.-l w.rr
- -hisrs rt 1i''"t IN The anniversary
u tAstr h-.t i.lf thar the fact thar
-1zsisir nfsr""n-s N IA. four day.
our. n"'t tld not deter them La.
vegas VII "nirr'ln them NJ church
M "a" morning ~ their second dsy
hsrs Will. The rnmmli'.-.- have
nnf rtiir determined ~ to the char.
1rf"r N lie entertainment II IL ns.
fiir-'d Tint lie New Mexico National
Fuari VIII meet the Rough Riders in
ANN lrrr. IN. guar: 1. well orgnn
zi-'i under Governor VI. a. Ofrrp. Colo |
net n e. Rankin, Adin'nnf General ", |
IT, Nliiieinnn and Colonel John Rorru, |
iAil. NJ Albndu.rduc. The governor.
~ N"w Mexico. Texas. Arizona and |
pklhhomn VIII b" present. 4 cwn,p
las been picked ont AMI here the sumk |
lui ~. viii bc ~h.ii.rs-i under eas
rn- III" of,ern hou-s Will t' prov .,ss',s |