The silver star., 1899-04-13
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

Denver people are discussing the ad-
visibility of slaughtering the English
sparrows.
Governor Thomas has appointed
James T. Smith of I.eadville to be la
Dor commissioner.
The Union Pacific may build a
branch south from Fort Steele into
Routt county, Colorado.
Frank Springer. d. & II. G. brake
man. was run over and killed at Pueb-
( 10 while switching cars.
I The Colorado e. Southern is building
hotels at Bailey's and Slaght's in Platte
I canon for the benefit of summer tour
lists.
The trouble between the Colorado Il
southern Railway Company and its
{ telcgraphers is in fair way to be
settled.
Albert Greek. who has been in jail at
Canon City, charged with killing his
father. has escaped twice, but has been
recaptured both times.
+ In all probability monument will
he erected in Pueblo to the memory OF
Captain John Showers Stewart of the
I First Colorado volunteers, who was
killed in an engagement in front of Ma
Mia. March 18th. The monument Will
also be in honor of the other brave
boys who met death in the Philippines.
William Hall, the murderer of T. c.
/ Grump. has been found guilty of muir
der in the first degree. and will be
hanged at Santa Fe. The date of exc
cution has not been set yet Theo.
Vick. who shot and killed his guardian.
Dr. Parish. last winter in Roswell, re-
ceived a sentence of eighteen years in
the penitentiary.
The following Colorado soldiers have
been sent home from Manila on ac-
count of sickness; Claude h. Hooper.
William r. Byrne, Herbert 4. ID. Lowe.
Charles C. Drake. D. \. Cutting, y. IL.
Rogers. William C. Saxon, George 4.
Carmechel Jonathan De York. Archie
Blair. C. b. Bailey. A. Westfall, John
T. Horsman. o. II. Heinroth, NJ. j. Nc
Giynn, and L. Van Coraigh.
The Utah Beet Sugar Company has
lust declared-a dividend of % per cent,
payable In stock. and decided to ex-
pend sJo0o0o In the improvement and
extension of its plant at Lehi. Two
branch factories are to be erected. One
this year and another next year. A
tug and line Of scows will also be
placed on Utah lake for the transporta-
tion of lime rock from the company's
luarries to the factory.
The citizens Of Loveland are max
ing a strenuous effort to secure at that
place the establishment of beet sugar
factory. Al present they are endeavor-
ing to raise a bonus in consideration of
which company Of capitalists stands
ready TO put in the plant This con
sists of $1,000 in cash and 800 acres
Of land within six miles of Loveland.
should this be proffered the company
pledges itself 10 put up S4O0,O0o
plant and operate II. II Is understood
that 5000 in cash and 100 acres OF
land have been pledged.
The Union Pacific gravel mine at
Sherman has been placed in charge of
+. =. Edwards Of Illinois. II Is the in.
tcntlon to commence work shipping
gravel at once. Two steam shovels and
n large force Of men will be employed
in the work. The shipments will ag-
gregate 5000 tons per day during the
entire summer season. A rotary plow
i now clearing the gravel pits Of snow
and ice and shipments of gravel will
p III "a lew nv
If gravel from Sherman will cause the
employment Of several additional train
crews.
The passage OF the Bell anti-scrip bill
means perhaps more to Las Animas
county than any other measure that
has ever passed the Colorado Legisla-
ture. Such bill has been demanded
by the people there for several years.
The bill will do away with the truck
store business whereby the coal com
panies are enabled 10 beat the miners
out of half their wages by forcing them
to buy at exorbitant prices everything
they may need Mt the stores owned by
the coal companies. 1t Is matter OF
fact that Mt the company stores mer-
chandise Of almost every kind costs the
miners much more than when bought
Mt Trinidad, or at any store not con-
. trolled by the coal companies.
Seventeen Union Pacific surveyors
left Cheyenne for the purpose Of mnk
ing survey Of branch line of road
proposed to be built from Sidney. Ne
hraska. into eastern Wyoming by way
II Crawford. Nebraska. This exten-
sion Is planned to secure the stock and
, farm shipments from the valley of the
North Platte In western Nebraska and
eastern Wyoming ns against the Bur
, lingion system. which has n corps OF
I surveyors In the field surveying n pro-
posed line into the district from Brush.
: Colorado. The district has n number
, of prosperous towns which have been
, built up without railway communica-
lion, which will be connected with out
: side markets should the proposed lines
bc built
! The Supreme Court Of Wyoming met
. Mt Cheyenne on the 3rd and handed
down decisions In nj least two import.
ant eases. In the case OF John Rob.
crts ct al, treasurer OF Laramie coun.
~. II was decided that the bondsmen
OF the county treasurer were not lin
BILE to the county for funds lost By the
treasurer In the bank OF Thomns A.
Kent. In the case OF the Standard
Cattle Company against the treasurer
Of Weston county. Wyoming. some In
teresting questions relating 10 the tax.
alton OF the stock interests were dc.
cIded. II was held by the Supreme
Court that the cattle were taxable only
In the county In which the COMPANY
Ind Its home range, and not In another