The state herald., 1899-05-26
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

Tor conSumptlNeS. Ine Iolor'iuO utic-
cation is energetic in this movement,
and will endcavor to push 1t through.
The third disastrous hre to visit
Jerome. Arizona. within the last
eighteen months swept large part
of the business portion of that town
on the 10Th. The fire had its origin in
the office of the Leland hotel. which
was twenty-room two-story frame
building. II spread rapidly until 300
buildings had been destroyed. From
the Leland hotel the fire spread two
squares, destroying the Ryan house,
Scott n Moorc's livery stable and ten
dwellings, stopping within ten feet of
the Reporters office. West of the I4c-
land a business section where Il large
number of hotels. restaurants and sa-
looms We're located, We're destroyed,
within n space of twenty-five minutes.
Tie estimated value of the destroyed
buildings is 100000.
1t has been officially announced that
not single property holder in Santa
Fc owns one foot Of ground nor has
the city title to the streets or the
plaza. The courts have decided that
the Santa Fe grant is Illegal and that
the city and township are situated on
government land and that the city has
no right to collect taxes levied on
lands. a mass meeting will be held
and the surveyor general will he re-
qucstcd TO cXpcnd II $1,000 appropria-
tion. He is about to return to Wash
ingtOn ID. C., for n survey of the
township, and the land office will he
asked 10 issue small holding titles to
lands occupied by settlers. Under the
present law, however. the city cannot
acquire title 80 the streets and the
plaza, and the courts will be asked to
set the law aside.
Information has been received from
Special Agent G. Il. Abbott that the
log boom, which he has been using
across the Platte river ut Fort Steele,
Wyoming, for the purpose Of gather
ing railroad cross ties. has broken and
upwards of 5000 ties have been swept
down stream. The river commenced To
rise Saturday and in twenty-four hours
the water raised two and "A half feet.
Three wire cables. each an inch in
diameter, broke under the pressure OF
the ties and the strong current. An eff
fort is being made To save the ties at
a point lower down the river. which 1t
is thought will be successful. The
property is that seized by the govern
ment from Contractor j. G. Teller. who
was accused of cutting il from govern
ment land. The entire number seized
is 1900. scattered at various points in
and along the Plat" river from Fort
Steele TO Saratoga.
The snow fighters are still at work
with dynamite and shovel on two
branches of the mountain system Of
the Colorado and southern road. Above
Breckenridge. In the direction Of Lead
VILE two gangs Of men are hammer
ing away on avalanchcS which left
twenty-five feet Of Ice and snow in
their track. Two gangs are also ham
mering at great snow banks In the re-
giOn of Alpine pass, The difficulties
are so great that the report Of one day
this week showed only twenty-five feet
progress as the result of the entire
days operations. without the aid of
dynamite II Is claimed the banks would
not disappear before the Fourth of
July. so hard have they become. Adj
Vices last evening gave encouragement
that the line between Como and Gun
niSon would h. open for traffic to-mor-
row. Officers Of the railway are max
ing no promises. II Is probable that
steel snow sheds viii bc erected before
the snow flies In the fail. Insurance
companies refuse 10 insure wooden
sheds.
Every mine In the Occur d'Alcnc dis
trlc, closed down Thursday except the
bunker Hill. which employs non union
miners. II * expected that the new
prison will he completed saturday and
In II will he confined :ai5 prisoners who
are now hcrdrl In an lmprovisel cor
ml. Two hundred union miners lett
Wallace to.duy, as with the present
temper nj the district attorney and
military Il j. hopeless for mlon miners
Ia expect work Ia Occur d'Alpur Gen,
crnl Ncrrinm's order requires that any
miner working after to-day must So.
cure a permit. 10 obtain this permit
he must rrnouucr allegiance 10 the
union. Only 100 men now working at
the Bunker llill mine have taken out
these permits. Other miur owners
have not rNuctrd permits; In fact. they
seem tu be- yrry lukrNurm In the anti
union crusade The result Is thnt To.
day nll those mines had 10 he shut
down. In the Last Chance i5u men
We're turned uui. In Canyon Creek auu
men wrr" laid utf Hnd nj Wallace 800
more were discharged.
II /, reported that radical changes ln
the curriculum ~ the Colorado Arft.
cultural College are contemplated. IN
is claimrd, says IN" Denver Post hy
those who question the wisdom Of The
present administration Tint while there
has been an apparent advancement In
the Institution, the educational stand.
ard has been lowered, that the net rc.
suits OF the large expenditure of mon.
cy In salaries, apparatus aud now
buildings, us shown In the number OF
graduates turned out. II far from hc.
ing satisfactory, They also rlnlm thnt
while the annual attendance has shown
nm lnrrcns" II lnS been accomplished
10y industrious nnd persistent drum.
ming for new students throughout tho
state aud adjoining sinicz. nud hy the
constant admission of students In th,.
preparatory aud sub freshman clnssrs.
who. In fact, hy reason Of their rS.
trcmo youth, nre entirely nut af plnec
In such nm institution For lustnnrr.
there hns for years existed In Port Cnl.
lins strong nningunlsm between the
college mud the high school In ronsc,
uucncc ~ u constant effort on the pnrt
Of the former To build up liz fortunes
nj the cXpcns" of the latter The instI
tuition Of n commercial department /.
also commented upon unfavornbly n.
entirely out Of plnc" Ia nn agricultural
college. The number uf students NJ,
innhlnp tho nrnnhfnInrA. .nh- frna hmm