The Holly chieftain., 1899-11-03


sibility for the undertaking. The prop-
critics OF the Grand junction Town and
improvement Company go into the pool
anu John Z Phillips, Cripple Greek
mlne owner, who resides in Denver b.
comes trustee. Several of the capitnl-
lists interested in the beet sugar nlnnt
at Grand Junction are Identified with
the new enterprise as are citizens OF
Colorado Springs, Cripple Greek. As
pen, Grand Junction and the San Juun
region.
The Santa Fe board of trade has max
ed the national government either n
transfer the Fort Marcy reservation to
the city in trust for school and free
public library purposes or to sell II to
the highest bidders. At present the
buildings on the reservation about
twenty in number, are occupied rent
free by office holders, who receive good
salaries and who, it is maintained.
should build or rent good houses In the ,
city and pay their proportion Of taxes
for the support of the city and terri
tory. The board of trade is also max
ing an effort to secure gift from An
drew Carnegie for Il public library on
similar condition to that upon which he
gave $1,000 to Prescott. Arizona
u
ident happened ut the Joe Dandy mine,
Cripple Greek district. in which two
men lost their lives. They are William
Van Why, aged 33 and married, and
w. L. Lambert, aged 40. The men
We're being hoisted from the bottom, Of
the Joe Dandy shaft, where they had
lighted the fuse on four shots they had
just finished loading The shaft is 13O
feet deep. They had been raised about
sixty feet when the pin that holds the
drum of the hoist in place came out in
some eunaccountable manner: the weight
OF the men at once reversed the drum
and they dropped to the bottom Of the
shaft. Almost simultaneously with
their alighting the shots exploded and
both were instantly killed. Lambert's
head and body We're horribly mutilat-
ed. the chest being blown full of holes.
Ogden last Wednesday witnessed the
spectacle of United States soldiers beg
ginS in the streets for something to
eat They were members of party
of the Firty-siXth United States yolun- a
teer infantry, and came from South
Farmingham, Massachusetts, in COM
mand of Colonel Schuyler. When they
marched through the streets. while
they made a good military appearance,
they all acted tired. After their march
they scattered through the city, and
many little purses were made up for
them by the citizens whom they hap
pened to meet. They took the money
and bought bread. They stated that
they had been fed on hardtack and
canned beef with coffee from the time
they started. The regiment went west .
over the Southern Pacific to-nightf
There have been n number of desef-
tions since the regiment started.
In three years Mr.. Turnbulrs dogs
have killed $50 coyotes. besides seyA
eral large wolves. The bounty receiy-
ed has paid the expense of keeping the
dogs and saddle horses. 1t is not an
unusual thing for a fast, well-bred
hound to kill itself in the chase. Re-
Gently one of Mr.. Turnbull's best dogs
ran until 1t had n hemorrhage of the
lungs and died. and shortly afterwa,a
one of his large stag hounds ran until
he fell in fit and had to be carried
home on horse. Even with SO many
well trained dogs, the coyotes often
escape, II they have n long start. Tho
long-eared Jack rabbit, however, u
the swiftest animal on the prairie and
often escapes the hounds as he is sure
to select rough, rocky ridge to run
on, where the best of his pursuers
soon become bloody and crippled from
contact with Its Jagged stones.
A Leadville dispatch says: Fuel has
been added to the excitement in Hofiie
mining stock by the report of another
enormous find which was made several
days ago, but not made public at once.
The new ore body was discovered at
the 5O0-foOt level, in the Starr shaft.
and consists Of three feet of lead sa{ad
which samples across / 400 ounces sfl-
yer. This assay is not the analysis OF
a specimen, but is the average yalu,
of the entire three feet, which also runs
so per cent. lead. The management in
sacking the ore and has driven on the
new vein several feet. and as fafCss
the drift has gone the ore body reta }la
Its richness. Surrounding this wonder
full body of lead sand, which resembles
that of the Robert L. Lee and Little
Pittsburs of the early days there isfan
Immense stope of high grade iron
which will average over 200 ounces fn
silver and so per cent excess iron
which Will reduce the treatment to less
thnn 50 per ton. The shipments OF 3O
tons per day will probably be Increased
10y the first of the MONTH as the policy |
OF the management Is to take out khe
ore as fast as possible.
Santa Fe is in the throes Of aspe-
culiar church war at present. Rev. q.
l.. Madden, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church in this city, had
served five years as pastor; and was
transferred to the church at Bland Mt
the last session of the Methodist con-
ference held at Ration week ago.
hev. A. A. Hyde of Alamogordo WAS
appointed to succeed Mr. Madden. The
local congregation did not like the an