The Monte Vista journal., 1899-07-29


Of forked coal. The strike has been on
ever since last May, the company not
having mined any coal. nor have the
men done days work since that time.
The original cause seems to have been
that the miners thought the Citizens
Company was playing into the hands
OF the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany.
In old times they had some grand
weddings, and It In proposed BY the
Cheyenne Frontier Day COMMITTEES this
year to reproduce one Of the early
public weddings. A voting contest II
now going ON for bridesmaids. and II
Is expected to have sixty Of the hand
soonest young ladies' In Wyoming and
Colorado selected. The wedding will
be followed by 4 grand old time ball.
to which all are cordially invited. The
grounds will be brilliantly lighted and
the bridesmaids and attendants. with
friends from all parts of the country,
VIII present one OF the Eayest old
time wedding balls seen for many
Year,.
General Land Commissioner Her
mann has instructed w. T. 8. May,
forestry superintendent at Denver. to
permit sheep grazing In open spaces
on the Uintah forest reserve copccs-
sion. This action was due to the united
Efforts Of the sheep grazers, who have
long been after the general land com
missioner for this privilege. The open
Ing Of the Uintah reservation In In the
nature Of an experiment. and II II
proves successful, all forest reserves
Will next year be thrown open. The re-
In, tr~,- H..
each yenr. md sheep grazing will be
restricted to the open spaces.
The mines Of the Diamond Coal and
Coke Company Mt Diamondville, Wyo-
ming, have been Idle for three days.
Ihe drivers OF the company struck,
resulting In over COO men being
thrown out OF employment. The cause
or the strike is said TO be the action
OF the company In discharging a dri-
yer In the mine who carelessly allowed
valuable horse to he injured 20 that
II had to be shot. The Miners Union
held n meeting and asked for m In
Vestigation. which was granted by the
company. 1t Is generally conceded
thnt the matter OF wages IL not in
volved and that the miners will all
return TO work soon.
=, "s 'o"h VI NuIcau suHereu heavy
hnancini loss by fire shortly after mid.
night Friday. but sad,ier still is the loss
OF two young boys. the two eldest sons
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Dolan. The fire
started In the upper story Of the hotel
building kept by Mr.. Dolan. and evil
dcntly In the room occupied by his
boys, aged 10 and II years. Mr.. Dolap
ana hi. wife. with two younger chill
dren. slept on the lower floor, and
managed to get out without serious In.
Juries. MIR. bolan procured II ladder
ana attempted to reach the upper story
10 save his boys. and In NO doing he
wns so badly burned that his life is
now dcspaired Of.
War has been declared by tho tcrr,.
tory Of New Mexico on the Continental
oil Company. which is identical with
the standard OIL Company. The last
Legislature passed n law establishing
commercial commission and also n
law providing for the inspection OF coal
oil ana certain fee 10 bc paid for the
inspection. The company has thus fur
openly dcfied the law and to-day the
commercial commission Instructed So
iicitor General T.. l.. Bartlett 10 pro.
coed aRninst the company. Hon. Neill
B. Field Of AlbuQuerque In attorney
for the oil company. and both an.
anxious to push the suit 10 as TO Cct
the United States court to pass upou
the constitutiOnality Of the law. A fury
Will be waived before the District
Court AMI the case will bc brought
before the territorial Supreme Court
In August and before the United
States Supreme Court In October. The
feeling against the oil company In the
territory IL very bitter ms the retail
price OF 10 cents n gallon charged for
coal oil Is deemed much too high. and
bitter fight will he made by the terri.
torinl authorities nrnlnst the mon.
opoly with n view Of breaking Ii.
The Union Pacific fossil hc'ds cxpc
dition. numbering nearly 1870 men
passed through Omaha n ;cw days
ago and at Laramie took wagons
for the wonderland OF Wyoming. Sci.
entists OF this country are mnnifestinr
extraordinary interest In this undertak.
Ing. Many will join the party In the
field between now and August LIST.
The trip Will probably consume forty
days. The main direction will te
northwest and the itinerary will bc ter.
minated mt the Grand canon Of the
Platte. On the honcwnrd journey a
new route will bc selected and the
trip will consequently Ike ms varied as
II eau possibly bc made. II is purely
for the benefit Of geologists. This ex.
pcditlon has been arranged by the
Union Pacific officials because OF the
Interest which has been created by the
recent discoveries Of rcpiiiian fossIls
Of enormous size as well A. other ~.
maTknblc curiosItics. Huge mammals
Of cicphantinc dimensions are mingled
with numerous orders Of large animals
TINT have long hru extinct. Among
them urr cnmels. rhin0ccrOses, dogs,
eats. elephants mud monkeys. great sra
monsters. fishes Of innumcrrIblc de-.
conclusivcly that In early ages wy0.
ming wns the home Of grcnt forests Of
tropical AMI scmi.tropicai trees.
Tho Colorado 4 Southern and Santa
Fc officials have completed their track.
nEc agreement. giving the Colorado
tho use Of the kantn Fc tracks hetwcrp
Denver aud Pueblo. Tho change N.
suits In new schedule of Texas trains
on tho Colorado. The Fort Worth
train will kave Denver NJ 1913 y. IN
instead of 11:t5 .. m. ~ ~ present
and arrive In Fort Worth on the pres.
cot schedule time. The train will leave
Fort Worth - at present. but will ar.
2 n. M. The new tisne In 4 rvxiuc-
tiou Of morn than nvs heuss under the
time formerly made between Denver
and Fort Worth. An through freight
and passenger trains Of thc Colombo
will run over the Nanta fe tracks b.
tween Dcnver and 1'uehio. Thsse Ia
m inesnfh,n vrhataVer VIZ, GSx,aiA>ns