The Meeker herald., 1899-10-28
WESTERN NOTES.

Oandelaria died from the effect Of
gupshot wound received from Il sprint
gun set In the door Of Metzinger's TOO
house as n protection against burglars
The gun was set 80 the charge would
strike below the knees any person at
tempting to enter, hut the woman III
question was sitting down with hes
back to the door. Judge Crumpacke
ruled that the charge Of murder cOulG
not he sustained, and ordered the jur.
to bring in a verdict Of not guilty.
The work on the White Oaks Noun
taiu line from Toboegan. New Mexico.
TO a point four miles beyond Cloud
croft is progressing rapidly. The con
Tractors expect to be through by De
ceml,er LIST. but the railroad official
think the first Of the year viii see tl,
work completed. The road IL even NOR,
difficult in construction, from an Ell
cheering point of view, and more mag
pificent as II scenic route than the pres
ept noted cloud-cllmbing route. Two
hundred and fifty men are employed.
The contractors are using Pueblo III
dams as much as possible as they are
much better workmen than. Mcxicans.
The commissioners Of Douglas coun
ty have begun taking n hand In the
controversy between the Colorado 4
Southern railroad and the Denver Pow
err and Irrigation Company over thu
right of way through South Platte
canon. The dispute has become tri-
angular affair for the reason that the
commissioners contend that the rail-
road is laying It's tracks over an old
county highway, and before the matter
is finally adjudicated the Rio Grande is
likely to be involved in the difficulty
by virtue Of Its having formerly sur
yeye<i a route over the same roadway.
The Douglas county board has ordered
John Runge, road 0verseer OF the Eley-
enth district. to go to Symes and begin
removing the so-called Constructions"
which the Colorado & Southern has
placed. The railroad company has sent
force Of men to protect their track.
B. Littlefield, the elk raiser of Snake
river, and Routt County. Colorado,
will ship next year to the Chicago mar
ket a carload of elk steers. the elk
beeves ranging from three to seven
years old and weighing out an average
of 1000 pounds. Mr.. Littleheld has
now an elk herd sixty-fivc strong and
expects at the close Of the next five or
six years to count on his enclosed
ranges 1000 elk. The elk steer has no
horns and Ia as gentle and readily han.
died as sheep. He fattens quickly,
making q shipper with n minimum
shrinkage. He does NOT stray, and II
by any mischance he finds himself
without his range enclosure never rests
until he Is back again. 1t has been
found that elk milk produces cheese
of peculiar and excellent character,
and the dairy will doubtless play an
important factor In the development Of
the elk industry.
Since the Wyoming Smelling and Re-
filming Company took charge of the iron
mines at Rawlins eight months ago.
large amount of work has been done.
A new incline has been run to depth
e S 1I8 feet, wheEe a solid body Of the
been uncovered. The ore lies under
hanging wall, the dip of the vein being
not yet been encountered, 70 1t Is i'm
possible to say how thick the lead is,
but enough development work has
been done to prove that there Ia an i'm
mense body Of solid ore that will av-
erage "a per cent. iron and slight trace
Of gold. Chief Engineer Berry Of The
Union Pacific and other authorities
who have visited the mines say that
with the present development 1000 car
loads of ore can be taken from these
mines. The ore runs "a per cent. and
Is sold In Denver for $3.50 per ton.
There was great gathering of Odd
Fellows at Cripple Creek on the 10th
and 18th. The cantons In uniform
rank made fine display and there
was big parade. The Patriarchs
militant and the military dress parade
occurred Tuesday afternoon. The
space surrounding the drill ground
was crowded with spectators. The
drill of each canton occupied about fif
teen minutes and as the difficult evolu-
lions were performed they drew
rounds Of applause. The Judges Cap
tain Howard, First Lieutenant GOwdy
Of Colorado Springs and General Klee
decided that Canton Rogers of Denver
was the winner of the $225 prize; Can
ton Trinidad No. Is, the $175 prize;
Canton Arapahoe No. l, the 1928 prize
and Canton Cripple Creek No. II the
$75 prize. Each captain Of the drill
teams taking part in tie competition
W. AACA vi AOA ocUhCh ASiu up luS
stage from Sneffies at 3 o'clock Mon
day afternoon about three miles south
Of Ouray, up the mountain road, Mt the
second watering trough, a place well
fitted for such deed. The men pre-
scented revolvers at the four occupants
Of the open stage and endeacored to
get out the Iron safe, but could not
break the fastenings. The bandits
were after the gold bags brought down
daily from the Camp Bird mine, but
were unaware that the bags are al
ways placed In an iron safe with mn
armed guard to protect it. A telephone
message from Sneffles shows that the
men kept up on the road and passed
through Sneffies. Sheriff Edgar is us.
ing the wires and will dispatch posse
TO endeavor to capture the highway
men. The occupants of the stage were
not molested and no property was TAX
en- from the stage. which carries the
United States mail.
As a elimination of long series of
noodle ODeratiOns at GRIND Junction