La Junta tribune., 1899-03-25

Denver has sixteen tickets for The
spring election.
Work on Boulder's electric street ran
way will be commenced sooi-
a telephone line is being put up Dc
tween Pueblo aud La Junta.
DIR. T. A. Hughes has resigned MS
position as secretary OF the Coiorauo
Board %; Medical Examiners
The imprisoned Leadville miners
have not vet been released and 1t may
be some time before they get OUT
The Denver miltiamen returned
from Lake City Tuesday morning. only
one company being left on guard there'
A murderer and cattle thief, who hau
been convicted. sawed their way oul V,
the Arapahoe county Jail a Few dass
ago.
Contracts have been let and work
begun on fifteen miles of the grade OF
the Rio Grande Westerns Park City
extension up Provo canon.
At the meeting of the sovereign
camp. woodmen OF the World, al
Memphis. +. A. Falkenburg OF Denver
was elected sovereign adviser.
Rev. Jonathan Wood has been grant
ed a divorce in the County court AT
Aspen. Rev. Wood has been pastor
OF the Baptist church there for two
wears past and both he and his wife
have been held in high esteem. Rev.
Wood alleged extreme cruelty and the
evidence showed the wife to be SO In
sanely jealous that the jury thought
him justified in seeking divorce.
The Wyoming State Board of Equali-
Zation has raised the valuation upon
live stock for purposes OF taxation thir
ty per cent. over last years rates.
Range cattle are raised from $l5 to Sl3
per head: range sheep from s1.io to
soo5, and other classes Of stock. eX-
cepting horses. which are unchanged.
arc raised in the same proportion. The
raise in these valuations VIII increas'.
the assessed valuation OF the state a
million dollars.
The United States grand jury at
Butte returned indictments against Dr.
]. l.. Atkinson. surgeon: Charles NC
Iniire. irriSating engineer. and Frank
A. Hunter. clerk mt the Fort Peck In
dian reservation. for soliciting cam
paign fund for the 1895 election. The
money is alleged to have been collect
~
make good deficit in the campaign
fund OF the National Committee OF the
Democratic party.
By the terms of contract signed in
Denver. the Wells Fargo company Will
On May lst place Its service in opera
ton over the lines of the Colorado &
Southern railroad. BY this change
LOCO miles OF railroad service IL added
to the wells-Fargo system. thus super
setlipy the service OF the Pacific Ex-
press Company. AID giving 1t direct
connection with the northern and
southern lines controlled by it. The
Wells Fargo company will retain all
employees of the Pacific Express Com
pany who will stay.
The rumored resignation of Cassius
NJ. Moses Of Pueblo. lieutenant colonel
,f the First Colorado volunteers at Ma
uila. has been confirmed by telegram
received by Governor Thomas: Gen
arnl Otis wires from Manila that he has
declined to accept Lieutenant Colonel
Moses resignation for the reason that
his services cannot nt this time be dis
peused with or his place be filed" 1t
has been known among members OF
the militia in Denver for some time that
Lieutenant Colonel Moses was not sat
lsfied with his treatment at Manila.
MANY assert that he was not friendly
with Colonel Coy owing. 1t is said, to
the latter's treatment Of him.
Reports from all sections Of Colorado
are telling of the great loss OF horses
on the range. Range horses are not OF
crent value and as rule are given
little or no attention. During the pres
ont winter very few of them have
been fed and they have been COM
pelled to hustle for themselves. In
wyoming. Utah, Idaho and all through
the north. the range Is said TO be COW
cred with the carcasses Of dead horses,
frozen to death after being partly
starved through inability to get at the
feed through the SNOW. The fact that
horses are the best range rustlers
known, will give fair idea Of the Sc
verify of the winter when they die In
such numbers.
Deputy Sheriff Waraument has re-
turned TO Cheyenne from the ranges OF
Little Horse creek in eastern Laramie
county, where he served injuncfions
upon IA number OF the small stockmen
OF the region tn restrain them from
carrying ou. threats TO drive the cattle
OF Mark Coad and G. j. Heysham
from the range. The injunctions were
secured by Messrs. Cond and Hey
sham. who claim the stockmen threat
cned violence. The matter will come
before the District Court upon the ap-
plication to secure permanent injunc-
.ion TO restrnin the defendants from
driving OF the cattle. The procedure
IS n novel one In determining range
disputes and will be watched with
great interest.
Valuable copper deposits have lately
been discovered near Placerville. Colo
RADIO. on the line Of the Rio Grande
Southern railroad. Specimens on ex-
hibition in the general Offices OF that
company in the Equitable Building,
Denver, assay as high as 90 per cent.
copper and 500 ounces Of silver TO the
ton. II the mines prove to be ns rich