Gilpin observer., 1899-11-23
COLORADO ITEMS.

Inc Uintah Indians are reported to
nave returned to their reservation in
Utah.
The State University foot ball team
defeated the State School Of Mines on
the 18th.
Ihe town Of Gillett has sold its wat
er works plant to private parties for
enough to pay its debt.
w. 5. StrattOn has offered to present
a gold brick to the Colorado Springs
Press Club, to be used in making
badges.
A handsome granite monument has
Deen erected at Silver Plume to mark
the spot where several men We're killed
by snowslide last winter.
The people of Jefferson county at the
recent election voted in favor of estab-
fishing n county high school, but owing
to Irregularities in the election enough
precincts We're thrown out to defeat
the measure.
John Haenni, one of the best known
and popular citizens of Chaffee coun-
ty, was shot and seriously wounded
about 8 o'clock Tuesday evening by
robber, whose identity has not yet
been discovered. The shooting &C.
Cured at St Elmo.
A carload of Cliff Dwellers' relics has
been started from southern Colorado
for New York. The relics are destined
for the Museum of Natural History,
and comprise many of the most strik
ing objects, gathered from the ruins
near Mancos, that have ever been dis
covered in Colorado or the Southwest.
The railroads of the state are so busy
hauling ore and miscellaneous freight
that they are neglecting the coal traffic.
AS result, there is serious coal
famine in several mountain towns.
The Ute and Ulay mine at Lake City
has closed down on that account.
Professor Rubin Goldmark of the
Colorado College Conservatory of Mu-
sic has received a signal honI in the
acceptance of his concerto by the Bos-
ton symphony orchestra. The concer-
to will be produced by the full orches-
ira January 18th. Professor Gold
mark will be present the first evening
the piece is rendered.
Secretary and Mrs. Long, Miss Helen
Long, and her cousin, Mrs. Carter, ar
rived at Colorado Springs on the 18th
in the private car Atlanta of the Penn
sylvania railroad to place Miss Long
here for the winter on account of her
health. Mrs. Carter will remain with
MISS Long during the winter. Secre-
tary Long spent n part of the day
driving around the city. This is his
first visit there. and he is delighted
with the place. He and Mrs. Long
left for the East Thursday.
Robert ]. Roberts, foreman of the
John G. Roberts mill at Idaho Springs
and well known over the state, was
killed instantly last Monday. In at
tempting to throw a belt on pulley
his coat sleeve caught and he was
drawn up around the shaft. Every
stitch Of clothing was torn from his
body, one arm was broken and maim-
ed, his skull was fractured and his
chest crushed. The body fell to the
floor and Roberts was corpse within
one minute.
A band Of cowboys returned to Coll
bran Saturday from Grand Mesa with
a large herd of horse from which the
names and tails We're eaten entirely
away by each other. owing to the alb
sence of food to sustain life. They re-
port the snow to be from three to four
feet deep, and it seems these horses
mad got into a basin on the mountain.
Ihe snow piling up so rapidly pre-
vented them from being able to dig
gnaw down trees that were four or
five inches in diameter and to deyour
all the coarse hair on each others
bodies. Three or four of the horses
Were dead and If the hunters had not
arrived when they did there would not
nave been horse left alive. Riders
are out on the range everywhere look
ing for lost cattle and horses and the
'stockmen of this section are having
large wages to men who will dare to
snowshOe into the mountains to hunt
for snowbound stock.
A dispatch 10 the Denver Republican
from Craig says: The troubles which
nave been brewing between the Wyo-
ming sheepmen and Routt county
stockmen eliminated yesterday in n
serious manner. A large number of
men. perhaps fifty. attacked a band
OF 5000 sheep belonging to the Geddes
Sheep Company, and slaughtered
nearly all Of them. The butchering oc.
Cured on lower Snake river, forty
miles northwest of Craig. not far from
the old % ranch and occupied several
hours time. The men. who were all
masked. captured the Mexican in
charge of the sheep and took posses
sion of his wagon. after placing him
under n strong guard. The wagon was
demolished and the spokes of the
wheels were used as billets. with
which the men clubbed the sheep TO
death. During the progress of the
siaughtering armed men occupied po-
sitions OF vantage to prevent the ap-
proach OF possible assistance. The
herders were not molested in the least
but were informed that Wyoming
sheep could not invade the Routt
county range with impunity. and that
trouble would ensue so long as sheep
crossed the state line. This act of the
masked men. while deplored by the
citizens Is nothing more than has been
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