The Meeker herald., 1899-08-12
WESTERN NOTES.

salida has furnished tvpt-two re-
cruits for the army.
Good fishing is repo1ed in the
There is a big crop Of ma. in the
Grand and Eagle valleys.
There will be a large quantlt. Of ap-
pies shipped from Canon CITY tbs year.
There is reported to be IN e1ellent
opening for u good hotel man atGrand
Junction.
James Burns has decided to ,ermit
the release from Jail Of James Doyle
of Victor.
The Florence and Cripple Cree rail-
road track IL being relaid with lehvy
steel rails.
Florence is making great prpara'
tions for the meeting Of the Rights
of Pythias.
-Four hundred miners win be nut to
work at the Baldwin coal mines r1thin
few weeks.
Ex.Mayor James Doyle was gven
warm welcome when he reached 'ictor
after being released from Jail.
There are enough idle men ia the
state penitentiary to Improve t,e roads
of the state ut a small expensA
Several brick buildings are behg put
ND at Montrose. A first-class tineral
artesian well Ii one of the attHctions
there.
Miss Mary McLearn. livinl near
Rifle, Colorado. was burned totieath
the other day while lighting fri with
kerosene.
Victor is bound to be one Of thdsub-
stantial towns of the West. Seteral
large stone and brick buildings are
being built this season.
Governor Thomas, in an address be-
fore the Boulder Chautauqua, fon-
demned the present policy Of the 1ov-
ernment in relation to the Philippines
Bob Blair of the Delta Independent
is one of the successful farmers f(he
western slope. He has standing ifi-
tation to all newspaper men to spp
and see him and I'LL their pockets With
fruit.
Dan Connell. the agent from tie
Coeur d'Alene district, who has beSp
at Cripple Creek to gather non-unid
miners for the mines at Wardner, WI
attacked by party Of men, beaten anY
driven from the camp.
A wooden snow shed 800 feet lOn4
on the Union Pacific, eighty miles weA
of Laramie. Wyoming, caught flre frol1
sparks from an enginne and was total
ly destroyed. The heat warped the raili
and a new track had to be laid. Traf
fic was blocked several hours.
A dispatch from Price, Utah. says {
disastrous wreck occurred on the lRit
Grande Western road sixty miles cas-
of there last Thursday night. Freigh
train No. 16 ran into > washout neal
Solitude. The engine toppled over
instantly killing EnStneer Frank Nc
Mahon and Fireman James Whe1en.
The Board of Governors Of the Min
ing Stock Association Of Colorado
Springs has passed sentence on si1
| brokers charged with cutting commits
sions. N. Leipheimer is expelled; A. @
Wagy, A. G. Rowland, W. w. Price
F. D. White and ]. X. Miller are sus
pended from the exchange for one yea
and are also fined $500. Others may bt
punished.
Engineer John Mack. whose negli
gcnce caused the awful wreck at VOL
| colt last Saturday, has reached hii
home in Laramie. After the wreck h,
| went to Hanna, where he remained IL
hiding for several days, us he feared
the consequences of his carelessness
His friends say Mack's watch stopped
and he miscalculated the time of train
by one hour.
Leadville sportsmen have taken VI
the cudgel against the Twin Lake.
Reservoir Company and will probably
bring a contest in the courts question
| ing the right to construct reservoir
on n meandering stream or to raise ant
| lower the water. The opinions Of sew
eral Denver and Leadville lawyer,
have been obtained to the effect tina
p, according to the federal statutes thii
| right is prohibited.
Colorado is threatened with anothe
passenger rate war, which may posi-
| bly, assume the ruinous proportions o
| the famous conflict some five years ag
| between the Denver & Rio Grande q b.
the Colorado Midland roads, when tn
fare to all parts Of the state was but 2
cents. The impending conflict will b
between the same roads, and due I
! the threat of the Rio Grande to put o.
another fast train to Grand Junction
At meeting of the citizens of Love
land contracts were signed for the bal
ance Of the beet acreage required 70
the proposed sugar factory at tina
place. The bonus of $50 acres Of Ian
and SIC, 600 cash asked by the compan
| was secured some weeks ago. Sine
that time the LOveland committee ha
been pushing the work Of contractin
$500 acres of beets to supply the faS
tory when started. 1t now only remain
for the factory people to do their par
and the beet sugar factory will be n
assured fact for 1900. There IL n
doubt but that the company will com
to the front within the next few day