The state herald., 1899-12-08
COLORADO lreMs.


poses to build reservoir In the South
Platte canon may come to an ami
able agreement to avoid further It'll
CATION.
A. II. Petit and w. IL. Cheairs of
Sterling engaged In shooting affrny
the other day which may result fatally
as both We're severely wounded.
Cheairs was the aggressor, charging
Petit with insulting his wife.
Judge ID. c. Baaman, who framed the
game law which is mt present on the
statute books of Colorado, says that in
ten years the elk will be but n memory
in Colorado. so far as hunting is con-
cerned, and in twenty years the deer
will be unknown in this state as Il
game animal.
President Ristine of the COLORADO
Midland raj road. WHO is now he @,
said to-day concerning the build ng Of
the Midland into Rou,t county, that Ii,
had read the account which appeared
in the Republican, and that I was tru'.
Surveys had been made and the rouie
outlined, he understood. wns practical.
The production of the great gold
camp for the month just closed was
over $2.500,000. The actual figures are
46,SOO tons, the gross bullion value OF
which is S2.515, 800. This IL an increase
of more than % per cent. over Inst
month. and represents an increase OF
more than $1,00OO0O over the produc.
tion being maintained during the early
months of the year. The record is n
remarkable one. II is up to the full
est capacity of the reduction plants
treating Cripple Creek district ores,
nunh na.N.... Ian
record could easily have been increased
If the capacity of these plants had been
greater.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
is making preparations for track lay
Ing next year. Last year the work OF
replacing the 15-pound rails on the first
division by S5-pound rails was begun
and will be continued next year until
the entire first division is equipped
with new rails. An order was placed
several days ago with the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company for 10000 tons
of S5-pound rails, TO be delivered In the
spring of 1900. This will be laid be-
tween Pueblo and Salida and south of
Pueblo. The purpose of the company
is 10 lay heavy rails on its whole line
from Denver TO Grand Junction.
Colorado College won the lntercol-
legiatc championship of Colorado at
football Thanksgiving afternoon by
defeating the State School Of Mines on
Washburn field. The score was II 90.
This, on top of the defeat of Boulder II
week ago Wednesday by score of II
TO >, makes the record of the college
decisive. For the first time In the his
tory of Colorado College its football
team has won the state championship.
1t never before having defeated the
team from Golden. Excitement Is run
ming high and the students OF Colorado
College are most enthusiastic. The
townspeople are rejoicing with them
in their victory.
dispatch from Canon city says:
Warden Ioyt on Wednesday had his
first man returned to the penitentiary
for violation of obligation made in
accepting n parole. John Condon, No.
iIiO would have completed his term
NJ the pcniientiary on the 18th OF Feb
ruary next. and was granted n parole
last Monday. He enjoyed his liberty
just two days. He was found In n
drunken condition yesterday and re-
turned to the warden. BY this act
Condon loses all the good time that
Slttu lb HlN 'It'lll, anu VIII W. 'bih-
PEELED TO serve the limit OF his SEN
tencc. which expires ON May %. 1900.
Condor was sentenced TO two and one
half years from III Paso county for
burglary.
The Western Colorado Educate nal
Assoc alton was In sc = on at Sa In
last week. \ II -nificant and import
ant action 10y the as socldtion was u res
olut'on TO the effect that school boards
b. empowered To levy tcn.mill tax
for the purpose Of establl, hing llbrari =
In every school. n Il that such librarl $
should he selected under the supervis-
ion OF state board. The llvelicst In
terCst was man Tested In these matters
aud the leaders ~ the association arr
determined To make thomselves felt In
the coming lcgis alive lee 'ons aud TIL
session OF that body To follow \ de-
icrmlned effort TO amend and Improve
our school laws Will lie made by tie
members of the association. For the
ensuing year the following officers
were elected: President. Dr. e. T..
Chadsey Of Durango; vice president.
Professor j. w lInmer Of Walsenburg;
secretary. Professor +. j. Browns
combc of Aspen: treasurer. Mrs. NJ. l.
Sisson Of Snlidn: eNecut~:c committee.
e. T.. Elliott OF Leldvllle j. 4. kratlng
Of Pueblo and Mrs. $. II. Wilson Of Du.
range.
The two gangs of workmen who are
boring the Strlcklcr tunnel have only
twcnty-clght more feet between them.
aud II l. expected that within fifty or
sixty hours they VIII have drilled
through this intervening ground. II Will
require several days after the tunnel
II broken through 10 get the hlg bore
In perfect condition throughout. The
contract time expires December Sth,
aud there seems no doubt that the tun.
mel VIII bc entirely finished by that
time. The dctour In the tunnel, which
wns made 10 avoid streak OF soft
mud. Inns never been Strengthened,
and city Engineer Sawyer has given
Wilson n jackson, the contractors, no.
tlcc that Il must be- Strengthened before
he viii accept the work on behalf of
the city. The tunnel Is being bored
10y The city of Colorado Springs 10
mike nm outlet for certain wntcr res.
oryolrs on the western slope of pikc's
Peak. through which the wnier may be-
brought down TO Lake Mornlnn, now
the head of the water system. The
boring Of this tunnel has been proiuc.
tive OF considerable litigation nj times.
nnd the work hns met with delays
through trouble over the warrants
which were issued on the contract.
ON the DIST of last month deal was
consummntcd by which all interests
Of the American Ilnc.Lcnd Company