The Meeker herald., 1899-03-11

crude petroleum are constantly issll-
ing from the earth and flowing away
down the little gulch. much as water
would do. only that the earth absorbs
the oil before it flows far. The stuff
! is about the consistency of heavy ma
chine oil. and Is used by ranchmen
adjacent for lubricating wagons and
other farm machinery, where 1t gives
excellent results. The oil has a great
reputation as wonderful remedial
agent in curing sore shoulders or 9th
er bruises or cuts in horses and other
animals. People send great distances,
in some cases from other states, for
| bottles of 1t to use in the stable.
| Specimens of free gold ore werc
shown in Canon City last week thai
will readily assay $4,000 per ton. Thr
/ ore was taken from the Jack Warner
mine. owned by Messrs. Louther and
| Sallee. The claim is located three
quarters of II mile south of the Cop
| per King As might be expected thu
news created intense excitement, and
by ten o'clock the read leading to thr
| dawson camp was alive with teams
Hundreds of men visited the mine. The
claim is located on the metamorphIc
ridges. extending from Grape creek In
n northeasterly direction. That the
strike Is genuine. no one in Canon City
doubts The values are obtained from
rock lying between the sandstone and
granite The extent OF the lead is un.
known. for as yet the work consists of
nothing more than n twelve-foOt tunnel
face. The owners of the mine are resi-
dents OF Cimarron, Kansas.
Wood alcohol. used as a beverage,
has killed three miners at Blanca min
ing camp. Several other men are dan
gerously i'll from the same cause. The
dead are James Bowermin. John Rhi-
ner and John Anderson John Bower
man Lewis GoodnOwin and others are
seriously i'll. Jim Bowerman came 10
Hooper Sunday and purchased one
quart Of wood alcohol. claiming he
wanted it for scientific experiments.
Bowerman returned to Blanca Monday,
and with a number of friends, dilut-
ed the alcohol with water and mixed
it with rock candy. Then he and his
friends drank the mixture. Physicians
Were summoned from Hooper.
Great excitement prevails. The miners
blame the drug clerk. He says, how
ever, that he properly labeled and ex-
planned the use of the wood alcohol.
and that his proof is positive. A corO-
ner's inquest will probably be held.
Blanca camp is twenty miles east Of
Hooper. 1t has n population Of about
100. No physician lives in the camp.
Game Commissioner Swan has re-
ceived 4 letter from w. r. Wilcox,
game warden in the northwestern
part Of Colorado, who writes that the
situation is critical and that unless
the weather moderates the number Of
elk on the range will he hardly large
enough to attract an eastern hunter to
Colorado, even though the Legislature
should decide upon short open sea-
son upon this class of game. He
states that the snow is over three feet
deep on n level throughout Routt md
Rio Blanco counties. Only the ju'--
ting ridges and promontories are clear
of the white coating. Thus the elk
find 1t practically impossible 10
browse, for the shrubs upon which
they feed do not flourish upon the
ridges and mountain tops. They are
swarming In immense bands into the
valley close to Steamboat Springs. but
even there they find little relief, for
the snow is as deep in the valley as in
the gulches of the mountains. An al.
| tempt will be made to spread out a
few tons of hay, in the hope that the
animals may be saved from starvation
William Wayne Belvin was arrested
Saturday night at the Waldorf-A -Asto-
ria hotel, on the charge that he was
unable to pay board bill of SLAB,
which he owed the hotel. He told
Magistrate Meade that his arrest was
I the result of a conspiracy. He said
/ that he was able to pay. and asked Ia
be paroled. but the magistrate held
him in $500 bail for examination
Though the charge against Eelvin is
violation OF the hotel law, the real rea-
son for his arrest was that David ii.
MofYat, the well-knowT Denver mil
lionaire, guest of the hotel had com
planned that Belvin had threatened to
kill him. Belvin declares that Mr.
Moffnt owes him large sum of
money, and that when he requested
payment he was arrested on the
| Charge, which he says was trumped
up for the purpose of getting rid of
him, Mt n time when he could not Oh
| tain ready money to free himself.
/ Belvin is well known as II promoter
in Wall street. and for years has been
a familiar figure in the hotels Of the
city. Belvins bill against Moffat is
based on claim for commission on the
sale OF the Victor mine. When ar
rligned Belvin's bill was paid by
friend and he was discharged.
| The United States Supreme Court
has decided two bond eases of great
interest to Gunnison and Lake countless
The Gunnison county case is decided
against the county. The aggregate OF
the bonds and coupons is about $780,
600. The county claimed that the
bonds had been issued in excess of the
limitation imposed by the constitution
of Colorado, there could be no tax laid
to pay them. and that the obligation
was void In the United States Circuit
Court at Denver, Judge Hallett upheld
this view of the case. The Circuit
Court of Appeals reversed this decs-
ion and remanded the case for II new
trial, directing that further evidence
be secured to determine the rights n
the plaintiffs to sue ON some of the
bonds. The Supreme Court reverses