The Monte Vista journal., 1899-05-27
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

ing hold of handsome hospital build
ing near Denver. erected at a cost Of
$50, 600. and making II a free hospital
for consumptives. The Colorado dele
cation IL energetic In this movement,
and will endeav0r to push II through.
The third disastrous fire to visit
Jerome, Arizona, within the last
eighteen months swept q large part
of the business portion Of that town
on the 10th. The fire had its origin in
the office Of the Leland hotel, which
was a twenty.roOm twO-stOry frame
building. 1t spread rapidly until 300
buildings had been destroyed. From
the Leland hotel the fire spread two
squares. destroying the Ryan house.
Scott & Moore's livery stable and ten
dwellings, stopping within ten feet OF
the Reporters office. West OF the Le-
land a business section where large
number OF hotels, restaurants and sn-
looms were located, We're destroyed,
within space OF twenty-five minutes.
The estimated value Of the destroyed
buildings IL 100000.
1t has been ofYicially announced that
not single property holder In Santa
Fc owns one foot Of ground nor has
the city title to the streets or the
plaza. The courts have decided that
the Santa Fe grant is Illegal and that
| the city and township are situated ON
government land and that the city has
no right TO collect taxes levied on
lnnds. A mass meeting will be held
and the surveyor general will be re-
quested to expcnd 5000 appropria-
ton. He Is about TO return to WASH
ington, ID. c.. for survey OF the
township. and the land office will be
asked to issue small holding titles to
| lands occupied by settlers. Under the
present law. however. the city cannot
acquire title 30 the streets and the
p!aza, and the courts will bc asked to
set the law aside.
Information has been received from
Special Agent q. Il. Abbott that the
log boom, which he has been using
across the Platte river NJ Fort Steele.
f., Wyoming, for the purpose OF gather.
ing railroad cross ties, has broken and
upwards OF 5000 ties nave been swept
down stream. The river commenced to
rise Saturday and In twen,y-four hours
the water raised two and half feet
Three wire cables. each an inch in
diameter. broke under the pressure of
the ties and the strong current. An ef.
fort is being made TO save the ties at
point lower down the river. which 1t
is thought will he successful. The
property is that seized by the govern,
mcnt from Contractor j. q. Teller. who
was accused OF cutting 1t from govern.
mcnt land. The entire number seized
IL 1900, scattered at various points in
anI alamo thn plptfn I'nrt
Steele to Saratoga.
The snow fighters are still nt work
! with dynamite and shovel on two
branches OF the mountain system Of
the Colorado and Southern road. Above
Breckenridge. In the direction of Lead
vile, two gangs OF men are hammer
ing away on avalanchcs which left
twenty-five feet OF Ice and snow In
their track. Two gangs are also ham.
mcring at great snow banks In the re-
gion OF Alpine pass. The difficulties
are 40 great that the report OF one day
this week showed only twenty-five feet
progress as the result OF the entire
days operations. Without the MD OF
dynamite II In claimed the banks would
not disappear before the Fourth OF
July, so hard have they become. Ad-
that the line between Como and Cum
nison would be open for trnfiic tomOr-
row. Officers Of the railway are max
Ing no promises. II IL probable that
steel snow sheds will bc erected before
the snow files In the fall. Insurance
companies refuse to insure wooden
sheds.
Every mine In the Cocur d'Alcne dis
trict closed down Thursday except the
Bunker lllll which employs non-union
miners. II Is expected that the new
prison Will bc completed Saturday and
In II Will he confined :s.'J prisoners who
are now her,led In an improvised cor
rnl. Two hundred union miners left
Wallace to-day. ms with the present
temper Of the district attorney nnd
military II Is hopeless for union miners
to expect work In Occur d'Alene. Gen.
cral Merriam's order requires that my
miner working after to-day must So
cure u permit. To obtain this permit
he must rcnouncc allegiance to the
union. Only 10 men now working nt
the Bunker lin mine have taken out
these permits. Other mine owners
have not eXacicd permits: In fact, they
seem to he very lukewarm In the anti.
union crusade. The result is that to.
day nll those mines had to be shut
down. In the Last Chance 100 men
were turned out. In Canyon Creek 9OO
men were lnid on and at Wallace 800
more were discharged.
It Is reported that radical changes in
the curriculum Of the Colorado AEri.
cultural College nre contemplated. II
is claimed. says the Denver Post. by
those who question the wisdom OF the
present administration that while there
has been an apparent advancement In
the institution. the educational stand.
ard has been lowered: tina, the net RI.
suits Of the large expenditure Of mon.
ey In salaries. apparatus nnd new
buildings. - shown In the number Of
graduates turned out. II fur from l,e.
Ing satisfactory. They also claim that
" whiie the annual attendance has shown
an incrcase Il Inns been accomplished
by Industrious and persistent drum.
ming for new students throughout the
state and adjoining states. and by the
constant admission Of students In the
preparatory aud sub freshman cissser.
who. In fact. by reason Of their cx.
trcmc youth. ARE entirely out Of place
In such nn Institution. For Instance.
there has for years existed In Fort Col.
Inns . strong antnsoniam between thr
college and the high school In cousr,
aucucc Of q constant effort on the mart
Of the former 10 buik up It's fortunes
at the expense 0f the latter. The insti.
tuition Of 4 commercial ticssa rtmspt IN
also commented upon unfa avOrabDy ~