La Junta tribune., 1899-04-01
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

might start up again.
DR.. T. A. Hughes has rcsigntd his
position as secretary of the Colorado
board OF Medical Examiners.
The Democratic candidates At Ridg'
way, Colorado. demand the enforce
meht OF saloon and gambling laws.
Roswell is proving the center Of
great artesinn well region, A. u. Gar
rett has just struck q 30 gallon MIN
ute well AT 2.2,5 feet.
Contracts have been let and WORK
begun on fifteen miles Of the grade oi
the Rio Grandc Westerns Park Ci'y
extension up Provo canon.
Reports haze reached Santa Fe OF an
outbreak Of smallpox among the JlcaF
lila Apaches In the Dnlce sub-ngcncs
Agent WalpOle is on the ground IN
vcstigating and directing the hsh'
against the disease.
The Colorado Supreme Court has de
cIded that stockholders In savings
banks operating under the laws 9i
Colorado must consider themselves ilA
BILE personally for double the amount
OF their holdings and answcrable to the
deposi,ors Of the institution for thht
amount.
The Cimarron mail driver reports
that ptnirie fire ~ sweeping over
what Is known ns the c"rremopa couh'
try east of Clayton. The ADJOINING
country was burned over a few weeks
ago and the damage to the stock inter
ests Will be very great
As rider to the appropriation Dill
the Arizona Legislature. previous to
adjournment sine die, abolished all eA
penditurcs for the National Guard.
The guard. which consists OF ten Wen ?
equipped companies, with strength
OF $40 men. win be nj once disbauaeo'
Rev. Jonathan Wood has been grant
ed divorce In the County court NJ
Aspen. Rev Wood has been pastor
of the Baptist church there Tor fw'
years past and both he and his WIFE
have been held In high esteem. Kew
Wood alleged extreme cruelty and the
evidence showed the wife 10 be so IN
saneiy jealous that the jury thought
him justified in seeking a divorce.
A I.eadville dispatch OF the 10th says,
The Rio Grandc reached kokomo to
day. aud tomorrow morning VIII starr
running passenger trains on the Blue
river brnuch ON time. A train OF freight
cars filled with supplies viii also be
rushed into the town. The principal
food viii b" potatoes. -four, butter and
eggs, Of which the town is badly In
need This is the first of the blockad
ed towns in that section OF the country
to be opened up, they having been iso-
lated from the outer world for over two
months.
The C:unnison Light and Water Com
uany has experimental successfully
with n new electrical process for thnw-
ing out frozen water pipes. Wires
were attached and a current started
through Two services which have been
frozen for some time In just four
minutes after the current was turned
on the water flowed in one OF the
services. In nll six mains We're ihaw
ed out. similar experiments have been
successfully tried n Denver and Al
Fort Collins.
BY the terms of n contract signed In
Denver, the Weils-Fnrgo company will
on May ist place its service In opera
ton over the lines OF the Colorado &
Southern railroad. BY this change
/. GOO miles of railroad service is added
to the wcils-Fargo system. thus super
sedinE the service of the Pacific Ex-
press Company, and giving II a direct
connection with the northern and
southern lines controlled by it. The
Wells Fargo company viii retain all
employees OF the Pacific Express Com
pany who will stay.
The Roxana Gold Mining and Tun-
nelInc Company OF Colorado has pesi-
toned the District of Columbia SUI
preme Court for permanent injunction
against Secretary uf the Interior Hitch
cock. Commissioner Hermann OF the
General Land Office, and the Isabella
Gold Mining Company. also of Colo
rado. to prevent the government issu-
ance TO the Isabella company of any
patent for lands covered by the lOca-
lions made In the names of the Red
Cross. the Green Cross and the Ferdi-
uand lode mining clnims.
Something new and fresh in the way
of palaces Is TO be erected in Salt Lake
City shortly. Cities In cold climate
erect ice palaces. but Salt Lake intends
to put up salt palace. Millions of
tons of rock salt are available. and Il
committee. already appointed. Is TO
meet to complete the arrangements.
1t is said that there are no difficulties
In the way Of making the proposed
palace entirely OF salt. When com
pleted it will certainly be n novelty.
only from the inter-mountnin section,
but from all parts OF the country.
Deputy Sheriff Waraument has re-
turned to Cheyenne from the ranges of
Little Horse creek in eastern Laramie
county. where he served injunctions
upon number of the small stockmen
of the region ia restrain them from
carrying o,. threats TO drive the cattle
OF Marx Coad and c. ]. Heysham
from the range. The injunctions were
secured by Messrs. Coad and Hey
sham. who claim the stockmen threat
ened violence. The matter Will come
before the District Court upon the ap-
plication to secure a permanent injunc-
tion to restrain the defendants from
driving OF the cattle. The procedure
Is a novel one In determining range
disputes and will be watched with