The Monte Vista journal., 1899-07-15
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

act of turning over a quantity of
opium to q trusty, whose duty II 10 to
keep the streets clean in front Of the
prison, and when the trusty was strip
ped and search made, the drug was
found upon his person. Wilson was
taken before Justice Minor for trial
and acknowledged his guilt. Sixty min
utes was given him to leave town.
There Is no change in the situation Of
! the Baldwin coal miners strike. Pres
ident Van Mater Of the Alpine Coal
Company was there Sunday and went
up to the Baldwin to confer with the
men. He made them proposition of
paying the old scale Of wages-65 cents
per ton for forked coal-for the next
two months. until he could get new coal
contracts, offering to replace the forks
which they hnd destroyed two weeks
ago without charge. The union held .
consultation and declined the offcr, re-
fusing to mine any forked coal. They
offered to mine shower coal for Is
cents. The president declined, and
thus the matter stands. Both Mdes are
firm and there seems to be no chance
OF settlement. The miners are in poor
circumstances. as they have worked
scarcely any since January 1st. Num-
bers of them are leaving and only
about fifty remain in the camp
The trunk lines between the Missouri
river and the Colorado and California
summer resorts are now handling an
extraordinary passenger traffic, which
for the most part IL moving westward.
II Is estimated that n carload Of this
business originates mt Omaha every
day. and that fully 1000 tourists reach
Denver daily. This business scntters,
some Of II going to California and some
to the Puget Sound country. Eastern
passenger men report the movement Is
bound to continue for at least thirty
days. They are making n speciality OF
the mountain resorts this year. and say
they are engaged In campaign Of
education to induce eastern people to
go to the Rocky mountains rather than
take n sea voyage, The summer tour
list business this year Is certain TO at
tain proportions never before reached
In the history OF American railroads.
a dispatch from Helena says Judge
Knowles, In the United States court,
has signed warrant for the removal
; or David Putty and Bud Nolan, the
two outlaws who were captured in
/ Beaverhead county and are believed to
have been implicated In the holdup Of
the Union Pacific train near Wilcox,
Wyoming. Officers will leave for Og-
den mt noon tomorrow to convey the
prisoners to Cheyenne. They have
been positively identified MS Putty and
, Nolan. and are being taken East to
answer to charges Of robbing post
. offices Mt Woolton and Big Piny. Re-
i cent adviccs. however. are to the Of.
| foot that fh., ,t,,, l..
! a card up their sleeves. and that the
. men when safely lodged In the Chcy-
enne Jail will be Informed against for
the robbery Of the train. District At
. torncy Timothy Burk thinks the gov
: crnmcnt VIII be able to connect them
. with that outrage. although they are
] admitted now not TO be the original
I Roberts brothers, whom the officers
' were looking for when they set out.
Secretary OF State Chatterton of
. Wyoming, who In secretary Of the new
Q railroad company known an the Wyo-
q ming Southern. which Ia now engaged
IN building a line from Fort Steele on
i. the Union Pacific. TO Saratoga. has re-
, turned from Omaha, where he has been
. Tor several days In consultation with
: officials OF the Union Pacific relative to
|, roads. The Wyoming Southern has
|. consummated the purchase OF 5000
!. railroad ties which werc seized from
! j. G. Teller OF Denver last spring, ns
=. the latter had cut them from govern.
ment land. The railroad company paid
cash Tor the ties at the rate OF ~ cents
per tie. the transaction amounting TO
\ $l3,GO This deal ,iispeis nll doubt
Q which may have prevailed heretofore
o regarding the building OF the wyo.
:. ming Southern. The work of grading
: the line Will be commenced at once and
Y the steel will be laid MS soon as the
. grade II completed. II Is safe to say
9 the road VIII be In operation not later
: Than October LIST.
The grading of the new Burlington
!. railroad from Alliance. Nebraska. to
4 iiartville. Wyoming. IL being pushed
rapidly. Between Alliance and Camp
Clark. on the North Platte river. men
y ana teams nrc ms thick and busy MS
!. nics. Some heavy work Is necessary
I on this portion OF the line. especially
= lust this side OF Camp Clark. where
b nils OF seventy feet deep will have TO
I. be made. From Camp Clark up the
n river through SCOTS Blum country, the
= grading is practically completed to the
u hltty
!, miles. From the Wyoming state line
9 TO Hnrtvillc the o.s-scctioning hus
@ been completed and the grading work
:. VIII begin at once. The road from Al.
4 lance TO lInrtvillc Will be In running
:. operation by the LIST OF September
some say the Goth OF August. II is un.
dcrsiood here that grading will begin
. on the line to Brush. Colorado. via Sid.
ncy. Ncbrnskn. and Sterling. Colorado.
by the LIST OF August. from both ends
0 of the line. and that the 1st Of Novem.
brr Will sce the Burlington T. Missouri
!. trains Of the new line entering Denver.
! The gnrdinH Of the Brush line would
8 bc now In progress had II not been for
the sudden necessity confronting the
= Huntington K Missouri Of heading OF
the Union Pacific from Hershey By an
Immediate building Of the Iisrtville
: branch.
= In his report 10 the pcnitcntinry coin
j. mlssioucr~ Warden Iioyt gives liz the
j. following figures: "Deccsnlcr 10 ls4ps.
!. thesc were In the penitentiary "a,
o prisoners. During the six months end.
q Ing June 10. isaAD. llS wcrr cOfnmitfc,,
TO the prison. 1Os were DISCHARGED ON
/. expiration Of sentence. and I was pnr.
doncl. Four WEIR Transferred 10 the
y Insane asylum nt Pueblo, 4 90 the r,.-
n formatory mt Bucna Vista, and q died.
= while - convicts are employed on the
o state ronds. From this gnng there
{ have been three csrnf,cs. but all have