The state herald., 1899-05-12
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.


the Sons of Veterans.
The wedding of Hon. W. +. Mondell
the congressman from Wyoming, t,
Miss Ida Harris, the only daughter OF
DIR. and Mrs. william Harris, will oc
cur Saturday morning, May 18Th, IL
Laramie
The presence of Edwin Boice Of
Idaho. president of the Western Fed
GRAFTON OF Miners, will be a feature OF
the fourth annual convention of the
state Federation of Labor. which will
be held in Denver June 9th next.
a force of fifty miners has been add.
Ell to the working roll of the Diamond
vile, Wyoming. mines during the past
week. bringing the total number EN-.
ployed up to 800. Three thousand tons
OF coal per day are being shipped. and
as the demand is much greater than
this the capacity Of the mines will be
stlll further Increased
y terrible tragedy occurred at Fow-
Ter, Colorado. on the 9th. Frank Bo.
hanan shot his father to death as the
result of quarrel over wages due to
the son. A posse started after the mur.
uerer at once and his captlYe seemed
certain. The guilty man is one of the
two brothers who gained notoriety by
killing deputy sheriff who was try.
Ing to arrest them ut Leadville.
Ex-senator Carey has returned from
wyoming station on the Union Pacific
where he has been perfecting the de
tails for the building Of the great Lar.
hmie river reservoir. The big steel
sluice gates are ready and the work
OF building the reservoir will soon be-
gin. The preference In all work upon
the big dam is TO be given to the resi-.
dent users of the water at Wheatland.
Six hundred and five thousand
pounds OF wool have been sold by
Rawlins sheepmen during the past
week Mt prices ranging from 10 TO L.
cents per pound. The practice Of con
signing the product to Boston and 9th
er eastern houses for storage and sub
seluent sale is being abandoned, the
producers preferring the certainty of a
direct sale 10 the uncertainty of future
prices.
Colorado can produce bects contain
Ing greater percentage of sugar than
can be grown in New York. Tests
made with carload of sugar beets
raised at Grand Junction showed that
the Colorado beets yielded IL 40 SUI
gar. OF 81 purity. The result obtained
from tests made at the experimental
college in New York showed percent
age OF sugar IA 2-1O of 50 purity. The
standard of excellence In sugar beets
is IL sugar and rs purity.
The owners of the Ferris Haggerty
copper mine. near Rawllns, Wyoming.
have refused an offer of 100000 cash
for the mine made by u Wall street
firm, representing the trust. The price
asked by the owners is 81 600. 600, and
II will not be sold for less than this
amount. The mine has proven to be
one Of the most wonderful copper pro-
ducers in the country. The ore is pay
ing a big profit In spite Of the fact
that II has to DE hauled by sled and
wagon 10 the railroad. seventy miles
In division Il OF the District Court at
Pueblo, before Judge Voorhees,, Will
lam Hastings. n white man. was found
k'htag VI
Bradgcr. ncgress. who has claimed
Hastings ns her husband, withdrew
her former plea OF not guilty and
pleaded guilty. Both were fined $50
and costs. The couple We're married
there September .. 1897. and have lived
together until their arrest. Another
ease OF the same nature Is now pending
trial In the District Court. wherein II
Is alleged the woman is OF white par
entage and the man Is negro. Both
are deaf muics.
The annual encampment of the q. A.
IT, was held at Denver last week. The
following riicers were chosen: Depart
ment commander, Andrew Royal, Pu-
cblo: senior vice commander, Harper
NJ. Orahood. Denver: junior vice com
mander. e. G. Washburn. Rocky Ford;
medical director, DIR. George W. Curf.
man, Denver: department chaplain.
Rev. John l.. Boyd. Denver. The most
hotly contested election was that of
department commander Of the q. A. H.,
Andrew Royal Of Pueblo and II. e.
Watson Of Greeley being the candl.
dates. Royal won by vote OF ia to
ll2. Commander Royal was captain OF
the Twenty-sevenih Missouri. First
brigade. First division. Fifteenth Army
Corps, during the Civil war.
This month win witness the lnaugur.
alton OF number of important Trini.
dad enterprises. one OF the most i'm.
portnnt Is the extension OF the branch
of the Colorado 4 Southern road from
the mouth OF Longs canon mp the river
to the beautiful S,oncwali valley, and
then over into New Mexico 10 the ponil
park, on the Maxwell lnnd grant, n
section heavily tImbcrcd. II IL under.
stood that corps OF engineers Will bc.
gin surveying this route next week,
md that active work OF construction
will follow. In connection with his en-.
icrprisc h u branch road 10 tap n large
body of coal lands near Stanford. The
rond to Ponil park IL TO be- built with
the ultimate Intention OF extending the
line to the San Luis valley. by way of
Coscilln pass.
SlSty.nvc carloads OF seventy. pound
steel rails. which had been gathered up
along the Wyoming division. have
passed through Cheyenne IN route to
Hershey. Nebrnskn. where hundreds Of
carloads Of rails and tics nrc being un.
loaded every few days. This would In.
,.lcnte that the recent trip overland In
wagons made by President Hurt. Gen.
ernl Manager Dickinson nnd Chief En-.
sinccr Berry of the Union Pacific. who
Travelled NJ the North Platte river 10
iinrtvillc. then on west through the
Laramie mountains 10 Rock creek. was
for n purpose. II has been stated quite
often ~ Int that the Union Pacific
would build y line of road from the
main line somewhere In the bcigbbor.
hood Of Sidney. NJ the Platte river Ia
the line OF the Cheyenne n Northern,
near iinrivlllc.