The Lamar register., 1899-10-11
WESTERN NOTES.

4 ne Oody OF tharlte NolkeE, VINO was
accidentally drowned in Sloan's lake.
near Cheyenne. has been recovered
the Colorado & Southern road include
the purchase OF large number of
pressed steel freight and coal cars,
new cafe ear. recently ordered from
the Pullman works, and the placing
in all its passenger and freight en-
Sines OF small dynamos 10 run electric
headlights.
Longmont lnausurated new festi-
val on the 9th Pumpkin Pie Day. Five
thousand old-fashioned New England
pies are reported TO have disappeared
within short space OF time. besides
gallons OF cider. A great crowd Wis
tied the town.
After looking at three different
points with view t- securing the
most advantageous place for Its mill.
the Elktou Milling Company has de
cided to locate in Florence The com
pany will erect 3roton plant at
cost OF $4,000. and will give en-
ployment to 100 men
]. l. Carson. manager OF the Par,iee
Live Stock Association OF Hawlns.
Wyoming. is now in Oregon 70 pur-
'AAINf --fsFl' menu OF SAlttp- III
l5,OO0 head OF wethers over the trail
last spring He thinks sheep are held
too high In that country TO make buy
Ing profitable to the shipper.
Y, 4. Eddy has decided TO build large
water works at Cloudcr0ft. near Ala
mognr,io. The water win be PUMPED
from the head of James canon. Two
miles from Cloudcroft and 30 feet be
low Ii. Two ARTIFICIAL lakes VIII be
created at the summer resort. The
Holly water system viii be used.
The parole of a prisoner who pre-
tended TO be serving his first term was
cancelled by wire hy Governor Thomas
Thursday when he learned the man
had been in the peniientiary before.
Thus II. l.. Glaxier. convicted In Den.
yer in lSI2 and sentenced TO ten years,
was forcnd TO turn backward Just a.
he .reaehed the prison door.
The Rio Grande Western and con-
meeting lines 10 Chicago. the Denver &
Rio Graudc. Rock Island and Burllng-
ton, are preparing 10 put on a new
train 10 connect with the Southern Pa
cluc fast trains at Ogden. The local
roads will run light fast train be-
tween Ogden and Denver. consisting Of
viii be made on the fast train uniess
absolutely necessary.
The work of rebuilding the business
section of Victor. consumed by the
fire of Aug. 81. continues Many hand
some structures are spriuEing up. and
in several cases the walls have beeu
completed. Pressed brick is being
used almost exclusively The streets
are being graded. and in few
months the business SECTIONS in pcint
of beauty and volume of business
transacted will compare faVorahly
with many larger cities of the state
Hundreds OF men are at work.
The federal sanitarium for the navy
recently established at Fort Stanton.
New Mexico. has imported n small
herd OF Jersey cows from Kansas for
the use Of the inyalids- The milk Is
first TO be sterilized and given to the
patients and then given 10 the patients
in increasing amounts and DIR. Cobb.
the physician in charge. thinks that be-
tween the climate and the Jersey milk.
properly administered, he Will lose few
patients unless they reach Fort Stan
ton In state OF disease that Is too far
advanced TO be affected by any sort of
treatment. no matter how careful or
enlightened IL might he
Freight rates between the Atlantic
coast and Denver viii be advanced in
all the clnssificntions ON the 18th OF the
present month. The so-cnlIed 2O5 scale
viii be advanced to gt5 and lower
classificatinnS will be raised according
ly. The return OF the old tariff Is due
TO the decision OF the Federal Court In
the boycott case of the Kansas City
pi-tsburS x Gulf railway. The court
ordered the Pitrshurg * Gulf to re-
turn TO the old schedule existing before
the fight! and the long lines iinmedi-
ately took advantage OF the opportun-
ity to restore the former basis.
The arrest of Theodore Craig, a shift
boss at the ibeX mine, Leadville, re-
vealed plot having for its object the
stealing OF quantity Of valuable ore
Not long ago the IbeS opened very
rich pocket of ore carrying nearly 1000
ounces in gold TO the ton. a consid-
erable amount of this was taken out,
but acting under instructions from the
foreman 1t was not placed in sacks A
Few days ago sack was found near
the pile OF rich mineral which later
disappeared. Suspicion fastened Oh
Craig and to-day his house was
searched, resulting in the discovery of Il
sackful OF ore valued at about 81 1000
II is announced that Richard Ash
worth of Otto, Wyoming. viii contest