The Monte Vista journal., 1899-09-30
DENVER GOSSIP.

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| In the various school districts Of the'
city making vaccination compulsory.
An organized effort 10 ON foot to have
the rule annull.d. Scores of children
are prevented from attending school on
account OF this rule, and therefore
their parents run the risk Of being sum.
moned before the County Court BY the
truAncy officer. The compulsory edu.
cation act. which went into effect re-
Gently. provides = penalty to be impos-
ed upon parents whose children arc
habitual non-attendants at school. The
school boards have ordered q strict en-.
| forcement Of the vaccination rule un-
der which children must have been
vaccinated within five years, In order
to be admitted to the schools. Parents
who hold the conviction that vaccina-
tion 10 not only unnecessary but dan
gerous. are therefore between the devil
and the deep sea. II they send their
children to the school unvaccinated the
youngsters will not be admitted. If
they keep them at home they violate
the compulsory education law.
The Republican says: That AdJutant
General Overmycr will resign. volun-
tarily or involuntarily. IL predicted.
The charges preferred against him mt
last Saturdays session Of the Military
Board are considered so serious that
military men look for no other dlsposi-
tion of the matter. There will be no
public parading OF sensations. how
ever. But 1t Is understood that already
General Ovcrmycr II arranging the al
fairs of his Office under direction Of
the governor. For uniforms and other
donated articles tDe adjutant general
has accepted from contractors he Will
te asked to pay. After all these mat.
ters are settled General Overmyer IL
expected to resign, The charges
against General Ovcrmyer on the
clothing account are not considered
serious enough to require his forced
resignation. but the fact IL proven that
he drew revolver on Colonel Ben
Block of the governors stan and
drove him out of the office Is consider
ed n fatal mistake. II Ia on this charge
that further investigations will be
made on Saturday OF this week. Over
myers resignation may not come until
late in October.
The soldiers OF the First Colorado
have gradually become aware Of the
fact that the people OF the state have
provided medals for them. The project
to distribute among the men some sort
of "a token OF honor that should he
lasting. which crystalliZe.t itself In the
medal fund. was consummated so
quickly that It has been almost forgot
ten. hut not by the returned soldiers.
Now that they are aware of the medals
which II Is proposed TO give them. they
nre becoming anxious about the distri-
button OF them. They are afraid that
some OF them will be overlooked. A
large proportion OF the First Colorado
regiment. though cnlisting in Colorado.
belonged In other states, and now the
men are making their way homcward.
Their addresses will be kept and the
medals forwarded To them when fin.
ished. which viii be about November
1st. Over forty men have left the city
In the past few days for New York and
Pennsylvania alone. and a still larger
number To the nearer states. But few
soldiers remain In the city. The cm-
ployncnt bureau has been able To get
places FOR n number Of men, and has
been especially helped by the nearncss
OF the Carnival. many men having TAX
en- small Jobs on decorating buildings,
The Rio Grande has n number OF men
out as carpsi ntcrs. and places for sew
ernl have hen found In the city In
hotels and business houses. There nrc
seventy men registered ns applicants
for work. In the book of the regiment
80 have put their nnmes down.
Representative OF the owners Of the
Maxwell land grant recently applied
TO United States Marshal Bailey at
Denver To eject the squattcrs from the
grant Accordingly thirteen deputy
marshals have been sworn In and have
started for Trinidad. Preparations for
the campaign. which may last two or
three months, have been completed. 4
camping ouifit and cook are now at
Trinidad. awaiting the arrival of Mar.
shal Bailey's warriors. From Trinidad
the force Of deputies VIII take quiet
departure on horseback. with their cf.
4. fects packed In wagons. Aou'hwnrd.
twenty-elsht miles 10 Stoncwall creek.
There they viii max. permanent
camp. or NJ least II VIII bc their head.
quarters until the sImaiiers have been
driven out Of that portion of the Max
well land grant lying within th" Dor.
ders OF Colorado. This tract OF land
lies TO ih. south and southwest OF Trim
ldad. ranging east and west from the
| Snngr" ic trlsto mountains 10 n line
on which Ration mesa II the chief land
mark. II is understood that III. ben.
yer iiylnr column VIII operate over the
New Mexican line after their work In
this stat. is ended. M close estimate
OF the number u persons to he evicted
snmmnriiy from the free holdings thnt
hnr" for years been their homes can l,c
made here. tn" number Of suuattcr
families Is given rs ;.'iD. so that the to-
tai individuals Is likely To In from
l.'s1 io .,1H,. Many ofthc.e families. II
i stated, "kc out no better than a bare
living from the soil on which they arr
settled. aud desperation may drive
some OF their mcnfolk TO physically
resist eviction. lf u hight In made st
all II is looked for on the Colorado
side. where there nrc many Americans
among the saunttcrs. One Of the latest
pieces Of advice given the ssluatt~ss by
Oliver T. McMnins.. their lifetime
champion. Mt time when he kurw the
law had gon. against hiu,. was to night
eviction. His injunction may br ~.
mcmlered and given effect by some
of his followers. A former attempt at
eviction proved fr1iitleSa.