The Elbert County tribune., 1899-09-14

Denver upon their return from Snh
FrnDcisco, hut VIII go directly 10 their
homes.
The III cnpitan Land and Cattle
Company OF Lincoln county, New Mex
leo. II reported TO have sold Its I'M
mense ranch and all cattle TO the Lov.
ing syndicate. The ranch mnrketc"
2oOo0 cattle last spring.
At 10 o'clock Thursday night rain
commenced falling In torrents NJ
Springer. continuing for ~ hours. IL
IL the heaviest rain of shr year ana
has filed streams. water holes. nrr"s
ns and dry wrtef courses. Stockinrn
are much pinicd and mining men are
greatly benefited.
The sineltpr nt Durango Is working
only about half OF It's capacity very
few union men returned 50 work ana
new crews are being drilled on FUR
mace and ronster work. All the couh-
ties In the San Juan report that all the
men who desire work are steadily en-
ployed.
In the school district In which Victor
IL situated there has been big IN
crease in the assessed valuation. Last
year the total value was S3.So,ooo:
taxes, s1U2.gOo; this year the total
NHift 10 Ttfs-tiFoips NnN'Fs
Increase In valuation of Sl,l5,,sisi
taxes, S2s,6D5.
A petition to President Mckinney
originated IN Jerome recently, request
ing the removal Of Oakes Murphy. gov
crnor OF Arizona. II is being sent
from Jerome through every postofhce
IN Arizonu The charges ngainst the
go, crnor are connected with his re
cent open letter denouncing fake NM
Ing companies.
The Colorado Sugar Manufacturing
Company, In nm official letter. refutcs
the exaggerated newspaper reports re
gnrding the ravngcs OF the sugar bect
caterpillar. The insect only appeared
In u small section Of the valley ana u
completely stamped out there. The
great fields are untouched, ana the
yield viii be enormous from them.
Fifty-one carloads OF range horses
went east from Wyoming one day last
week, and this week twenty-s,x ear
loads were railroaded east from Man
zanola, Colorado. all going to st. Louis
for sale ON the open market. This
shows how western ranges are giving
up their horses, and II also gives warn
Ing OF u great shortage In the future
Mrs. Mcclure. accompanied by her
little child, In attempting TO cross tho
| cimarron river. which was not ford
able. WIS thrown from her buggy into
the deep water, hut after n desperate
struggle succeeded In reaching the
shore snfcly with her little one. Mrs.
Mcclure Is the wife Of Foreman Me
Clurc of the Red River Cattle Com
pany
fIhs mir. "a ntup1iint,
shop. engine for propclling the same
and boarding and bunk houses NJ the
Cinarron mine, Telluride. We're totally
destroyed by Hire early Wednesday
morning. The employees of the mine
and mill occupying the bunk house. lost
all their clothing and effects. The the
ory Is that fire was generated by II
spontaneous combustion In the coal
bins. which contained n large quantity
OF coal.
In the Fort Collins district alfalfa
growers are buying nothing Mt all and
VIII not consider the purchasing of
feeding lambs and sheep at the pres
cnt prices. They VIII not undertake 10
feed this winter nt the prices asked
and hardly lamb has been sold to go
to Fort Collins. This Is peculiar year
the most of the boys do not know
whether they are nfoot or horseback,
and do not seem To care much which
1t may be.
Some creamerics are adding pasteur-
lzcrs for skim milk which IL meeting
with much success and giving patrons
satisfaction. For feeding purposes the
pasteurizer settles one of the greatest
difficulties to the creamery industry,
particularly in the hot summer season
when II is almost impossible to return
the skim milk from the separator In n
sweet condition. Wherever the pas
teurizer has been introduced the patron
has become more satisfied.
There Is great excitement at Chey-
cnne as result Of recent discoveries
made in Plumbago canon by Colorado
mining men. The camp is about TWEEN
ty-five miles north of the city. and scv-
cnieen men have been employed there
for some weeks. Recently carload
OF the ore was sent TO Denver. and 1t is
known that the returns showed 20 to
30 per cent. copper and eight ounces
silver to the ton. A large number Of
mining men are preparing to go to
Plumbago canon and stake on claims
Fifty thousand dollars will he paid
within the next thirty days for Fow-
Itt s'blllt TURNER'S nave
already received 500 per acre and the
shipping season has only just begun,
prospects eclipslng the most sangulne
expectations. the fatal vine rust
which visited so many parts of the
valley showed no signs In this vicin-
ity. which left the fruit In the finest
possible condition for marketing, 4
few of the best patches will turn OF
over 300 crates per acre. ON an aver
age Of 81 per crate.
Black jack the noted highway
man. has been doing nicely since his
right arm was nmputatcd at the elbow
a few days ago. lie has quite rccoy-
cred from his fiji Of dependency and
talks chcerfully with the officers ON all
subjects save him criminal career. Be
fore removing the arm Doctors Dpma-
rails and Austin took an excellent pho-
togiaph of the wounded member show
ing the ugly gaping wounds In tho
wrist and upper arm where cnugrene
had eaten away the flesh. The doctors
now confidently expect the prisoner to
recover.
Citizens of Buffalo. Wyoming. have
organized u bureau of information and
VIII see 10 II that the members of Com
pany Z. the volunteers who enlisted
from Buffalo. secure employment upon
their return from San francisco the
latter part OF this month. In an an.
nonnccment 10 the public. the cxecu-
tive committee of the bureau calls up
ON all persons In need of men 10 com
municate with The bureau and arrange
10 engage some of the volunteers. In
addition TO this effort 10 secure en-
ployment for all those who have no
position awaiting them upon their re-
iurn to Buffalo, the citizens will ex-
tend royal welcome and will ban
puet the brave soldier boys.
a holdup entered The Mining Ex.