The silver star., 1899-05-12
EWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

e Woman's Relief Corps has elect
Mrs. Alice NJ. Seeds Of Cripple
X president.
orge 8. Malone Of Colorado
hgs has been elected president Of
Sons Of Veterans.
e safe In the Alamosa postofiice
blown open the other night and
taken. The officers have no clue
b the burglars.
abstract Of the report of the ma
bl banks of Colorado, made on
9th, shows an average reserve Of
}: loans and discounts, $2O,953,-
n; total specie, $3,84S, ,151 so; law
honey reserve in bank, $8,OS4,-
%; individual deposits, $35. 49,
%; total resources, $54, ,6S6, ,454.7O.
e Internal Revenue Department
rts 1900 boxes of cigars turned in
Georgetown, Idaho Springs, Flor
and Laramie, Wyoming, during
last two or three days. All were
I'd because stamped with counter
revenue stamps. About $4,000
boxes have been brought in and
ver Is nearly cleared of the fraud
lily stamped cigars.
D. Morris has brought suit for &c.,
against H. A. Petit, superinten-
of the Gillet Reduction Works.
case comes under the blackllsting
bite and is the first to be entered in
new county. T. Morris in his
plnint alleges that he was en-
ed by Mr.. Petit and was dis
ged and employed in IL nelghbor-
mill, and that he lost his position
the influence of Petit.
Is announced that Bishop Anson II.
yes of the Episcopal diocese of
bmie, Wyoming, will remove from
rney, Nebraska, and take up his
Hence Mt Laramie. Bishop Graves
made bishop of the Laramie diO-
in October last. He had previous
erved as bishop of the diocese Of
Platte for ten years. The diocese
laramie includes the eastern pOr-
of Wyoming and the western pOr-
of Nebraska.
dorado can produce beets contain
greater percentage of sugar than
be grown In New York. Tests
e with carload of sugar beets
ed at Grand Junction showed that
Colorado beets yielded 10 7-1O SUI
Of .S5 purity. The result obtained
b tests made at the experimental
ege in New York showed percent
Of sugar IA 2-1O of 80 purity. The
hdard of excellence in sugar beets
~ sugar and rs purity.
heriff Stewart of Eddy, New Mex
and posse reached El PasO, Texas,
)rsday, from the JarrillO mountains,
four shackled men in custody,
were lodged In the county jail and
be taken to Eddy county. The
d were captured Mt Parker's Wells,
y Mexico, and seventeen miles from
fquoise, small railway station.
BY passed through Eddy county Inst
esday and stole six horses. There
be then five outlaws In the gang.
)ri6 Stewart and three men fol-
led them and rode day and nlgnt
)1l they caught them.
(he annual report OF Eugene y.
|nden Of the United States assay Of
!, just published, shows the Mon
n mineral product for 1903 to be as
lows: Gold, 253,S6 ounces; value.
~, ,012.91: silver. 14.S1S,G61 ounces.
hage value. $40, 150. .4S2.17: copper,
k070, ,354 pounds. value. $28, 8,iO2.-
10; lead, q, 403, ,592 pounds, value,
:. 1855. 10; total value OF mineral pro-
ction, $51 ,319,O67.1 The state lead
world In total mineral output, but
the third state In the production Of
d. Colorado and California leading
that product.
n division B of the District Court at
|ebl0. before Judge voorhees,, VIII
q Hastings, a white man, was found
ilty Of unlawful marriage. Lima
adger, a negress, who has claimed
lsttngs rs her husband. withdrew
former plen OF not guilty and
>aded guilty. Both were fined $50
d costs. The couple were married
ne September 2, 1897, and have lived
yether until their arrest. Another
" OF the same nature Ia now pending
q In the District Court, wherein II
alleged the woman In Of white par
fage and the man II negro. Both
, deaf mutes.
rhe annual encampment OF the q. A.
was held at Denver last week. The
lowing officers were chosen: Depart
mt commander. Andrew Royal, Pu-
10; senior vice commander, Harper
OrahOOd. Denver; Junior vice com.
lnder. O. @. Washburn, Rocky Ford;
sdical director, DIR. George w. Curf-
IN, Denver: department chaplain.
". John l.. Boyd, Denver. The most
tly contested election was that Of
partment commander OF the q. A. H.
ldrew Royal of Pueblo and II. G.
atson Of Greeley being the candi-
tes. Royal won by n vote Of ia to
,. Commander Royal was captain Of
. Twenty-scvcnth Missouri. First
gade. First division. Fifteenth Army
rps, during the Civil war.
rhls month will witness the innugur-
on Of q number Of Important Trinl-
d enterprises. One 0f the most Inn
rtant In the extension Of the branch
the Colorado & Southern road from
. mouth Of Longs canon up tho river
the beautiful StOnewnll wiley. and
n over into New Mexico to the POni1
RI. on tho Maxwell lind grant. q
ction heavily timbcrcd. II IL UNDER
,od that q corps Of engineers will be-
. surveying this route next week,
q that active work Of construction
u follow. In connection with his en-.
prise b q branch road to tap a large
dy of coal lands near Stanford. The
"a 10 Ponll park In to be built with
} ultimate intention Of extending tho
y 10 the San Luis valley, by way OF