The Meeker herald., 1899-04-01
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

Leadville miners got out and cleaned
the track to Ibex 30 that the mines
might start up again.
DR.. T. A. Hughes has resigned his
position as secretary Of the Colorado
Board of Medical Examiners.
The Democratic candidates at Ridg-
way. Colorado. demand the enforce
ment Of saloon and gambling laws.
Roswell is proving the center Of a
great artesian well region. A. u. Gar
rett has just struck 250gallon q min-
ute well at 22J feet.
Contracts have been let and work
begun on fifteen miles Of the grade OF
the Rio Grande Westerns PARK City
extension up Provo canon.
Reports have reached Santa Fe OF an
outbreak Of smallpox among the Jicar-
lila Apaches In the Dulce suD-agency.
Agent WalpOle is on the grounO In
vestigating and directing the nght
against the disease.
The Colorado Supreme Court has de,
cided that stockholders in savings
banks operating under the laws oi
Colorado must consider themselves lia.
BILE personally for double the amonn,
Of their holdings and answerable to tne
depositors of the Institution for tha'
amount.
The Cimarron mail driver reports
that n prairie fire IL sweeping over
what Is known as the Corremopa eouh-
try east of Clayton. The ad)olnins
country was burned over few Weeks
Il. tn m
ests will be very great.
AS rider to the appropriation Dill
the Arizona Legislature, previous u
adjournment sine die, abolished al e1'
penditures for the National Guar1'
The guard, which consists of ten Wen
equipped companies. with strehgtn
Of $40 men. will be ut once disbahoeu'
Rev. Jonathan Wood has been grant
ed a divorce In the County court al
Aspen. Rev. Wood has been pastor
of the Baptist church there for two
years past and both lie and his wife
have been held in high esteem. Rev
Wood alleged extreme cruelty and the
evidence showed the wife to be 30 IN,
sanely Jealous that the jury thought
him justified in seeking divorce.
Leadvllle dispatch Of the 10th says
The Rio Grande reached kOkomo to
day, and tomorrow morning will star
running passenger trains on the Blue
river branch on time. A train of freight
cars filed with supplies will also DC
rushed into the town. The prlncipai
food will he potatoes. -four, butter ano
eggs. of which the town is badly In
need. This is the first of the blockad-
ed towns In that section of the country
to be opened up, they having been $50
latet, from the outer world for over two
months.
The Gunnisou Light and Water Com
papy has experimental successfully
with n new electrical process for thaw-
ing out frozen water pipes. Wires
were attached and a current started
through two services which have been
frozen for some time. In JUST Four
minutes after the current was turned
on the water flowed In one Of the
services. In all SIX mains were thaw
ed out. Similar experiments have been
successfully tried at Denver and al
Fort Collins.
BY the terms Of contract signed in
Denver, the Wells-Fargo company will
on May 1st place its service In opera
tion over the lines of the Colorado &
Southern railroad. BY this change
1900 miles of railroad service is added
to the Wells Fargo system, thus super
seding the service of the Pacific Ex
press Company, and giving 1t a direcl
connection with the northern anG
southern lines controlled by 1t. The
Wells-Fargo company will retain all
employees Of the Pacific Express Com
pany who will stay.
The Roxana Gold Mining and Tun
neling Company of Colorado has peti
toned the District of Columbia gu
preme Court for permanent injunction
cock. Commissioner Hermann Of the
General Land Once, and the Isabella
Gold Mining Company, also Of Colo
rado. to prevent the government issu
ance to the Isabella company Of any
patent for lands covered by the loca
tons made In the names Of the Red
Cross, the Green Cross aud the Ferdi
nand lode mining claims.
Something new and fresh in the way
of palaces il to be erected In Salt Lake
City shortly. Cities in cold climate
erect Ice palaces, but Salt Lake intends
to put up a salt palace. Millions OF
tons of rock salt are available, and d
committee, already appointed. is tc
meet to complete the arrangements
1t is said that there are 10 difficulties
in the way of making the proposed
palace entirely Of salt. When com
pleted It will certainly be a novelty
and will doubtless attract visitors NOT
only from the inter-mountain section,
but from all parts of the country.
Deputy Sheriff Waraument has re-
turned to Cheyenne from the ranges of
Little Horse creek in eastern Laramie
county, where he served injunctions
upon q number Of the small stockmen
of the region to restrain them from
Carrying out threats to drive the cattle
of Marx Coad and c. J. Heysham
from the range. The injunctions were
secured by Nessrs. Coad and Hey
sham, who claim the stockmsn threat
ened violence. The matter will come