The Meeker herald., 1899-07-22
GOSSIP FROM DENVER
AND THE STATE CAPITOL.

which number nearly all advocated tie
use Of convict labor only on d very
limited scale Most of those answering
seemed to think the cOnvicts should be
allowed to occupy II portion Of their
time in some occupation In order thai
they might receive proper exercise
Only from this point of view did the
great majority OF replies treat the sub
ject. The commissioners report will
deal with the convict labor question IL
an exhaustive manner and will consid
er the kind of legislation needed upcu
this subject.
Prof A. Lakes has just completed fcr
the museum of the State Bureau OF
Mines at the capitol, n large economic
map of Colorado. showing by one sec
ton nine feet long of the Rocky noun.
aims of Colorado from Leadville to the
foothills and plains beyond Denver all
the rocks composing those mountain
and foothills and those underlying the
plains and in their proper places
among those rocks where the gold, sill
yer and other metallic ores are found
and on the foothill zone. where is the
habitat of the building stones, coal. oil
brick clays. fire clays and cements
and underneath the prairie where are
the zones which have yielded artesian
water. Besides this general colored
section portions are made still clearer
by individual sections. such as one
showing the mode of occurrence Of ore
at Leadvillc and Aspen: another Of orc
deposits at Cripple Creek. and third
of the veins of Clear Creek, Gilpin and
Boulder counties. Individual sections
also show how coal occurs jim the prin-
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at Trinidad. New Castle and Golden
On Friday, Governor Thomas made
thirteen promotions in the First Colo
RADIO volunteer regiment at Manila. T 'e
appointments ns cabled at noon to
Colonel Mccoy. are as follows: To lie
major. David p. La Sale: to be cap
tain. George Borstadt: to be captain.
William +. Doertehach: to he first lieT-
tenant. Ralph b. Lister: to be first lieu
tenant. Walter +. Burke: to be first
lieutenant. James Fl. Goudy: to be first
lieutenant, Samuel +. Thomas: to be
second lieutenant Frederick w. Gross:
to he second lieutenant. Augustus r.
Teal: TO be second lieutenant. Alexan-
der Shaw: to he second lieutenant. Ho-
ratio l. Lawrence: to be second lieu
tenant. Russell II. IngersOll: to be sec
ond lieutenant, Augustus L. Bing. The
new officers are named to fill vacancies
caused by death. discharges. and pro-
motions to places under the army bill.
Captain La Sale. who Is now major.
will succeed Major w. II. Grove. who
was appointed by the President to
lieutenant colonelcy in the Thirty-siXth
volunteer infantry. La Sale commands
Company G of Cripple Greek. All the
promotions were recommended by Gen
eral Hale and Colonel Mccoy. Though
the regiment sails for home on Sunday.
the appointees will have at least six
weeks to serve in their new positions.
The increased pay starts from the 14th.
The Rocky Mountain News says the
nav locomotives on the Rio Grande
have hold-up cooker, and the first
man with mask over his face who
attempts to induce the engineer to stop
the train will he fit to serve on canni-
bal's breakfast table within about one
minute, for horrible death awaits
him. Without being perceived either
the engineer or fireman can turn on
jet of steam and boiling water at 200
pounds pressure that will cook any
thing exposed back of the cab and
along the sides or top of the first car
The appliance is an inch and half
pipe that connects with the boiler on
the fireman's side of the engine and
bends out through the top of the cab
pointing backward toward the place
where hold-ups usually come from.
Two valves can he turned as quick as
thought and send n Niagara of steam
and water at about 450 degrees tenn
perature that will cook anything 1t
comes In contact with. A valve worked
from the engineers side is actuated by
air, Just like the air brakes, and is con-
nected with the same service reservoir.
In stopping the train the engineer can
without moving n finger suddenly
spread death behind him and at the
same time attend to the man behind
the gun. If necessary he can empty
every drop of water from the boiler
and thoroughly kill the engine so that
orders to pull ahead to that bridge"
cannot be obeyed.
A new division of the state into
game districts has been announced
by Game Commissioner T. II. .Jolh1aoad.
The object of th"'"ty. ses e IN the bOun-
daries Is to lake the regulations for
the ,N;Gaection of the game interests
more effective and at the same time
render the work of the authorities
more efficient. The districts as they
now appear, are described as follows:
The first district comprises all that pOr-
ton of the state lying east of line
drawn from the north boundary Of the
state, south along the summit Of the
Medicine Bow range, and of the front
range to the Continental divide; thence
along the summit of said range or d.
vide to the Sangre de Cristo range;
thence along the summit Of said range
and of the Culebra range. to the south
boundary of the state. Chief warden,
Frank Fem, 81 Michigan street. Pu-
eblo, Colorado. The second district
comprises that portion Of Routt and
Rio Blanca counties lying east of the
eleventh auxiliary guide meridian. all
of Grand and Summit counties, and
that portion of Larimer county lying
west Of the summit of the Medicine