The Lamar register., 1899-10-04
DENVER GOSSIP.

Grande's earnings for the week are
S2l4aeO, against siSSveo for the cor
responlng week last year, an increase
of S26.a0o. Since July list. and fnciud
ing the third week of September. the
road earned s.. lbs, ,4oo. compared with
81 .aSs. 500 for the same period OF the
last fiscal year. an Increase OF S1Si,
500 The Rio Grando Southern. part
OF the Denver x Rio Grande system,
shows for the third week OF the month
earnings OF S12.OIT, an increase cf
S1.ST1. Since July list. aud including
the week. however. decrease OF S4.-
1l3 Is shown. the earnings Tor the per
iod being Sio9.s22. The Rio Grande
Western has increased its earnings
S2l. 100. The weeks receipts were SSH
90. Since July lSt- its earnings have
been Sa34, T26, an Increase OF S20S
$40.
]. Il. Manken, chief clerk OF the pay
division OF the general hand office, has
been at Santa Fe, quietly looking into
the conduct of the National Forest NJ
serves. He left last night for Flag
stan, Arizona, on Il similar mission In
this connection II Is current report here
that 4 good many strong protests have
gone into Washington of late against
the official conduct Of w II. Buntain.
superintendent OF United States NJ
serves In New Mexico and Arizona Mr
Buntain's chief ofrensc seems to con
Sist OF his persistency in seeking 10
have established a forest reserve Of
six hundred thousand acres in the
White and Captain mounts in Lincoln
and Otero counties. through which re-
gion the FL Pasn X Northeastern rail
road is now building. Conservative
citizens OF those counties say there Is
really no objection to reservation ac-
tually covering the headwRtcrs OF
streams, but they assert Bunfain's cf-
forts TO have tNenTy-Scven townships
Incorporated in the proposed reSsFya-
ton has provoked the rilIng Of protests
from many influential persons inclnd-
ing capitalists. coal aud lumbermcn.
who reside in PenRsylvanIa New York
and New Jersey.
w. $. Coburn and ], y. McCleIiand
called at the office OF B- L. wineheu
or the Colorado y Southern the other
day to protest against alleged discrim-
luHtiOn against the fruit raissrs and
stock feeders OF the northern part OF
the state. Mr.. McClcliand Is one Of
the largest fruit ralserS in Iarllner
county and has also been a sheep feed.
er. The rates are all against us said
he, "and In the competition with the
kept at a decided disadvantage II has
reached the stage with me that / am
thinking seriously Of selling out my
lands near Fort Collins and moving
over to the western slope We are
within seventy miles of the Denver
market, and vet we cannot get rates
better than fruit raiserS across the
range. The railroad officials arn not
willing even with that. to give Us prop
er accommodations for shipping The
aholishing OF the feeding In transit
rate has practically stopped the lamb
feeding industry The excuse OF the
railroads was that the privileges grant
ed In the feeding IN transit were fue-
quently aEsl violently abused They
did not charge the farmers with these
violations, but shut of our privileges
because OF them"
The first prize in the single hand
rock drilling contest held on Friday.
was won by William WIborg OF Den.
Yer. who made 20.. in the l5-mluute
contest, tying the record made by Rich.
ard Cculey at ouFay. which was
worlds record at the time,
The single hand contest excited fully
as much interest as the double hand
match. and soon after time was called
at g O'Clock yesterday morning nearly
2,Ooo persons were masSad about the
drilling stand. Following Is the result
OF the contest:
William WIborC. Denver. - "a
Richard COnley, Silver Plume 10 sic
Tony Sapp Silver Plume. .1s 5-I6
]. Il. Pitman, Gold Hin ..IS ZIG
! L. G. Thomas Ward rd..1S
X. j. Lyons Altman anfT as
George Burns. Leadvilie. ..IT IS
=. t. Bowen, Denver. -.,.... IL 9-1G
VIM Roberts, Bald Mountain. 7.16
c. L. DahlIn. Denver. ..IT
n Oates. Jr., Bald Mountain. 10 IS