Gilpin observer., 1899-03-16
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

Mrs. F. s. Ellis of Colorado Springs
was killed by n runaway horse.
John Ratliff of Denver fatally shot
himself and his wife few days ago.
The Festival of Mountain and Plain
will begin this year on September 24th
to last six days.
The long-standing feud between Mar
Gus Daily and Senator Clark is SAID TO
have come to an end.
Judge Wilbur f. Stone of Denver mas
| just been reappointed associate 1ustlce
of the Court of Private Claims.
The claim to slice of Isabella prop
erty made by the Roxana company
has been rejected by the land office ut
Pueblo.
Pending a decision by Governor
Thomas, DR.. Ihombs has resumed con
troll of the Colorado Asylum for the
Insane.
While the passenger train ON the
Cheyenne * Northern was snow-pouhu
last week the soldiers at Fort Russell
volunteered to help shovel it out.
In reply to Senator Teller's request
that the Colorado troops in Manila pe
returned by way of New York, Secfe-
tary Alger says that ii is impossipie'
President Trumbull of the Colorado
& Southern has referred the dispute
with the telegraphers to General Man
ager Dunaway, who will try to reach
settlement.
The Legislature of Arizona has
passed n bill for the submission 10
Congress of Il plan to put in force IL,
AI.iv nf
referendum. Both parties favored the
bill.
Surveys are being made and plans
developed for the building of line OF
new railway from Denver to the
coal fields of Boulder county. The pur-
pose of the promoters is to compete
with the Northern Coal Company.
The Utah Legislature adjourned or
the 9th without having elected sue
cessor to Senator Cannon. The Kepup-
licans are iubilant over the fact that OH
account of party dissensions. the Leg
islature. overwhelmingly Democrauc,
has failed to elect a United States SEN
ator.
The people of Colorado Springs. it
was asserted yesterday. have resolved
on testing the constitutionality of the
Teller county bill. The meetings which
have been held in the El Paso capital
for several days have resulted III a
feeling that the bill will be killed II
the courts get a chance ut IT.
Reports from ranchmen from up the
Roaring Fork say that great armies
of jackrabbits are coming from the
hills and attacking the orchards with
what promises to be disastrous results.
The rabbits not only peel the barks
from the lower branches but they are
stripping the trunks of the trees, even
going deeper than the bark.
The postoffice at San Simon. Arizona.
was robbed the other night by Black
Jack and his band. who were reported
TO have been wiped out of Mexico last
year. Though San Simon Is only Il
small cattle shipping station, its post
office does very heavy money order
business. A large amount of coin was
taken. Several sheriffs' posses have
been started in pursuit of the thieves.
An urgent message was received at
Cheyenne Friday night from Sueper-
bound Cheyenne & Northwestern pas
senger train at Iron Mountain stat
ing that provisions We're again run
ming low. and asking that Il relief train
be sent out. A snowplow and train
with provisions was sent at once.
This is the second relief train sent out
The first one is in the drifts twenty
miles from here.
An attempt was made last Saturday
night TO rob the Bank of Loveland.
An entrance was made through Win
dow Mt the rear of the building, and
revolver and 10 cents in pennies. which
had been left in the money drawer,
were secured. No attempt whatever
was made to open the vault. The
thieves were. no doubt. disappointed
and expected to find large amount
of change in the money drawer. There
are no clews as to who the thieves
were.
The sheep raisers of Colorado and
adiacent states are endeavOring to
have the forest reserve thrown open to
sheep herders, and it is thought their
efforts will meet with success. The
forest reserve people say that If the
sheep men win 1t will mean the de-
struction of the forest reserves, as for
est fires will destroy the shrubbery.
which will destroy the very object of
the reserves. The order to throw open
the forest reserve Is now pending with
the commissioner of the land office.
Reports from all sections of Colorado
are telling of the great loss of horses
on the range. Range horses are 0ot of
great value and as n rule are given
little or no attention. During the pres
ent winter very few of them have
been fed and they have been com
PEELED to hustle for themselves. In
Wyoming. Utah. Idaho and all through
the north. the range is said to be COW
cred with the carcasses of dead horses.
frozen to death after being partly
starved through inability TO get mt the
feed through the snow. The fact that