The Lamar register., 1899-08-30
WESTERN NOTES.

oil near Trinidad n number Of new
companies have entered the field TO
prospect
Permits for grazing sheep on the tim
ber reserves south Of the thirteenth
standard parallel, excepting Clear
Greek. Pfney and Ten Sleep lake coun-
try, Wyoming. have been granted TO
twenty-four fockmasters. The hocks
will range in numbers from l.0o0 to
1900, and in all l59. 800 viii be driven
in.
George Curry. sheriff of Otero coun-
ty, New Mexico, and a former captain
of Rooseyelt's Rough Riders, has been
appointed u lieutenant of the Eleventh
cavalry. now forming in the Philip
pines, and has accepted. His appoint-
ment was secured through the infiu-
ence of Governors Otero and RoOse-
welt.
The district attorney has had war
rants issued for the arrest OF T. g. Pen
nistOn, cashier, and J. u. Maben,
president of the insolyent bank of
Creole. The charge is bank wreckins,
and accepting bank deposits when the
bank was known 10 be insolvent- The
charges will implicate a number of
stockholders. The amount will reach
$4,000.
John r. Thorn. superintendent of the
Los Angeles mine on Bull hill, feh
from the 4Oo-foot level TO the bottom
of the shaft. n distance of about no
feet, and was instantly killed. He
was badly mangled. Three miners
were working in the bottom Of the
shaft and his body was only prevent
ed from striking them by falling
against the bucket hanging above the
men-
The Annual Corn Roast at Lovcland,
win be held this year on Labor Day,
September 4. These corn roasts have
become 80 popular that large attend
ance Is assured, particularly as the
date falls on n holiday. The Colorado
Road will make extraordinarily low
rates to Loyeland and return for this
occasion and is making preparations 10
handle Il very large number of people.
w. T. kirkpatrick. the Durango fish
king, has given the state 200,OOV young
trout. Thomas Holland. state super
intendent of hatcheries. has gone to
Durango to look after the fish. which
will be distributed about the state. The
state will get T5,eOo trout also of the
100000 given the government by VIII
liam Iiadcliffe Of Delta county. This
is the first time the United States Com
mission has ever given fish to state au-
thoritles.
Some of the parties interested in the
new company formed to build the =ail-
roads from For, Steele 10 Saratoga.
Encumpment and other points in the
copper fields, have purchased ranch
near Grand Encampment. and II Is be
lleved ii is for town site purposes. The
construction of the railroad is consid-
cred certainty. Saratoga Is growing
rapidly Many Denver people are in
terested in the camp and others arc
coming in every day.
The coal camp of Rouse 5n the Colo
RADIO K Southern. near WalSenhurg, Is
deserted, and the mines are being rap
idly closed down. the reason being that
the properties are nearly played out.
and that the operators are troubled
with water The Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company has enough other coal
ground in the same vicinity TO Justify
moving its machinery TO some other To-
cality. The plants will be transferred
10 Pictou aud Maitland. As Rouse is
distinctively a coal camp. this change
VIII leave 1t deserted village. all of
the buildings Of any consequence be
Ing torn down for the sake OF lumber
Batteries y anu II, tlaH artillery.
arrived at Salt Lake from San Fran
cisco on the 18th. The soldiers We're
given a hearty welcome ut the depot
The various military organizations
and civic societies escorted them
through the gaily decorated streets TO
Calder'S park, where the governor and
other state officials delivered addresses
of welcome. Responses Were made by
Majors :. W. Young and +. \. Grant
After distributing the state badges to
all the state volunteers. M elegant
lunch was served in the park. All
business was suspended for the day
and thousands Of people congregated
all along the the line of march.
Captain Ewing Z. Booth of Company
c. First Colorado volunteers. reached
Pueblo Sunday evening, he having
come on from San Francisco immedi-
ately after the landing of the regi-
ment. Captain Booth is on three
months sick leave, he having suffered
considerably from severe attack of
dyseutery. He will remain in Pueblo
about twenty-five days and after Il
few short side trips will return TO the
Philippines to assume command of
company in one of the new volunteer
regiments organized there in which he
was commissioned shortly before the
First Colorado left the Islands. He re
ports n pleasant voyage and says that
The men are generally in good health.
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