The silver lance., 1899-02-24
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

r,,o rono,.t of the commissioners for
M, Mexico TO the Transmississippi
oxnosition at Omaha has been filed
,,,t+h Governor Otero. The report Is
e,1ed with interesting facts and figures
relative to New Mexico industries anu
nre-historic features. The exhlDlt a'
tracted much favorable attention. III
all twenty gold medals ana uipiollas
, were awarded New Mexico at the eA'
position.
The biennial report of the committee
| in charge of the New Mexico oeai'
| dumb and blind school in santa re ha.
| lust been made to the governor. oniy
S4,OOOwas appropriated by the last Leg
| islature and of that but SZ,4oo mas
| been received The committee urges
additional buildings and an appropria-
tion of $1,000 for the repair OF the
nresent buildings and the mainten'
ance of the school
The members of the local branch Oh
the Reorganized Church of Jesus ChrlsE
of Latter Day Saints at salt Lake nave
taken n vigorous stand against the
seating of Congressman-Elect Roberts
of Utah. Their protest has for its BASIS
tbe charge of polygamy against ROD
| erts. and in no uncertain voice nave
tbev defined their attitude and contrib
uted their influence against the eleva-
| tion of a pOlygamist to congressman
| station.
The city council of Florence has
awarded the water works contract to
4 the Geddes and Seerie Stone Company
| of Denver for the sum of $97 300, ana
an intake dam in the canon at $40 per
square yard, the estimated cost OF
which is $4 900 The company agrees
to begin work upon the system INSIDE
| of twenty DAYS and complete the WORK
by June list. The figure is considered
very fair price for the city ana inc
| time required for construction remark
ably short as over sixteen miles of
pipe must be laid.
Late information from the Zunt pu-
eblo. in western Valencia county, New
! Mexico, tells OF sad state of alfalrS
among those Indians. Smallpox Is rag
! ing with terrible results and deaths are
numerous. Since the disease broke out
217 deaths have occurred, and 500 In
dams are sick. of whom possibly about
one-half will recover. DR.. Knapp OF
Santa Fe and several nurses are in at
tendance on the Indians, but are not
! able to give much relief. Miss Far
rote is in charge of the postofiice, the
postmaster being a victim of the ds-
ease, and all mail passes through the
hands of DIR. Hinch of Gallup ana is
accompanied by a certificate showing
that it has been thoroughly disinfected
! The members of the Wyoming Legs
lature are considering the advisability
of adopting the American cOttage sys-
TEN Of caring for thcs insane who are
durable, and under proper conditions
may be made partially self-supporiinc
~, AI ,II I'm n,
( state asylum at Evanston. involving an
appropriation of $4,000 to 100000. Tie
state has vacant and ready for use al
! Fort Mckinney, in Johnson county.
! ADEQUATE and convenient quarters for n
| large number of its insane. where the
altitude is ideal, and opportunity for
| farm and garden work for the afflicted
Is perfect Governor Richards declares
| himself strongly in favor of the adnr-
| tion Of the cottage system for caring
| for the insane and is urging the matter
upon the consideration of the law
makers
Governor Thomas, at n meeting re-
Gently held, gave the county ASSESSOR
1 and the joint finance committees of the
Senate and House of Representatives
some of his ideas on the revenue ques
tion of Colorado. The governor vas
remedy for the financial ills which now
beset the state lay in the revival of the
old law which limited the power Of
counties in the matter of tax levies
"The financial condition of this state"
said his excellency, was good up until
the time when the limitations placed
upon the county tax levies We're re-
pealed. To-day the state is face to
face with the statement that the value
of her property is S190,00O.0O0. This is
a libel upon our state. Mulhail places the
valuation at 81 1OO,0O0,0OO. but think
he is too high. | should place it at
5000, 100000 or $SOO.0OO.O00. If you
wish to make way with this discrep-
ancy. limit the powers of the counties
to levy taxes as you have limited the
state, which must be content with its
! four mills assessment Governor
| Thomas was backed vigorously by
Speaker Smith of the House of Repre-
sentatives. who declared that such n
! bill would surely pass the present Leg
islature.
A document of great importance to
the business interests of Colorado and
! Wyoming was filed with the county
clerk in the city of Cheyenne the other
| day. 1t represents a lease of seventy
| five mines of the celebrated Hartville
| iron region by the Wyoming Railway
and Iron Company to the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company for period of twen-
ty years. The terms of the lease pro-
| vide for the payment of royalty of 10
cents per ton for all the ores removed
and used at the Pueblo furnaces, and
30 cents per ton for all ores sold to out
side parties and designated as ''com-
merciar iron. The Colorado company
agrees to pay royalty ON 10000 tons of
ore for the first year as minimum
whether the ore is taken out or not,
and increases the amount each year on
the same conditions until it amounts
to 100000 tons annually. One of the
| conditions of the lease is that the fuel
and iron company will secure the build