La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

take place until after the Cannon bill
becomes a law This will be about
June IS, and the fight will probably
take place early in July.
A dispatch from Durango says:
' There Is going 10 be considerable eS-
I citement. any amount OF litigation and
possibly bloodshed. before the rights
OF those locating on the Ute laM1s have
been decided. said n well-informed man
this evening. And IL Is not out Of place
| to give much credence to his state
ments. To all outward appearance
everything Is quiet, but there IN much
feeling. Only a few filings were made
to-day at the land Office. but word
| comes from different points that loca-
tors are holding their positions through
the agency OF WiDchesters. One Of the
| queer features is that Mt many places
| several men are located ON the sane
| ground, while a few miles distant
| equally as good land and as accessible
still remains open. prosperous Flor
! ida mesa farmer in the city said the
lower pert of the mesa on the feserya-
tion contained sufficient good land for
100 families that had not been touched.
| II Is the general opinion that more To-
cations viii be made during the next
1 sixty days than were made on the day
| OF opening.
Ranchmen in the eastern part OF
| Colorado have taken steps to form a
wolf and coyote district organization
Local organizers have been appointed
| for the several towns In the territory.
who will solicit members. The plan
proposed Is similar to the one whick
| has been In successful operation Tor
some time in Wyoming aud Montana.
| 1t is on n cooperative basis. and only
1 Hs.rx will hs. hnuntV 81
on coyotes and $ on wolves in ad'
| ton to the state bounty. During the
last two years the loss to ranchmen
from these pests has been increasing.
1; is thought that the organization can
be perfected by July LIST. G.. c. Suih-
| erlnnd and Judge Miles, both OF Hugo.
have been respectively elected tempor-
airy chairman and secretary. The
boundary OF the proposed district Will
be as follows: Commencing near the
Arapahoe county line, between Deer
Trail and Agate. thence east to the
northeastern corner OF Lincoln county;
thence southcastcrly to Kit Carson, on
the Union Pacific railway; thence west
to the southwest corner OF Lincoln
county: thence north to the starting
point.
u. NJ Hyman. the well known mine
| owner Of Aspen was interyicWe by
Denver paper'ihe other day and said:
II shall not be surprised II silver
reaches 20 cents an ounce before the
close OF the year. The existence OF The
great smelter trust n the reason for
II. For a number OF years pnst a clique
OF London mnnipulators have had com
pIete control OF the silver market.
These follows have fu0it ail their own
way They have fuf prices NJ or
down-gencrally down-tO please their
whims and there WAS no power to say
nay. Now conditions have taken
turn and the London fellows are be-
coming alarmed. They find they have
a rival In the field which may test their
steel and the London manipuintors are
buying and storing silver for IN inev-
liable rise. OF course the smclter COM
binc Is not going to lie idle and the
smelter men will soon he In the field.
Then look out for see-saw game, but
one which will surely cause general
advance In the price OF the white met
nj. look ON the organization OF the
smelter trust as sure forerunhcr OF
an advance In silver-an advance wmch
can be depended upon to hold the price
much higher than 1t has been since
the panic
The members OF the Board OF Equni-
| izatiou say that for the present they
think they want TO raise The Vaiua-
| tions OF railroad property SO as to
avoid an extra session. while the rail-
| roads object not only TO any increase,
| but. even to the amount OF taxes now
Maid. The railroad attorneys spent
-FOUR hours before the board Thursday
arguing against the Increase. $. L.
| uyIemap. for the Missouri Pacific.
| plcaded for n lower valuation on that
| part Of his line running from the Kan
sas line to Pueblo and through the un-
| settled part of the state. notably
through Kiowa county. When Gov.
\ Routt was on the board" said he. "he
| refused to reduce our taxes. In fact,
| they were raised, and the governor re-
marked. We don't tax you on the ralue
of your property. hut because you were
| such - fools as to build railroad in
| that barren country Now we want
| YOU to equalize valuations and not pro-
| ceed on the Routt principle. We go
| through Kiowa county lengthwise. The
county Is only nine miles wide. but
| ninety miles long, and we pay so per
| cent. of the taxes of the county. The
| road is assessed at 81 500 n mile. and
| should not be assessed Mt over 5000
mile. because 1t didn't pay. Sometimes
Pullman goes over this line with only
one passenger In IT.
The weekly crop bulletin of the Colo
RADIO section of the Department Of
Agriculture says that while cold nights
have been the feature of the week. the
average of the seven days has been
| normal. There has been some rain In
| the western counties. but rains have
continued throughout the state. Rain
| Is especially needed in the Arkansas
valley. Work has progressed rapidly.
but high winds and cool nights have
rendered the soil too dry for germina-
ton, and retarded the growth OF
grasses. The effect Of the exception
| ally cold winter on fruit, especially
cherry and apple trees. becomes more
apparent as the season advances and