The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-07
WESTERN NOTES.


test is on at Leadyille. The Colorado
Southern and Rio Grande are laying
branches to the big mines and crossing
contests result.
Greeley and Boulder gave IA royal
welcome 10 their returned volunteers
when they arrived Friday Parade,
speech-making and dinner were the
features of the day and there was a
great turnout of people from the sur
rounding country.
President Osgood of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company. acting for
the board of directors, has sent the
stockholders Il circular explaining the
use to which the proposed increase OF
$12,000,000 capital stock is to be put.
1t is proposed to increase the present
output $4,000 tons OF finished products
annually.
The Denver & Rio Grande roads fin
ancial report continues to show in
creases. For the first week in Septem-
Der the earnings were S4S,647. compar-
ed with SAT .7S5 for the corresponding
week of last year. Since July | the
earnings have been $4,702,000, com
pared with $1,614,500 for the same per-
iOd last year, an increase of SS1 900.
Benjamin Laswell and Charles Walk
er, mining men and prospectors, have
bonded their mine, near Bear noun
tain, to eastern parties for %2O,OOO.
The mine contains several large depos-
its of corundum and vesuvianite. and
it is the intention of the persons bond
ing it TO erect large factory thereon
for the manufacture of sandpaper.
A bad freight wreck on Sherman hill
west of Cheyenne delayed freight and
passenger trains Friday. The accident
occurred shortly after s o'clock in the
morning. Train No. 10. the Pacific
coast fast freight, in charge of Conduc-
tor W0olston and Engineer Hodgeman,
was bowling along down the west side
of the hill when a wheel broke at the
Harvey side track. Ten heavily load
ed cars We're thrown into the ditch and
the track badly torn up. No one was
hurt
Bishop Matz of Denver has been ten
dered and accepted the honor of in
vesting Rev. Peter Bourgade. the re-
Gently installed archbishop of the dio-
cese of Colorado, New Mexico and Ar
iona, with the pallum blessed by the
Pope. The ceremony will be one of
great splendor and will take place in
the cathedral at Santa Fe. 1t will be
attended by nearly all the priests in
the diocese, as well as priests and
church dignitaries from all parts of
the United States.
Thursday, the third of the Peach day
celebration at Grand Junction, was the
greatest of all in point of numbers and
entertainment. The business houses
all closed and the city was turned
over to the visitors, who seemed to
make full use of the privilege. The
main thoroughfares in the afternoon
were one surging mass Of people, fully
eight thousand people enjoying Grand
functions hospitality. The event of
the day was the masque carnival in
which fully 1000 people participated.
w. S. Stratton and party have ar
rived i'll New York ON the maiden voy-
age of the big steamship Oceanic. The
news of Mr. StrattOn's arrival in this
country will be received with pleasure
by his friends, and especially so when
1t is known that Mr.. Stratton is much
improved in health and has been
greatly benefited by his vacation. 1t
is probable that Mr.. Stratton will re-
main i'll the East for several weeks
and will witness the Dewey celebra-
ton, the yacht races, etc. He is stop
ping at the Waldorf Astoria hotel,
New York.
A very successful reunion of the San
Juan Pioneers Association was held at
Telluride on the 18th. Many pioneers
came across the ranges from Silver
ton and Ouray on horseback, others
came around in wagons and more
came ON the trains from each way. The
reception committee. composed of all
the resident pioneers met the trains
with band and escorted the visitors
TO the new Sheridan hotel until that
commodious hostelry was taxed to its
unit, Papers and talks upon the early
history of the region made up an in
teresting program.
The Grand Lodge, Knights of Py-
thias, in session at Florence. Colorado.
gave a contest Wednesday night in
third rank work. Those taking mart
were Ignite No. 81, Lafayette; Enter
prise No. 81, Denver, and Pueblo No
81 Pueblo. The judges were w g.
Ronald, Seattle; Everett Bell. Trini.
dad; Frank Madden, Greeley: DIR
Little, Canon City; L. e. Fenton
Montrose. Ignite No. Ga was award
ed the first prize of 500 and Enter.
prise No. 81 the second prize of $40
At 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon the
drill between Ralph Talbot Uniform
Rank and Queen City Uniform Rank
took place. the former winning the first
prize of 5000, the latter the second
prize of 500. i''
The first section of the Colorado froo
train of soldiers did not reach Load
vile until 1915 o'clock Tuesday nigbt
having been delayed for some time NV
the breaking down of the head on
CINE. Companies f and l. reached tho
city at about IL O'clock and there u,aS
a tumult of joy from one end of tbo
camp to the other. The reception ten
dered the volunteer soldiers as thev or
rived was a genuine western weIcor,a
The city was ablaze with enthusiast,
as well as with bonfires and tireworlys
Over 10000 people thronged the streets
10 greet the returning soldiers an5
While 1t was too late to march tban,
In companies down to the recentin,,
quarters. they Were all quickly han
died and satisfactorily attended to