The silver star., 1899-05-12

commodations will have to be provided
for at least $4,000 people. No date has
been set for the fight, hut 1t will not
take place until after the Cannon bill
becomes law. This will be about
June 10, and the fight will probably
take place early in July.
dispatch from Durango says:
Ihere is going to be considerable ex-
citement any amount Of litigation and
possibly blOOdshed, before the rights
OF those locating on the Ute lands have
been decided, said n well-infOrmed man
this evening. And 1t is not out Of place
to give much credence to his state-
ments. To all outward appearances
everything Is quiet, but there IL much
ieeiing. Only n few filings were made
to-day ut the land office, but word
comes from different points that lOca-
tors are holding their positions through
the agency of Winchesters One of the
queer features is that at many places
several men are located on the same
ground, while few miles distant
equally rs good land and as accessible
still remains open. A prosperous Flor
ida mesa farmer In the city said the
lower pert of the mesa on the reserva-
tion contained sufficient good land for
100 families that had not been touched.
1t is the general opinion that more To-
cations will be made during the next
| 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 which
hns been in successful operation for
some time in Wyoming and Montana.
| II Is on n cooperative basis. and only
members will receive the bounty Of 81
on coyotes and $5 on wolves in ad-
tiOn to the state bounty. During the
last two years the loss to ranchmen
from these pests has been increasing.
1t Is thought that the organization eau
be perfected by July list. c. C. Suth-
crland and Judge Miles, both of Hugo,
have been respectively elected tempor-
ary 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 sOuthensterly to Kit Carson, on
the Union Pacific railway; thence west
to the southwest corner Of Lincoln
county; thence north to the starting
point.
ID. NJ. Hyman, the well known mine
owner of Aspen. was Interviewed by
a Denver paper the other day and said:
II shall not be surprised IL silver
reaches 20 cents an ounce before the
close of the year. The existence of the
great smelter trust IL the reason for
1t. For n number Of years past a clique
Of London mnnipulatOrs have had COM
plete control of the silver market.
These fellows have had 1t all their own
way. They have put prices up or
down-generally down-tO please their
whims and there was no power to say
nay. Now conditions have taken q
turn and the London fellows are be-
coming alarmed. They find they have
n rival In the field which may test their
steel and the London manipulatOrs are
buying and storing silver for an inev-
table rise. or course the smelter COM
bine is not going to lie idle and the
smelter men will soon be In the field.
Then look out for a 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
smeIter trust MS sure fOrerunner OF
nm advance in silver-an advance which
can he depended upon to hold the price
much higher than It has been since
the panic"
The members Of the Board Of Equal
7IzatlOn say that for the present they
think they want to raise the vaIua-
ti0ns OF railroad property so ms to
avoid an extra session, while the rail-
rOads object. not only to any increase,
hut even to the amount OF taxes now
paid. The railroad attorneys spent
four hours before the board Thursday
arguing against the Increase. :. l..
Hyleman, for the Missouri Pacific.
pleaded for n lower valuation on that
part Of his line running from the Kan
sas line to Pueblo and through the I'M
settled part OF the state. notably
through KiOwa county. when Gov.
Routt wns on the board" said he. "he
refused to reduce our taxes. In fact,
they were raised. and tile governor re-
marked, We don't tnx you on the vnluo
OF your property. hut because You were
such - fools ns to build railroad In
that barren country. Now we want
you to equallxe valuations and not pro-
ceed ON the Routt principle. We go
through Kiowa county lcngthwisc. The
county IL only nine miles wide. hut
ninety miles long, and we pny 30 per
road IL assessed mt 1880 mile, and
should not bc assessed at over 5000
mile. because II didn't pay. Sometimes
Pullman goes over this line with only
one passenger In IT,"
The weekly crop bulletin OF the Colo.
rado section OF the Department Of
Agriculture says that while cold nights
have been the feature Of the week. tho
average Of the seven days Inns been
normal. There has been some rain In
the western counties, hut rnins have
continued throughout the state. Rain
In especially needed In the Arkansns
valley. Work has progressed rapidly.
but high winds and cool nights have
rendered the soil too dry for germlnM.
ton. and retarded the growth Of
grnsscs. The effect Of tho exception.
ally cold winter ON fruit. especially
cherry and apple trees. becomes more
apparent M the sens0n advances and
the damage will prove more serious
than anticipated. In the nOrth-ccntral
ia Al. a.. 49,