The Monte Vista journal., 1899-01-14
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION


:hOrIty and delegates 1t to the county
assessors." Mr.. Lowell says the laws
should be amended.
A meeting Of the Gold Coin mine EN-
ployes and the managers was held q
few days ago In the big shaft house.
when Manager Harry Woods formally
presented to the miners deed for the
ground upon which the new $4,000
club house will be used by the Gold
Coin miners. 1t will soon be built. The
building will be constructed entirely
Of brick two stories In height. and will
contain . large and finely equipped
gymnasium, bath room, reading rooms
and other apartments for the conven-
ience Of the miners. II will he an ele-
CANT structure In all respects, and It is
the most substantial gift ever present
ed by IA mining company in the west to
Its employees.
With the disappearance Of snow
comes renewed activity ut Dawson
City. The stir on the streets OF Canon
City Is increasing TO something like the
early days Of the great gold strike ut
the Dawson mine. Groups OF men con-
gregatc on the corners OF the streets
discussing and examining rock taken
from the various prospect holes In the
Greenhorn range. Many are here await
ing assay returns, but as the local as
sayer IL overrun 1t may Ike many
days before their wishes will be real
iZcd. Little Information regarding
mining matters has been obtainnble
from Dawson. owing to the heavy fall
OF snow. In reality there has been but
little prospecting for more than IA
week. Now that the weather has mod
Grated work Is commencing again, and
reports OF strikes are rife.
A special from Provo. Utah. says:
/. Sheriff Storrs returned this evening
| from Gouvcneur. New York with Mrs.
Jennie Wright. wife Of George H.
Wright. Wright Is believed TO be the
man who killed the three young men
nt Pelican Point, Utah. In February.
1879, for which crime Harry Hayes is
now suffering life imprisonment. and
Mrs. Wrlghts knowledge OF her hus-
bands habits Will materially aid Sher.
IN Storrs in efYccting his capture. and
her knowledge of the case will also aid
Mr. Hayes attorneys. IL Is thought. In
showing Hayes innocence so clearly
that he will De released. Mrs. Wright
Is thoroughly convinced OF her hus-
bands guilt. Shortly after the mur-
ders We're committed Wright was ar
/. | Cuttt steutluR uuu went 10
Colorado, Mrs. Wright going 10 her
mother in New York. where she was
located by Sheriff Storrs.
: Not dismnyed for moment by the
comparatively poor success of Its first
venture In the way OF wild animal
hunt. the Western Slope Hunting Asso-
, citation has determined TO engineer n
, second undertaking similar TO that Of
last month. this one TO occur next
, March or April II Is thought that at
, that time the heavy SHOWS upon the
me~as which surround DcbcUuc will
have driven the mountain lions from
. their highland haunts 10 the more shell
tered hooks 10 be found along the beds
OF the streams that seam the mesa land
where they Will be easily accessible to
E the dauntlcss huntsmcn. To further
|. insure the success OF its second venture
. In the way OF n lion hunt. the assocla-
l. tion has negotiated for the purchase OF
!, pack OF thirty trained fox hounds to IL.
n divided up among the different parties
n radiatlnr from Dcbcpuc. The deal for
!. the purchase OF these valuable ndjuncts
/, 10 n hunt may he CLOSED AT any time.
. and II is likely that the association will
!, cOnclud. To make the Investment with
, In day or two.
Receiver Frank Trurnbull has been
1 elected president OF the new railroad
: corporation which VIII be known as the
= Colorado 4 Southern. Charles Wheeler
was elected secretary and treasurer OF
/, the company. Other officers and dircc-
Z tors VIII bc elected ut a meeting To be-
I, held In New York In few days The
q election OF Mr.. Trumbull as president
. IL no surprise. \ Joint committee
- IHt.l. n al.
!. Pacific. Denver n Gulf has been ncgo.
!, tlaring for tn. final transfer OF tn.
Julcsburg branch. The date has been
fixed. January llth. The Iuic-burg
u branch Is l5l miles long and extend. |.
/ from Julcsburg to la Sale junction.
u which Is foriy-siN and a half miles
!. from Denver ON til" Union Pacific. If
G this change l. made. the corporation
:. now known as the Union Pacific. Den.
n Yer n Gulf VIII bc merged Into III.
i Colorado n southern AT mIdnlrh,
:. "Wednesday, January llth. Until that
'' date. NJ least. the several braHch.s of
X the Gulf system Will remain In the con.
= irol OF the United States Circuit Court
OF the Colorado district: hut. II is said.
ihcr" Is no reason To apprchcnd any
~ further delay In closing up III. d.nl
: and turning the Gulf property over to
the Colorado 4 Southern
a beet sugar factory FOR Grand June.
+ 'ion seems assured. Incorporation
: papers OF new company have been
, iiled nj Denver with the secretary of
i state. The company Is To hc known
. NJ the Colorado Sugar Manufacturing
r Company. TIL" incorporaiors are John
l. T. cnmplon. j. Il. McKinnic. Charlie.
Bocttcher. Oscar II. Cox. Charles T.
}. Mitchell AMI George W. TrImbl.. Tn,
,r list contains the names OF some Of til.
/, wcalthlcst men OF Colorado. The board
n OF directors consists Of Ebcn Smith
i Charles Bocttch"r. J. 4. Camplon, j
Is j. Brown and j. II. McKnnic. Th,
4. sugar manufacturing company Is capt
4. inllscd at S1Jopsi, mud VIII proceed
X without delay In erecting It's plant In
i. Mesa county. Representatives OF on,
Il OF III" largest manufacturing firms oi
IA the country have been In conference,
IA with the promoters Of the cni.rpris.
Il and no time VIII be- lost In breaking
ground and erecting n fnoiory cnpnbl,
Of handling 30 to go tons OF beet.
, daily for n period OF three months .ncl
|" year, The citizens Of Grand junction
y literally donated for the oni.rprIs,
y leo ncr-s OF land near ia. city
y valued nt x1S.Gp. The farmers, .sa
:. In number. signed pledges to cultivat,
$500 ncr.- IN beci- for n minimum
y, period OF three years, the bccts TO b.
l.atl h..