The Elbert County tribune., 1899-11-02

George SEWER postmaster VI
died on the 25th.
The Lamar postofflce was robbed oi
$27J the other night.
The State Sunday School Convention
met Mt Boulder on the 10Th.
General Miles and Buffalo Bill nre
on hunting trip in the Big iioi"
mountains.
A new reservoir holding 6O,Oo gai,
Ions is TO be added to the lrihioau
water system.
The Cripple Greek Star wants noihe
mining company organized there 10 ue
yelop the veins under the town.
The second annual lion hunt was be-
run at Rife on the 2Gth Three hun
dred men are out after lions, bear, Elk
and deer.
An iron foundry and blast furnaces
will shortly be placed In operation a.
Cheyenne In connection with the on'o'
Pacific shops
The Florence & Cripple Creek road
is trying to block the entrance OF tne
new Colorado Springs electric line INTO
the gold camp.
A branch of the Y. NJ. c. A. will be
started at Leadvllle within a rev
weeks. or the 500 members needed
300 have already been secured.
Jesus Maria Garcia, sometimes
spoken OF as the king of Las Animns'
and prominent in the political ana So
cial life of Las Animns county, dieu on
the 9th.
The "open town" question at Grand
Junction has been settled for the next
six months. the council Mt Its last meet
ing deciding TO issue licenses on the
basis OF $1,000 year.
After eight days devoted to hearing
testimony. the case OF James J. Doyle
against the Mt Rosa Company was
finished in the land office at Pueblo on
the 9th. The testimony amounts to
over 200. 900 words and 1t will be about
one month before the stenographer can
extend his notes. The register and re-
ceiyer will then examine the testimony
and prepare decision which VIII
doubtless not be rendered for two
months thereafter.
Colorado College will send a fine Sc
lection of specimens MS samples TO the
Paris exposition. The collection will
be quite n large one and will include
very rare minerals. w. S. Ward Unit
ed States commissioner, has been in
the city and examined the collection,
which he pronounced one of the best
he had ever seen. The cost of making
the collection has been necessarily
large and has been raised by subscrip-
tions and through the generosity of the
railroads.
At Red Fork, of Powder river, near
Buffalo, Wyoming, Saturday night,
some one placed n quantity OF giant
powder, fused and capped, in the fire
box of George Garland's sawmill boiler
The next morning. after starting the
fires, the four men present went to n
house n short distance away for break
fast. While eating the meal they were
startled by loud explosion which scat
tered the boiler and engine. Had the
men remained In the mill few min
utes longer they would have been
killed.
There is great Indignation among
the miners in the Mogollon district on
account of an order of the Department
of the Interior limiting the cutting of
| timber on the ella river forest reserve
to 500 worth for mining purposes.
| Heretofore the miners were allowed to
cut all the timber necessary for the
development of the mines. The miners
will continue to cut timber freely for
that purpose and IL arrested will make
a test case, which, IL necessary, will
be carried to the United States Su-
preme Court.
Frank f. Tyler, well-known mining
man, was burned 10 death i'm n fire
which destroyed his cabin at Alpine,
late Monday night. Two brothers,
Robert and james Caskie, who were in
the cabin with Tyler. say they owe
their lives to n neighbor who was at-
tracted by the fire and rescued them
after considerable difficulty. Tyler
had Just returned from three-weeks'
stay at his mine, situated on Chalk
creek, and 1t Is commonly reported that
the three men had been drinking more
or less in the cabin prior to the break
ing out of the fire.
Work was begun Wednesday by
Clough Il Anderson on the new line
to connect Colorado Springs and Grip
pie Greek, and as many men as could
be employed were put to work. Il. w
Giddings, Irving Howbert and ii. f.
Woods signed bonds to the extent of
S25O,0OO that the work would be paid
for. This line is the electric road
which Is TO take in all the mines OF
the camp and work In conjunction with
the big reduction works to be esiab.
llshed mt Colorado City in addition
to the plant that is already in operation
at that point.
The Salado coal mines of Otero coun.
ty, New Mexico, recently tapped by
the Ell Paso S Northeastern railway
are now shipping coal regularly at the
rate of 200 tons per day. More orders
are on hand than can be filed, owing
to a shortage of miners, but 100 more
miners are now on their way to Salado
When they arrive the output will be
heavily increased. Another vein five
feet thick has been uncovered. The
coal fields are thirty miles long and
eleven miles wide. and situated 1OC
miles north of El Paso
Governor Murphy of Arizona, in his
annual report TO the secretary of the
Interior, renews his plea for statehood
saying 1t has been denied to Arizona
because of sectional prejudice, ignor
ance, imaginary partisan policy and
selfishness." Other recommendation
are for the cession of all the public
lands within Arizona to the territory
or state, pending which the territory
should be authorized to lease them Ms
grazing lands; survey of all lands with
in the territory. especially the railroad
grants, for taxing purposes, and the
establishment of mint or assayine
office.
Plans are under consideration for tn,
construction of the largest smelter IL
Colorado at Grand Junction. a syndi
cate of Colorado men assumes respon
sibility for the undertaking. The prop
critics of the Grand Junction Town ant
Improvement Company go into the poo
and John Il. Phillips. Cripple Creel
mine owner. who resides In Denvet be