The Monte Vista journal., 1899-05-13


ed Mrs.. Alike u SSsAs st Cripple
CreeA U'sstdent.
Gasrgs =. Malone Of Colorado
nprnGs has been elected president Of
the Bsas Of Veterans.
The wedding Of Hon. ". =. Mondell,
the Congressman from Wyoming. to
Miss Ida Harris, the only daughter Of
Dr. and Mrs. William Harris, will Oc-
cur Saturday morning, May 18th, In
Laramie.
The presence OF Edwin Boice CT
Idaho, president of the Western Fed
Grafton OF Miners. will be feature Of
the Fourth annual convention OF the
state Federation Of Labor. which will
DE held In Denver June 5th next.
A force of fifty miners has been add
ed to the working roll Of the Diamond
vile, wyoming, mines during the past
week. bringing the total number EN-
ployed up to 500. Three thousand tons
OF coal per day are being shipped, and
as the demand Is much greater than
this the capacity OF the mines will be
sun further Increased.
terrible tragedy occurred at Fow-
Ter, Colorado. on the 9th. Frank Bo-
hanan shot his father to death as the
result or quarrel over wages due to
tne soh. A posse started after the mur.
uefer AT once and his capt,ve seemed
Fr'hih. The guilty man is one OF the
TWO brothers who gained notoriety by
killing u deputy sheriff who was try
ing TO arrest them ut Lcadville.
Ex-senator Carey has returned from
wyoming station on the Union Pacific,
where he has been perfecting the de-
tails for the building OF the great Lar
nmle river reservoir. The big steel
sitilce gates are ready and the work
OF building the reservoir will soon be-
GIN. The preference In nll work upon
the big dam il to be given to the resi-
dent users Of the water at Wheatiapd
Six hundred and nve thousa nd
pounds Of wool have been sold by
Rawllns shecpmen during the past
week at prices ranging from 10 to IL
cents per pound. The practice of con-
signing the product to Boston and 9th
er eastern houses for storage and sub
seQuent sale Is being abandoned. the
producers preferring the certainty OF Il
direct sale TO the uncertainty Of future
prices.
Colorado can produce bccts contain
Ing greater percentage OF sugar than
can be grown In New York. Tests
made with a carload OF sugar bsets
raised nt Grand Junction showed that
the Colorado bects yielded 10 7-l0 SUI
gar. Of 81 purity. The result obtained
from tests made Mt the experimental
college in New York showed percent
age of sugar II 2-l0 Of 50 purity. The
standard Of excellence In sugar beets
Is IL sugar and IS purity.
The owners OF the Ferris -IIaggcrty
copper mine. near Rawllns, Wyoming,
have refused nm offer OF $4,000 cash
for the mine made by Wall street
firm. representing the trust. The price
asked by the owners is 81 1.OO0,O0O, and
II Will not bc sold for less than this
amount. The mine has proven to bc
one OF the most wonderful copper pro-
ducers in the country. The ore In pay
ing a big profit In spite Of the fact
that II has to be hauled by sled and
wagon to the railroad, seventy miles
distant.
In division Il Of the District Court At
Pueblo. before Judge Voorhees,. VIII.
lam Hastings. IA white man. wnx found
guilty Of unlawful marriage. Lima
y
Hastings as her husband. withdrew
her former plea Of not guilty and
pleaded guilty. Both were fined SlsJ
and costs. The couple Were married
there September ., 1897. and have lived
together until their arrest. Another
case Of the same nature is now pending
| trial in the District Court. wherein II
Is alleged the woman is OF white par.
cntagc and the man Is n negro. Both
are deaf mutes.
| The annual encampfnrnt OF the q. A,
| II. was held nt Denver last week The
following officers We're chosen: Depart.
mcnt commander. Andrew Royal. Pu.
cbio; senior vice commander. Harper
VI. Orahood. Denver: Junior vice com.
mandcr. c. q. Wnshburn, Rocky Ford:
medical director, DR.. George W. Curf.
man, Denver: department chaplain.
Rev. John l.. boyd. Denver Tn. mos,
: hotly contested election was tina, Of
department commander Of the q. A. H.,
Andrew Royal OF Pueblo and II. G.
Watson Of Greeley being the candi.
dates Royal won by vote Of ia To
H.. Commander Royal was captain OF
the Tw.nty-scvcnth Missouri. First
brigade. First division. Fifteenth Army
Corps, during the Civil war.
This month will witness the inauvur.
alton OF number Of important Trini.
dad enterprises. One OF the most i'm.
\ poriant is the extension OF the brnnci,
| Of the Colorado 4 Southern road from
the mouth OF Longs canon up the river
to the beautiful sionewall valley. and
then over into New Mexico to the Ponil
park. on tn" Maxwell land grant. u
section heavily timbcre,i. II II under.
stood thnt corps Of engineers will be-
| gin surveying this route next week.
and that active work OF construction
! viii follow. In connection with his 70
i.rprisc ts n branch road "a tap n large
body Of conl lands near Stanford. tn.
road to ronil park is to bc built with
the ultimate Intention Of extending the
line 20 III. San Luis valley. by way OF
Coscilin pass.
sis,y-nvc carloads Of seventy pound
steel rails. which had been gathered up
along the Wyoming division. have
passed through Cheyenne On route TO
Hershey. Nebraska. where hundreds Of
carload. Of rail. and tis'A are being un.
loaded every few days. Thl. would In.
| t:icntc that the recent trip overland In
wagons made by Prc-idrat Hurt. Gen.
rrai Manager Dickinson md Chief En-.
ginccr Kerry Of the Union Pacific. who
travelled up the North Platte river TO
Iinrtviiic. then Oh west through the
Laramie mountains 10 Rock creek. was
for n purpose. II has b,~n stated quite
often Of late that the Union Pacific
would build q line of rond from the
main line somewhere In the n~lghbor.