The Monte Vista journal., 1899-04-29

thirty minutes, and the fare Ia not to
be greater than 81 for the round trip.
The road will be operated by steam.
The principal shareholders are 7. JEFF
fersOn Coolidge, Major Tuttlc, George
NOlney Meyar. Henry Is. Twombley
and George II. Proctor. The general
manager of the road is A. II. Crocker.
formerly with the Burlington. o. Il. 4
n. and A., I. Il s. +. railroads.
The Colorado Board Of Agriculture
met At Fort Collins on the 18th. The
minutes Of the December meeting
Were disapproved and the clause re-
appointing DIR. Alstcn Ellis us presl-
dent OF the State Agricultural College
wns rescindeti. on motion of Governor
Thomas. by vote OF , to 4. i. +.
Sharp of Pueblo was elected president
OF the board by vote OF to 4. T.
NJ. Hawley OF Canon City was elected
secretary OF the board. md q. A.
Webb of Fort Collins treasurer. The
matter Of the election OF II successor
to DIR. Ellis was deferred until the
evening session. The candidates dis
cussed are Rev. Barton Aylesworth.
Rev. Baynrd Craig. Chancellor Nc
Dowcll of Denver. Professor l.. q.
Carpenter OF Fort Collins and Profcs-
sor johnson of the Longmont College.
AT the evening session Chancellor Will
lam +. Mcdowell OF the University OF
Denver was elected 10 succeed Presi-
dent Ellis. 1t IL not known whether
Chancellor Mcdowell will accept or
not.
An explosion. by which five miners
lost their lives. otrurred OH the 21st in
the Cook l. white coal mine ut Madrid.
New Mexico. The men We're coming
up out of the mine for dinner when the
explosion occurred. The explosion
DANA ged the machinery and five men
were left In the mine. For three hours
nothing could be learned OF the fate ~
the entombesi men. Several attempts
were made by the miners to descend
the shaft. but they We're driven back
by the poisonous atmosphere. When
the mine wns finally entered the 1--we
men were found dead. death resulting
evidently from xufYocation. as no
marks OF external violence were via
iblc. The men were Poles. II Is
claimed by the mine management that
the men violated orders by carrying
open lamps into the mine. Open lamps
were found near the bodies Of the dead
men. but It Is not known who took
them into the mine. Orders that none
but safety lamps In used by the miners
were very strict. and because Of this
fact the coroner's jury. at nm inquest
later In the day. held the mine man
ayers blnmeless for the accident.
The movements aud prospective op-
crntions of the Burlington company
In Wyoming are being watched with
great Interest. not only by the public.
but by other railroad companies. II IL
reported on fairly reliable authority
that the company Ia now negotiating
for the purchase Of the Cheyenne &
Northern branch Of that system. II
this In secured q branch will bs extend
e1i westward from Horse Greek station
to the coal lands owned by the bur
lington company. In Carbon county. r
distance OF about sixty miles. With
this branch the coal could he market.
I'd, by almost straight lines OF road. In
the Black Hills Of South Dakota and In
Omaha. The ownerxhip Of the Chcy-
enne 4 Northern. taken In connection
with the Cheyenne 4 Burlington line,
would give the company access TO the
Interior Of the live stock regions Of
Wyoming and enable II to control
much live stock business now going TO
other liEes. The activity Of the Union
Pacific In railroad building and tn.
evident Intention Of the Burlington TO
get Into Wyoming territory makes II
certain that the present year In going
to he one OF unprecedented railroad
construction In the state.
4 dispatch from Aspen says: Noun
tain sheep. at the head Of Conundrum
gulch and Maroon creek. have suffered
terribly from the rigors Of the last
winter. Rich Thomson and David
Saunders. two young trappers. who re-
turned from Maroon lakes Sunday, rv.-
port having found the body Of one
sheep dead In u snowslItlc and brought
It's horns out ns evidence Of their
ind. \ short distance away were two
more, buck and eve, 10 nearly
starved that they uindc no attempt to
get away at the approach Of the boys.
They were snow.bouud In n littl.
guich and had eaten OH cottonwood
saplings an inch or more In diameter.
The young men lifted the sheep from
the snow and took them some distance
TO spot where the sun had melted the
snow from the mountain. nnd cut some
brush for them TO eat. The animals.
they said. were little more than living
skeletons, hut were able 10 walk about.
! Another irnppcr IN that section reports
having found several dend sheep aud
i. Of III" opinion that a greater part of
them In that section have Icrishc,i.
Al the head of the guIcl,er. south of
Aspen. there have been known TO ex.
list several hands Of sheep. Of from
twenty-five 10 forty each. or about
100 In nll
\ surveying party Of eight men Inns
been dispatched frOm Denver by the
Colorado Fuel h Iron Company To
Badger. 10 niles north of Cheyenne.
where III" Cheyenne Northern reaches
III" North l1at,. river. The Cheyenne
Northern belongs to the Colorado X
Southern. From badger the surveyors
VIII locnt" n hftrrn.mile spur down
and across III. North Platte IL the
Hnrtvillc Iron mines. General Manager
k"blcr ~ the Fuel & lron Company
says that his company will build the
spur nt one" II the surveyors report n
f"nsllI" route. lnRsnuch As Mr.. krh.
Ter hns Just r,iufnrs: from ride over
this route with some Colorado 4 kouth.
Urn official. III. inference II that no In.
surmouniablr obstacles were observer.
III" says that the Hartvilie Iron mines
have been leased by the Colorado Fuel
X Iron Company and that with the
spur built large quantities II orr will
In shipped Ia the irOu and steel works
at Pueblo. The diataMw In 10 miles
Thus III" Cheyenne L Northern branch
of the Colorado X koutt,~rn will u. sup
piled with year round and permanent
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