The Monte Vista journal., 1899-11-04

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next Fourth of July. That the build.
ing will be completed by that time, the
board thinks highly probable. ,e last
contracts. amounting to $4,000, and
including the windows In the dome,
are now under way and unless some
thing Unforeseen should occur, will be
completed In the course Of eight or nine
months. The corner stone Of the
building was laid on the Fourth Of
July, 1880. and by the time all the bills
are paid the building will have cost q
little less than 100000 In round mum.
berS.
Two wrecks. fire and the fatal In.
jury Of switch tender, are the results
Of series Of rapid Incidents In the Rio
Grande yards at Pueblo on the oath
Edward WalpOle. the switch tender, so
years old, IL badly crushed and will
probably die. Seventeen cars of an
extra southbOund Rio Grande freight,
which was switching AT 0.ssemer, got
loose and came down the hill into the
Pueblo yards at rapid rate. They
struck a switch and crossed over the
northbound track, striking the tail end
OF train that was being switched by
engine 513. Within moment or two
thereafter a yard engine came down
from the Bessemer hill with twelve
cars Of steel rails behind her and ran
bodily into engine 573. In the mixup,
the switch shanty In which Walpoie
was sitting became the center Of the
wreck. and either fire from his stove
or from the cnboOse started a blaze
which destroyed two box cars and the
caboose. The two locomotives were
1nmmed together and twenty cars are
on the track. Wnlpole was dug out
from beneath the wreck and taken to
mis- home where surgeons dressed his
injuries.
A Washington dispatch gives reports
OF decisions by the Supreme Court
concerning land grant cases. The first
was an opinion handed down by Jus.
tice Brown In the case Of the appeal Of
the United States .rom the decision OF
the Court Of Private Land Claims In
the case Of the Cuyamungo land grant,
III santa Fe county. New Mexico. The
land court decided that the title to the
grant was properly held by Maria de
Ia Pax de Conway and associates, and
declined to except In the decree lands
covered by patents issued to Pueblo
Indians covering large portion Of the
grant. The decision rendered BY the
Supreme Court holds that these lands
should have been excepted, and accord
ingly reversed the opinion OF the lower
court. The court affirmed the opinion
OF the Private Land Court In the case
OF the claim OF the town OF Real dc Do
lores del ORC to land also located In
New Mexico. affirming the decision OF
the Court Of Private Land Claims. In
this case the Supreme Court found
that the land In controversy was In.
cludcd In the Ortiz mine grant and
that appellants were without legal re-
dress. The court reversed the decis-
lon OF the Supreme Court OF Arizona
In case involving the title to the
Sonvito grant. Arizona. This title was
mt issue between Santiago Ainsa and
the new Mexico Il Arizona Railroad
Company, The reversal was based
the case could not be tried In the or.
dInnry courts,
1t In an assured fact that the Amcri.
can Beet Sugar Company. with q capi.
tai stock Of &3OOOO.OOO and now con.
trolling four beet sugar plants In the
United States. will erect In the imme-
diate future q million-dollar beet sugar
factory In the Arkansas valley, . short
distance from Rocky Ford. During
the past three months this company's
experts have been looking over the var.
ious districts Of the valley. and In their
recent report state that the Arkansas
valley IL nm Ideal spot for the prosiuc-
tion OF the sugar beet. and that II far
exceeds the land controlled by the CON-
pany In other localities where the sugar
beet is now being cultivated. ]. g.
Hamilton. vice president Of the CON.
pany. and J. \. Davis. Industrial agent
OF the Santa Fe railroad. have been In
conference with &. X. Schmidt, agent
for the Suburban Land l. Investment
Company's lands under the Bessemer
ditch. which are reported to be super
lor TO those OF any other section OF the
valley for beet cultivation. Mr.. Hnmil.
ton states that aS soon as S.OlD acres
have been secured for the cultivation
OF sugar bscts work will he commenced
on the new factory. and Will le pushed
so ns to have II completed In time to
utilize next seasons crop OF lects. Two
thousand OF the 5000 acres to Ike select.
ed Will bc under the Resscmcr ditch.
The American Company will nay q
ier ton for b@e;s averaging IL per cent.
sugar. nnd Z! IL cents per ton for each
additional ] per cent. or. In other
words. bcctn averaging IS per cent.
sugar will bring 81 pcr ton. Recent
tests OF sugar bccts cultivated on lands
under the Bcsscmcr ditch show an nv.
vcrnge Of II per cent. sugar. with ~
per cent. co-efiicIcnt Of purity. No sam.
pies ran below III per cent.
ulcs ready by January LIST.
War will soon bc declared between
the county assessors OF the state and
the state Board Of Equalization. The
nsscss0rr nrr now doing lot Of think.
Ing and comforting In person and By
mall: and their leader. Assessor Amcs
OF Arnpnhoc county. Will probably re-.
sist the order Of the board. II ID all
over the or'ler recently issued by the
State Board Of Equalization to the sev.
cnty.nvc county nssrssors In reference
10 raising the valuation Of certain
kinds OF taxable property. and lower
Ing the valuation Of other kinds. Not
but that. In the opinion Of certain a..
sessoru. valuations might BE- raised or
lowered without harm. where circum.
stances might seem TO Justify the STATE
board of Equalization In taking such
action. but the assessors claim that, a.
all the tax schedules must te ready for
the various county treasurer By Jan.
nary lst. II ID now too late 70 make The
changes In the schedules because Of the
enormous amount Of clerical work In.
volvesi. and particularly In the more
thickly settled counties. II 10 the esu.
cral opinion among those who sre
watching the trend Of Affairs In county
circles. that the asaeAo0rp will fegiea