The Meeker herald., 1899-01-28

sion OF gambling everywhere in the
district. II is claimed that a written
agreement was made some time since
between the city marshals in an the
towns for the preventing Of gambling.
but that the agreement has not been
lived up TO by all of them. II II un-
derstood that the action taken at the
recent meeting will result in the stop
ping Of all secret gambling anywhere
in the district
The Texas contingent to the Ma
tional Live Stock Association will be
large one. IT is conservatively esti-
mated by well-posted cattlemen here
that the number will exceed 800 or
800. composing the thriftiest and most
prominent men connected with the
business both in Texas, Oklahoms
and Indian Territory Besides tho-e
directly identified with the cattle in
dustry in the state. large parties com
posed of railroad freight agents.
steamship line managers. packing
house people. commission men and
Others will form a part OF the big de-
the Lone Star state
Rev. w X. hoffman. pastor Of the
| Presbyterian church in Boulder. has
! received formal notice of his selection
TO Ill the pulpit of the Fourth Presby-
terian church of Chicago. Mr.. Not
man Will accept the call The new pas
torate has with it "A salary of $1,000 n
/ year. chapel assistant and personal
ASSISTANT The Fourth Presbyterian
| church Of Chicago is one of the richest
and most aristocratic churches In the
city and numbers in its congregation
some Of the leading millionaires OF
| Chicago. The present chiHch building
/ on the Chicago lake front Is soon to be
/ replaced with one Of the most magnifi-
cent church structures in the country.
A dispatch from Price. Utah, says:
{ There was n complete backdown of
/ the contractors in the hauling of GOV
ernment freight this morning, and the
teamsters who had held out for a week
for their price, 81 per hundred from
/ here to Fort Duchesne. went out from
| the quartermaster's department with
| all their outfits could haul. There
were about 10000 pounds of supplies
Z for the soldiers at Fort Duchesne. and
1t will take five days to make the trip.
| Telegraphic messages from Fort Du-
cheSne are to the effect that teams are
being loaded there with incoming
stuff. several teams having been Sc
cured after ii was known the strike
AT this end had been settled.
] The opinion of Justice Gabbert of
the Supreme Court upon the application
for writ of habeas corpus In the
case Of Leslie w. PopeJoy, who is be
4 ing confined in the county Jail at the
Instance of his common-law wife, An
ME b. Popejoy. for failure to comply
with an alimony order Of Judge LIE
Fevre, was handed down Monday. 1t
denies the writ and dismisses the ap-
peal, according to the decision an
nounced some days ago. Justice Cab
bert takes the stand that. contrary to
the allegations set forth by Popejoy In
his application for the writ. the trial
judge was in the right when he ordered
the commitment of the derelict hus-
band. AS n result Popejoy will re-
main in prison until Judge lie Fevre
believes that he has been sufficiently
punished for the contempt of which he
was deemed guilty or until he agrees
TO pay the alimony ordered.
Surveyor General Vance of New
Mexico has just received the recent de-
cision of the Department of the Inte-
rior regarding the final disposition by
the government of the Las Vegas
grant of 496.446.96 acres of land. As
sistant Secretary Ryan. in the decision.
reviews the history of the grant COM
mencing with the making of the grant
by the Mexican government. first to
Luis Maria Baca and afterward. when
Baca had been driven OF by the In
dians, to the persons who went to the
site of the present city of Las Vegas
| and established n settlement. He states
that Congress plainly intended to give
| the tract to the community of Las We
gas and the act of Congress deter
mined the title. The decision Will he
Of great value to the people of Las
Vegas, as lands on the grant unoccu-
pied will doubtless be placed in the
hands OF commission TO be Improved
and sold for the benefit of all CON
cerned.
Work on the Goose creek dam of the
Denver Union Water Company has
been started and the company intends
rapidly to push the work on a new
reservoir on this site. II is to be COM
pleted within year and to have n ca
pacity Of 25.0O0.o0O.OO0 gallons. with
the new reservoir the Union Water
Company will be able to supply Dem
yer with water even when Its popula-
tion has reached the half million mark.
A few men have been put upon the
work and soon 400 laborers will be
employed. The tools necessary fo.s the
work are even now on the ground.
The site is where Goose creek reaches
the South Platte. thirteen miles south
of Buffalo Park. The site is 1000 feet
above the city and the dam will be leo
feet high. Owing to the "set back" of
| the waters the reservoir will cover
600 acres. The cost OF materials and
construction, it is calculated by the
company. will reach S5OO,O0O.
The board of equalization for tbe tor,
ritory of New Mexico has submitted it,
report to the governor. The report
covers the forty-eighth ana forty.ninth
fiscal years, and suggests needed re-
forms relative to tax matters 1t reads:
Inadequate laws and the failure Of
assessors. tax collectors and boards Of
county commissioners to enforce those
now on our statute books ara -