The Monte Vista journal., 1899-04-01

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to restrain the executive. the latter be-
Ing the representative Of state de-
partment coordinate with that Of the
judiciary.
| Governor Thomas has announced his
appointments for Teller county. Sher-
in-Town Marshall Stewart. Victor,
+, Democrat: clerk and recorder-James
w. Gnughan, Altman. Populist; county
1udge-W. =. Seeds. Cripple Creek,
Democrat; treasurer-Frnnk Creamer.
Cripple Creek. Populist; assessor-Ed-
ward Bell. Cripple Greek. Democrat;
superintendent OF schools-Mrs. N. j..
| Hangs. Cripple Greek, Democrat; cor
oner-P. +. Dunn. Victor. Democrat;
county commissioners-E. W. Pfeifrcr,
Altman. Democrat: c. l.. Harrington,
Woodland Park. Democrat: A. II. Bur-
ton. Cripple Greek. Silver Republican.
| The Governor appointed the county
commissioners first and allowed the
three members to name the other oth-
| cials. ut the same time that he an
nounccd their appointment himself.
| This was done that there might be no
mistake as TO the legality OF the ap-
pointments. The new officers Will take
office Immediately. and the machinery
OF the new county will bc set in mo-
tion.
A party OF Burlington & Missouri
railway surveyors Is in the field max
| Ing preliminary surveys for new
connecting line Of road which. II built.
will place Denver In almost direct con-
nection with the Black Hills region of
South Dakota, and will open up to rail.
way communication n rich farming
and stock district In the valley OF the
North Platte river In western Nebraska
and eastern Wyoming. The projected
line will probably extend southwest
from Alliance, which IL on the line of
| the burlington system running directly
to the Black Hills and to the Montana
connection with the Northern Pacific
at Billings. southwest to Gering on the
North Platte; thence directly south
| through Harrisburg. Ncb: crossing the
main line OF the Union Pacific at Kim
ball. Neb.; crossing the Cheyenne 4
Burlington line about midway between
Sterling and Cheyenne, and connecting
at Brush. Colo, with the direct line OF
the burlington system To Denver. the
entire projected line being about 100
miles In length. The road. II built.
VIII aid directly number Of small
towns in western Nebraska and north
''h S'i'ih'' anu II uI'i vi HkTl-
| cultural and stock raising country
tributary to Cheyenne.
VIII c. Shepard. Jr.. Denver news
paper man. is likely TO find himself n
national celebrity. Last summer when
the government agents were in Den
yer buying cavalry horses for the use
OF the army In the war with Spain.
there was n great deal Of discomfort
| over the reflections OF animals 10y the
Inspectors. Ugly stories were current
mat there We're other considerations
than the merit Of the horses involved
| In the decisions OF the officers In charge
OF the selections. on January 3rd the
Denver Times printed an article CIV
Ing specific charges of crookedncss and
quoting assertions that the agents of
the army had rejected horses one day.
and accepted them the next. after they
had come Into the hands Of certain fnv-
orcd parties, and had been sugar.
| coated The charges were brought to
the attention OF the War Department.
and Colonel Hathaway Of the Commits
| s0ry Department wns sent out TO In
vcstigntc. He learned that VIII G.
shepherd was the reporter responsible
for the story. and called upon him ns
soon ms he arrived In Denver to get
the names Of Mr.. Shepherds Inform.
ants. This information Shepherd ~
fuses TO give and he will probably be
hauled up before the court and ordered
To testify. lie says he will go to jail
| first.
A L"adviilc dispatch says: Now that
the two miners are safe above ground.
| the rcscucrs speak with almost bated
breath OF the dangers that menac.,i
the men abov" and below the ground.
| While Rcuss and Frey We're prisoners,
roscatc picture was presented To
them and their friends, hut now that
II Is NIL over. some of the true condi.
tions have become known. From the
time that the ground gave way In the
main shaft. two weeks ago. every per
son employed In the rescue stnked his
life on the mcrcst casualty. II was
never known what moment III. shaft
ground would give away. and all the
workers would bc dashed TO the bot.
tom OF the shaft. The least ilspiace.
mrnt would have cut of ali communi-
cation with III" two men. and they
would have slowly starved TO death.
There was danger not only to those
working In the rescue shaft. hut nls.,
+, To those that worked In the Starr
| drift ms there wns n constant cavinv
| Of dirt throughout the time that the.
men were pushing forward. In fact,
NIL the rcscucrs werc working In
trca chcrous ground. and they knew IL,
| morrow morning the cleaning out
Of the old Bon Air shaft where tn.
cave occurred viii bc continued, and
ms rapidly ns possible the dirt aud rock
will ic raised 10 the surface. and the
old shaft placed In condition to con.
tinuc the important operations upon
this property being conducted by the
Iradviiic pumping Association.
Two thousand acres of school land.
lying In the valley of Bcnr river at
Mnybcll. Were sold the other day by
| Register Chiplcy of tirr Colorado State
Land Board. The price 1. $3.50 per
mere. payable 10 per cent down nnd bal
nncc In eighteen annual in.tniimcnt..
with Interest nt u per cent. The pur.
chascrs Of the land have formed Q
colony. Mr.. Humphrey Jones of Crnig
IL NJ the head OF the organization. The
Individual holdings vary from III TO "
ncrcs TO each family. and there nrc
thirty families. They come from Den.
yer. ChafYrc county. Greeley and other
parts Of Colorado. and n few from
Kansas. About twenty families nrc al.
ready located nt Mnyi,cil. making about
nifty households Ia the community Ia
start with. The movement II of the.
greatest Importance To western Roust
county. Those who nrr acquainted
with the opportunities of the region i,r-
licvr TINT II needs only \ start to set
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