The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21

as the developments now indicate, ii
will be the means of opening up a new
and beautiful country in the heart of
the Rocky Mountains. The climate is
delightful, and the mines are not the
only inducements for intending settlers
as the nearby valleys and mesas con-
tain some of the finest agricultural
land in the state. From all accounts
the new country is certainly an ideal
one both for the miner and the farmer.
The indications are that Colorado
will make Il fine showing at the Paris
| exposition in 1900. The commission
appointed by the governor. consisting
of Mary NJ. GRAFT, JohE #. Campion
and w. S. Ward, is actively engaged in
| planning for the state exhibit. As
there will be no special allOt-
ments of space for state exhibits, Colo
RADIO will make its exhibit with that of
the general government, thus giving
opportunities for comparison that will
| revert to the benefit of the state.
The general government has seen fit
to make an appropriation sufficient to
cover all expenses. Two of the
national committeeman, Messrs.
Skiff and Ferdinand w. Peck,
will visit Denver in the near
future to present the matter TO the
people and stir up enthusiasm in favor
of the exposition.
Serious range troubles are imminent
| in eastern Larimie county. Wyoming,
on the range between Salem and I4itue
Horse creek. Mark Coad and G.. ].
Heysham, who recently placed large
| number of cattle in this district. are
having n conflict with number Of the
small ranchmen who have occupied the
| range for several years. II Is alleged
that the smaller ranchmen gathered an
armed force Of sympathizers and about
/ week ago gave Coad and HeyShain
notice to drive their cattle off the range
by midnight of March 10th under pen
atty of having the cattle and themselves
killed If they failed to comply. Coad
and Heysham applied to the county au-
thorities for protection and yesterday
Deputy Sheriff Warlaumont left for the
/ scene of the expected trouble. which is
/ sixty miles distant from here, TO pre-
vent the stockmen from carrying out
| their threats.
The land office at Glenwood annoup.
ces that the states selection of 10000
| acres of land lying in Routt and Rio
| Blanca counties, selected by the Off
GERS of the State Land Board. has been
rejected by the Washington officials
and the land is now subject TO entry
under the existing United States laws
] l lie l'l1lUS now III question were select
| ed mostly in 1898. They are widely
scattered over Routt and Rio Blanco
counties, mostly in the former county.
Some of the lands are capable of irri-
/ cation. but most of them are upland,
and only of value for grazing. The SET
| tiers in the valleys feared that the
| large cattle companies would lease or
buy the state lands, and thus control
the range. They claimed that the
! lands had been so selected with regard
| to the rivers and water holes that the
| people owning them would be in CON
troll of practically the entire range in
! that part of the state. Protests were
] made in Washington and the denial of
| the land boards request Is probably
| the result of this action. The commits
! sioner of the general land Office has
] absolute discretion as to the approving
or disappearing the states selection.
| Referring to the dispatch from Glen
| wood Springs stating that the land
/ office there had received notice of the
! failure OF the general land office to
confirm the selection of some 10000
acres of indemnity land in Routt and
! Rio Blanco counties. l.. G. Paddock,
state appraiser and former register of
| land, says; "The land selected was
checked off at the Glenwood office and
the state has paid its fees of 115 cents
an acre. The lists sent to Washington
Were identically the same in form as
| the lists sent before by other regis
! trars. Under new ruling. made by
some new bureau chief, the general
land office at Washington now re-
quires a specific base to be set up
/ against a specific selection. This new
rule involves considerable office work.
as it requires us to go into the ques
.,cf
fractional acre lost against the claim
! for fractional acre selected. The
new land board has employed ]. r.
Joyce TO formulate the lists according
! to the general land office rule, and the
work is now going on. The state has
| checked off the lands at the Glenwood
office and has paid its fee, and will
insist on reasonable time to conform
to the unreasonable requirements of
the general land Office"
! The governor of New Mexico has ap-
| pointed the following territorial officers:
| Solicitor general, Il. l.. Bartlett of San
| tn Fe: treasurer, jefferson Reynolds of
Las Vegas; auditor, Louis NJ. Ortiz of
Rio Arriba county; superintendent of
public instruction. Manuel c. De Baca
of Las Vegas; superintendent Of the
penitentiary. H. o. Bursum of Socorro:
| librarian. Lafayette Emmett of Santa
| I'e; coil oil inspector, John S. Clark of
Las Vegas; public printer. James ID.
| Hughes Of Santa Fe District attorneys
We're also named as follows: For Col
fax and Union counties, Jere Leahy of
Ration; for Grant and Sierra counties.
II. z. Barnes of Silver City; for San
| Miguel, Moro and Guadalupe counties,
+. A. Spess of Las Vegas; for Chavez
and Eddy counties. y. J. Nesbit of Ed
| dy; for Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and San
| Juan counties, II. G. Gortner of Santa
Fe: for Bernalillo. Mckinley and Nalen-
ella counties T. A. Finical of Albu-
querque; for Socorro county, S. Alex
ander of Socorro. Other appointments