The Springfield herald., 1899-02-17


John II. Fox. Trinidad: +. ]. Hangs,
Cripple Greek: |. W. Shilling, Victor;
Lewis s. Young. Boulder: Francis T..
Bouck. Leadville; T. II. Robertson,
Fort Collins.
The record for big loads was broken
Mt Lendrille yesterday. says the Her
ld-Democrat. when II four-horse team
hauled II load of ore from the Mnhala
mine to the Colorado Midland that
made fairly good load for II broad-
gauge car. The load was on n sled
with steel runners. built for the pur-
pose of carrying big loads. This load
weighed gross 4O.1 $50 pounds avoirdu-
pois. The tare amounted to an even
5000 pounds. leaving 81. $50 pounds
net of ore. The ore Is consigned to
the Philadelphia Smelling and Retin-
ing Company nj Pueblo. Ii is hauled
from the mine TO the ear by Frank
Seaberry. driver for Jack McC.~ n
| Co.. the ore haulers. 4 similar load
| was forwarded week ago. but the
| scales would not work and no record
was taken of 1t here. A big load was
hauled on wheels last year i'll Lead
vile. It going something over fifteen
tons. An attempt 10 beat ii was made
at Aspen. but the returns from there
lat the time Were in the gross weight.
The load yesterday beat anything in
| Iut annals OF lHt NtSl Ill oIt
Commissioner Hermann. of the gen
eral land Office. has made IA report to
| Secretary Bliss in which he says that
| Deputy Surveyor Ober will complete
his corrections of the survey of the
| east boundary of the Southern Ute
reservation by June 10Th next. Con-
| tinung. he says: The prospective
settlers within the ceded portion of the
reservation are becoming very insist
ent in their desire to have the surplus
lands thrown open TO occupancy and
settlement. 1t has been suggested
| that inasmuch as the location of the
| boundaries are fixed with II fair de-
gree of certainty and rs the delay to
which prospective settlers have been
subject is likely to be still further eX-
| tended, some action might be taken
which would open such lands as are
positively known to lie within the
reservation. | recommend that the
necessary steps be taken to open to
occupation and settlement the lands
within the ceded portion of the South
ern Ute reservation except those lying
east of the north and south half sec
tion line in the western range of sec
tons in townships 81 and 33 north.
range l west. and those of the range
line between ranges | and west. Ill
township 81 north. and also all lands
north of the south line of the northern
tier of sections in township 81 north
range west, New Mexico principal
meridian" The excepted lands en-
! brace only about 1000 acres, While
those whose opening is recommended
include twelve full and twenty-four
fractional townships. This recon-
mendation is decided victory for
/ Judge Bell. who has pcrsistenly
| pressed the matter for the opening of
the southern Ute lands for two scs-
sions. and to whose suggestion to the
commissioner the action is now due
Leadville people had Il snow-shovel
ing party on the 10th that was well
attended and great success. owing
| TO the blockade the supply of coal had
| dwiudled to the point that it was GER
F.! tain within twenty-four hours TO shut
down the pumping plants and smelt-
ers. In response 10 II call issued 500
men turned out with shovels to clear
the tracks TO Malta, six miles away.
| where many loaded cars We're stand
ing. The entire crew was in charge
I of George w. Cook, who had depu-
tized six or eight well-known mine
managers of the camp and smelter SUI
{ perintendents 10 assist him i'll carry
ing on the work. The Rio Grande ran
its big snow plow over the track and
deposited the men at different points
along the line. They We're placed in
squads of 100 and 200 and We're soon
hard at work. The men appeared to
take special interest in the work laid
out for them. and it was wonderful to
see the activity displayed. Not sin
gle workman nor any of the managers
in charge left the track throughout the
serious storm. For fifteen and twenty
minutes at n time it was impossible
for the men to see each other even Il
few feet away on account of the fall
ing snow, but that made no difference,
and they continued the work until ii
was completed. -Four miles of the Rio
Grande track on which it was almost
impossible for three engines to haul
one ear was placed in such condition
that regular trains could run with
ease over the track. The work per-
formed was the cutting away of ice
which clung to the rails for n distance
of from eight TO twelve inches on each
side. and shoveling the snow To dis
tance of five to ten feet, as occasion
demanded. on both sides of the track.
one hundred tons of coke and about
fifteen cars of coal We're brought in
from Malta over the Rio Grande this
evening for the mines and Smclters.
This supply. however, is but Il small
part of the amount needed.
! Under the law, agents of the Colo
: RADIO Humane Society may take pos
session of and care for neglected and
abandoned animals of any kind. pro-
vide them with food. drink and shel-
ter and hold such animals until their
/. bill is paid In almost every locality
in the state some stock for whose food
no provision has been made by the
owner. is starving, and frequently
such starving animals are the cause
of much annoyance and loss to farm
, ers, who have feed, by breaking down
fences in their efforts to get TO ii. The
Humane Society hereby gives notice
that whenever any reputable person
= shall apply TO the state office in Den
yer, or TO any agent of the Humane
Society, for permission to take up and
care for such starving animals, and to
hold the same for his pay, he will he
given such authority, and the society
will stand behind him in such action.
Whatever is done under the authority
so given is done by the authority of