The Lamar register., 1899-06-07
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

I
works at Pueblo In few days. At the
Argo works similar notices are 10 be
given in relation to work by the hour.
but there will be no change In the rate
of wages. ms there has never been n
reduction since the smelter was built.
twenty years ago. the compeny paying
the same rate throughout the panic Of
lStS3 when reductions were maae In
all the other smsiters, and In nearly
all other branches OF business. An In
crease In wages. averaging Is per cent.
and affecting i25 men. was announced
to-day by the Colorado Philadelphia
Reduction Company. whose plant u at
Colorado City. The increase comes vol
unfairly. the men having made no COM
piaint whatever Of lo~ wages. The re-
dnctton plaLt has becn In operation
about three years. and Is one OF the
most profitable In this part Of the coun-
try. II treats Cripple Greek ore< al
most exclusively
The oil Interests Of the United Statrs
are closely watching movement
which mas been taking shape al Trini-
dad for some time and which Is likely
to eliminate In active operations IN n
wide heid adtacsnf to Triasdsd. The
united oii Company Of Denver. which
operates the reid at Florence. has
CtotfI NrNtT4i dfat% Ia Las autuahr
county. and will soon b-Ein an active
season OF prospecting The United
company Is said to Be backed by the
Standard on pcople- For the last four
OF nv~ sysnrs she oil subject has bern
sgitaecd In the same locality. but not
until the last few months has anythin<
been done that looked like a develop
meat OF the neld- suracient surface
Indications have heen discovered 10
warrant the sinking OF experimental
wells. There Rrr both oil and gas In.
dieaiion- aSd work win he commenced
within a fortnight 20 ascertain whether
either can be obtained In paying quan-
titles. The United company has come
down here asking neither bonuses nor
subsidies. and with plenty OF money TO
carry on the operations. In the past
many tests have been made By men Of
insufficient means. and In each case
OIL was found kn option on several
thousand aene@ east Of Trinidad has
l-ecn SECURED and As much more has
been actually leased The lands Ieassd
include i.2so acres known as the
Barcla tract and the i..SD arrrs ad
joining belonging TO sherman A Co.
making n strip Of land twelve miles In
length in the Sau Frans4sco and Fri
JOKES Valleys and takes In the FriJoie-
gulrh surveyors arN now on the
ground and within twrnfy days ma.
chiusry will he at hand Tor use IN sink
Ing wells II oil + found II VIII BE
piped to Trinidad and from there dis
tr.buted 20 different parts of the cum
try. The rcologist who for the com
pany has lsccn making Investigations
In dircrenf parts OF the state for four
years. has Rad an interesting search
for a basin from which Oh could be
taken In paying volume. He bocatcd n
quantity al Green Horn mountain. hut
not sufficient 10 warrant operations, He
IL said ta have sinked bis reputation on
the statement that the tract which tho
Omitted company has practically gob-
hlesi up covers mighty basin which
win yield In great abundance
A dispatch from Las Vegas says;
The nr~t reunion Of Roosevelt's
Rough Riders Association beginning
on June 2sth. win be held AT THE
place. IL promises TO b. n success-
Business men ard citizens are banded
together In an organization plssiged TO
make the occasion all that the most
snacfing rider couid expect Las
Vegas ngures only as an entertainer
ON this occasion The reunion details
are under the auspices OF Rooseyeit's
Rough Riders Association. which was
organized at Moufauk Point upon ne
turn OF the regiment from Cuba nst
year. OF this association Major A. o.
Brodie OF Briggs. Arixonn. Is president
and Lieutenant ]. l. Carter OF Pres
colt. Arizona. is secretary. Captain
w. II. II. Liewellyn OF Las Cruces,
Ne-z Mexico, Is chairman Of the stand.
ing executive committee. The aseo-
ciatfon has announced that II viii
have fifty invited guests, all OF more
or le7ss prominence throughout the
United States. OF course the star
figure in the asSemblage OF western
riders Will be Governor Roosevelt, sor
he has virtually promised to be here.
The association has sent word that 1t
will invite Senators Chauncey NJ. De-
pew and Thomas c. Piatt Of New
York TO accompany the governor The
date Of June oath set for the opening
has reference to the regiments work
Mt Las GuasImas. So determined were
the riders TO meet on the anniversary
OF their first fight that the fact that
Sunday Iniervenes in the four days
! outlined did not deter them Las
Vegas will entertain them at church
ON the morning of their second day
here. While the committees have
| not fully determined as to the char
/ acter Of the entertainment : ls as
sured that the New Mexico National
Guard will meet the Rough Riders in