The Elbert County tribune., 1899-08-31


prospect.
II has been decided at Grand juno
tIon to add one more day than usual to
this years Peach Day. September
18th, 18Th. iith aud 18th are officially
announced as the dates for the grent
festival.
The Ryan brothers OF Laramie have
taken a contract to plow furrow 80
miles long along the Union Pnciiic
right OF way. A sIx-horse plow VIII DE
used. and never taken out of the FUR
row. MS the workiDcn will camp wher-
ever night catches them.
Permits for grazing sheep on the tim
her reserves south OF the thirteenth
standard parallel. excepting Clear
Greek. piney and Ten Sleep lake conn
try. Wyoming, have been granted To
twenty-four fociSmnsters. The Hooks
viii range In numbers from 1000 to
5000, and In all i50,JO0 VIII be driven
In.
George Curry. sheriff OF Otcro roun-
fy. New Mexico. and u former captain
OF Roosevelt's Rough Riders. has been
appointed lieutenant OF the Eleventh
cavalry. now forming In the Philip
pines. and has accepted. His appoint-
mcni was secured through the infiu-
encc OF Governors Otero ind RooHe-
welt.
The district attorney has had war
rants issued for the arrest OF Il. q. Pen
niston. cashier. and j. u. Mabcn,
president Of the insUlvcnt bnnk OF
creedc, The charge is bank wrccklng,
and accepting bnnk deposits when the
bank WIS known to be lnsolvent. The
charges Will impllcate u number of
stockholders The amount Will reach
$4,000.
John II. Thom. superintendent of the
Los Angeles mine on Bull hill. fell
from the 4OO-foot level to the bottom
OF the shaft, n distance Of about 2lO
feet, aud was instantly killed. He
was badly mangled. Three miners
were working In the bottom of the
shaft and his body was only prevent
cd from striking them by falling
against the bucket hanging above the
men.
The Annual Corn Roast NJ Loveland.
Will be held this year on Labor Day,
September 4. These corn roasts have
become 80 popular that large attend
ancc is assured. particularly ms the
date falls ON II holiday. The Colorado
Road Will make extraordinarily low
rates to Lovcland and return for this
occasion and is making preparations to
handle very large number of people.
W. 4. Kirkpatrick. the Durango fish
king. has given the state 100000 young
trout. Thomas Holland, state super
intendent of hatcherics. has gone TO
Durango to look after the fish. which
VIII be distributed uboui the state. The
state Will get 5000 trout also of the
1.OO0,OO0 given the government by VIII
liam Radcliffe of Delta county. This
Is the first time the United States Com
mission has ever given fish to state nu-
thorltics.
Some of the parties Interested In the
new company formed TO build the rail.
roads ryom For, Steele 10 Saratoga,
Encampmcnt and other points In the
copper fields. have purchased ranch
near Grand Encampmcnt, and II Is be
llcved II is for town site purposes. The
construction of the railroad IL consld-
cred certainty. Saratoga Is growing
rapidly. Many Denver people are In
terestcd In the camp end others nre
coming In every day.
The coal camp OF Rouse on the Colo
=
idly closed down. the reason being that
the properties are nearly played out.
and that the operators are troubled
with water. The Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company has enough other coal
ground In the same vicinity to justify
moving its machinery to some other To-
cality. Tho plants will be transferred
10 Pictou and Maitland. As Rouse is
distlnctivcly coal camp. this change
viii leave II deserted village, all of
tnc buildings of any consequence be
Ing torn down for the sake of lumber.
batteries A and II, Utah artillery.
arrived ut Salt I.ale from San Fran.
cisco on the 10Th, The soldiers were
given hearty welcome at the depot.
The various military organizations
and civic societies escorted them
through the gaily decorated streets To
Calder's park, where the governor and
other state officials delivered addresses
of welcome. Responses were made by
Majors $. W. Young and II. A. Grant.
After distributing the state badges to
all the state volunteers, an elegant
lunch was served In the park. All
business was suspended for the dny.
and thousands Of people congregated
all along the the line of march.
Captain Ewing +. Booth of Company
G, First Colorado volunteers. reached
Pueblo Sunday evening he having
come on from San Francisco immedi.
ately after the landing of the regi-
ment. Captain Booth Is on three
months sick leave. he having suffered
considerably from n severe attack OF
dysentery. He will remain in Pueblo
about twenty-five days and after n
few short side trips will return TO the
Philippines TO assuh,e command of a
company In one of the new volunteer
regiments organized there in which he
was commissioned shortly before the
First Colorado left the islands. lie re-
ports n pleasant voyage and says that
the men are generally in good health.
\ Cheyenne dispatch says: Hon.
John A. Martin and General Nanards-
ale. MS n non-partisan committee. are
to-day circulating notes for the S13, 900
to be furnished by the banks to defray
the Wyoming soldiers expenses home
among prominent citizens for sigma.
ture. They are meeting with marked
success. These notes will be taken
later along the line OF the Northern
Pacific by Mr. Martin II is not thought
the whole $4,000 will he used. II not.
the surplus Will he returned to the
banks. and credit given ON the back OF
the notes. Governor Richards and
staif. now en- route to San Francisco,
win return with the mustered out vol.
unieers. II they can get away by the
10th of September,
y singular accident occurred in the
Black canon. n few miles below Co
bollo. j. Il. Bozman. with his wife and
family and a woman friend. boarded
u handcar and started out to pick
The return was not made
until after dark. Mrs. Bozman was
nervous and expressed great fears lest
they should meet II train on one of the
numerous curves. The party was
rounding Black canon when the full
moon suddenly came into view ahead.
She mistook IL for the headlight OF
locomotive and jumped from the car.