The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.


tween Pueblo and La Junta.
The long standing feud between Mar
Gus Daily and Senator Clark is SAID TO
have come to an end.
Judge Wilbur +. Stone of Denver mas
Just been reappointed associate justice
OF the Co2rt of Private Claims.
The imprisoned Leadville miners
have not vet been released and 1t may
be some time before they get out.
A murderer and cattle thief, who had
been convicted sawed their way out OF
the Arapahoe county Jail n few days
ago.
The claim to n slice of Isabella prop
erty made by the Roxana company
has been rejected by the land ofnce Ut
Pueblo.
Pending decision by Governor
Thomas, DR.. Thombs has resumed con
troll of the Colorado Asylum FOR the
Insane.
At the meeting of the sovereign
camp. Woodmen of the World, AT
Memphis, f. A. Falkenburs of Denver
was elected sovereign adviser.
While the passenger train on the
Cheyenne & Northern was snow-Oouhu
last week the soldiers at Fort Russeh
volunteered to help shovel 1t out.
Surveys are being made and plans
developed for the building of line of
new railway from Denver to the
coal fields of Boulder county. The pur-
pose of the promoters is to compete
with the Northern Coal Company.
AT the coming municipal election
Rocky Ford will vote upon the propo-
sition of issuing water bonds in the
sum of $1,000, for the purpose OF TAX
ing on $1,000 seven per cent. bonds ana
providing funds for the extension ana
Improvement of the water works.
The people of Colorado Springs, it
was asserted yesterday. have resolved
on testing the constitutionality of the
Teller county bill. The meetings which
have been held in the El Paso capltal
for several days have resulted in a
feeling that the bill will be killed II
the courts get chance at II.
The Wyoming State Board of Equall-
latlon has raised the valuation upon
live stock for purposes of taxation tnlr'
ty per cent. over last years rates.
Range cattle are raised from S15 to SO
per head: range sheep from Sl.iJ to
SO 25, and other classes of stock. en-
repting horses. which are unchanged.
are raised in the same proportion. Ihe
raise in these valuations VIII increas"
The assessed valuation of the state II
million dollars.
. The sheep raisers of Colorado and
adjacent states are endeavorlng to
have the forest reserve thrown open to
sheep herders. and ii is thought their
efforts will meet with success. The
forest reserve people say that If the
,x=t1l N In
struction of the forest reserves, as for
est fires will destroy the shrubbery
which will destroy the very object of
the reserves The order to throw open
the forest reserve is now pending with
the commissioner OF the land office.
An attempt was made last Saturday
night to rob the Bank of Loveland.
An entrance was made through n win
dow at the rear of the building, and n
revolver and II cents in pennies, which
had been left in the money drawer,
were secured. No attempt whatever
was made to open the vault. The
thieves were. no doubt. disappointed
and expected to find large amount
Of change in the money drawer. There
are no clews as to who the thieves
were.
DIR. |. A. Winternitz. city physician
of { olorado City. was shot and per-
nan; fatally wounded about o o'clock
Saturday night. Mike Mcclure, pro-
prletor of the Nickel Plate saloon in
Colorado city. fired the shot. But one
shot was fired and that passed through
the feshy part of the doctors left fore
arm and lodged in his left side. The
,uly cause assigned FOR the deed is Me
Cures grief over the death of his little
.iI Itn taI anf T.,
realize what he had done
Oliver NJ. Lee. wealthy cattleman,
Dona Anna county. New Mexico. and
james Gilliland. one of his employees,
charged with the murder of Colonel
Albert j. Fountain and eight-year-old
son in Dona Anna county, three years
ago. have surrendered themselves to
United States Judge Parker at Las
Cruces. New Mexico. Lee and Gilli-
land were indicted with others for the
crime one year ago and have been
hunted by officers ever since. In a
pitched battle between Lee and Gilli-
land and posse of officers several
months ago one of the posse was
killed.
The rumorcd resignation of Cassius
NJ. Moses of Pueblo, lieutenant colonel
of the First Colorado volunteers at Ma
Mia. has been confirmed by Il telegram
received by Governor Thomas: Gen
eral Otis wires from Manila that he has
declined to accept Lieutenant Colonel
Moses resignation for the reason that
his services cannot at this time be dis
pensed with or his place be filed 1t
has been known among members of
the militia in Denver for some time that
Lieutenant Colonel Moses was not sat
isiied with his treatment at Manila
Many assert that he was not friendly
with Colonel Coy owing. it is said, TO
the latters treatment of him.
Reports from all sections of Colorado
are telling of the great loss of horses
on the range Range horses are not of
great value and as rule are given
little or no attention. During the pres
an, winter very few of them have