The Elbert County tribune., 1899-07-27

The coal mines OF Wyoming nre
producing 22,o00 tons per day. ~e-
Teller county has received It's pro-
portion Of Ell PHso county's funds,
amounting TO S32 206I.5s.
For the first time In almost decade
the great soda lakes, fifteen miles west
OF Larnniie, are receiving serious con
siderntion from capitalists
The decrcase In the earnings OF the
Colorado Midland for the last FISCAL
year was only <41,560. in spite of the
big snow blockadrilast winfr-
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. j. CabIcr left Dem
yer Friday In nn automobile rnrringe.
They reached Palmer Lake mt noon on
their way TO Victor. The carriage IL
propelled by gasoline engine.
i The Norcndenberg murder trial at
Buenn Vista ended with n s-rJict Of
guilty on two coiints, FOR killing pscir
Carlson and Charles Johnsoii. near
hewitt the latter part OF last May.
Three masked men. at an early hour
Friday morning, held mp the railway
lunch room and telegraph office at
Palmer Lake. securing III all only about
$40. S35 from the.lunch counter and 20
Mt the telegraph office
The county commissioners have ap-
pointed jefferson y. Farr to he sheriff
OF Huerfnno county 10 serve out the
term OF Edward Farr, late sheriff
knled nenr cimarron. The nppointee Is
brother OF the late sheriff. i,I
From reliable source II is learned
TINT the Union Paoifc has decided 10
make It's OmhhnO Ogden line n double
track road The business OF the road
has reached such proportions that this
step IL deemed advisable and the only
way out of the difficulty. T
The latest addition to Colorado
Days" Is State Game and. Fish Day,
TO be celebrated nt Steamboat Springs.
September sth and 9th. There Is 10 he
n free barbecue OF elk. deer. antelope.
bear and other game. and "A fish-fry.
There VIII also he rough riding. roping.
ball games and other sports. Two days
before the event a grand hunt VIII
take place.
The figures Of the Utah State Bonrd
of Equalization show that the total
valuation OF property In the state In
round numbers IL $09.V0O.000, about
the same as last year The figures on
live stock are as follows: Horses and
mules I2.2lD, valued at .3iI;
cattle 160.i75. valued at S2,G54, ,1T1;
sheep 1,576,iii, valued Mt S2,s64,o2s;
swine 15,0T5, valued at S5i,G01.
Canon City basfone OF the most won
derful hot springs In the West II IL
sltuntcd nt the entrance 10 the Royal
Gorge. and has good hotel acconimo-
datlons. Few people In Colorado re-
nlizc what they have In the way or
mineral springs. and people from the
East travel hundreds of miles to visit
and rccupcrate by few days of rest
and recreation.
July has so far been season OF nj
most continuous rains In New Mexico.
Farmers are assured of n splendid crop
of alfalfa and prairie hay. Three weeks
ngo meadow hay was selling for $40
per ton. while to-day there Is no mar
ket for II. Cattle are beginning to get
round and fat. and lambs nre growing
fnst This will be prosperous season
for northern New Mexico.
This years Chautauqua assembly at
Boulder In proving n most gratifying
success. In respect both to attendance
and excellence of entertainment. II Is
estimated that between seven and eight
hundred people from outside the state
nre In camp on the grounds. while the
local patronage from Boulder. Denver
md other towns has been very much
greatcr than II was last year. The AS
sembly will be In session until August
15th. '
Fohr men were swept away hy n
huge wall of water which was caused
by cloudburst at the head of a mar
row canon they were crossing nenr
TrInidad. and Bernard Tamboya, Villa
Rafino and nm unknown Austrian
were drowned. The men were on their
way from Gray creek to Blossburg In a
wagon. While crossing narrow
deep canon. n big wall of water came
rushing down upon them, carrying the
whole party, with their team, far down
the canon.
Creditors of Rio Grande county. and
there are n number of them, Will be
pleased 10 learn that the county has
quit fighting the payment of Its out
standing warrants and has voted by an
ilmost unanimous vote to issue 3 per
,ent. bonds to take up all the old in
iebtedness and to refund S67,000 of
outstanding per cent. bonds. For
years Rio Grnnde county has been
lighting the payment of II large amount
Of old 10 per cent. warrants against
the county.
To date the state of Wyoming has
expended SS.2I0 for bounties on wolves
since the appropriation of $4,000 was
made last March. This appropriation
was to have covered period of rwo
years. but Mt the rate the money is be-
ing paid out the sum will not last
much over n year. The wolves were
very numerous In NIL parts of Wyo-
ming last winter and spring. nul 1t IL
expected TINT the war now being wng-
ed on them will result in their cxtcr-
mination.
The Leadville gamblers have won
their case In the Supreme Court and
Judge Frank Overs OF the Lake coun-
ty District Court cannot Interfere with
them Mary Henderson, president OF
the Leadville Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, instituted an action in
the District Court against @. A. Liable
and forty others. to enjoin them from
gambling In Leadville. This inJunc-
fion was granted by Judge Overs, but
the Supreme Court decides that Mrs
Henderson failed to formulate cog
nizable case.
A decision has been rendered by the
general land office In the case of VIII
ford w. Harvey. sawmill owner OF
I'iney. to the effect that persons en-
titled to free lumber from public lands
would not be allowed TO exchange or
trade any part so taken for other ma
terial. such as finished lumber, lath
or shingles. entering into the construc-
tion of buildings. The ruling declares
that a sawmlll man will not be allowed
TO take his pay in lumber for saving
timber taken from the public lands or
forest reserves.
In old times they had some grand
weddings, and II is proposed by the
Cheyenne Frontier Day committee this
year TO reproduce one of the early