The Monte Vista journal., 1899-09-02
WESTERN NOTES.

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A one legged man. using crutches,
walked up Pixies, peak In eight hourx
recently.
As result Of the striking Of coal
oil near Trinidad a number Of new
companies have entered the field to
prospect.
An ex-convict Of Ctah tried to get
even with the Judge and warden by
sending them boxes OF dynamite, but
they were not exploded.
The horse purchasing board which
has been buying horses for cavalry pur-
poses at Cheyenne met with extraor-
dinary success and finer lot OF anil
mails was submitted to them for selec-
tton than at any other market in the
West. Over 15 per cent. Of the hOrses
submitted were bought.
Permits for grazing sheep on the tim
Der reserves south OF the thirteenth
standard parallel, excepting Clear
Greek, Piney and Ten Sleep lake coun-
try, Wyoming. have been granted to
twenty-four nockmasters. The fockn
Will range In numbers frOp 1909 to
1900, and In all 159.5OO will be driven
In.
George Curry, sheriff OF Otero coun-
fy. New Mexico, and 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
ment was secured through the infiu-
nI
welt.
The district attorney has had war
rants issued for the arrest Of Il. q. Pen
niston, cashier. and J. ID. Maben.
president Of the Insolvent bank of
Creetie. The charge is bank wrecking,
and accepting bank deposits when the
bank was known to be insolvent. The
charges will implIcate number Of
stockholders. The amount Will reach
10000.
The Annual Corn Roast nt LOveland,
VIII be held this year on Labor Day,
september 4. These corn roasts have
become NO popular that large attend
ance IL assured. particularly as the
date falls on a holiday The Colorado
Road will make extraordinarily low
rates to LOveland aud return for this
occasion and is making preparations to
handle very large number Of people.
A forest fire has broken out on the
mountains below Morrison. The dry
pines on one OF the lower ridges caught
Sunday. probably from some campfire.
and secnY TO bc burning steadily. The
weeks OF dry weather particularly on
the eastern ridge OF the mountains has
left the timber rs dry as chips. and for
fear OF a destructive blaze campers
have been warned to extinguish their
fires.
The size Of the iron works at Pueblo
is TO he Increased. For year or more
the most elaborate alterations have
been under way. and only within the
last ak months has the output been
pushed forward In earnest. Hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars have been ex-
pended and the pay rolls increased by
the employment OF vast army Of new
men, hut still the contracts are away
behind.
The Bessemer City hotel. tl-ce-
story brick structure Of twenty -seven
roons. was totally Destroyed Monday
night BY . IRE which oeiginated In the
kitehea at $50 O'Clock. The los IL
$1,000: insurance. $4,000 inside Of
thirty minutes from the time the fire
was discovered the entire structure
was enveloped in flames. and owing
to the lack Of water pressure. they
gained remarkable headway.
George Craddock. Joseph lnman.
Jerry Cronln, Alexander Wills, and
Patrick A,i,luliei. and three others, up-
der indictment for the murder Of Smith
and Cheyne In the Warlner hot Of
April last, escaped from the stockade
at Wnrdner the other night. One Of
the soldier guards Is also missing. The
county Is thoroughly aroused and every
possible effort In heing made for their
rccap:urc. The manner OF the escape
Ia unknown. hut no one doubts that
bribery played nm important part.
Gorgeous and spectacular will be the
queens parade and triumphal march
at the Festival OF Mountain and Plain,
TO be held In Denver septcinber 18th
to SOth, attended by the king OF the
mountains and escorted by OutFiderr.
cOurticrx and the military. 3he will
come from her mountain home In q
giiicd coach drawn by twelve white
uoIreh uuu IL CuoWueu ny nef I0Ntnk
subjects beneath a blaze Of light and
surrounded by her maids Of honor, In
the presence Of Thousands. II will t,e a
sight to remember.
The coal camp Of Rouse on the Colo.
RADIO 4 Southern. near Walsenburg. Ii
deserted. and the mines arr beina rap
idly closed down. the reason being thn,
the properties are nearly played out.
and that the operators are troubled
with water. The Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company Inns enough other coal
ground In the same vicinity to Justify
moving Its machinery 10 soI,e other To-
caiity. The plants will be transferred
TO Pictou and Maitland. As House In
distinctivcly \ coal camp. this change
will leave II . deserted village, all Of
the builiinRs Of nny consequence bc.
Ing torn down for the askc of lumber.
A Cheyenne dispatch says: Hon.
John \. Martin and General vnnar,is.
ale. as = non.partisan committee. arr
to-day circulating notes for the $4,000
TO i,c furnished by the hanks to d~frsy
tho Wyoming solsilcru' expenses home
among prominent citizens for sigma.
turc. They aru meeting with marked
Aucc~s. These notes will be taken
later along The line Of The Northern
Pacific BY Mr.. Martin. II Ii not thought
the whole si3.0D win be used. II not.
the surplus will be returned 10 the
hanks. and credit given On the back OF
the notes. Governor Richards and
stan. now en- route TO Nan Francisco.
will return with the mustered out vol
unt~ers. u they ran grt away by The
i0th Of t~ptrml,~s.