La Junta tribune., 1899-01-14
WESTERN NEWS.

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! spent in cataloguing, he thinks.
Rev Harold Willis Moore of Den.
yer. Colo, was married on the 4th at
Binghampton, y. Y. TO Miss Mary
| Crary. daughter OF the Leather king"
| and one OF the richest men in that sec
ton. Miss Crary is worth Sl.o00.oC0
| in her own right.
Mrs. Shute and Miss Zeigler. who
were terribly burned by an explosion
OF gas In n vault in the capitol build
| ing AT Denver, are likely TO recover
from the effects OF their burns. To
prevent a recurrence of the disaster no
| gas VIII be used In the vaults here
| after.
| President JefYery of the Rio Grande
announces that his company Will spend
| 81 5000 III improvements before the
| LIST Of September. One thousand freight
\ cars are TO be bought and also ten new
| locomotives. The narrow gauge line
1 to Alamosa Is TO be changed to stand.
ard gauge.
A meeting OF the Gold Coin mine en-
| ployes and the managers was held a
few days ago in the big shaft house.
when Manager Harry Woods formally
presented 10 the miners a deed for the
ground upon which the new $4,000
! club house VIII be used by the Gold
| Coin miners. IL will soon be built. The
building will be constructed entirely
| OF brick two stories In height, and viii
contain large and finely equipped
gymnasium. bath room, reading rooms
| and other apartments for the conyen-
ience of the miners. 1t viii be an ele-
giant structure In all respects. and ii is
the most substantial gift ever present
cd hy "a MINING I'm tho n
its employees.
Information comes from an authori-
tative source, says the Rocky Mountain
News. that the Westinghouse Electric
Company Of Pittsburg. one OF the most
powerful electric corporations in the
, world. has secured control of several
coal mines in the Marshall district. and
will soon begin the erection Of a large
electrical power transmission plant OH
the general lines of the institution now
In operation at Canon City and supply.
ing Cripple Greek with power.
Farmers are jubilant over the out
look for irrigation during the coming
season. According to competent au-
thorities. the snow fall In the noun
iains is the heaviest known for years
and the prospects are brighter than
at any time since 1894. Reports from
all parts Of the mountains tell the
same story. The rnvines are filled with
snow, the snow fall In the parks has
been unusually heavy and as the snow
came previous to the first OF Janu-
AIRY. 1t is well packed down.
Retiring State Auditor John w. Low
ell In his biennial report made TO Gov
ernor Adams uses rather vigorous Ian
guage with reference to the condition
Of the state revenues. The auditor
pays his respects to the various county
assessors whose small assessments OF
property he believes to be responsible
for the shortage in the funds due the
state. 1T Is evident" says the report.
that the trainers of the constitution
intended that the General Assembly
should have control OF the finances OF
the state. but the result shows that
when the statute OF 1891 was passed
the General Assembly abdicated Its au-
thority and delegates 1t TO the county
assessors." Mr.. Lowell says the laws
should be amended.
A petition asking Wyoming's repre-
sentatiyes in Congress TO have the or
der revoked which compels the remov-
nj OF sheep from the Big Horn reserve
is being circulated at Casper. This or
der has been issued by the interior de-
partment and II carried into effect will
work incalculable injury to the sheep
men of Natrona county and many will
be compelled TO retire from the bus-
ness. Thousands OF sheep are taken to
the Big Horn mountains early in the
spring and kept there, where feed and
water are plentiful until late in the
fall. II Is asserted that the sheep do
no damage TO the forests. The timber
Is composed principally of evergreen
and sheep do not touch this variety OF
trees, while their eating the brush and
underground is really an advantage to
the growing timber.
A beet sugar factory for Grand June
ton seems assured. Incorporation
papers of n new company have been
filed at Denver with the secretary of
state. The company Is TO be known
as the Colorado Sugar Manufacturing
Company. The incorporators are John
L. CampIon, J. Il. McKinnie. Charles
Boettcher, Oscar II. Cox. Charles T..
Mitchell and George w. Trimble. The
list contains the names of some OF the
wealthiest men Of Colorado. The board
of directors consists Of Eben Smith.
Charles Boettcher, ]. F. Campion, ].
J. Brown and J. II. McKinnie. The
sugar manufacturing company Is capi-
talized at $4,000. and will proceed
without delay in erecting its plant In
Mesa county. Representatives Of one
OF the largest manufacturing firms OF
the country have been in conference
with the promoters Of the enterprise
and no time will be lost In breaking
ground and erecting factory capeble
OF handling $50 to 500 tons OF beets
daily for period of three months each
year. The citizens Of Grand Junction
literally donated for the enterprise
1880 acres of land near the city,
valued at $4,000. The farmers, go
In number, signed pledges to cultivate
$500 acres In beets for n minimum
period Of three years. the beets to be