The silver lance., 1899-09-22
WESTERN NOTES.

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resting place and the police were noti-
fed of the occurrence. In two hours
| he became rational enough to tell his
story He had been knocked senseless
and robbed while passing through the
tunnel on his way home. His assail-
ants had left him lying on the track.
s. F. Bloomfield of Denver who has
recently looked over thirty-five lakes
in the vicinity of Delta, believes that
he has a gold mine in their output. He
has contracted for the crops of the
lakes owned by William Radcliffe near
Delta in addition to other properties
and will begin next season to put fish
on the market. The excellent condition
of the hatcheries at the Radcliffe prop
critics give them a total output of B.
| OO0, 900 trout a season. Mr.. Bloomfield
declares that he has fully 100000
worth Of trout ready for sale. Next
season he expects to be able to put
over a ton of trout on the market
every day, which at the rate of 60
cents pound will amount to quite an
enterprise.
The annual flower carnival at Colo
RADIO Springs took place on the 18Th.
| While the presence of the Colorado
volunteers in town distracted the atten-
ton of the people to some extent. it in
no way diminished the charm of the
parade. Vehicles. bicycles, horses.
everything, in fact, that made a show
ing in the parade, evinced the greatest
painstaking in preparation, and the eff
feet of splendor and beauty that re
suited was correspondingly worthy of
appreciation. Flower fiestas have been
| talked and written about, but the one
| held this afternoon was one in earnest.
and was of a character that must be
seen to be appreciated. The grand
stand at the corner of Cascade avenue
and Kiowa street was packed with
spectators long before the hour when
the parade started. The grand stand
itself was so neatly and periodically
decorated that it was an inspiration to
those who occupied seats there.
A Pueblo dispatch says: Simon Gug-
| genheim has been in conference with
Superintendent Rhodes and the fore
men of the various departments of the
Philadelphia smelter with view of
formulating n new permanent sched-
ule of wages with the employees of the
different departments of the plant. the
18th being the last day of the tempo
rary eight-hour system. Commencing
Saturday, September 10th. the new ar
rangement, which. it is said, meets the
approval of all the workmen. will go
into effect. The blast furnace depart
ment will continue on an eight-hour
system at the present scale of wages.
The scale is as follows: Tappers. Sl.S0;
pot pushers, S1.S0: furnace men. S2.2O.
The men in the feed department will
also continue on eight-hour shifts. with
| the following scale of wages: Feeders.
1920; charge wheelers, S1.S0. The
OF ri m :
will return to the old twelve hour sys-
| tenn and the men will be paid the 1893
scale, or an increase of 10 per cent.
above the scale paid just prior to the
smelter controversy. Machnists boil
| er makers, engineers and yard men
have been on ten hour shifts since the
| first of the month at the old scale.
| A dispatch from Steamboat Springs
to the Denver Republican says: Game
Day opened Friday under the most
| auspiciOus circumstances and is clos
ing to-day in blaze of glory. Fully
5000 people are participating. The
races were held yesterday afternoon.
This morning there WAS speaking and
| the barbecue, and this afternoon there
will be broncho riding and steer rop-
ing. The game barbecue was an i'm
mense success. There We're roasted
| twenty-three deer. seven antelope, two
bear and two elk, the latter being
| private stock. The tables measured
| 1000 feet, surrounding the barbecue
pits. Prominent citizens volunteered
as walters and the people were served
promptly and efficiently. In the morn
| ing Ex-Governor Adams. r. r. John
son and Judge Sale made short speech
es congratulating the people of ROutt
| county upon the successful Inaugural.
ton of the new day. The exhibit of
resources excited the greatest surprise.
Probably no better small exhibit was
ever shown and the tent was crowded
from morning till night. The most as
tonishing grains, grasses, vegetables,
fruit, coal and mineral was shown,
| representing the resources of this un-
developed section of Colorado. At the
broncho riding and steer roping this
afternoon some of the most noted rid
ers of the west will take part
There was a great deal of dsappoint-
ment in Leadville. Pueblo and Colo
RADIO Springs because the regiment did
not parade through the streets as ex-
pected. Notwithstanding the lateness
of the hour when the trains reached
Leadville, the population was all astir.
In Pueblo the police and fire depart
ments, the local military company and
| civic organizations We're in line for the
parade and the streets We're thronged
with people waiting to see it pass At
Colorado Springs this afternoon the pa
rade of the regiment was looked for
ward to as one of the star features of
the Flower Festival, and when it be-
came known that the soldiers did not
intend to march a groan went up from
one end of the city to the other. But
there is another side to the matter
the side of the men themselves. They
have had the most tedious trip from
the coast that it is possible to imagine
1t has been hot and dusty, and even
had their travel been unbroken all of
them would be suffering from fatigue
and loss of Slapn Whan To that is