The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

were being gruxed along Two Mile
creek. about twenty-four miles from
Sterling. The men were well armed
and shot and killed 15O sheep and bad
| ly crippled twenty-five more. 1t II re-
ported also that two sheep herders
were badly beaten. but this cannot be
verified. Logan county authorities arc
hard at work and hope to bring the
perpetrators TO Justice. The trouble
has been brewing for some time and
results from an inability to satisfactor.
| lily divide the open range. There IL no
question that the small ranchmen are
banded together to save the open range
FOR their small herds Of cattle.
western railroad managers say tim,
never before have so few men been idle
| on the lines In the west and that wnyes
are higher than for many years, The
| Union Pacific and Burlington increas-
ed recently the size of their furniture
grain and coal cars and arranged n new
schedule with the orders OF engineers,
iiremen, conductors and brakemen. so
thnt they are earning more to-day per
mile ana by the hour than ever before.
Nearly every road between the Rocky
| mountains ana the great lakes IL keep
Ing Its men on the go nil the time be
cause OF the big increase In business.
Wages are certainly much higher than
| they have been for years." said a rail.
road man yesterday. Engineers nrc
now earning from &lS5 to x10O per
month, where they used to make $40
Fircmen are making from $135 to $I45
| where they used TO make xl2J. md
all paid extra Brnkemen are also
making more money. and no are the
conductors. The clerical forces In
headquarters are also better paid and
the Increase extends to every cmploye
OF the weaeern roads. Section men who
used to be paid &l.lO for days work
now get $l.35 per day The tendency
OF wages Is said to be steadily ON the
increase.
There In gang OF moonshiners In
Colorado which Is minus a complete
distiling apparatus. The still was cap
tured on the west side of Spanish Peak,
about thirty-five miles from La veta,
For about six weeks Collector Frank
w Howbert of the internal revenue
Office has been working on the case,
and for ten days Deputy Collector j. G.
Allard and Special Gauger W. l.. Paint.
cr OF omahn have been ranging the
mountains about la Vcta In search OF
the plant. They located II in a small
The cabin was hidden among the rocks
and underbrush and tall pine trees at
the foot OF n cliff. None OF the moon.
sinners were In or near the cabin Mt the
time OF the capture The officers say,
however. that they have located the
iistillers and expect to arrest them
The cabin contained nothing but the
still and washtubs. No living or sleep
ing accommodations were anywhere
visible about the place. For this rea-
son II IL particularly difficult TO esti-
mate the number Of the gang. The
officers. however. are reasonably GER
tain Of the guilt Of three or four men,
The still was located by the amount Of
''white" whisky found in the railroad
camps OF the workmen who are cnRng-
ed In building the new road over La
veta pass. Collector Howbert hrst
learned Of the presence Of the white
whinky In the camp about ak weeks
ago. Since then he has been in con-
slant Communication with officers in
that part Of the country. nnd about
two weeks ago Allnrd and Painter
were detailed TO find the still. They
got definite clue about three days
ago. From that time until they found
the still they hunted for the moon
sinners day and night In the midst OF
pouring rain. Allnrd and Painter
have tclegrnpled Howbert that they
are almost assured OF catching the
men at once.
Professor Henry +. Osborn. In charge
Of the geological department of 20
iumbia University aud connected with
the American Museum Of Natural His
tory In New York. arrived In this city
yesterday. says the Denver Repubii-
can. from the fossil fields At Aurora.
Wyoming. Professor Osborn IL In
charge Of the work mt that place which
Is being carried on under the direction
Of the American Museum OF Natural
History. This IL our eighth season ut
the work." he said yesterday afternoon.
"npd II has been our best. We have
discovered many valuable skeletons,
and II large quantity Of miscellaneous
bones. We nrc In search chiefly Of
,ilnosaur fossil remains. and the quar-.
rics In which We have been working
have proved rich In just the specimens
that We sought. Two years ago We be.
Kan work In digging aut large skele-
ton. which turned out to be about half
complete. II was about seventy feet
long. This year We have completed
the excavation OF a skeleton which
lacks but little Of being absolutely per.
feet. The head. some Of the verteiIrae
OF the neck. aud one or two homes Of
the forr limbs are missing. lBy compas.
ison Of the femurs OF both skeletons
we have proved that the animals were
Of the aamc size. We will bc able to
combine both and then will have fos.
MI skeleton complete. except the head
and seven Of the vcrtetsse. Tha most |
recent discovery In our Qunrfisa WAS Q
small head Of . dinosaur. Unfortun.
ntcly. II belongs to an animal much |
smaller than those WHOSE skeletons We
have just found. The bead IL interest. 1
Ing. on account Of Its extremely ANAL |
proportions. II h barely eighteen |
inches long and foot wide. When |
you remember that the body 10 which |
II belonged was ffiy feet long. At
least. and almost as high. you get an
idea Of the snakc.iike smallncss Of the
head. The problem that II presents ID
how did thr aninmi get II. food In SUI.
hcicnt quantities 10 support such an
immense frame1 No animal that
chcwed It's food could possibly nourish
itself with such = asslaM mouth. The
few teeth. and the unworu condition
Of them. prove that the animal did not
chew. II Ii probable that II lived On
extremely soft and nourishing water
plants which II rooted out with iis |
apade-1ike head. and swallowed. whole, |
Our campaign has II view obtaiulns |
q complete f0asil skeletoo, and u,ouat. |
Ing n I'M nnnnf rnRnfu1 vpfRh ln A.