The Springfield herald., 1899-05-19
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

coming in and II is expected that Sec
rotary Day will announce the securing
of the $4,000 within short time.
Sixty-fve carloads of seventy-pound
steel rails, which had been gathered up
along the Wyoming division, have
passed through Cheyenne en- route to
Hershey, Nebraska. where hundreds of
carloads of rails and ties nre being un-
loaded every few days. This would in
dicate that the recent trip overland In
wagons made by President Burt. Gen
eral Manager Dickinson and Chief En-
gineer Berry of the Union Pacific, who
Travelled up the North Platte river to
Hartville. then on west through the
Laramie mountains to Rock creek, was
for purpose. 1t has been stated quite
often of late that the Union Pacific
would build line of road from the
main line somewhere in the nelghbor
hood of Sidney, up the Platte river to
the line of the Cheyenne 4 Northern,
near Hartville.
In beautiful glade in the Sacramen-
to mountains, near Albuquerque,
which is surrounded by dark pine for
ests. at an elevation of 5000 feet above.
sea level preparations are being made
for summer school, to be opened
June list. A commodious building is
going up, around which will be
grouped fifty comfortable. well furn-
ished wall tents. An able faculty has
been secured. and Il large attendance
of New Mexico and Texas teachers is
assured There will be three depart
ments. One will be devoted to pri-
mary methods. 1t is proposed to make
this school n permanent one, In order
that the educators of the Southwest
may have, within easy reach, the facil
tiles for an annual outing that will
combine in full measure. work and
pleasure. The spot is an ideal one,
the atmosphere delightful. the scenery
superb, and the opportunity for scien
tiiic investigation unsurpassed.
Frank Bohannon, who killed his faith
er mt Fowler last saturday, was arrest
ed by Sheriff Barr about l o'clock
Wednesday morning. The sheriff, with
n posse. had been searching the west
ern part of the county for days and
had guards placed at all the railroad
stations. He concluded to come home
and took train No. 6 at Fowler. He
entered a compartment car. Bohan-
non was in the front end of the same
car but the sheriff did not know it. As
the train was pulling into La Junta
the sheriff was on the steps and no.
ticed somebody step off the front end
and run back. The sheriff also stepped
off. and. following the man. pulled his
gun down on him. Taking the prison
er under an electric light, he lmmedi-
ately recognized him rs the man he
wanted. He was placed in the county
jail. Bohannon claims he was goaded
into shooting his father and seems to
regret it now. He refused, however,
to I'M ntat
The contract has been let for the con
struction of the observatory tower on
Pixies Peak, and work will be COM
menced at once. The iron tower will
rise forty-five feet in n style somewhat
after that of the Eiffel tower, having
n little balcony at the top. The summit
of the tower will be fitted with three.
and possibly four. fine adjustable tele-
scopes, which will bring into clear
view everything within horizon
marked by Denver. Florence and Mt.
Rosalie. This area is, approximately
10000 square miles. BY the placing of
the telescopes at the top of this obser-
walton tower one is enabled to see ev-
erything near the base of the peak,
objects which are not visible with the
present arrangement. unless one makes
circuit of the twelve acres at the
summit of Pixies Peak. 1t is the inten-
tion of the management of the accom-
modations at the summit to push the
work to completion by June list, al
though the time allowed in the con
tract does not expire until June 10th
The observation tower will be an ac-
cessory of the hotel on the summit.
The hotel is also to be enlarged this
spring
d. NJ. Hyman, the well known mine
owner of Aspen. was Interviewed by
Denver paper the other day and said
81 shall not be surprised if silver
reaches 30 cents an ounce before the
close of the year. The existence of the
great smelter trust is the reason fol-
| 1t. For number of years past clique
of London manipulators have had com
pIete control of the silver market
These fellows have had it all their own
way. They have put prices up or
down-generally down-to please their
whims and there was no power to say
nav, Now conditions have taken q
| turn and the London fellows are be-
coming alarmed. They find they have
n rival in the field which may test their
steel and the London manipulators are
| buving and storing silver for an inev
liable rise. OF course the smelter com
bine is not going to lie idle and the
smelter men will soon be in the field
! Then look out for n See-saw game, but
one which will surely cause general
advance in the price of the white met
al. | look on the organization of the
smelter trust rs n sure forerunner OF
an advance in silver-an advance which
can be depended upon to hold the price
much higher than it has been since
the panic.'
Under the recently enacted game law
individuals and associations may cor
raj the game of the state keep II with
i'm an enclosure TO suit themselves, and