The Elbert County tribune., 1899-12-21
COLORADO ITEMS.

The following Colorado postnasse
Charles r. Wade, Buena Vista; JOIN
II. Morgan, Colorado City; Wiiiia"
Harbottle, salida-
Judre Hallett decided upon case III
the United States Circuit Court the 3'n.
| or day, and his decision was OF suen
nature as to be OF considernpie ~.
porfance. According TO MS MINI
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The engineer of Rio Grnnde train
coming down California gulch from me
| Yak tunnel lost control of the locoiho-
five. and the entire train OF cars pro,
| ceeded Mt n terrific speed for SEVERN
miles before the train could be stopped:
| The fireman. Charles Claughey. jumped
| from the train, and was picked up III a
dying condition, his skull being frac-
tured. He leaves wife and child I'D
Leadville.
John d. Hartshorh. rancnman oil
Middle Park, has In bis possession
twenty-five wolf scalps as the result OIL
n campaign made by him against these
| nests during the past few weeks. I'M
| ber wolves and coyotes are exceeding
ly numerous in Middle Park this 1ali
and are becoming the chief pest OF the
stockmen, whose herds have In many
instances been greatly depleted py
their ravages.
A dispatch from Victor says: The
second sensational shipment from the
tenth level of the Isabella company's
property left the mine late last Tues
day night. 1t is now at local samp-
Ter. This shipment will, 1t Is generally
understood, prove 10 be the richest yet
marketed by this company. 1t VIII be
the richest consignment OF ore ever
sent out OF the great camp. The lot
is understood to amount to two car
loads. and is worth approximately
S2O0,OO0.
A telegram received Mt the Santa Fe
office in Denver from the agent of the
road at Lamar. says that the heavy
snow is driving thousands of rabbits
from the plains into alfalfa fields along
the Arkansas river. People of Lamar
are preparing for big time December
Goth and 21st, when the annual rabbit
hunt will be In progress. Parson Uzzeil
of Denver will go to the spot at the
head of select party of city officers,
who will travel in elegant style In n
private car.
AT recent meeting of the State
Board of Agriculture, DIR. Aylesworth
laid before the board telegram from
the regents OF the Nebraska State Uni
versity Mt Lincoln. urgently requesting
him to permit his name to go before
| the board as n candidate for president
| of that institution. The matter was
briefly discussed, and President Ayles-
worth and the state board being mutu-
ally satisfied with present conditions
here, Mr.. Aylesworth declined the Ne
braska offer.
Representatives of Colorado railways
met the other day and renewed the
pass agreement for another year. 1t
Is claimed by passenger men that n
greater number of passes are given in
Colorado than in any other state of the
Union in proportion to population. The
recent smelter combine gave the roads
an opportunity of reducing the passes
by at least fifty In number. The list
of those to he decapitated has been pre-
pared and the work of decimation will
be at once commenced.
The management of the Florence &
Cripple Greek railway has ordered fif-
| ty employees to remove their families
from Florence to Canon City, prepara-
tory to the opening of the Canon City
& Cripple Creek branch. Less than
two miles of the road remain to be
completed, and 1t is announced from
headquarters that passenger trains
will be running over the line by the LIST
of January. Track laying is being
round houses and machine shops has
been started.
If the government gains Its injunc,
ton suit against the Elephant Butte
Dam Company, and the court holds
that the river is navlgable and thai
navigation will be affected by the dam
the people of Colorado who reside
along the Rio Grande and use its wa
tiers for irrigation purposes will bt
more or less affected by the decision
for the government will then assume
control of the entire river and Congress
Will provide for an equitable distribu
tion of its waters and possibly for the
building of an International dam at e
Paso, Texas.
The miners of breckenridge for some
time past have experienced great in
convenience on account of being un
able to secure cars for shipment of ore
While Mt present the majority of the
operators of the camp sell their product
to the local samplers, there are some
who ship direct to the smelters Mt Den
yer and Pueblo. There are now quite
n number of these shipments that cnn
not be made because the railroad. II /,
said, will not furnish cars. Even the
local sampler is completely overrur
with ore and has to unload outside til,
sampler in order to handle the ore re
ceived. This institution would now BIZ
working two shifts per day II the rail
road company could handle the ore.
a condition now exists which Is in
deed gratifying to all-the abatemen,
of the tramp nuisance, says the Fowler
Tribune. Up to within six months ngt
our town and valley was pestered Wilt
an undesirable class of Migrants beg
ging for meal from door TO door
which kept the more timid housewife,
In state of insecurity bordering up
on FEAR, for n man now out of employ
ment or without some means to keet
himself from want is not known. TIL,
tramp has either left Colorado a,
Joined the prosperous throng and gon,
to work. which, in either event. we car
all breathe more easily. Whether 1t |.
Republican prosperity or the reformr
tion OF this peculiar class of humanity
we certainly have abundant cause 10,
thanksgiving.
Work on the state road which is be
ing constructed from Pueblo to Lead
viiie. has been discontinued by Super
intendent Chetelat and will not he re
suIned until spring. The Twelfth Cen
eral Assembly appropriated s1S.OOt
from the internal Improvement finn
with which to build the road. the con
siderntion being that the labor shouIl
be done by convicts from the state pen
ltentiary at Canon City and the stat,
heformatory Mt Buena Vista. Fom
gangs in charge of competent oyersee,,
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