The state herald., 1899-10-27

The work on the White Oaks Noun.
tain line from TOboggan, New Mexico,
to a point four miles beyond Cloud
croft is progressing rapidly. The con-
tractors expect to be through by De-
cember 1st. but the railroad officials
think the first of the year will see the
work completed. The road Is even more
difficult In construction, from an en-
gineering point Of view, and more mag
nificent as scenic route than the pres
ent noted, cloud-climbing route. Two
hundred and fifty men are employed.
The contractors are using Pueblo In
dians as much as possible as they are
much better workmen than Mexicans.
The commissioners OF Douglas cOun-
| ty have begun taking hand In the
controversy between the Colorado &
Southern railroad and the Denver Pow
er and Irrigation Company over the
right of way through South Platte
canon. The dispute has become IL tri-
angular affair for the reason that the
commissioners contend that the rail
road Is laying its tracks over an old
county highway, and before the matter
is finally adjudicated the Rio Grande Is
| likely to be involved In the difficulty
by virtue of its having formerly sur
veyed n route over the same roadway.
The Douglas county board has ordered
| John Rungc, road Overseer Of the Elev-
enth district, to 20 to Symes and begin
removing the so-called Constructions"
which the Colorado & Southern has
placed. The railroad company has sent
n force of men to protect their track.
b. Littlefeld, the elk raiser of Snake
I Vst. -.
Will ship next year to the Chicago mar
ket carload of elk steers, the elk
bceves ranging from three to seven
years old and weighing out an average
of 1000 pounds. Mr.. Littlefield has
now an elk herd sixty-tive strong and
expects at the close of the next five or
| six years to count on his enclosed
ranges 1000 elk. The elk steer has no
horns and is as gentle and readily han
died as sheep. He fattens quickly,
making shipper with n minimum
shrinkagc. He does not stray, and II
by any mlschancc he finds himself
without his range enclosure never rests
until he is back again. 1t has been
found that elk milk produces cheese
of peculiar and excellent character.
and the dairy will doubtless play an
|
the elk industry.
Since the Wyoming Smelling and Re
fining Company took charge of the iron
mines at Rawllns eight months ago, n
large amount of work has been done.
| A new incline has been run TO depth
| of 1I6 feet. where n solid body of the
best kind of red hematite iron ore has
been uncovered. The ore lies under n
| hanging wall, the dip of the vein being
about A. degrees. The foot wall has
not yet been encountered. so II Is i'm
possible to say how thick the lead is,
but enough development work has
been done 10 prove that there is an i'm.
mense body of solid ore that will av-
erage ca per cent iron and slight trace
of gold. Chief Engineer Berry of The
Union Pacific and other authorities
who have visited the mines say tina,
with the present development 1000 car.
loads of ore can be taken from these
mines. The ore runs CT per cent and
| Is sold In Denver for Si.50 per ton.
There was n great gathering OF Odd
Fellows at Cripple Creek ON the 10th
and 18th. The cantons In uniform
rank made a fine display and there
was big parade. The Patriarchs
militant aud the military dress parade
occurred Tuesday afternoon. The
space surrounding the drill ground
was crowded with spectators. The
| drill of each canton occupied about fif-
| teen minutes and as the difficult evolu-
uons We're performed they drew
rounds OF applause. The judges. Cap
tain Howard. First Lieutenant Gowdy
OF Colorado Springs and General klce
| decided That Canton Rogers OF Denver
was the winner of the s225 prize: Can
ton Trinidad No. Is. the SlI5 prize:
| Canton Arapahoc No. |. the Sl2J prize
ana Canton Cripple Creek No. IL the
| SO prize. Each captain OF the drill
teams taking part In tie competition
Two men ON horseback held up the
stage from Sneilles at 3 o'clock Mon.
day afternoon about three miles south
OF Ouray, mp the mountain road. at the
second watering trough. place well
lifted for such II deed. The men pre-.
snnted rcvolyers at the four occupants
of the open stage and endeacored To
get out the iron safe. but could not
break the fastcnlngs. The bandits
were after the gold bags brought down
daily from the Camp Bird mine. but
were unaware that the bags are nj.
ways placed In mn Iron safe with an
armed guard TO protect II. A telephone
message from Snefilcs shows that the
men kept up on the road and passed
through Sncfiles. Sheriff Edgar Is us,
Ing the wires and will dispatch n posse
10 cndcnvor 10 capture the highway.
men. The occupants OF the stage were
not molcsicd and no property was TAX.
on from the stage, which carries the
United States mall.
more money this ycnr than ever be.
fore out Of the manufacture Of cheese
and other dairy products. Whore Nv.
years ago the state produced about
100000 pounds OF cheese. 100000
pound viii be turned out by Its fac,
tories In 1892 These figures wer.
given yesterday by J. A. Itoss. one of
the. members Of n firm that controls
several of the largest cheese factories
In Colorado. He said that the farmer
OF Colorado are coming TO npprcclnt,
the Importance OF this Industry 10 III,
state. All they have TO do IN 10 breed
their cattle along lines that produce
the largest amount OF butter fnt. The
stock Is already IN the state and the
kinds wanted for this purpose are kept
principally by owners OF small
ranches. A few districts nrc now de
voted entirely TO dnirymcn. Some oi
these make In clear profit several hun
dred dollars n month With compnrn
lively small facilities, besides being
nhlc 10 raise crops.
As n elimination OF long series Of
Doodle operations nt Grand Junction.
tending tn the purchase Of the old