The Lamar register., 1899-01-11
WESTERN NEWS.

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spent In catalogutng. he thinks.
Rev. Harold Willis Moore OF Den
yer, Colo, wns married on the 4,h at
binSilnmpton. y. Y, TO Miss Mary
crary, daughter OF the leather king
and one OF the richtst men In that Sec
tion- Miss Crary Il worth Si.OOO,oOO
In her own right.
Mrs. Shute and Miss Zelgler, who
were terribly burned by an explosion
Of gas In vault in the cnpltol build
ing nt Denver. are llFeiy to recover
from the effects OF their burns. To
prevent a recurrence OF the disaster no
gas'will be us.d in the vaults here
after
I'rrsideu, 1cftery of the RIO Grande
announces that his company will spend
si,5Ss1sp in improvements before the
lsi of Scp;snIiler. One thousand freight
ears are 10 b. lsought and also ten new
locomotives The narrow gauge line
TO Alsnssa Is 10 b. changed 10 stand
ard gauge
A meeting Of the Gold Coin mine en-.
piuSes and the managers was held a
few days aEo in the big shaft house.
vhVu Manager Harry Woods formally
presented 10 the miners a deed for the
ground upon which the new $4,000
club house VIII H. used by the God
Coin miners. II VIII soon be built. The
building will be constructed entirely
Of brick two stories In height. and win
contain large and finely equipped
gymnasium. hath room. reading rooms
and other apartments for the conyen-
iybce OF the miners. II win be an ele-
CANT structure Ia ell respects. and IL i
The most substantial gift ever present
al by mining company In the west 10
H. cinployes.
Information comes from an authnri-
iHtiye source, says the Rocky Mountain
News, that the Westinghouse Electric
Company Of PitfsburE. one II the most
powerful electric corporations In the
world has secured control OF several
val mines in the Marshall district. and
will s0un begin the erection of a large
siecisteal power transmission plant on
he general lines q the Institution now
IN operation az Canon cts anh supply
nE Cripple Crtck with power.
Farmers are Jubnaut over the om
look for irssgniion during the coming
season. According to competent au-
ihoritles. the snow fan IN the noun.
tntns y the heaviest known for years
and the prospects are brighter than
n any time sinee 1891. Reports from
~ parts o. the mountnlus tell the
sasne STORY The rnYlnr- arr filled with
snow. the snow fail Ia the parks has
been unusually heavy and rs the snow
sane previous to the nrst Of Ianu-
sry. II : well packed down.
petition asking wyoming's repre-
seutafiveS In Congress 90 have the or
al Of sheep from the Big Horn reserve
= being circulated at Casper. THIS or
der has bsen issued by the interior de
faFtment aud u carried Into effect VIII
work Inealculahle injury to the sheep
men Of NatTpun county aud many win
{ b. compelled TO retire from the bust.
ness Thousands of sheep are taken to
the Big Horn mountains early In the
spring and kept there. where feed and
waiar are plentiful unfit iate IN the
| fall IL .. asserted that the sheep do
no damage 70 the forests The Timber
Il composed principally OF evergreen
and sheep do not touch this variety OF
trees. while their eating rie brush and
/ underground n really nm advantage TO
the growing timber
\ beet sugar factory for Grand June
| ti-n seems assured. Incorporation
papers OF new company have been
died at Denver with the secretary OF
stnte. The company is TO be known
aS the Colorado Sugar Manufacturing
Company. The lneorporators are John
=. CamI4on. ]. Il. McNlnnie. Charles
Boetteher, Oscar IL Cox. Charles r
Mitchell and George w. Trimbie. The
list contains the names OF some Of the
weaI.hIest men OF Colorado. The board
OF directors consists OF Eben Smith.
I Charles Boettcher. j. Il. CampiOn- j.,
]. Brown and j. II. McKinnie. The
/ sugar manufacturing company is cnpi-
tniized at ST5o,OOO, and viii proceed
/ without delay In erecting Its plant In
/ Mesa county. Representatives OF one
/ OF the largest manufacturing firms or
/ the country have been In conference
with the promoters OF the enterprise.
and no time will be lost in breaking
4 ground and erecting factory capable
of handling $50 10 500 tons OF beets
daily for a period OF three months each
I year. The citizens Of Grand Junction
| literally donated for the enterprise
| 1 500 ncres of land near the city.
valued Mt $4,000 The farmers, 26o
\ In number. signed pledges TO cultivate
3.5Oo acres in beets for minimum
| period OF three years. the beets to be
| delivered at the factory and the sugar
company to pay S4.25 per ton for the
/ from