The Meeker herald., 1899-10-07

il well pleased with that place - 2
milling point for Cripple Greek ORES. 1t
will expend in the erection Of plant
$4,000. whichever site II sslected.
the citizens Of Florence win donate
the ground.
During the past year 200 miles q
new railroad have been built In New
Mexico. The Ell Paso and Northwest
ern has constructed 1852 miles Of this.
the Pecos Valley and Northwestern 100
miles, the Alamogordo and sacramen.
to Mountain railroad twenty miles, ana
the Atchison, Topeka 4 santa Fe
branch eighteen miles to Hanover,
Grant county. A number Of new lines
have been projected and 1t ia egtimAf-
ed that fully 500 miles Of new line VIII
be built during the coming twelve
months.
Extensive improvements are being
made all along the line Of the Union
Pacific, both on the Colorado aud Wy
oming divisions. Two gangs Of masops
are at work on the Colorado division,
replacing all small wooden bridges
with stone culverts. These will arch
, over the small gulleys and dry creeks.
More than Q hundred are being put IN
on the system. This. the officials say,
will improve the safety and tas
smoothness of the roadbed. On tue
larger bridges masons are putting In
new stone abutments. This viii make
the washing out Of bridges much less
frequent than heretofore. Several new
bridges are being built, and fc- the slx
already begun in Weber canon. Utah,
the steel Is already on the ground.
The Colorado roads are suffering
from q scarcity of freight cars. There
has been such a heavy movement Of
freight that every road has run short,
but still . famine Ia not anticipated.
The greatest scarcity Is Of ore cars. 1t
IL said that at Aspen alone there ID q
demand for 800 cars and that Leadville
would like an equal number. Other
mining towns are reported proportion
ately short and the roads are endeAv-
oring to relieve this pressure. Smelters
have orders to rush the unloading Of
ore cars and send them back.
The nnal New Mexico crop report IL
sued recently, says: Wheat and oats
generally are cut and are being
threshed. Both crops are very irregu-
lar. and, with the exception Of the bet
ter watered sections Of northern coun-
ties, the yield was far below the Az
erage. Corn and beans and late garden
conditions; as a rule, corn will be Q
poor crop, principally ON account Of the
August drOuth. The third growth OF
alfalfa will soon be ready to cut In the
northern section. In central counties
the fourth cutting promises to Be quite
irregular. Stock 10 in good condition
and, ~ . rule. good fall and winter
feed 10 assured" S
The Nov Mex,co srand iurv. hy 4
vote Of B to 8, decided ut the las$ mo
ment not to bring in wholesale indict-
mAnts against merchants and others
for violatiOns Of the Sunday INV. It
looks now - II after court ad5ourns
every thing win be wide, opsa ~ for.
merry. No Indictment has beon found
Fir the alleged penitentiary poison con
spiracy case and It 10 sald that none
will be. The ex-eonvict, W. b. Garner,
upon whose statement the cases
against o. L. Morrill, Of Nonsro and
appear before this grand Jury Is still
in jail at Santa Fe, and 10 believed to
be insane. 1t IL believed that Judge
McFie will order . medical sxamina-
ton Of his meatal condition.
The following letter was received at
Trinidad Friday, from q resident of
that valley: "StonewAll IL quiet to-
day. The deputies are At the Torres
ranch on South creek. The whole Mex
lean band u In favor Of resisting the
serving Of writs Of eviction by United
States marshals, but the Americans are
keeping them In check. Only one ar
rest has been mnde up to this time
The prisoner h Z Mexican living on
South creek, who resisted being driv-
en- from his home. The people here at
Etonewau are .outwardly unconcerned,
but think there IL . prayer going up
from many heart to God for help to
protect the homes where they have
lived 20 many years, and have done
StonewaI country"
Some Of the sheep owners of Wyom-
Ing are annoying the Colorado sheep
Inspector. They have hit upon nov
ei and successful plan Of avoiding the
inspection laws. DIR. Solomon Book,
the state veterinarian, was in confer
ence with the chief cattle inspector at
the state capitol Friday as to the best
method Of bringing these offenders to
book. Several of the larger Wyoming
cattle companies have leased Colorado
land Just across the Wyoming line in
Larimer and Weld counties. unin-
spected sheep are allowed to simply
roam" across the state line from land
owned by these concerns in Wyoming
to the land of the same companies in
colorado. Then from Colorado land TO
colorado markets the trip is easy. The
inspector stationed on the line at this
point has been unable to accomplish
much in preventing the trouble, al
though he has done as much in the ser
vice Of the State Veterinary Board as
he could.
u. A. Schomburg Of Ration, New Mex
leo, superintendent or the Maxwell
Land Grant Company, says in refer.
eDce to the evictions now determined
on: IAN this talk about a thou