North Park union., 1900-05-18
COLON o , NOTES.

Ny8S B484 uAUy ~ ~
|eoant Of rain and s1ow.
An agent of the 6nithsonian Insta-
tuition has beea given peemlssaoa g
capture six mountain sheep They WIN
BE- placed In the SOCIOLOGICAL park ~
Washington.
At recent meeting Of the Candle
light Club OF Denver. Mr.. T. II. Pnffer-
son and Mr.. r. A. Williams both ex-
II precinct option. An attempt VIII
Aoubtless be made to get such q meas
are through the next legislature
The Home Mining Company Of Lead.
villa on May LIST paid dividend Of
SO, 1000. 1t il announced that another
dividend Of 10000 will b paid on
June l. The future policy as regards
dividends has not yet been an
nOunced-
Sam Kfb3er, q blacksmith working
In the Ready Cash mine, near Lead
vile, nearly lost his life in snowsiide
last week. After being buried eighteen
hours he was rescued. and none too
soon to save his life.
By a splendid presentation Of good
sebject. William 8. wescott Of Law
renee University, Appleton, Wlsconsin,
won the first prize in the interstate ora
tOrfcal contest, held in Central Presby-
terinn Church Last Thursday night. The
subject was "Iago and Macbeth and
fitted the speaker especially well. The
second prize went to Paul PrOsser OF
Central College, Fayette, Missouri.
The largest shipment OF ore that has
ever arrived in Pueblo II expected to
reach there within the next few days.
1t Is destined for the Philadelphia
smeltery and Is sulphlde ore from Chill.
There are $500 tons in the shipment,
requiring 1872 cars for transportation.
r. F. Valentine, agent Of the Treasury
Department, is In the city to receive the
shipment.
Practical Instruction in mines and
nlineralOgy. undertaken by eastern uni
versities. will result directly to the ben
efit of Colorado. The University of
Minnesota has inaugurnted the method
of instruction by sending out an entire
class In mineralOgy. under Prof. Apple
BY, to spend several weeks In Colorado
mining camps. where their instructor
will he the miner himself. The profess
men. each with a pipe, two suit cases
and specimen bags. This personal lug
gage wns OF such extent that they re-
quired q special car.
More trouble is threatened over the
state boundary line between Colorado
and New Mexico. and serious complica-
tions which are arising every day
threaten to result In little civil war
involving 400 persons and the tax OFF,
cials, who will be backed mp by officers
OF the law of the state and territory.
Both state and territory claim the right
to tax the disputed strip. The town
of Edith is the worst sufferer, as II Ia
right ON the line. From near Edith
French Neeley reports to the attorney
general protesting against the taxation
OF his cattle by Colorado when he and
his cattle and all his other property
were taxed also by New Mexico.
The Castlewood dam, near Castle
Rock. has apparently resolved itself In
to q big leaky rock pile from which no
danger II to be apprehended unless an
other heavy storm nils 1t full. Assist
ant City Engineer Ryan accompanied
State Engineer McCune on his recent
trip to the dam, and indorses all that
the other ofncial says on the matter Of
the necessity Of rebuilding the dam be-
fore the waste gates may again be
closed. "euperintendent Alsop did just
right In sending his telegram Of warn
tnG, eveAsthOugh the dam did NOT &c
out after ALL" said Mr.. Ryan. when
the reservoir was full. the water pour
ing over both spillways and the dam
evidently moving, II was in very dan
gerouB condition, and 1t would have
taken very little to have opened a gap
which would have sent an immense
body of water down the valley. be
lieve that the leaks in the dam will
drain all the water out of the lake, and
in that cnse 1t will have to be rebuilt
before It can be used at all. OF course,
until all the water Is out, 1t will be i'm
possible to say Just what repairs are
necessary" Mayor johnson received
letter from Philip Boldauf. foreman
at the dam, in which he said that the
water was seven feet below the level
Of the spIllway, and going down mt
| the rate OF an inch an hour. The may
or announced that the city would take
| no steps ut present to compel the put
ting Of the dam beyond the possibility
Of injuring Denver. but would wait on
the action of the state engineer, who is
given complete Jurisdiction.
The latest estimate on the amount of
track washed away in Platte canon by
the flood from the reservoir is that
about four miles Of rOadbed has been
obliterated. The damage Ia distribute
ed along the route, the higher portions
remaining intact except where the
walls have been wished away beneath
them. Four small bridges, regarded
as nothing more than enlarged culverts
\ were washed away, but the two steel
structures are not damaged. The ap-
proach to one of the latter was washed
out. however. AZ for the manner Of the
rebuilding. President Trumbull says
the main object is to get the trains to
running again. About two weeks will
be consumed In this work. The fact
that Chief Engineer COwan was sent
out yesterday to examine the condi-
tIons which gave rise to the rumor that
II was the intention to rebuild on q
higher line. especially In view of the
fact that the addition OF the Cripple
Creek cutoff to the system will multi.
ply the Importance Of this branch
Heavier rails must be used and the line
Ia to be broadgauged for the Cripple
Greek and through trains to Ogden
The picture of demolition that present.
ed itself to the eyes Of the engineers
and linemen was even more remarka.
BILE than they had anticipated. Rails
were twisted into hieroglyphics of the
most appalling agony. Great gullies
| had been eaten out of the sides of the
embankment, bridged in some places
BY the frail structures of rails and
ciinging ties and. In others. left entire
| " destitute Of the comforting remains
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