North Park union., 1900-08-24
COLORADO NOTES

l SIedIQDOut 49," ~A1hkeu
In order not to conflict with other at.
fractions. The new date decided upon
is Thursday and Friday, August 30 and
81.
The state attorney will file suit
acainst the Pullman Car Company for
x11 900 on claims due for incorporation
fees. The company is Incorporated In
Illinois with much larger capital
| than in Colombo. The reincOrpOrntion
Inv requires them to file papers here
with the full amount Of capital of the
home company. The company refused
to do this and the state WAS Obliged to
bring suit.
Discoveries have been made by Pro-
fessor Riggs Of the Field museum of
Chicago, on the banks of the Gunnison,
and are attracting much attention. The
bones of n dinosaur have been un-
earthed by the professor and his men.
One bone is nine feet long and others
are 80 large that one man Is unable to
lift them. About one-half of the mon
ster's bones have already been taken
out of the bed in which they have been
discovered and they will be shipped to
Chicago In few days and mounted.
The Chicago & Alton will. 1t is re-
ported, be running into Denver before.
the first of next year on Its own tracks.
| Negotiations are reported to be pend
| Ing for the sale TO the company of the
| Kansas Pacific branch of the Union Pa
cItc the acquisition OF which would
give the Alton n direct line from Chca-
20 and Kansas City to Denver, win
Kansas City. The directors of the Al
ton and the Union Pacific will, 1t is
reported, meet in New York City the
LIST Of September and conclude nego-
tiations for the transfer.
Henry Van Loon. a cattleman living
| fourteen miles south OF Aroya, on
| Rush Greek lost three boys. aged six.
eight and ten years. by sunocntiOn in
the sand II is not known just what
time the accident occurred. as the boys
left the home about 10 o'clock to play
in the sand some distance from the
house. When they did not return by
| noon the mother went In search of
them. but could not find them. Then
the father went to where they had
boen t,InneIing In the sand and found
| their shovel lying near where the sand
| had caved In. Upon digging around he
| found the dead bodies of his three boys
buried deeply in the sand.
The region surrounding Steamboat
Springs has long been recognized as
the finest for big game hunting to be
found In the country. Deer. elk. bear
and antelope there find their last rest
ing place prior to final disappearance.
The people of that town have added
Game and Fish Day to the list of Colo
radios days." at which time they
promise Il game barbecue consisting of
all OF the above animals. The date has
been set for August so and 81. In ad-
iition to the barbecue, there will be
fine program of sports. such rs races.
ball games. broncho riding. etc. No
doubt many people will take advantage
of this affair to visit that section
OF Colorado. which is considered one of
the most attractive sporting and pleas
ure resorts in the mountains.
The work of brOnd-gauging the en-
tire Mineral Belt system at Leadville
Of the Colorado X Southern will begin
at an early day. In fact start has
been made In this direction from the
Bon Air and Bohn properties. In day
or two the Colorado Midland connec-
tiop with the Colorado 4 Southern will
have been made near the Bon Air, and
the completion of the broad-gauging
will he quite an event In local railroad
history. 1t will mean that all of the
mines of the silver-lead area will h"
reached by Il broad-gauge line. which
will do away with the necessity of any
rehauing OF the ore. once II IL loaded
on the ears. Under the old system the
ore from the narrow gauges had TO
be reloaded Into broad gauge cars. In
volving additional expense. The con
nection made by the Midland gives that
road IN opportunity to compete on an
equal footing for ore. and furnishes
the Colorado X Southern an-inlpor,ani
outlet.
In the last few days conflict be
tween the cattle and sheep men who
are grazing herds in San Miguel coun-
ty has arisen. The story reached Tel
luride to the effect that on Monday
night the cowboys appeared nt the
tent Of the sheep men. they told them
that they We're going to move the goats
and sheep across the San Miguel river
and for them to stay In their tents.
The goats had been driven but short
distance when n fusilude Of shots be-
gan. The contestants quarreled all
night and the morning revealed about
40 dead goats and sheep and about
the same number We're crowded over a
precipitOus blum. The act is consid-
cred IN outrage greatly to be regretted.
as war between the cattle and sheep
men has always been probable and will
continue to be until the public domain
is appropriated to Individual occrpa-
ton and ownership. Trouble. too. is
brewing over n bunch of 1900 sheep
In Beaver park and the cattle men
threaten to eXterminate them
Although Congress at the recent scs-
sion authorized the purchase of n COM
plete set of minting machinery for the
Denver mint. and made n partial ap-
preparation for the same. the Treasury
department has as yet taken no steps
toward letting the contract. The SUI
pervising architect says that at the
present rate the mint building should
be under roof not later than October
The interior finish will then be COM
pleted In about twelve months, so that
the finished building should be turned
over to the government by November
or December OF next year. At the Of
nee of the director of the mint it is
stated that when the building has been
placed under roof, Il contract Will be
made for building and setting up the
mlnting machinery. The officials claim
that this machinery can be supplied
ana placed in position inside of Il year
and that there is no necessity for let
ting the contract this far ahead They
are very anxious to have the mint