North Park union., 1900-08-31
COLORADO NOTES.

w. a. Love OF Nebraska. silky yehio
old walked up Pixies Peak the other
day.
Two boys have been arrested who
confess to starting the recent big hre
at Besseiner.
Forest fires in the neighborhood OF
Glenwood nre driving bears down 10
ward the towns.
The Postoffice Department has order
ed the establishment of free delivery
service September LIST ut Eaton, Colo
RADIO.
The International Typographical
Union. which has been in session dur-
ing the last week in Milwaukee. voted
To reimburse Denver union 10 tue
amount of $1,000 for moneys donated
at different times 10 visiting Invalid
printers from other unions.
Ex-senator ID. \. Mills. chairman OF
the state central committee OF the
Peoples party. has issued a call ior
the Iopulist state convention 10 nc
held in Denver AT the Lyceum thentcr,
September 10th nj ~ o'clock. THIS Is
the late sci also for the Democrluc
and the Silver Republican state CON
vcntions
The directors of the Colorado Fuel
Il Iron Company have declared aiNF
dend of eight per cent. on the pre-
ferred stock. payable September 'th'
In February of this year eight per
cent. was declared. and in April eight
per cent. The remaining accunuiatiNe
dividends due on the stock now amount
TO twelve per cent.
The state attorney will file SUIT
against the Pullman Car Company Tor
$1,000 on claims due for incorporati ton
fees. The company is Incorporated Ill
Illinois with Il much larger capital
than in Colorado. The reincorporatioh
law requires them to file papers mere
with the full amount of capital OF thc
home company. The company refused
TO do this and the state was Obliged TO
bring suit.
In all probability the lliff School of
Theology of the University of Denver
will not be opened for the next term.
says Bishop Warren. 'lt was founded
by Mrs. Warren and has been sustain
ed by her She does not feel able at the
present time TO make up the difference
between $1,000. which the endowment
provides. and S15.oo0 which is the cost
of running the school. We have never
asked aid for the school from anyone
and are not now asking IT, We expect,
therefore. that the school will not open
for the next term
The forest fires now raging through
out the state will do damage to the cX-
tent of S1O.O00.0O0. They have already
cn,lscd n loss of nearly thrce-fourths of
that amount. Those who are most like
ly 10 know how extensive the damage
will he place the loss at this large sum.
The man who puts the loss mt SlOOO0.-
WD is c. T.. Wantland general land
agent of the Union Pacific road. which
owns large tracts of land in Colorado
and other western states. In Middle
park the fires are burning so iicrcely
that ranchmen are beginning TO fear
that their homes will be swept away
and their properties ruined.
Laborcrs are reported scarce by EN-
ploymcnt agents who are after men for
work on western railroads. The Union
Pacific has agents hiring men in Den
yer for work along the line In Wyom.
ing and on Friday eighty men were
sent over. many of them coming from
farms and ranches In Colorado. The
Onion Pacific is said to be having n
hard time securing enough men. The
Denver 4 Rio Grnnde railroad is in the
field for men to build the Rio Grande
railroad out OF Texas creek. The Colo
RADIO Midland wants men for an eNten-
sion to Newman tunnel: the Colorado
Springs X Cripple Greek railrond Is
short of men on its construction work,
and the Colorado n s .uthern cannot get
enough men. All the roads say that
there is scarcity of men. and that the
man who is out Of work is idle because
he wants TO be.
The United on Company of Denver
recently sent Il representative into Park
county to look over the territory for
oil. Upon his return he reported that
he found the new field containing cv-
cry evidence of being good, and the
company Is preparing 10 secure leases
and sink test wells. II Is stated that
the formation is very similar TO that
of the Pennsylvania oil region. Sam
pies of rock brought here have been eN-
amined by number of oil experts
and all say they are good. When bro
ken oil OOZes from the new surface In
n remarkable manner. 1t is said that
this outcropping of oil saturated rock
Is nine miles In length and is located
near Lone Tree springs. few miles
west of the Puma hills The company
contemplntes taking the matter up ut
cnce and making II thorough test of
the territory. Thomas Robinson, the
company superintendent, states that
lie believes the indications In Park
county TO be as good as any found In
the state.
The privilege that sheep companies
have long enjoyed in leasing govern
ment land for grazing purposes may
he lost to them II the results of wide
investigation now just completed
proves that such grazing is injurious
to the forest reserves. Two Eastern
scientific men In the employ of the gov
ernmcnt are on their way East from
Utah. where they have been investigat-
Ing the results of grazing. They were
sent on that distinct mission by the
Interior and Agricultural Departments.
While their experiments are entirely
impartial and are reserved for govern
ment scrutiny. their presence is said to
be IN indication that the government Is
about to take steps to discontinue the
practice of leasing forest reserves for
grazing purposes. The proposition in
wolves the future disposition OF several
millions of western sheep and Is n se-
rious one to the big sheep owners of
Colorado. Wyoming and Umh. The
cattle men oppose the sheep men on
the leasing question. and both sides
|. have demanded an investigation of the
effects of grazing on the forest re-
serves.