The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-10
coLoaApo NOTES.

An agent of the Smithsonian -
tuition has been given PERMISSION az ~
capture six mountain sheep: Ihey "n
be placed in the geological PARK
Washington.
At recent meeting OF the Candle
light Club OF Denver. Mr.. I. NJ. fatter-
son and Mr.. f. A. Williams both ex-
pressed themselves strongly In favor
OF precinct option. An attempt Will
doubtless be made to get such a meas
ure through the next Legislature.
The Home Mining Company Of Lead
vile on May LIST paid a dividend OF
$4,000. II is announced that another
dividend of $4,000 will be PAID on
June 1. The future policy as regards
dividends has not yet been an
nounced.
Deputy Game Warden w. X. Lee or
the Third district. says the deer are
now leaving their winter FEEDING
grounds In droves, finding their way TO
the White river plateau. where tney
feed during the summer. Streams
throughout the district are alive with
trout, he said, and the sport VIII be
plentiful, and there is every Indication
that there will be more grouse than
usual Mr.. Lees district includes the
Flat Tops and the Trappers' lake coun-
try. the best game districts In the
state.
I DIR. Gifin of Boulder, who made a
post mortem examination on the re-
mains of late Postmaster Thomas Han
OF Wall Street, in that county, found
] that some time ago the man had swal-
> lowed Il large prune seed which lay
in depression at the lower part OF
the stomach, and Immediately across
the opening Into the bowels As no
food could pass out of the stomach,
the man starved to death. The prune
seed had been In the stomach long
enough for the moisture to cause the
seed TO burst.
Practical instruction In mines and
[ mineralogy, undertaken by eastern uni
versities will result directly to the ben
eft of Colorado. The University Of
Minnesota has innugurated 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 be the miner himself. The profess
sor heads a class of thirty, all young
men. each with pipe, two suit cases
and specimen bags. This personal lug
gage was OF such extent that they re-
quired special car.
A test case 20 determine the right to
tax deposits and capital stock of build
ing and loan associations was decided
at Denver Monday by Judge Butler OF
the District Court. 1t was the suit of
the Fidelity Savings Association of
Denver against the Board of County
Commissioners, and the association
was victorious Last summer the FL
deity Savings Association In its tax
return TO Assessor Ames mentioned an
item of SS.2O1 cash on hand. Mr.. Ames
holding that the association was really
n bank and should be taxed as such,
eliminated the leash on hand" item
and added to the schedule S3S5,51O to
cover deposits. capital stock and the
like. The association asked the Coun-
ty Board of Equalization to strike off
this item on the ground that 1t was
really debt. This petition was denied
by the County Board of Equalization.
Accordingly the case was appealed to
the District Court. In his opinion Judge
Butler decided that building and loan
institutions are not to be assessed like
banks.
A dispatch from Sterling to the Den
yer Republican on the 2nd says: OF
all the floods which ever poured down
the Platte valley. at least within the
memory of living men. none has ap-
preached in magnitude and duration
the tremendous flow of to-day. For
ten days the river has beeniat the dan
ger point. No sooner would the wa
ters begin to subside than the rains
would set in again and augment the
flow. Ever since noon yesterday, when
the word came down the river that the
Platte had exceeded its banks above
Hardin. the people here have been ex-
pectant. The river began to rise
steadily in the evening. This morning
in many places 1t was out of Its banks
and since then 1t has risen slowly, per-
haps five or six inches In ten hours
The Burlington train from the East
was a little late. At snail's pace 1t
crossed the river. the timbers sway
| ing and trembling under Its weight.
Scarcely twenty minutes aftere its
passage n span of sixty feet at the
east end of the trestle gave way under
the irresistible force of the water. The
piling had been washed out beneath It.
From up the line come reports of
widespread destruction. If reports are
to be relied upon, five miles of Union
Pacific track between Balzac and Sny-
der. twenty miles up the road, have
been rendered useless by the dirt wash
Ing from under the rails A force of
men. with the pile driver and other
necessary machinery, went up this
morning. Houses near the river are
inundated. ]. ]. Weir brought his fam
lily to town last evening. He and his
son remained at the house until about
3 o'clock this morning. Then they
drove their stock out of the endanger-
ed territory.
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 is dIstribut-
ed along the route, the higher portions
remaining intact except where the
walls have been washed 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. As 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 Cownn was sent
out yesterday to examine the condi-
tions which gave rise to the rumor that
1t was the intention to rebuild on a
higher line. especially in view of the
fact that the addition of the Cripple
Greek cutoff to the system will multi
ply the Importance of this branch.
Heavier rails must be used and the line
is 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