The state herald., 1900-09-28
COLORADO NOTES.

W o''i f-'''c',oOV.
Last week three oil wells were struck
at Florence.
Snow fell on the foothills near Den
yer on the night of the 18th.
knights Templar of Colorado were
In convention at Denver ON the 21st.
The Denver Galveston relief funds
now aggregate $130j1, with the sub
scriptions still coming In.
Daniel Il. Sherman, postmaster at
Montrose, Colorado. and his immediate
predecessor, James T. Kyle, will have
TO pay back to the Postotficc Depart
NEXT 81. .l47.37, which they are accused
of having misappropriaited. The al
legged misapproprisition is not charac-
rerized as criminal otfense, but the
men have been notified that the money
must be paid back to the government.
They collected from the government
for rent which was paid by other Oc-
cupants of the store room.
The threatened trouble nt the Inde-
pendcnce mine at Victor over the mat
ter of changing clothes has been avert
ed. usler n compromise agreement
the men mt the Independence will en-
ter one room of the change house, re-
move their workin. clothes and pass
into the other clad IN one thickness of
underclothing, their socks and shoes.
There is tacit understanding that the
company watchman shall have the
privilege of searching any one whose
appearance or con,uct Is suspicious.
While Colorado Is not such an extern
sive producer of petroleum as Wyom-
ing, yet during tie year 1899 the state
made n good showing, as compared to
previous years. The output of Colo
RADIO last year, while smaller in guam
tity than th,t of the preceding year,
was greater ii value. In 1898 Colorado
produced ~. 1888 barrels of petroleum
and In 1899, hut 39O21S barrels but the
value of the 1899 product was SiOi.llO.
or Sl.O3 per barrel, while in 1S9S the
larger outpu was valued at $361, ,5Oi,
or S2.I cents per barrel.
Benjamin I. Winchell, vice president
and traffic minagcr of the Colorado x
Southern railroad. has resigned to be.
come president of the Kansas City,
Fort Scott 4 Memphis railroad. He
will take his new place about October
10th. and will remove from Denver to
Kansas City. Mr.. Winchell five years
ago was assistant general passenger
agent of the Fort Scott road under j.
+. Lockwood, general passenger agent.
He now returns to the road as Its pres
idcnt over the man formerly his SUI
perior. He succeeds the late Edward
$. Washburn.
As direct result of the anthracite
t.. At.
Of demand for coal. Colorado roads
are rushing coal to central points. Hun
drcds of thousands of tons are now
stored and additional trains are rush
ing coal from the mines TO storage
places. The Colorado X Southern has
more than 20J.OOO tons stored In Den
yer; the Santi Fe. 100000 tons In Pu-
eblo: the Colorado Midland. nearly
10000 tons In Colorado City, and the
Denver Il Rio Grande has about 300-
600 tons at Burnham. About 100000
tons are stored at other points along
their lines.
The cantalonpe season is making a
happy close Tor those interested in
that industry In the Arkansas valley.
The shortage Of water In some of the
bitches has cu- the crop short, but on
the whole the farmers will realize
much more than they did last year.
The demand of the past week has been
much greater than the supply. The
growers for the past week have been
able 10 t,.rn the lnsi plckings into caslj
from their wagons at Sl.l0 to S1.20 per
crate. Five buyers have been on tile
sidetrack the past week bidding
against each other for the loads as
they came In. and Instead OF the grow
or hunting buyer II was the reverse.
As the season draws to n close some
interesting figures are given: From
eight acres Il. w. Ncwberry picked |,
100 crates, for which he received ST.
2Sl.I5. This IL about an average OF
what all have done. the cantnloupe
ground netting about Sli0 per acre.
Governor Roosevelt In his tour OF
Colorado win he accompanied by John
Proctor Clark of New York and Gen
cral Curtis Guild. lr.. OF Boston. The
party VIII arrive In special train
from Cheyenne next Tuesday morning.
reaching Greeley nj $40 n. IN. From
Greeley the party will 20 on the special
around the Horn. Colonel Roosevelt
speaking briefly at l.ongmont. Boulder.
Loyclnnd, Fort Culllnc and Berthoud.
A spcinl VIII he run from Denver nt
$50 n. IN. and will meet the Roosevelt
party M iongmont and accompany Il
during the days Itinerary. The spa-
clals viii arrive IN Denver about 80
o'clock ana ON Tuesday night n mass
meeting viii he held, probably nj Col.
La al AAla.tt xxltl
preside. "Wednesday the Itinerary Will
he resumed. when Lendyillc, Salldn.
florrncc and Canon city VIII he visit
ed. Thursday night Governor Roose-
Welt and Senator Wolcott will he the
principal speakers
william q. Bowser. a Philippine
veteran. met with nm unusually palm
ful and perhaps fatal accident on the
Mnriposa property NJ Cripple Greek.
lie was working In the bottom Of the
2po.foot shaft when n scrapcr or min.
crs' spoon. which was being loaded In.
TO the bucket nj the surface slipped
from the hands of fellow workman
nnd fell TO the bottom. The spoon i u
steel rol four fee, In length. shnrpencd
Mt one end. aud II fell the distance like
mn arrow. striking Bowscr IN the righ,
shoulder near the hasc OF the neck and
penetrating his body for n distance Of
over foot. lie displayed unusual
nerve, kept his head and pulled the
projecting spoon from the wound nnd
gave the signal for the bucket on
which his companions came down mud
Into which he was placed and holsied
TO the surface. lie wns inken 10 n ply.
siclnn'- office. where II wns found That