The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-03-31
DOINas Al DENVER.
ftssss Of Ia,-re., From, the city asd the
state Capitol.

named lake. while the former was out
duck hunting. Iakle claims thar 1t was
an accident.
A person convicted OF u crime less
than II capital offense may nave re-
course to only one writ Of error. says
the Supreme Court. This statement Is
made In connection with the refusal by
the court 10 consider the case of Ed
ward Caviness. The crime OF Caviness
was murder in ,.ie second degree. AS
his counsel applied for II writ of error
year ago. then refused to prosecute
1t, the court denied him privilege of
again attempting Il similar action.
Mrs. Harvey Payne was reused from
her sleep last Saturday night to find Il
man bending over her holding pistol
to her head. He ordered her to get up
and give him all the money she had in
the house With threats lie made her
20 to her hiding place, Il sugar bowl.
She handed him 500 which she had
saved and had hidden there. She stag
gered to n neighbours and fell senseless
on the steps. Hearing her fall, the oc'
cupants OF the house hurried out and
found her.
Captain Cecil A. Deane. custodian of
the war relic room Mt the state capitol,
pin county. Its dimensions are 1Ox14
feet and there are thirty-four stars OH
the field Of blue. The original size OF
the flag was 1Ox2S feet, and 1t was cut
In two ut some time not exactly known.
The other part has been destroyed or
lost. The ladies' of the Gold Dirt min
ing camp made the flag In 1851 and
when the camp went down the emblem
was taken In charge by j. 2. A. Roll
Inns, whose widow now presents the
flag to the state.
Snow which remained unmelted In
the mountains all last winter and last
summer will aid In saving the state
from II water famine this year. This
Is one of the facts which appears from
the report OF james j. Armstrong.
superintendent of irrigation. The IT.
rigatiOn superintendent from advance
reports received from all the commits
sioners In this district. thinks the out
look for the year very encouraging
when the poor condition of n few
weeks ago are taken into considern-
ton.
The twenty-first annual encampment
of the q. A. r., Department of Colo
RADIO and Wyoming, was concluded
yesterday afternoon. when the officers
We're publicly installed ut Windsor
hall. The list of officers elected was
as follows: Department commander,
Harper NJ. OrahOod, Denver; senior
Vice commander. NJ. j. Hogarty,
Greeley; Junior vice, A. s. Artist,
Cheyenne; chaplain. John l.. Boyd.
Denver; medical director. DIR. George
w. Curfmnn, Denver; council OF adj
ministrntiOn, j. NJ. EssIngton. 8. H.
Fisher. r. P. Pitkin. II. =. Vaughn
and q. X. Carson Of Evans, Colorado
A law making 1t compulsory to use
an electric exploder for discharging
blasts In mines will probably be intro
duced at the next Assembly. Such a
measure is advocated by many as the
only safe method Of setting OF blasts
md M such provision to be made
obligatory by law. .'It IL the only safe
method:' says Coal Mine Inspector
Denmhn. "Of course In coal mines
there Is very little blasting, and but
few accidents due thereto, but in met
allferous mines u great many occur. A
missed shot is almost impossible when
an exploder Is used, but IL very easy
to have when fuse Is depended upon"
The sale Of 100000 feet of state
timber. scheduled to take place last
Monday. was postponed because Of
the discovery OF an error in the adver-
tIsement OF the timber, which makes
readvertising necessary. The adver-
tisement read the south range" when
1t should have been "the north range. i"
Bidders appeared in plenty. The re-
advertising may cause delay of u
month. This mistake In advertising IL
not the first OF recent date. A similar
error was made in the sale Of the 600
acres OF OterO county land to the OK
nard Beet Sugar Company. Senator
Swfnk discovered this mistake and
came to Denver for the purpose of hav-
ing it rectified. To ]. W. Vlckers, 1OG-
600 feet of Park county timber was
sold at 81 thousand feet. This tim
ber Is on school land near Hartzell. Il.
NJ. Harsin bought eighty ucres of Otero
county land mt SO an acre. This land
Is where he has made his home for
several years. leasing 1t from the state
and improving 1t at his own conyen-
fence.
Vice President Winclell of the Colo
RADIO Il Southern railroad returned yes
terday from New York, where he In.
been with President Trumbull of the
road. President Ristlne of the Colo.
rado Midland and President Paine.
and General Manager Dodge of tn,
Itio Grande Western, during their con-
ferences over the proposed sale of the
Colorado Midland to the Colorado 4
| Southern and the Rio Grnnde Western
roads. The object OF this projecsetl
consolidation IL the formation of .
short line from Denver to Ogden. Willis
in New York Vice President winchel;
MISC attended the special meeting of the
board Of directors OF the Colorado 4
Southern road called to consider the
advisability of appropriatlng $17,OOO,-
600 to buy controlling share In the
Midland road. The deal is not vet com
pleted, az the stock OF the Midland
route IL tied up in such way MS to
make the sale of II controlling interest
in the road difficult to arrange Such
action as the board of directors. the ex-
ecutive committee and the voting trust
can take has already been taken. and
now awaits the ratification Of the
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