The Elbert County tribune., 1900-06-28
COLORADO NOTES.
Florence win have n balloon a..
sion on the Fourth. asee

The salvation Army colonv
Rocky Ford will engage in tbs aus he
business. II is in n prosnerons uai
dffion- Two additional sectlo,,
land VIII be secured for the colonx
A second trainload of German ,,.
ers from Nebraska have arrived AZ \
gar CITY to engage in raising beets
are experienced beet growers. Tbe h.
crop Is in fine condition, with an
ceptionally good stand.
During an electrical storm at n.
thoud Calvin Wray. one Of the oIda
farmers In that section. was struct
lightning while stacking hay. he
still alive. but his recovery Is douht,,,
The bolt struck him in the fonpbes,
took downward course over his ~,
and right leg tearing his clothing A.,
taking the shoe entirely of the ,is,
foot. A dark red line marked the conr
of the current across Wray's body
The power house of the Buena va.
smelter was destroyed by fire on n,
2oth, the blaze originating In A rast1
ance box, which had become orerbaa U
ed. The building and contents
nearly total loss. the damage amorr
ing to about $1,000. the Insurance h
ing $500. Preparations for rehuiI
ing and replacing the maehlnery
already under way and 1t is not ilke
that the smelter will remain idle lonv'
than three weeks.
What may result in n fatal aec,ds,
occurred at the walsen mine at IVA
senburg on the 18th. Sallie McKinzI
about fourteen years of age, set Are
can of coal oil while using II to Ii
die fire. Before assistance could a
rive her clothes were completed
burned off. AT present she is restin
quietly, but there is little hope for he
recovery. An aged lady, while irwin
to extinguish the flames, was als
burned about the hands and face.
The following named state agents d
the Colorado Humane Society hav
been appointed since May 20th and
prior to June 18th: Charles Wheeled
Elizabeth; L. b. Bowles, Gllpin; ]. Nd
Handy, Nederland: Paul HdhnawaldX
Lcadville; Thomas Scott, Leadville
Charles f. Berger. Rico; W. G. FayH
Fondis; Victor ]. Kersten, Aleott and
A. NJ. Boyd, George Green, George /.
Greer, John NJ. Esslngton John L. Lee,
and John NJ. Berkey, all Of Denver
The water question at Leadvill,
which has been "A disturbing factor ID
politics for nearly two years has beef
settled and the result Is substantial
victory for the 9ity. About two week
ago the city submitted u final PROPOSE
tion TO the water company insisting OF
large Increase in the service, to ex
tend over the entire city, together wifi
"A material reduction of rates to conl
sumers. Should this proposition be re
fused the city intended to build nev
water plant The president Of the wa
ter company. Henry Il. Cleaves Of
Maine, with other water company ohi
cials. have been in the city seyera
days negotiating and the result Is thai
the water company agrees to accep
the proposition of the city in lis entire
ty. a contract has been signed run
ming for fifteen years. The city alsd
obtained the reduction of about thirty
per cent in the cost of fire plugs.
The needs of the Wet Mountain val
ley. in which lie Silver Cliff and West
cliff. are about to be recognized ~
the Rio Grande. A corps of survey
ors has been nt work for some time III
the Texas Creek valley, finishing thd
survey for road begun in 1895 and
stopped because of the panic. Thd
route will be about twenty-five nllei
from Silver Cliff, TO a point on the ~
x Il. ;G. west of Canon City, where "
will Join the main line. About ted
miles of the survey were left incoml
plete, and upon that portion the surf
veyors are now mt work. The VALLEY
had transportation facilities al ono
time furnished by narrow -guase nne
run from the Rio Grande up GrapN
creek. This wns repeatedly washeQ
away by floods, and finally was as
continued During the last year th0
valley has come to the front rapldlyI
in Its agricultural and mineral produc
tiop. The legal controversy over thN
Rassick mine has ended and the ming
is now n heavy producer. The Geysel
mine at Silver Cliff also has a large
output, while recent discoveries q
large deposits of low-grade copper,
the Sangre de Crlsto range promise
good tonnage. Definite orders fol
construction on the road are expected
as soon as the now fiscal year begins
IL not. Immediately upon the return q
President Jeffery from the East
The Gunnison river bridge on thS
Baldwin branch of the Colorado
Southern railway, about two mne1
north of Gunnison, was blown up Wiij
dynamite about 3 o'clock Thursda9
morning. The conclusion was y
great as to awaken many sleeping ~
idents and to break windows in house
in the north part Of town. Every ",nl
dow in the house of George Van Az
stine, about 200 yards from the bridge
was broken and all the locks Wers
blown from the doors. 1t is presuinel
that some 300 or 400 pounds OF uynh]
mite were used. The bridge is Oau!y
wrecked and no trains can run y, W
Baldwin for week or ten days unu'
repairs are made. This VIII cioee W..
Baldwin coal mines for that tune ~ =
they depend upon the Colorauo ~,
Southern for cars. There Is nV W. W.
to the perpetrators or to where the! se
cured the dynamite. This Is inc ~
ond bridge on this branch TO W ts ue
stroyed recently, another near 'ase,s e,..
ton having been burned n few WeeH'
ago. The destruction OF properly .
quite generally believed to be me ou. \.
come of the recent prolonged sulAe !.
the Baldwin mines which was los. ~ ~
the strikers. The Colorado sOus., ~.
ern has offered reward of Sl'VVp ~. ~,
the arrest and conviction of the gu"''
parties.
The San Luis Valley Land ana NM l
ing Company that recently purcnas,1h,
Baca land grant No. 4, in the SCUM ,,,
western part of the state, has pses, ~
two ejectment suits in the eue'a :,
court against settlers to force tnein ,a, y
remove from the grant. The two az sse,
will probably be sufficient to con1aI.l 'tIcl
the settlers that the ground on VIII ,.,ji
they live and on which they nave Dun an
a hamlet known as Duncan uoes rt
belong to them. that is II the ,d, u
decide in these as they have hiieas, 20
done in the well-known Kellogg an n,.
which the United States ouP.en
Court decided in favor of the ~, ,,on an
owners Of the grant The presen,,o ,ooo1 ey