The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-03-17
COLORADO NOTES.

The Paris Commission has received
two big contributions to the fuhu pe-
ing raised for the exhibit mt the EN-
position. james Burns. the millionaire
mine owner. presented check Tor
$1,000 and the Portland Mining COM
pany gave $500.
The Civil Service Commission WI
hold an examination In Denver anu
Pueblo some time In the spring to Sc
lect clerks for the local land offices
These examinations Will be general
throughout the country. The dates OF
examinations have not been set.
A political convention called by the
labor unions Of the state met ut i'u-
eblo on the Eth The first days session
was stormy one. developing the pres
ence of two factions and resulted In Il
split. 1t appeared to be contest be-
tween the Denver men md delegates
from the rest of the state. the Denver
contingent being opposed to putting up
an Independent state ticket next fn'!.
They were out voted and boiled.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Kansas City local on the Union Pa
citic between Magnolia and Watkins
Saturday morning by piling ties on the
tEucA. lie thklHe WIS uilhiuSNu ANU
the train delayed several hours. Some
time ago u rail was raised near the
same place and an accident narrowly
avertetl. A grudge against the com
pany seems to be the cause, as Rock
Island train had passed over the road
q few minutes before.
Judge Shmson of Teller county has
handed down decision In the case
nf -t.,tt hn
Victor. Judge Stimson's ruling rein
states Mr.. BoyIan as police judge of
Victor and declares that the city coun-
Gil had no authority to remove him
from the office. Some weeks ago MIR.
Boylan was removed from the office
of police judge upon IL charge of ap-
propriating about $1,000 belonging to
the city to his own use.
The fOrty-flve-ycar lease on Fremont
county coal lands granted to Wells.
Macon Il Prentiss by the McIntire land
board will stand rs granted, altlongll
the law ut present provides for only
ten-year leases. Judge Moses Hallett
of the United States Court, the nrbl-
traitor in the matter, so decided Friday.
The Thomas board, when 1t ascer-
tanned that the original thlrty-yenr
lease had been extended fifteen years,
set aside the fiftcen-yenr extension on
the ground that it was illegal.
The Denver & Rio Grnnde has de-
cided to do away with narrow gauge
trains on the first division. Beginning
Sunday night train No. 10, which
leaves at 9:45 o'clock In the evening
Will be made up entirely Of standard
gauge cars. 1t will be split at Pueblo,
part of 1t making connections with the
Marshall pass narrOw-gauge train, go.
ing west by way of Salida, and part OF
1t going over La Veta pass to Alamosa,
connecting at that point with the Du-
range narrow-gnuge train. Train No.
10, which will now be on the broad
gnuge rails. will leave Salida at 1918
p. M, and arrive In Denver at o'clock
the following morning. No other
changes are contemplated.
The Gillett townsite, water works
and electric light plant have been
transferred to the Golden Crescent Wa
ter and Light Company, one of the
companies controlled by the Woods In
vestment Company. Harry Woods
states that an Office will be opened In
the city, and the company will start i
real estate business. The town Is to
be improved by the new owners. Tho
Woods syndicate has increased Its
holdings III the district until now it
owns more land than any other con,-
pany or individual. 1t has just conf
pleted n deal whereby some sixty
acres of the Arequa townsite. including
the Gold Dollar and Mabel NJ. mines
situated between Beacon and Raven
hills, pass into its hands. The consol'.
dation is said to have been in the
neighborhood of half a million dollars.
Companies the control of which is held
by the Woods Investment Company
now own the Gillett, Arequa, Cameron
and Lawrence tOwnsites. The enter
prise and progressiveness Of these peO-
pie is astonishing. Notwithstanding
their tremendous purchases OF last
year, almost every week brings news
Of further acquisitions. The syndicate
long the most powerful in the district,
Ia rapidly becoming one of the most
powerful in the state.
Probably the most important move
ment inaugurated by the club women
Of Colorado and one Of the most i'm
portant public works undertaken by
women anywhere received its prelinl
mary impetus when the committee on
the preservation of the cliff dwellings
met with the chairman. Mrs. Gilbert
McClurg, at Colorado Springs last
week. This committee was appointed
over a year ngo by the Colorado Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs. Since that
| time Mrs. McClurg, who has made the
study Of the ruins her life work. has
visited the canon, has settled the terms
of lease with Ignacio. has secured
its confirmation from the Indian agent
and has canvnssed the matter of Il
road to the ruins and a rest house OIL
the way. These things she laid before
the federation at its annual meetin,.
last fall and the club women from over
the state were intensely Interested in
her accounts Of the depredatiOns there
and the necessity for action II these
wonderful relies OF bygone civilizr
ton are to be preserved. The commit
tee, including Mrs. J. ID. WhitmOre
Mrs. George T. Sumner and W. s. Pea.
| body. Mrs. Lewis of Pueblo, and the