The Holly chieftain., 1900-02-23
COLORADO NOTES.

James Ford. foreman OF sheep outfit,
was the victim, and WAS probably kill
ed last Friday Milton Trujillo, a
herder employed at the ranch and now
in jail, has confessed that he killed
Ford.
Information from Breckenridge goes
to show that while the eastern heirs of
Professor Carter have cordially acqui-
esced In the proposition that the collec
tion be sold to the Denver association
for $4,000, they are not ready to con
cur in the desire of the naturalist that
the $4,000 be devoted in turn TO fur
thering the project for great museum
Three men We're caught in n slide a
the Gold King mine at Gladstone ai
j o'clock Saturday afternoon. Anloni
Tam, by desperate effort, managed
TO get out. George Foster and Louis
Ayi were carried TO the bottom and Nc
hopes are entertained of the recovery
OF either party alive. George Foster
has been married only thirty days.
and the parents of both Foster and his
wife live Ia Durango.
Denver X Rio Grande passenger train
No. II, which left Denver for Aspen al
9:l5 o'clock Thursday night. was
wrecked half mile east OF Rock Greek
near Belden. about 8 o'clock yesterday
morning. a broken rail caused the de
railment of three cars. one of which
toppled into the Eagle river Six men,
every one OF them railroad employees.
We're injured in the wreck. but the re
port of the physician in charge of the
victims says that none of them will die.
Judge Stevens of the Seventh judi
cial district, who is sitting for Judge
Rucker has decided that the case OF
the People against w. ]. Cox, superin.
tendcnt Of the Mollie Gibson mine fol
the pollution of the waters of the Roar
ing Fork river. should have beer
brought in Pitkin county. as the crime
II committed. has been committed IN
that county. The Garfield county far.
fners VIII now commence civil action
for damages on account of the pollu-
tion of the water.
on the evening of Washingtons
birthday the handsome Gold Coin clul
house nj Victor, built TO replace the
one consumed in the fire OF August
list, was dedicated to the use of the
employees of the Woods Investment
Company by "A reception and dance
The Gold Coin band furnished the mu
sic for the occasion. The building oc.
cupies ground space of JOx125 feet,
is two stories in height, of Greciar
style of architecture, and is without
question one of the rnest institutions
of its kind in the West.
f. d. Wight of Trinidad will make
the largest individual shipment of WOO
TO Boston ever sent from the south.
western country. 1t aggregates about
650,OO0 pounds. and represents the en-.
tire clip from his thousands of head OF
sheep for the past three years. The
greater portion of the wool is secured
Ii will be shipped over the Colorado 4
Southern to New Orleans, thence via
the Morgan steamship line to its des.
tination. The wool VIII be shipped IN
eighteen cars from Trinidad and twelve
cars from Folsom, New Mexico, max.
ing altogether thirty cars. The work
OF loading has commenced. 1t Is esti.
mated that the shipment will realize be.
tween S125 900 and S13O,OOO.
The Roaring Fork and Blue River
Stock Growers Association, which met
at Glenwood on the 17th made formal
protest against any change in the pres.
ent land leasing system and denounced
the action of the recent convention OF
the National Live Stock Association In
the matter. The resolutions are strong
against any disposition of public lands
in any way other than already provid.
ed, and protest against the state leas.
ing its lands for grazing purposes. The
principal reasons advanced are that the
system of leasing gives the larger syn.
dicates control of the ranges, to the
detriment of the smaller stockmen, who
are farmers as WELL and who have
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The changing of the terminal of the
Florence & Cripple Creek railroad from
Florence to Canon City, which is the
practical result of the new line Just
opened into Canon City, will bring
with it the change of all the offices OF
the road from Florence to Canon City.
1t was announced yesterday at the To-
cal offices that 1t was the intention as
soon as practicable to establish the of.
fees Of the superintendent. master me.
chanic. storekeeper and dispatcher al
the Inter point, which means virtual
abandonment of Florence, making IL
practically way station. The Canon
City terminals, already under construc.
tion, will be rushed to completion as
soon as possible. The company has
other construction under consideration.
chiefly repair shops. The shops will
include car sheds, round houses, pair
shops and machine houses. PlaJ
have already been drawn for thes
buildings, but have not yet been ac
cepted.
What Is known as the Cliff Dwellers'
slide, ut the foot of Silver lake basin.
and at the top of the cliffs near Silver.
ton. came down Friday afternoon, and
four men who were repairing the cable
on the Iowa tramway were caught.
Three were gotten out alive, but jack
Lewis. who was taken out at 8 o'clock,
was dead. All the men In Silver lake