The silver star., 1900-04-06
coloRApo NOTES.

l fiy&d iuftlle Pueblo land once uurims
! lthiS month, on lands located principaliy
TIM sthe counties of Qtero, Huerfano anu
| Lae Animas. 91iis IL the largest mum.
ber zof claims Of this character nIed
In the land office for any previous
month In the past Ave years.
| A boiler explosion occurred Friday
ut Laws upper saw mill on West creek
by which the engineer, Willard Hell
sey. was instantly killed. The force
of the explosion threw the unfortunate
man n distance of over 400 feet across
deep ravine Large fragments of
| the boiler were blown from 300 to 4OO
feet. The engine was wrecked, blown
| from its bed and the mill rendered
ruin. A lumber hauler and his team
were slightly injured. There were no
other casualties. The dead engineers
| father resides In Victor The explosion
was caused by the water being allowed
! TO run too low In the boiler.
A sugar beet plant will soon be In
operation in the Arkansas valley under
| the control of some Of Pueblos busi-
| ness and professional men. Over 200
acres of land under the Bessemer ditch
have been selected and Will be planted
in beets next May of this year. The
acreage will be increased from year to
year and the farm will be under the
management of $. b. Schmidt, an ex'
pert on sugar beet culture. The Pu-
eblo Farm Company has been incor-
porated for this purpose with capital
stock of $4,000, divided into 1000
shares. The incorporators are Frank
lin Tuiteman. G. b. Schmidt and Henry
A. Dubbs, who, with John +. Vail and
c. X. McHarg, will act as directors Of
the company.
Harper NJ. Orahood. department COM
mander of the Department of Colorado
and Wyoming, g. A. r., elected at the
last encampment, has made announce
ment of the following appointments:
Thomas J. FoOte, assistant adjutant
general. Denver; Marshall s. Craw-
ford, assistant quartermnster general,
Denver; Charles Grabert, department
inspector, Leadville; II. NJ. Minor,
judge advocate, Longmont; q. A. Ham,
ilton, chief mastering officer, Denver;
A. S. HOlbrQok, chief of staff, Colorado
Springs; George X. Kimball, senior
aide, Golden. Each post commander
of the department " requested by Cen
eral Orahood to forward the name of
one comrade suitable for aide on the
department stan and one for assist
ant inspector.
Ex-Governor Alva Adams and Mrs.
Adams nre in Washington en- route
from an extended visit in Cuba to their
home in Colorado. Governor Adams,
in an interview, said that his visit to
Cuba had convinced him that the island
should become part Of the United
States. 1T is rich," he said, ''ln agri-
cultural and mineral resources, aH4i
with the protection of American laws
extended to capital, will become a
profitable field for investors. What
impressed me greatly was the cheap
freight rates upon products shipped
from the island to United States ports.
Rates on sugar are but IL cents hum
dred pounds from Havana to New
York. marked contrast to our west
ern freight rates. With equitable
greatest wealth-producing regions OF
the republic"
!. +. Cleary and Dewitt Cleary, ac-
cused of cattle rustling In the western
part Of Douglas county. We're tried be-
fore Justice Crawshaw at Castle Rock
on the Both. The case attracted much
attention. A number Of the witnesses
examined admitted completely In the
Clearys were the prime movers. I. l..
Cleary. the father. conducted n saw
mill and boarded n number Of men.
and II was to his boarding house that
the stolen beef was taken, but he
sworc that he was absent and knew
nothing of 1t until later his son, De
witt, admitted that he and Newton
Buzbee, n son-in-law of Cleary, had
killed the steer. The effort of the de-
Tense seemed to be to shift the blame
to young Cleary, who Is not yet of age.
l. +. Clcary was bound over In $500
bonds and Dewitt Clcary In $1,000.
The father will probably bc able to
f, give bonds. The prosecution was con
Quoted by the Colorado Cattle Grow
ers' Association. represented by Ralph
Talbot OF Denver. George Il. Dunn
and l.. q. Withnup were for the de-
Tense. II either OF the prisoners gives
ball he Will bc arrested again on other
charges.
The first session Of the state confer
ence Of charities and corrections at
Pueblo was filed with enthusiasm ana
many important questions pertaining
TO the bctterment of Colorado state
institutions We're discussed. The ses-
sion was called to order by Judge a
Fcvre. John II. Gabriel of Denver. II.
.. Pfclffcr of Cripple Creek ana REV.
Il. i. Newton of Pueblo We're appoint.
ed n committee to name time, place
and officers Of the next meeting Of tbe
conference. The committee recon.
mendcd Boulder. November is 10 20.
1900. with James II. Baker. president.
and q. l.. Stonnkcr. secretary. This
was unanimously adopted. w. Il.
Recs. chairman OF the bonrd of county
commissioners OF Pueblo. rend paper
on County Charities. or the AdmInls.
trntion OF the County Poor Farm"
Mr.. Rces mentioned where women
had applied TO the board for nIns who
had been deserted by their husbands.
some or them with large families 10
provide for lie rccommendedIihmt "
whipping post bc established for ti,s
class OF men. Some time wns taken
up In discussing the feasibility of the
present Inv which provides for the
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