The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-05-12
COLORADO NOTES.

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capture ak mountain sheep. They Will
be placed In the geological park At
Warrington.
Al recent meeting OF the Candle
light Club Of Denver. Mr.. 7. N. Patter-
son and Mr.. F. A. Williams both ex-
pressed themselves. strongly In favor
OF precinct option. An attempt will
doubtless be made to get such 4 meas
urs through the next Legislature.
The Home Mining Company of Lead
Vile on May LIST paid 4 dividend Of
10000 1t IL announced that another
dividend Of 10000 will be paid on
June l. The future policy as regards
dividends has not yet been an
nounced.
By splendid presentation Of good
sebject, william 8. Wescott of Law
renee University, Appleton, Wisconsin,
won the first prize In the Interstate ora
torical contest, held In Central Presby-
terrain Church last Thursday night. The
subject was "lago and Macbeth and
htted the speaker especially well. The
second prize went to Paul Prosser Of
Central College, Fayette, Missouri.
Deputy Game Warden w. r. Lee Of
the Third district, says the deer are
now leaving their winter feeding
grounds In droves, finding their way to
the White river plateau. where they
feed during the summer. Streams
throughout the district are alive with
trout he said, and the sport will be
plentiful, and there Ia every indication
that there will be more grouse than
usual. Mr.. Lees district includes the
Flat Tops and the Trappers' like coun-
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state.
DR.. CHM of Boulder, who made a
post norton examination on the re-
mains Of late Postmaster Thomas Hall
OF Wall Street, In that county, found
that some time ago the man had swai-
lowed q large prune seed, which lay
| In q depression at the lower part Of
the stomach, and Immediately across
/ the opening Into the bowels As no
food could pass out of the stomach,
the man starved to death. The prune
seed had been in the stomach long
enough for the moisture to cause the
seed to burst.
Practical instruction In mines and
mineralOgy, undertaken by eastern uni
| versitieA, will result directly to the ben
eft Of Colorado. The University Of
Minnesota has inaugurated the method
Of instruction by sending out an entire
class In mlneralogy, under Prof. Apple
by. to spend several weeks In Colorado
mining camps, where their instructor
will be the miner himself The profess
sor heads class OF thirty, all young
men. each With pipe. two suit cases
and specimen bags. This personal lug
| gage was Of such extent that they re.
| Quired . special car.
A tout ~ N IN dotarv1tpn <t,> vt-s.% a..
| tax deposits and capital stock Of build
ing and loan associations was decided
ut Denver Monday by Judge Butler Of
the District Court, 1t was the suit Of
the Fidelity Savings Association Of
Denver against the Board Of County
| CommisoaoAera and the associations
was victorious. Last summer the f.
deity 6eyings Association in tts tax
| return to Assessor Ames mentioned An
item It eS,207 cash ON hand. Mr.. Ames
holding that the association was really
. hank and should be taxed as such,
eiiminated the cash ON hand" item
and added to the schedule 1855, $40 to
cover deposits. capital stock and the
like. The association asked the Coun-
ty Board Of Equalization to strike OF
this item on the ground that it was
really debt. This petition was denied
by tie County Board Of Equalization.
Accordingly the case was appealed to
the District Court. In his opinion judge
Butler decided that building and loan
Institutions are not to be assessed like
banks.
The latest estimate on the amount of
track washed away In Platte canon by
the food from the reservoir 10 that
about four miles Of roadbed has been
Obaiterated. The damage Is dtstribut-
ed along the route, the higher portions
remaining intact except where the
walls have been washed away beneath
them. Four small bridges, regarded
n nothing more than enlarged culverts
were washed away, but the two steel
structures are not damaged. The ap-
preach to one Of the latter was washed
out, however. As for the manner of the
rebuilding, President Trumbull says
the main object is to get the trains to
running again. About two weeks will
be consumed in this work. The fact
that Chief Engineer CoWan was sent
out yesterday to examine the condi-
tons which gave rise to the rumor that
II was the intention to rebuild on q
higher line, especially in view of the
fact that the addition Of the Cripple
Greek cutoff to the system will multi
ply the Importance Of this branch.
Heavier rails must be used and the line
In to be broadgauged for the Cripple
Greek and through trains to Ogden.
The picture Of demolition that present
ed itself to the eyes Of the engineers
and linemen was even more remarka-
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were twisted into hieroglyphics Of the
most appalling agony. Great gullies
had been eaten out Of the sides of the
embankment. bridged In some places
by the frail structures OF rails and
clinging ties and. In others. left entire
ly destitute Of the comforting remains
Of once firm aud splendid bed Of
trnck. In places the rails were thrown
up upon the rocks. while In the bottom
Of the river were found the tangles Of
steel aud pine broken and unintelligi-
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