The Lamar register., 1900-06-27
COLORADO NOTES.

serves Oh the lnVltatlOn To eat straw "a
berries at Glenwood Springs on the
10th. The weather was fine and ev
erything passed off pleasantly.
The Salvation Army colony near
Rocky Ford will engage in the dairy
business. 1t is in prosperous con-
dition. Two additional sections of
land will be secured for the colony.
During an electrical storm at Ber-
thoud Calvin Wray, one of the oldest
farmers in that section, was struck by
lightning while stacking hay. He is
still alive, but his recovery is doubtful.
The bolt struck him in the forehead
took a downward course over his chest
and right leg, tearing his clothing and
taking the shoe entirely off the right
foot. A dark red line marked the course
of the current across Wray's body.
What may result in a fatal accident
occurred at the Walsen mine at Wal
senburg on the 18th. Sallie McKinzie,
about fourteen years of age, set fire to
a can of coal oil while using it to kin
die fire. Before assistance could ar
rive her clothes We're completely
burned Off At present she is resting
quietly, but there is little hope for her
recovery. An aged lady, while trying
to extinguish the flames, was also
burned about the hands and face, .
The following named state agents of
the Colorado Humane Society have
been appointed since May Goth and
prior to June 18th: Charles Wheeler,
Elizabeth; +. B. Bowles, Gilpin; j. NJ
Handy, Nederland; Paul Hahnawald,
Leadville; Thomas Scott, Leadville;
Charles +. Berger, Rico; w. g. Fay,
F'ondis; Victor j. Kersten, Alcott, and
A. NJ. Boyd, George Green, George L.
Greer, John NJ Essington, John L. Lee
and John NJ. Berkey, all of Denver.
A hail storm that passed near Ber
thoud on the 10Th did considerable
damage to the crops west and south
of there. Barley and winter wheat
were damaged the most, as 1t was all
headed out. The same strip of land
west of this place was visited by vio-
lent hail storm last year. 1t is report
ed that the hail near Highland Switch
was so large that heavy stones of con-
/ siderable size were on the ground the
, next morning. The storm also dam
aged the orchards.
The water question at Deadyille
which has been a disturbing factor in
politics for nearly two years has been
settled and the result is a substantial
victory for the city. About two weeks
ago the city submitted final PROPOSE
ton to the water company insisting on
large Increase in the service, to ex-
tend over the entire city, together with
a material reduction of rates to con-
sumers. Should this proposition be re
fused the city intended TO build a new
water plant. The president of the wa
ter company, Henry II. Cleaves of
Maine, with other water company Off
cials. have been in the city several
days negotiating and the result is that
the water company agrees to accept
the proposition of the city in its entire
ty. A contract has been signed run
ming for fifteen years. The city also
obtained the reduction of about thirty
per cent. in the cost of fire plugs.
The Gunnison river bridge on the
Baldwin branch of the Colorado q
Southern railway, about two miles
north of Gunnison, was blown up with
dynamite about o'clock Thursday
morning. The conclusion was so
great as to awaken many sleeping res
idents and TO break windows in houses
in the north part of town. Every win
dow in the house of George Van AL
stine, about 200 yards from the bridge.
was broken and all the locks were
blown from the doors. 1t is presumed
that some 300 or 400 pounds of dyna-
mite were used. The bridge is badly
wrecked anu no CAL "
Baldwin for week or ten days until
repairs are made. This will close the
Baldwin coal mines for that time as
they depend upon the Colorado &
Southern for cars. There is no clue
to the perpetrators or to where they Sc
cured the dynamite. This is the sec
ond bridge on this branch to be de-
stroyed recently, another near Castle
ton having been, burned few weeks
ago. The destruction of property Is
quite generally believed to be the out
come of the recent prolonged strike in
the Baldwin mines which was lost by
the strikers. The Colorado & South.
ern has offered a reward of $1,000 for
the arrest and conviction of the guilty
parties. ~
The San Luis Valley Land and Min
ing Company that recently purchased
Baca land grant No. 4, in the south
western part, of the state, has begun
two ejectment suits in the Federal
court against settlers to force them to
remove from the grant. The two cases
will probably be sufficient to convince
the settlers that the ground on which
they live and on which they have built
a hamlet known as Duncan does not
belong to them, that is If the courts
decide in these as they have already
dome in tha well-knOwn kellogg case