The state herald., 1902-02-21
COLORADO BRIEFS.

working women will be cared for at
8 cents per day.
| The Republican state central COM
mittee. at n called meeting, unanimous
| ly chose ID. b. Farley of Colorado
| Springs TO be chairman, in place of q.
| u. Ford, who has resigned.
The oil excitement has spread to the
western part of Colorado. Prospective
wells are being bored along the Grande
between Glenwood and Grand juno
tion and along the Roaring Fork.
A number of prominent citizens of
Pueblo have asked the court to compel
the City Council 10 call an election for
mayor to fill the vacancy now exist
Ing They hope thereby TO break the
deadlock over the sewer contract.
II. 1nge and ]. +. Anderson, who
have been prospecting for coal about
thirty miles south of La Junta, have
found two veins, one five feet and the
other seven feet in thickness. This has
coused quite stir here and ether par
ties are organizing. 1t is thought the
belt extends for several miles.
A company of eastern capitalists is
being formed 10 tap the hot water
channel between the Buena Vista hot
springs and the Haywood hot springs
and will pipe the hot water into Buena
Vista, erecting magnificent hotel,
with the intention OF making that city
Que of the leading summer resorts in
the state.
Six charges of cruelty to animals
and six charges of violating the law
prohibiting the docking of horses tails
have been field against Joseph Hollo-
way and Charles Holloway, represent
ing the British government on the COM
mission appointed TO purchase horses
for use In the war in South Africa.
The maximum punishment for the Of
fenses charged is $1,000 fine and four
years in the penltentiary.
w. A. Riley Of Loveland, who has
been awarded the contract for grading
and bridge construction Of the twenty
five miles of railway for the Great
Western Sugar Company. Is preparing
10 put 4 large force of men and teams
TO work as soon as the frost is out Of
the ground. The ground is frozen
about eighteen inches deep. The entire
road is 10 be completed ready for the
cars by July.
Some miners from Telluride. while
prospecting near the mouth of the can
on about eight miles from Delta, dis
covered petroleum ooZing out of the
rocks at the edge of the Gunnison riv-
er. They also found a spot where nat
ural gas was coming up from the bed
Of the river. They say they will sink
an oil well near the place ut once and
will probably order the machinery
within n few days.
n-t,.
State Board Of Charities and Correc.
tlon opened at Colorado Springs ON the
10th, President James ii. Baker of the
University Of Colorado. presiding. Mr..
Baker delivered his annual address,
fraught with items OF great interest to
those in attendance. and Miss Jane Ad.
dams OF Hull House. Chicago. spoke on
"NclghborhoOd Work" The noted
speaker was greeted with applause as
she arose to deliver her address.
Ell Badaniz, an Austrian employed at
the steel works, Pueblo. met fright.
ful death while at work Mt one OF the
blast furnaces. lie was engaged In
shoveling coal dust. when the cloud
became so thick about him that he lost
his bearings. missed his footing and fell
into the molten metal His shrleks of
agony brought several Of his fellow EN-.
ployes to the scene, hut they were I'M.
able TO rescue him. lie was so terribly
burned thnt death ended his suffering
at o'clock Sunday afternoon.
A hunter and trnppcr who has been
operating In North park this winter
has brought to Fort Collins the pclts
of four gray wolves. The pclts and
bounty brought llm over 500 The
stockmcn Of North park are paying a
bounty OF $50 for each wolf scalp. The
Necessity for oNicrminating the AMI.
mails is growing grsnter every year as
the loss 10 the owners OF cattle by their
depredations is serious matter, as II
is generally estimated that each wolf
destroys 500 worth OF cattle during
Its lifetime.
Surveying parties laying ont the
route OF the new Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company's railroad In western
Colorado have completed over half OF
the survey and are making such rapid
progress that 'he people are congraiu-
latlug themselves on the near an
proach OF n railroad. Word reached
Denver parties says the News. that the
surveyors are past paon,a. Ia Delta
county. and have practically surveyed
,hc entire route Ia Gunnlson county.
The road VIII pierce rich territory.
opening new coal aud ore fields 10 de
yclopmcni.
Besides It's branch In western Colo.
rndo. which Is hclng rapidly surveyed,
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
intends to construct and operate other
branches IN the near future. II has nj.
ready made provision for nf,y-two
miles Of new trnck In and around the
southern fields and IL also preparing
10 build many miles 0f irnck around
the Iron mines az linrivllle. Wyoming.
Even without the acquisition OF the
Colorado n Southern. the now track
,hus 'nld would taken together. form
an Immense nllruad system. requiring
many supcrinIcndcnis aud complete
outlay OF rolling stock
The Mnn,cnlm snniinrium OF Mani.
ton, Roman Catholic Institution, has
ji-i received rift Of 81 .vpp from Gen.
crnl ", !. Palmer, the money TO be
applied to the debt of the Institution,
The Denver News ocrrcsposdcnt
says that Claude Hamilton Melton,
who has bern styled the ''holio'' cur,
respondent of the London Spectator,
has hc"n IN Pueblo fnr six weeks past
collecting material Tor articles 10 his
paper. Mr woltun's articles nre on the
same line ~ those published hy
wyckofr. nnd he. during his residence
In America. hns done MI forms OF
manual labor. nnd Tor the past six
| Nsaaha has kyurlgI k.fifh ff.a u.atfu..