The state herald., 1902-01-31


Glcnwood has always posed as the
center of the hunting field of the Rocky
Mountain region and II seems that il
can make good these claims. The other
day monster buck came down of the
mountain and crossed the Rio Grande
tracks at West Glenwood In doing so
he would have been run over by n
switch engine had not the engineer
! Stacked his speed. The animal jumped
over fences and ran Into the enclosure
NJ the West Glenwood sandhouse and
started across the Grand river He
swan the river without difficulty, but
ON account OF the fringe of lee on the
south side had trouble In getting out
and iloundered about the water fully
ten minutes. during which time several
shots Were fired at him without effect.
As soon as he landed he shook himself
ana skipped away. apparently unmind-
iul OF his admlring spectators.
The State School OF Mines is threat.
ened again with disruption because OF
the severe penalty inflicted by the fac
ulty upon seven sophomorcs who have
been suspended for the rest OF the year
because OF n scuilic that took place In
the chemical laboratory last Saturday.
resulting In the breaking OF apparatus
to the value Of Si5 TO 500. The facul.
ty declare that the punishment has be-
come necessary TO prevent rowdylsm In
the building the students that the pun.
lshment does not bcft the crime. that
the innocent have been made to suffer
with the guilty because they refuse to
lmpllcaie their classmates, and that,
above all, the professor In charge made
no effort 10 stop the scrlmmngc that
caused damage. As result OF the fac
ulty's refusal To reccdc from Its posi-
tlon the students Of every class have
taken up the cause Of the sophomores
and general wnlkout ls threatened,
The meeting OF special agents and
route Inspectors OF the rural free dcliv-
| cry service OF the POstoiiicc Depart.
1 ment which has been In session In Den.
yer during the last week was the larg.
est aud most Important gathering OF
the kind ever held In the United States.
While the main object of the meeting
was the instruction Of those present IN
the rules nnd regulations placing rural
carriers under the Clyll Service Com.
mission many otlnr topics were dis.
cusscd In their bearing upon the cNtcn.
sion of the rural flee delivery system.
| Hereafter all rural carriers viii be paid
from a central posIoticc In the state In
which they ARE employed instead of
having 10 walt ns they often do. for
months To receive their warrants from
Washington. There win he nm lmmcdl.
nic Increase In the pay OF carriers
through congressional action and posil.
bly, further advance during the next
fiscal ycnr. These changes win make
the position of rurnl carrier much more
desirable In the future than II hns been
Ia the past. beginning February ist,
the rural free delivery carriers OF the
United States win bc under the rules
Of the ciyll Service Commission and
each applicant for a position VIII be r..
qulrcd 10 tnkr an examination 10 show
his proficiency In the handling ~ mail
md IN the transaction uf such rpgnsiry
and money order business ns mny coma
within his line OF duty,
Two train londs Of Denver 4 Rio
Rio Grnndr graders have arrived nj
| Delta, This IN the first Of ,hc actual
working force for the new railroad
The surveyors FOR the South rnrk aud
Colorado Fuel nnd Iron Company nrc
sim ni work In the cnnon. mud u strnnR.
cr has been hiring nil the teams ana
men he cnn get 10 commence work nj
once. This would seem 10 Indicate That
there may bo lively rncc between the
lwo roads. ench striving Ia get through
tho narrow place In the canon frat. In
some places the canon Is almost nv
steep ms the Royal Gorge. which ne.
counts for the extreme haste IN sccur.
Ing the right OF way.