The Ordway new era., 1902-03-14
COLORADO BRIEFS.

of trustees OF the State Schoo' Vi
Mines.
IL. Burns, n miner In the Monarch
district, STABBED u stranger named Ray
in a drunken quarrel AT Garfield ha!
may die.
No attempt seems To have Dech inhu''
TO arrest the assasslns WHO shot ""e
Gallejos, Mexican shccpmah, lroi'
ambush, In the east end OF klo orahue
county, some weeks ago.
Inability to realize ON premium no'es
and n greater loss than anticipated
nuong the stock insured, has iore'u
the Western Mutual Stock insurance
Company OF Denver TO the wall
Extensive improvements are being
made at Wagon Wheel Gap hot springs
by General Palmer, who owns the
property. The old bath house VIII ne
replaced by modern structure ana lhe
hotel greatly Improved.
Frank A. Mahancy. the game warden
who killed W. 4. Womack at the
Grand Mesa lakes. will have TO re
main In the penltentlgy. The Supreme
Court has denied his application Tor
writ OF habeas corpus.
The farmers and property owners Nv
ing under the Otcro ditch, near Ia
Jun,n. have organized an association
with j. L. Rustcr. II. Savage and y. ID.
Best as directors. The debt on the
canal will be paid and bonds issued.
James l.. Kearns. who was arrested
in Cripple Greek ON the charge OF the
murder OF Martin Gleason, the srpcrin-
tendent of the Wild Horse mine on
Bull hill, had his bond reduced from
$1,000 TO 5000 and was released
from jail.
A live stock show Is assured for
Denver next year. An enthusiastic
meeting OF the stockmcn who have
been attending the cattle convention
appointed committee of arrangements
and several thousand dollars We're
pledged for expenses.
The San Miguel mine near Telluride
was visited by two snowslidcs Thurs
day morning. The damage was scarce
ly $500. IL. GOctinger and Isaac John
son We're carried over 1909 feet. One
escaped entirely unhnfmed and the
other with bruises and his scalp gone.
Onc-tenth of the fund necessary to
provide a suitable gift for the cruiser
Denver has been raised. Yesterday
Mayor Wright, treasurer OF the fund.
received four responses TO the invita-
tions sent out by the committee. swell.
Ing the total amount 10 date to $1,000.
Constable Rogers OF Marble brought
In w. ii. Brown of that place and
lodged him In the Gunnison county jail
on the charge OF violating the fish law.
Brown, who is accused of dynamiting
fish in the Crystal river. was bound
over In the sum of $1,000 TO the Dis
trict Court.
A fire wrecked the Burlington depot
at Akron. Colorado, Friday afternoon.
just after the passing of the Chicago
Denver train. The depot was n hand
some structure. The operators barely
escaped. the fire burning iierccly In the
strong wind that made all efforts TO
save the building fr,Qtless. j. i.
Stokes, the agent. walked thirteen miles
to Otis, the station TO the east, to send
wire OF the fire to Omaha.
Land leasing was the one theme be-
fore the American Cattle Growers
convention Wednesday. No other sub
Ject was before the men OF the ranges
gathered for the second days meet
Ing of the roundup. with one excep-
ton. \. c. Cleveland OF Cleveland,
New, proposed that President Theodore
Roosevelt he made the first and only
honorary member OF the association.
and after it was adopted Colonel John
+. Irish of California proposed three
cheers for the new honorary member at
Washington.
One OF the largest trees ever handled
by sawmlll In this part of the state
was recently cut for A. a. Rust's mill
by Fred Russell and Pat Lucy, saws
the Dolores Star. 1t contained seven
logs as follows: The butt-cut was six.
teen feet long and contained 2.2o9 feet
of lumber; the second cut was also six.
teen feet long with 1,S49 feet of lum.
Der. the other five logs were each
twelve feet long and scaled respective.
ly 1,2OO. $40, S17. AGO and 21l feet
The total length of that part of the tree
available for lumber was ninety-two
feet and the total scale 1867 feet.
l.. G. Burton and A. NJ. Sniff. ranch.
men of Deertrail. presented two larp,
sacks Of coyote and wolf scalps to The
county treasurer yesterday. ond re.
ceived In exchange warrants for bonn-
ties of 81 each on the coyotes and SO
ON the wolves. Mr.. Sniff had 121 Gov.
ote scalps, one timber wolf, and ono
gray wolf scalp. His warrant called
for $125. Mr.. Burton had fifty-two COW.
ote scalps, two gray and one tjmber
wolf, and received S5S. Both ranclmen
professed to be out money on the son.
sons labor. The one timber woif for
whose scalp Mr.. SnlfY received 50
snapped Its teeth on the legs OF two
valuable dogs. and in each case tho
hound had to be shot.
Two bodies were found near Te,,,-
ride Wednesday that no one knew We're
lead. Their names are Reddln Rowa,,
ar and John Nixon. The report cnme to
town that cabin opposite the Thomas
in Bear creek basin yyas ,nt,.tr. -