Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-07-16
STATE NEWS.


the vest hunting up evidence In re-
gard 90 Indian claims which are Dow
on nie before the court Of claims In
hat city. He spent the last two
weeks ~ the Albany hotel where he
sHH to have met several persops wlib
hive before the court claims arising
from the Indian troubles which &c
CURED before Colorado was a state
None nj these people responded To The
notices which were sent 10 them by
Mr Downing and "a a result the de
par,meni viii take no further action
IN their claims until they themselves
bring ;hem 10 the attention Of the gov.
eminent.
a oiondburst about Ave miles below
Lake City on Friday afternoon carried
away the ranch house OF Tony Ferran
aud running HE entire crop. Only he
foic efforts on The part 81 Fcrrafi sas.
ed his family from death As result
II n" ciondburst the afternoon out.
going train on the Lake city branch
vas compelled 10 back 10 the depot
u that place The track was covered
WIN faf1Ns ft'h anu NfrfffAN sff u Vtf
tanee ~ several hundred feet
q II Finiey and u l.. orr IL Fort
Collins have Just completed number
n experiments with new system Of
precipitation thar promises to rsvoiu.
iiou the prueesH of sssing nne gold
and supefsedo all methods now EN-.
pinyad The new process IN designed
ia save the precious metals from the
y e Smith 4 Denver mechanic. ~
prepared ,o patent m improved slim
er destined To extract all values In
low Grade ores II Ia simply an adj
iuuci "a ths concentrating table. and
can be- used with nny table. II Is
heap and easily handled II does
assay With all the appliances Row use
ed IN trying to save the values lost by
concentrating iabies by IT'S use ans
nfa can Il. concentrated and perfect
,aying made. says the inventor He
does not state what the method Is
but Is willing ia demonstrate it's use
niipess 10 any welimindcd mill own.
ar
national health community In
guisrod is 80 be feature Of the state
Il Tho plans of new company inoor
poratod recently reach their consum
nation The organization IL known
ne the iIadicy National Health com
muuity aud II IL 10 be an enterprise in
Boulder county It In the design OF
he promoters to establish commun
as on sanitary principles In connec
lion with mining enterprises Prop
Ertg available Tor mining operations Is
lo be acquired. and the same property
10 10 be- used Jointly for the health
community The directors of the com
pany are n n ltadiey \ s Miller
and II y Hand
James Dubssh OF ralfort was robbed
1T his pockothO0k containing silva.
In Denver a Rio urandc trim be
tween Dcnyer A Florence Saturday At
leruoun iho man could give no de-.
acrptlon of any one he WAS riding
with or taiking to on the train
So many accidents have resulted
| from The tbavinE ont Of dynamite by
1 the ufiiusry WAYS. such a. the various
bpcs 1T thawiuR cans and placing it
auunnd open nrcs. under boilers and
an top ~ boilers said J q McNulty
| ut New York. that an absolutely safe
aud simple method cannot help hut be
| ~ Interest lu 49, contractors OF Colo
/ RADIO and Others who use the deadly
explosive While in Nova Scotia /
adopted the very simple mathod ui
practically overcoming the danger In
eidont to Having dynamite by plac
| inE ga" cartridges Ia piles OF horse
| manure The frozen or rnugoaled
I sticks, even IA the coolest weather
/ Sur~ found to Dc thawyd out. and
| ready fur nee IN from thirty Ia forty
ave minutes This system has been
employed by one OF tho largest con
tractors on the subway 10 New York
Cay aud while large quantities Of
! dynamite are USED daily, not single
accident has occurred II IL safe Ia
say that by Tar the greatest majority
~ our accidents Incident to using dy
Mantle occur In the process of thaw
1853 10 out"
IN Important ease was drcidcd by
Judge nsnneu Of tho Eighth judicial
district a. chancellor Charles Cant
bsn. su1 acres IT aliuyial soil ON the
banks Ut the rpudrv river three miles
east Ut Groeley, which he values At
$500 per acre The river channel
runs through the best portion OF the
land Ia the norm ~ double g" and
every limo ihcry was an unusual How
az water his crops Svrv ruined Ia
1900 Cant sud a uvtshbur Brunru
Nelson pui iu three rutons un th,
Formers land. straightyulng the chan
pei ana iessenluE tho danger of over.
HeNr These Improvement Involved
az expenditure OF from s6ooo to
5, 900 Later Nelson sold his farm To
Aihori lEu aad moved onto piece of
land lea the bottoms h-ioW the Cant
farm owing tO the cut4uus ON that