The Glenwood post., 1904-12-17

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Miss Ruby Coe, OF Harvey Gap. /
was in town Wednesday on her way
to Glenwood, where she Will wish
with relatives for few weeks. New
Castle Democrat.
Miss Mollie Gregory, who has been
with the Zimmerman Abstract com,
pany since it started, went to Cripple
Creek last week on visit to her fam.
lily Steamboat Pilot
h. X. Kamm went to Denver the
first of the week to purchase larger
hoisting engine for the Keystone mine.
The one at present proved unable to
do the work. New Castle Democrat
Fred Gordon, of Glenwood Springs,
game warden, was in this neighbor-
hood on Tuesday, supposedly looking
to see whether some of our good citi
zens had a chunk of venison in their
houses All the guilty boys managed
to conceal the goods in time Eagle
Enterprise
The lethargy of the people of Rifle
in the matter Of incorporating the
town-taking the initial steps-leads
to the belief that either the business
men are Indifferent as regards the
proposition, or this one or THAT"
one is waiting for the ''other'' one to
do something. Rifle Reveille
Paul Blount, who spent last winter
in the Bear river canon surveying for
the Moffat road, spent Thanksgiving
in Vernal. He is making a trip down
Green river in boats from Browns
Park to the Rio Grande railroad, tax
ing the measurements of the stream
for the Moffat people but for what
purpose we cannot say. 1t is certainly
very interesting trip, to say the
least. Vernal Express.
The young men of the Methodist
church recently organized a Young
Men s Christian club, the purpose of
which is to promote the mental, phys
ical and religious natures of the
youths of Rife and vicinity 1t is
the aim of the boys to establish
reading room and gymnasium at some
convenient point in the near future.
More definite plans will be given out
later. Rifle Telegram.
One coyote will hang around camp
at night and create the impression
that pack of at least twenty big
wolves are looking for a chance to eat
the campers. But investigation will
reveal that the single coyote is lean
and hungry and cowardly, and that
he does not weigh over fifteen pounds
Likewise one kicker in town will
create the impression that there is
much indignation against every re
spectacle citizen and measure. At
Gibson Globe
Our ranchmen are having trouble
in disposing of their grain and pota-
toes. Several carloads of potatoes
shipped to Leadville recently have
been refused by dealers there because
they were said to be frozen. The low
prices now prevailing for oats and po-
tatoes have forced the farmers to the
conclusion that they had better hold
their produce until they can obtain
fair price for it. Conditions just now
are rather discouraging, but they
should improve later on. eagle En-,
terprise.
While out hunting cattle on the
lime kiln hill last Friday, Otto Metz
ger shot an eagle, which proved to be
one of the largest and finest specimens
of the golden eagle ever seen in the
White river country. Mr.. Metzger
brouhgt his trophy to town and pre-
sented it to Landlord Ball, of the
Meeker hotel, who is having it
mounted by Taxidermist Mallery.
When finished, this king of the air
will become "a part of the already
large collection of mounted animals
and birds which adds On ,pnrb to tho