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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-05-06
REV. KNOX, A visitor to your city.

(for the information of Rev. Knox, the Journal Miner is pleased to state that the badger fights of the past few days have not been accompanied by any bloodshed. Other liquids but no blood have been spilled. In case any bloodshed is reported in these combats and the sports present do not promptly stop it., the whole power of the Journal Miner will be brought to bear to stop badger fighting in the city. No bull. dog iowl shall snap the badger neck without a WOW from the Journal. Miner which shall make the teeth of the hu. mane offices chatter and the knees of the sheriff shake as ne rushes to duty). Badger Coach Deserts.
 Jealous at the reputation of C. T. Mil. Ter achieved Wednesday night in the basement of the Lawler book as coach to the badger in the fight with Charley Burtons dog, seconded by George Rufner, Bert Devis, an attaehe of tke Linn hotel volunteered to coach tne victorious badger in a fight with one of George Runner's bloodhounds, last night, only to desert his post and leave the badger to the mercy of it's antag. onist when the ferocious fight started.
 Davis first mounted a step ladder which was oeerturned by the badger and dog immediately after the start of the combat. He immediately escap. cd through tae back door and when last seen was running across the plaza tn the direction of the new jail. After Davis exit from the place, the fight was stopped by the referee who recoR. nized that the badger was at the de. cided disadvantage without a coach against Ruffner's bloodhound, backed by its experienced master, who is con. Sidered among the best badger and dog coaches in the Territory.
 The bloodhound, which has treed lions and bayed bear, did not make the showing against the badger expected by the sports present during the short fight Another fight will be arranged in the near future as Mir. Ruirner an. nounced last night that he was ready to back his famous canine with q good amount in coin of the realm that 1t can vanquish any badge, that can be bad. gered into a fight catch weights, the badger to start with jerk from a bar rel and no bricks.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-05-06
Yo3 NI1I,

One thousand (l,oo0) head stock cattle in quantities to suit purohassf. For prices address J. II. wingasld ( Sons, Camp Verde, Arizona. wN
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-05-06

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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-05-06
l01G1 WAI1fuG0 VofyO1

Notice is hereby given that tts vs. dsrsigsea. owner of the Nsinsa ssep of elaims, aad located about % nils west of Hillside and adjoining tAs pst entsd slains sf Awlss . waliA b the EsFska mining tistsiet YavspG county, AEisosa, VII net b rsspessihh fer asbts sf asy kisd contracted fs lAbo, and imprsvsnssts e said pss pssty willie it l. bsiag vorksl ssss bond.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-05-06
WANING NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the ss dsrsignsd, owner sf the Nsims, srou, Of s'sims, and located about 90 .ils ~ss ef hillsids saa adjoining the pss .at'd claims ss LAvlss | Wells, s sAs Eureka niaias district, Yavapa sosh.y' A'is'' vin not bs rsspossibh Tor debts of asy hiHd esntsastsd fs labor and 'npsvsnsat .ep said pro,| cry, ~h''s tt s ssias wevksa usds bosA
 euY ALLEN.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-05-06
NJ BADGER FIGHT F0R
 HIM
(From Saturdays Daily)

The Journal. Miner yesterday received tAe following communication:
 Mir. Editor, Dear 8r: .WM you pisass publish the following in your valued paper:
 In tho Journal. Miner of April 2o-3o I read the horrible and shocking ex. posurs of the recent badger nshta or rather a dog, vicious h nature, pittsd against q poor badger with, e un- dGstand 1t an oddS against the ani. nAls. A . gsntisman and . minister of the gospsl I am forced to Wsak out, to @y out against such barbaTous e. tom. Think, Oh think of the horrible Drocsedings of such . fight. encouraged by real men of sound mind and ab1iityii Arc VI living in advanced civilisattou q have ws gons beck te the days Of oaAsas. I would Akp to ask whers is the humane society. that thsy allow such proosedings7 Have the authorities nothing to say7 Oh society, where sst theuii Just think Of the poor dog. without human instinct, and the fral badger without mind or brain held in ths arena with q long chain is deadly combat. There is no escape, ONE MUST DIEii Then thrown to the ash pils. dsfunct, gone, with no one to mourn, but jocular attitude and boist- evous laughter follow. Is this bsanti- ful city to b. tainted In this mannsr7 Is there no preventative7 If not, then let us elect Nero and have crueity reign supreme.
The Glenwood post., 1908-05-02

1898, was forced to give up the
work after laying twelve miles
of track.
Schools.
The school building at Glen
wood Springs was built in 1887.
1t cost $25,0OO. There are 496
pupils attending school there at
the present time. 1t is the larg-
est school in the county. AT Car
bondale school building was
built in 1890 costing $4,000; at
New Castle in 1892 costing $1O,-
600; at Rife in 1893 costing g.
600. All the above schools teach
the eight grades and have high
schools. Besides these there are
thirtysix other schools in the
county constructed of logs or
frame buildings and costing on
an average about $3.50 each.
Banks.
The first bank was established
by Arthur Rice and Co. in 1885,
with capital of $4,000. They
continued business until Decem-
Der. 1887, when it was united
with the GlenwOod National
bank. 1t started in business in
1887 with w. B. Devereaux as
president and j. H. Fesler, CASH
Ter. The capital stock was $780,
600. In the summer of 1887 the
bank building was erected. The
bank was opened June l, 1887,
with Jno. L. Mcneil, president,
and C. N. Creig, cashier. The
Glenwood National and the First
National banks were consolidated
in 1891. The bank at New Castle
was established in March, 1889,
by W.. J. Millner, J. W. Ross and
Paul Blount, with a capital of
$4,000. In August Mr.. Millner
sold his interest to Mr.. Ross. They
then sold out to Millner and ]. T.
McLearn. The bank at Carbon
dale opened in 1888 with a capi-
tai of $4,000. with L. B. Eubanks
as cashier. The building burned
but all contents and safe were
saved and it resumed business a
few days afterward. There is
one bank at New Castle and one
at Rife.
The Citizens National bank in
Glenwood was established and
was doing business June, 1902
with B. T. Napier as president
and G. III. Bell as cashier. The
capital stock is $4,000.
The first newspaper published
in the county was the cute
Chief a weekly started in the
fall of 1885 by J. L. Swan and
Continued on page 3.)
The Glenwood post., 1908-05-02

Book cliffs. The first step in or.
ganizing the town was starting
school in small log cabin with
fifteen pupils. j. B. Hnrlburt
and Hungry Mike" were the
first settlers. Later came the
Barthells, Browns and Bailys,
Postmaster STREET and H. w. Hal
let, who settled small ranches
around Parachute. The settle
ments had grown so rapidly that
in 1884 postoffice was establish
ed and M. II. Streit made post
master, which position he has held
ever since. Mr.. Runy started the
first store and he sold out to Ran
dOlph Morris, who named it the
Western Mercantile Company. In
1891 NJ. Fl. STREET took thirty-fve
acres from that part of his ranch
adjoining the depot and laid it off
into streets. He made plat of it
and named it Parachute. 1t has
not yet been incorporated.
The country surrounding Par
achute is used for fruit farming
and cattle and sheep ranges
Here as elsewhere the pioneers
endured many hardships and in
many instances sustained heavy
losses. The early settlers brought
many sheep on account of the
large ranges. Afterwards the lat
er settlers brought in cattle and
found that the cattle could not
live where the sheep could. Then
there was dispute between the
cattlemen and the sheepmen
which is known as "The Sheep
and Cattle War; The cattlemen
drove the sheep off the Mesa
range a number of times, but find
ing that they were brought back
each time. they drove them over
the Book cliffs at Parachute and
killed and wounded nearly all the
sheep. The sheep owners lost all
their money in this war. 1t is
said that from fifteen to twenty
Thousand dollars worth of sheep
We're destroyed.
The mineral deposits of this
district are said to be rich but as
vet undeveloped. There are large
beds of coal in different parts.
Biologists think there are beds OF
petroleum. and alum has also
been found here.
The remaining part of Garfield
county from Grand Valley to
Utah is thinly settled. This co,ln-
try is used most as a summer cat
tie and and sheep range. There
are few ranches on East and
West Salt creek and in the north
ern part. Coal has been found in
different parts but few mines
have been developed. There are
fifteen miles of the Uintah rail
road in the county from Dragon
to Alche.
General Description and Scenery.
Garfield county is drained by
the Grand river and its tributa-
ries. The Grand river enters the
county near the center of the east
bonnday and flows southwesterly,
leaving the county little west of
the center of the southern boun-
dary Its principal tributaries
are the Roaring Fork river, Di-
vide and Maroon creeks on the
south and Elk, Rifle, Parachute
and Roam creeks on the north.
Trapper's lake in the extreme
northern boundary is the source
of White river. The northern
boundary of the county is prac-
tically the dividing line between
the drainage of the Grand and
White rivers The first fifteen
miles of Grand river in this cOun-
ty is canon, the grandest in the
state. terminating at the mouth
of the Roaring Fork river. The
rest of Grand river valley and the
valleys of its tributaries, are
The Glenwood post., 1908-05-02

broad, fertile and especially
adapted to the raising of hay
grain, fruit and vegetables. Mucf
of the county is mountainous and
used chiefly as summer range
for cattle, horses and sheep.
Natural Resources.
With the exception of few
carbonates. coal was the princi-
pal mineral found that could be
developed. The first mines were
discovered in 1882 at New Castle,
Sunshine and Vulcan. Not much
was done in the way of develop
ment until after the completion of
the railroad in 1887. The Grand
River Coal and Coke company
opened mines at Sunshine and
New Castle. They sold to the
Colorado Fuel Co. in 1892. A
month later they became the
property of the Colorado Fuel up
on the consolidation of the Colo
RADIO Fuel Co. with G. F. & Iron
Co. The Vulcan mine. a mile and
n half from New Castle was open
ed by the Vulcan Fuel Co. and it
was sold year later to A. T. & s.
F. railroad Co.
There are about 300 coke ovens
at Cardiff supplied with coal
from the mines at Spring Gulch
and Sunshine. They began to
ship coke in the winter of 1887
when the Midland railroad was
built into Cardiff. A branch of
this railroad was built to Spring
Gulch and the surrounding mines.
A great coal belt runs diagonally
across the country from south
east to northwest. 1t crosses the
Grand river at New Castle.
There are also small mines at Ma
rion and South Canon. Many
improvements have been made in
the mining systems. as tramways
and coalchutes.
Railroads.
The first railroad survey made
in Garfield county was made by
Paul Brount, who was nthe en-
ploy of the Colorado railroad
company. The survey was from
Denver up to South Boulder
creek, crossed the range north of
James Peak and followed Frazer
river to the Grand, and from that
to Grand Junction. Branch lines
were also surveyed along the
Roaring Fork to Aspen and to
the different coal mines, and this
was supplemented by a branch
line up Elk and Rife creeks
across to White river. A number
Of railroad companies had made
surveys in different parts of the
county, but all withdrew their
surveys and left the field to the
Colorado Midland and Denver &
Rio Grande. When the d. & r.
G. was completed in 1887 it was
opened formally by a banquet at
the Hotel Glenwood, Governor
Alva Adams and staff and officers
of the company being present,
The Midland was completed to
Glenwood Springs in December
and in the spring Of 1888 was ex-
tended to New Castle. The d. &
r. G. was completed to Grand
Junction in 1889 and at that time
they also widened the track. The
Midland and D. & R. G. railroads
Join at New Castle, using a joint
track from here to Grand juno
ton. The Elk Mountain R. R.
Co. in 1892 began grading a rail
road from Sands, little station
on the Midland twelve miles south
of Glenwood Springs. The line
passes up the Crystal river to the
rich ore deposits and marble fields
near Crystal. Gunnison county.
The company being unable to Sc
cure funds on account of the gen.
eral depression of the country in
The Glenwood post., 1908-05-02
Grand Valley
Fruit Lands

equal fruit farm We have choice
which s OF
rights small Of this land will mako v
a family.
the describe Of bargains These
prosperous Valley selecting
peaches cherries
declined
could where could We
and for from 500 $500 We
purchased a. low $40
every particular
The Glenwood post., 1908-05-02

broad, fertile and especially
adapted to the raising of hay,
grain, fruit and vegetables. Much
of the county is mountainous and
used chiefly as summer range
for cattle, horses and sheep.
Gilpin observer., 1908-12-03
Death of CAPTAIN Boyd,

Greeley. Colo.-Capt David Boyd, an
original Union colonist and one of
the best known of the early Greeley
settlers, died at the Boulder sanitar
ium on the 2Sth ult., after an illness
of several months. Captain Boyd was
one OF the earliest irrigationists of this
community and his history of Greeley
and Union colony. published in 1888,
Is one of the most authentic written on
the settlement Of Greeley and the de-
velopment Of agriculture in the Poudre
valley. He also wrote for many maya
zines and periodicals, was an intimate
friend Of N. c. Meeker. founder Of
Greeley, represented Weld county in
the legislature in the early nineties,
was superintendent of schools of Weld
county and held many positions OF hon.
or and trust.
He was a graduate of theUniversity
OF Michigan, and twelve years ago.
thirty.five years after his graduation,
returned to his alma mater to take a
post graduate course.
Captain Boyd was born in Scotland
and came to this country at the age
Of nineteen. He served in the Union
army during the Civil war and was a
member of the G. A. r.
Gilpin observer., 1908-12-03
POSTMASTER GENERALS RE.
PORT SHOWS LARGEST DE.
FIcIT EVER INCURRED.
URGES POSTAL BANK
SAYS SPECIAL PARCELS POST
WOULD BE OF GREAT ADvAN.
TAGE TO FARMERS.

Washington.-In his annual report
for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1908,
Postmaster General Meyer gives the
total receipts for the year as $191, ,47S,-
663, and expenditures as $2OS,351 1856,
therebJ showing a deficit of $16,S73,-
222, the largest in the history OF the
department, with an additional loss
from fire, burglary, ETC., of $37,056.
The deficit of 1909, it is estimated,
again will exceed $16,O0O,OOO, The ne
in connection with the rural free deliv-
cry service. 1t is suggested that
should Congress grant the department
authority to utilize rural routes still
further by the establishment of linn
tied parcel post, confined entirely to
rural delivery routes, it would then be
possible to earn additional revenue
amounting to millions Of dol
lars and at the same time benefit
the farmer by enabling him to have
merchandise delivered when ordered
by telephone or postal card, which 9th
srwise would not be purchased.
THE special parcel post" says the
postmaster general, will enable the
farmers to have small parcels deliv-
cred at their gates, to live better and
to obtain easily the necessities Of life"
Permission is requested to establish
experimentally limited parcel post
in not to exceed four counties, in or
der to demonstrate the practicability
Of the plan.
The postmaster general again urges
legislation permitting the establish
ment Of postal savings banks or depos-
tories in connection with postoffices.
Experiments with stampvending ma
chimes says the postmaster general.
are still being conducted, with every
prospect that the defects which devel-
oped iii the preliminary tests will be
overcome.
Recommendation is again made that
the leave of absence with pay allowed
by law to employees of the postal ser
vice be increased from fifteen to thirty
days whenever the postal revenues
warrant it.
The recent establishment Of the
between the United States and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland will, it is stated, have the eff
feet of bringing abou. greater postal
receipts.
The regulations covering Sample"
copies are treated at length in the re-
port, the postmaster general conclud-
ing with the statement that the pub
fishers, with rare exceptions, have in
dorsed the position of the department
and commended 1t for the course it
pursued.
The attention of Congress is invited
to the previous recommendation for
q reduction in the rate and an increase
in the weight limit for fourth-class
matter "in order to remove an unjust
discrimination to our own people"
Gilpin observer., 1908-12-03
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

A. F. Clappef of Weld county has
been appointed messenger in the for
est service at Denver.
NJ. ]. Mcdonald of Denver has been
appointed stenographer of the land Of
flee at Roswell. New Mexico.
A magnificent equestrian statue Of
Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, of heroic size,
was unveiled at Washington on the
25th ult.
is placing orders for thirty-one new
locomotives and thirty-five passenger
cars. the total outlay being 100000.
President Roosevelt was present
and made a notable address at the
laying of the cornerstone of the new
home for the colored Y. NJ. c. A. at
Washington on Thanksgiving Day.
Maj. Charles F. Larrabee, assistant
commissioner of Indian affairs, has
resigned. Major Larrabee denied re-
ports that there was friction between
Secretary of the Interior Garfield and
himself, and raid his resignation was
due to ill-health.
Ex-Queen Liliokalani of Hawaii. ac-
companied by Prince and Princess
Kalanianaole and her secretary, Aimo-
ku, reached Washington today from
Honolulu. She will seek TO have bill
passed to indemnify her for certain
lands confiscated by the United States.
The agreement entered into by the
United States and Japan binds both
countries to use every peaceful means
to maintain the integrity of China and
to maintain equal commercial oppor-
tunities in China for all nations. In
case of complications the two nations
are always to consult together.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
ordered a quarantine against Michi.
gan cattle similar to the one enforced
in Pennsylvania and New York. The
federal government will pay owners
of destroyed cattle two-thirds OF their
loss and the state of Michigan one
third.
Public Printer John S. Leech has
sent hi resignation to President Roos-
evelt, asking to be returned to service
in the Philippines. Samuel b. Don.
nelly of Brooklyn, New York, former
president of the international Typo
graphical Union, was appointed to sue.
ceed Mr.. Leech. 1t is said that Mr..
Leech'c retirement was the result OF
the Presidents opposition to some Of
his policies.
Several hundred million dollars have
been expended by the government for
river improvement. and It is probable
that cs mitch. * not more, must be ex.
nended during the next decade,
Gilpin observer., 1908-12-03
GENERAL NEWS.

]. Pierpont Morgan recently paid
$75OOD for rare Chinese rug.
One million turkeys, according to
Thanksgiving staticians, were eaten in
Greater New York on Thanksgiving
day.
A bloody iEsurrection is in progress
in Hayti. Wholesale executions by
both the government and the revolu-
tionists are reported.
More than 1000 West Virginia coke
ovens in the Norfolk & Western fields,
which have been idle for almost a
yea, have just resumed operations.
The Atlantic battleship fleet, which
left Hampton Roads December Goth
last, sailed from Manila on the latter
half Of its world-encircling voyage De-
cembeT list.
The report of an understanding be-
tween the United States and Japan.
guaranteeing the integrity of China
and providing for the maintenance Of
the status quo In the Pacific, was
greeted officially at Berlin with great
satisfaction as likely to dispose OF all
reason for conflict in the Pacific.
]. F. Land, Detroit telephone ex.
pert known throughout the country,
has begun the manufacture of device
which will answer the calls of tele-
phones when the party called Is out.
1t will repeat twice. to each call of the
phone, any message the person ex.
pecting to be called desires to impart
Gilpin observer., 1908-12-03
READY TO BUILD
STRATTON HOME
TEN MILLION DOLLAR FUND WILL
SOON BE TURNED OVER
TO TRUSTEES.
ESTATE IS INCREASING
PRACTICALLY ALL LAWSUITS
HAVE BEEN WON BY EXEC
UToRs OR SETTLED.

DEMONSTRATIONS of the will of
Winfield Scott Stratton are making ev-
cry endeavor to close up the affairs of
the estate by Jan. LIST in order to turn
1t over to the trustees, who will then
carry out the original tenets of the
will, which are the building of home
for aged and INDECENT men. From the
statements made by Tyson S. Dimes,
one OF the executors, it is understood
the estate, when turned over to the
trustees, will approximate $1O,0OO,0 900,
considerably more than the value when
Stratton died. Included in the estate
is some Of the choicest Denver realty.
/, When Stratton died he left practi-
cally his entire estate to be used as
trust fund for the erection and mainte-
nance Of a home at Colorado Springs
for the aged and INDECENT. After le-
gal battle the son was given $3.50 900.
Other legacies amounted to 100000.
An inheritance tax of $1SS,OO0 was paid
the state. 1t was estimated that the
,Stratton estate was worth about ST.
100000 when Stratton died. I.egacies
court costs, taxes and legal fees
OAou6uG luO uOWu W dDoul po,-
100000. BY the statements of EXecu-
tor Dimes it is learned that the estate
has increased about 100000 in value
in something like five years.
At present there are suits pending
against the estate and these will, ac-
cording to report, be settled in short
time. One of these suits is for $500
and the other for 100000. There have
been filed against the estate suits ag-
gregating in value $24.O00,00O. All of
these contests have been either won or
have been settled by the executors.
Efforts are now being made to sell
the mining property or the estate To-
Gated in the Cripple Creek district.
These mines will not be disposed of un-
less fair price can be obtained for
them.
I, The trustees who will have charge of
the construction and management Of
the home are d. H. Rice, Colorado
Springs; Tyson s. Dimes and Moses
Hallett Of Denver. Mr.. Hallett is in
charge of the Clayton estate, the prop
erty Of which was left for the building
of boys home in Denver.
Gilpin observer., 1908-12-03
CAPTAIN Rankin's Death.

Union City. Tenn-In the grand jury
investigation into the Reelfoot Lake
night rider outrages. one man gave in
detail the death scene Of Captain Ran
kin. When he had been pulled up once
by the rope the night riders let him
down and told him they would give
him five minutes in which to pray. He
told them he did not need five minutes
prayer for himself, as he had been
praying for twenty years. They re-
newed their effort but he again de.
clined, saying he would give the five
minutes to them, as they needed it and
he did not. They again pulled him up
by the rope and shot him.
Gilpin observer., 1908-12-03
General Palmer Returns,

Colorado Springs.-Gen. w. J. Pal
mer and his daughter. Miss Marjorie,
arrived in private car over the Rock
Island at 1880 o'clock Saturday morn
ing, and went Immediately to their
home in Glen Eyrie, near Manitou.
They have been in London four or five
months, returning to New York last
week. Friends of General Palmer say
that he stood the trip well, although
the entire party is heartily weary OF
the London fog, and glad to get back
to Colorado.
Gilpin observer., 1908-12-03
Leavltt Coming to Denver.

Paris.-The Societe de Beaux Arts
10 arranging an elaborate collection to
be sent to America in 1909 for exhibi.
tion In the principal cities. w. H.
Leavitt, William ]. Bryan's son.in-law.
has been asked to take charge as the
American representative Of the soci.
ETY.. Mr.. Leavitt, who is engaged in
the completion of large painting,
1.-The Last Supper" has not yet ac-
cepted. Mr.. Leavitt intends to resume
residence with his wife at Denver as
soon n he finishes this painting.