The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
WESTERN NEWS.

The Oregon Legislature has passed
law prohibiting the wearing Of hat
pins more ttlaa ten inches long
The Traas- Missouri Dry Farming
Congress nsets at Cheyenne, Wyo..
February 23rd to 25th.
The local option bill has passed the
Idaho Horss BY ~ to 3. aud 1t is ex-
lectcd the action will be concurred in
BY the Senate.
J. W. Gilluly. treasurer Of the Den.
yer & Rio Grande Railroad Csmpany.
has been in New York signing the new
issue OF bonds OF the railroad, aggre-
eating Sl0e. $4,000.
The Chicago school board has made
public its plans to erect within the
next two or three years forty-six new
schooi buildings and additions at to-
tai cost Of Ss.s7S.0OO.
The quartermaster generals office
ut Washington has AWARDED contract
for barracks construction and other
army buildings At Fort D. A. Russell.
Wyo.. the work representing 100000.
Farmers in the Greeley, Colo. dis
trict are happy over the advanced
price Of potatoes, the highest for sew
erai seasons. with rurals quoted at 30
cents and Pearls at so. Shipments are
eighty cars day. many going to Cali
fornia.
The shaft OF the Copper Belt COM
psny's mine, near Lusk, is down $50
feet. and the owners claim 1t is the
deepest shaft In the state. The ore
chute. which was lost at a depth of
200 feet. WAS encountered again at 600
feet
e. Stenger. general superintendent
Of the Denver L Rio Grande railroad,
with offices at Salt Lake City. has re-
signed that position and will be made
either general manager or general su-
pertntendent Of the Western Pacific
railroad, is report from Denver.
Announcement vas made in New
York Wednesday of the completion Of
the Copper River railroad. which Is
Jointly owned by J. P. Morgan & Com
pany. and the Guggenheim interests,
from Cordova to point above the
AbercrOmbie rapids on the Copper riv-
er, in southwestern Alaska.
Bakersfield. Calf, business men
have offered James j. Jeffries a purse
OF $4,000 to fight Jack Johnson, there
the Fourth of July, next. They have
POSTED $4,000 to show their good faith
The plan is a cooperative one, the diff
ferent business men agreeing to assist
in making up the deficit should the
fight lose money. and sharing in the
profit if it is success.
The conditions resulting from the
fire in the Sutro tunnel al Virginia
City. are greatly improved. The pump
ing plants now are running steadily
and the air circulating freely. The
management states that there are no
signs of fire anywhere in the workings.
Men have been put at work wetting
down the smOuldering timbers and it
is expected that the work of repair
ing the tunnel will soon begin.
Probably the largest land deal
ever made in Texas was closed at Big
Springs on the 29th ult. when Wa
terloo. Ia, company purchased for col
Onization a 100000, ,OOO-acre ranch be-
longing to c. C.. Slaughter, which
is located In Howard, Martin,
Dawson and Borden counties.
The price was $3,OOO,OOO. Only
the land and improvements were
transferred. Slaughter retains posses
sion of 10000 head of cattle.
1t is learned from an official source
that the Missouri Pacific Railroad COM
pany has begun the expenditure of a
large sum of money on its lines be-
tween Pueblo and St. Louis. in prepar-
alton for the reception of the large
traffic that it will be expected to han
die with the completion Of the West
crn Pacific from Salt Lake to San
Francisco this summer. Both the West
ern Pacific and Missouri Pacific are
Gould lines. and the Denver & Rio
Grande will form the Denver-Salt Lake
line that will join the two together.