Show t t I r f r Y WESTERN NEWS NOTES x A coal miner was accidentally killed kill kill- IdI- IdI ed cd at New Castle Castlo Casto on the tho A baby was so seriously burned that it i died the tho other day at t Aspen Its I mother h had d left left it alono alone for a fow few minutes t tA A prisoner at Grand Junction made madea a desperate attempt to overpower tho the guard and escape the other night but failed in n his purpose Potatoes are lower In El Paso county and still sti there is no end to the tho crowds of 01 ranchers who took advantage of thelno the tho al fine lino weather to dispose of the tho enormous enormous enormous enor enor- quantities of potatoes still sti held hold near Monument S Over 2000 has been subscribed nt at Fountain for constructing tho the road up Rock Crook Creek from that place to a point pointon on the tho Cheyenne mountain toll road It is supposed that the tho cos cost costs will vill vi not exceed this amount Ogden school bonds to tho the amount of 01 havo have just been sold in ia New York to Blair Bar Biair fc Co Tho Ogden Board of Education will wi begin the tho erection of schools with this this' money money as soon as the tho contracts aro arc let W. 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A Hook Hook a a on n tho the tho South Park railroad met death in a curious way vay last Monday Tho The club which ho he was using to tighten the tho brake brak with slipped d out and struck him himon himon on tho the head and ho he died soon after S Cavill Cavi White Whito havo have for several weeks been beon born boring for coal Inthe in tho the bluffs about throe miles mies north of Colorado Springs They struck throe three veins velS at a depth of sixty feet The Tho quality is excell excellent nt but the size of tho the veins thirty inches wide will wi not warrant the tho expense of minin mining and the work of exploration has ceased W Wo We 0 hope enough h of our OUt people will wi stay homo home from Creedo so that tha wo we canh can canh h lda a decent city election this spring As tho the time approaches tho the affair atair bogins bo- bo gins ins to assume tho the usual red hot Lion tion ton All Al Alof of our citizens ms who havo have struck it rich durin during the tho y year ar want to bo be mayor Grover Cleveland mado his start by being mayor of falo Elk Ell falo-Ell Elk lo Mountain j S S Denver Markets Eggs Eggs Butter Butter Jersey creamery 27 2733 33 dairy Hay ne hay new upland second sec second see sec ond bottom alfalfa alala Wh Wheat l ft tsi s O Oats Otts is Now ew potatoes potatoes l 00 Ibs tbs Cattle hoice choice Cattle choice steers 2 R 1 good to choice cows cows vs native feeders 1903 Hogs Hogs choice logs choice 25 Sheep Sheep- Sheep C choice mu muttons tons gho shorn l 3 common and feeders At Deming thero there was a meeting o of tho tho the opera opera house a as soon eoon son as it was was known that tho First Firt National Bank Dank of that place had closed its is doors and resolutions were passed expressing unbounded confidence in inthe inthe inthe the president C. 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H Dane the cashier cash cash- ier Frank Siebold and and the tho board of directors L and nd asserting their belief belef that every overy depositor would got ot dollar dolar for dollar olar It is understood that tho the bank became embarrassed by extending extending extend extend- tending tend tend- ing too much aid to c certain important irrigation Ion enterprises es in that part of the territory The Tho Colorado Springs Mail Mai vouches for the tho truth P of tl the tho following in eli s Astory illustrative of ho hori ri richness of Cripple Creek Creck Is going tho the rounds of the camp and has reached ranched rached reach ranch rach- rach ed this city It I i is in effect that last ast Monday nI night ht a burglar entered a tent where a miner mner was a asleep 1 The e thief took the miners miner's limited amount of cash 6 25 and nd was just dep departing when the tho sleeper awoke Ho lie 10 started after Vie the burglar chased him several bl blocks and being being unable to catch him Mm returned to his tent Tho The miner was barefoot and on his return his foot hurt him badly Sitting down on his cot he ho took his candle and with wih his penknife picked out worth of gold out cut of the soles of his feet Th Union Pacific railroad company employs two men to io watch the snow sheds about two miles mies east of Carbon Wyoming Wyoming John JohnH H. H Casner for the day and R. R Ro R. R Icks Ecks for the night both living lv liv ing in a small c cabin bin near the sheds last Tho-last two days have been nothing but a continual last night Icks went vent to th the tho cabin and told his partner that the snow had nearly covered covered cov coy ered ored the cabin and to get et out while ho could Casner did not obey and when his companion came back the second time tho the cabin was out of sight Help was was' obtained ed and tho the cabin found Und und under un un- d der r eight feet of snow V sno with Casner ly lying lying ly- ly ing on the tho bed dead either cither smothered or suffocated from the gas of the tho stove store stoye which filled fled the tho room as all al draft from above had been shut off of O Ogden den is to have nave a grand brass and military band tournament Juno 15 and 16 It I is to be bo a western affair in which bands from San lund land Butte Helena Denver Donver Salt Sal Lako Lake and others within a radius of of Ogden will wi be invited to participate There will vi be bo 2500 put un UD i in prizes the first pr prize zo being 1000 the others grading grading down do to 50 The Tho prizes and aid classifications will wi bo be so ed as a to make it possible possible pos pos- sible and desirable for all al bands from tho the highest to the lowest to enter cater the tournament thus giving giving the tho small smal bands a chanco chance in the contest Bands of oa a given grade will wil be required to play in their respective cla elas s and no other No musical Ogden ogden tion will wi bo be allowed to compote compete The Tho closing of the bank of Marcy Geer McCarn at Raton is the tho subject t of interest throughout throughout northern New I Mexico The owners still sti claim that they thoy are amply ab e to r nikta obliga tons The Las V Vegas ogas Optic in speaking of the causes of the tho failure says The cause of the banks bank's failure is said to bo be depreciation in securities added to a looseness of management ement amountIng amount amount- amont Ing n to downright dO criminal careless careless- ness The he statement is made that though though they had bad in tho the neighborhood of of deposits when the tho bank closed there was VhS but 1800 in inis its is vaults Many depositors were permitted permitted per per- to overdraw till ti this one item iem of shortage amounted to One such customer is reported to have overdrawn his account by 1500 at atthe atthe atthe the same time the tho bank held his unpaid unpaid unpaid un un- un- un paid notes for lor T The o money of other depositors of course went to supply these overdrafts o Among those thus losing losing were many of the tho railroad S men and the miners of Blossburg g The Tho county of Colfax was a depositor to the tho amount of J i h r |