Show i 2 h. h J I X NEWS O OF THE WEST VESTI Colorado The Del bet Norte Notte otc elevator was destroyed by lr fire Cra on na 01 the S Horse Hoise rOlEe thieves es arc are busy In the neighborhood nel of Grand Junction Grasshoppers are arl doing co considerable damage dam dam- age ae 1 along ulong tb the f foot oC A Grand Junction Nimrod bagged two two porcupines the other day dayS The coal mines at at Baldwin arc are to t be be worked again agala with a force of 30 men i The Te Methodists of Colorado o h and antI have W property worth rth r. r It n. lumber r yard ard a ak at l LeadvIlle e was wa burned Friday Priday morning Loss 0 The Arkansas Valley Valey Fair FBi ah Association at Rocky Ford has ba decided ed to hi offer a 1 50 iO 5 cornet cornetto to the tho baud nd the he best at nt the tho ground s l September er 8 also a 1 baton to t ho the best Iest drilled dried band W. W R. R R Cochran Cohlan wel well 1 i klO known n In A Aspen pC as was arrested In San Francisco last lat Tuesday night 0 01 i a of embezzling shares oftie of tie tho stock of ot the Bushwhacker Mining Company Com Corn pany panr of which he ho was WIS secretary lie Je will wl be t be o brought back to Colorado at at once to stand trial The he little daughter of John of the Varden Belle Belie ele mine at L Lake kc City had several se lIngers fingers blown o oft off last Tuesday by the tho explosion of a blasting cap She was wae brought brought to town tom and her thumb and two front fn fingers ers were amputated amputated from flom her ber right hand and al althe also alao the thumb and front finger from the tho the left lef hand band Three little boys were badly burned at Wray Winy Saturday afternoon by an explosion of powder They applied a lighted alighted match math to a acan acan 1 can of blasting powder and the fact that the lowder powder was wet only the top being tho the boys from Instant death They were two of Mr Masons fn on sons Bons and one of Mr ODon nells neils will nels They wl recover Denver Markets ggs Eggs ranch 20 state ISe 18 butter best beat bet creamery cramer dairy Lay Isay upland baled ed b lO 13 second bottom alfalfa alala wheat 12 corn bulk bul We sacked sucked 10 oats sacked 12 nt new Ie potatoes cattle catte choice steers 00 25 cows native feeders 20 ho hogs s choice to 2 2 25 spring chickens dressed broilers to t 35 5 per doz doe Colorado blackberries 40 O p per r case else peaches f per box i Another of those frequent and fatal ned ned- I dents resulting of what is known to t miners as asa asa asa a missed ed hole bole occurred at the mine near Silver Siver Plume on the Wm Eustace working on One bf of the tipper upper levels was picking at a h hole which ho he supposed had bad been teen exploded but which had bad not broken well well- wel It I i the primer only had bad gone off 61 ft when the round o of holes boles were fired fred and while E Eustace Eus Eus- s tace thee was picking into nt the loose lock the charge of giant powder vent ot killing him instantly and Badly though not seriously id- id juring his companion a boy named Jim Mitchell Ithel I Cripple Creek and Fremont Fremont are arc to t have a 1 good system of Water valer ier works work The council has hns granted a franchise to t a company which will wf build bund at once The system will wf be he a 1 gravity one and the water will wi have a fall l of over 11 0 30 feet from the last reservoir into Int the town so that that abundant p pressure es ure will wi be furnished furn furn- for lire fire fre and mill mm purposes as a well wel PS es rs for ordinary domestic use uses In addition to the f fact Ct that the water works will wi supply an urgent urgent urgent ur ur- ur- ur gent need of the the torn ton its It eon construction Is I Important important important im Im- im- im because of the stamp mills whoso whose erection will follow the coming in of the wI water I There seems cems to he be some miscreants on Taylor Taylor Tay Tay- lor br river shooting tb the Tin Cup Times Time are being taken to t discover who cho the j. j are and the case ene will wl be p pushed shed to toS t C J S rado mOo and the government also go t to great expense expense ex ex- pense pence to keep our rivers river and streams stocked with wih fish and the penalty for destroying destroy Ing them with dynamite is I a On the riffles rif ri- ri fie fles fes below the mouth month of Taylor canon there can can be seen scores of small smal dead dead fish which have h e floated down the stream the result resul of this inhuman practice Pools that a week ago abounded ab In fish arc are now entirely devoid oll of a single member of the finny tribe and It will wi take but a few more sh shots ts to destroy the I present resent magnificent fishing gro grounds on on Taylor Taylor Tay Tay- S lor br river I I |