| Show editorials el T 0 R I 1 al S liw HW H W IT WORKS tim THE blow new york independent thus talks about nut aut woman Buffi suir rage age and woman gortian office holding 0 in the neighboring terri territories to rieso of f wyom wyoming ing and tov tuv Con C compbell again pronounced pronoun ceA female lan an unqualified success in wyo 1 1 ril rii torf the taci tact of which wo we are arc u A 1 that hut scar scarcely cely ecly twenty niso five women jowl act ut ui tio tile tle tie last elo CIO election e tion lion need not bo be con IL 1 i il I 1 disproof ot of hu hii statement for tor 11 i it they la not lot ofton often vote ote tho the 11 oitt ih it they may at any critical time 0 K L to tile pas pai ii 14 a great preventive of 1 tw nl wo we have been ben assured n art ait ill lil rhal of 0 montana thit th it lt in one ono of 11 n in that teri uncommonly commonly vigorous woman was hot hoi 01 11 I 1 uit lit lin tin 1 11 C I 1 tj constable perl pert per apa lu in joke but q quail quati aa 11 ed adilio 1110 lilo marshal marshai I 1 himsel f st stan anding dingas as in li r bondsman bondiman she happens t to bo be one of p domni or two women who by a peculiar brov slon of law have the right r sut sul trago in montana wid ald the tho veu vet y suc 0 waon which she has med mod tho duties has lus eon con considerably improved proved tho the condition con dUlan ot of 1 he the set settlement no mau man we vo ae informed 3 cou could ad be more mone eln clent the comans womans J bourna arnal makes malics the following comments upon the above the new york ind pen doit dolt is so sincere and cindle a friend of woman Sut suffrage frago i that ithac wa weare are sure it will gladly modify the ubbe statement that few women vote in wyom ngn this we aro are assured by governor campbell campbeli himself and by two other cit izenson wyoming li la a mistake niL stake it may be true of some particular locality but it ii not true ot of most localities WO we are arc also elal to learn loarn f from rom residents ot of the territory that the voting of women has bas now be C cocq a matter ot course it lohay ha ceased to attract attention or awaken any sense of incongruity and there really seems to be no er any auy opposition ioa ion to it eltheron either on tao part of the legislature or of the tho people 1 in rel ref reference brence to woman suffrage nage rage in utah many people aro are anxious to know how it works it works well enough as a matter of bf course how could it be otherwise there is no trouble no difficulty no excitement cit ement here about woman suffrage the wives wives and daughters of our citizens either at home or abroad have some idea of propriety of conduct they know how liow to go peace peaceably Wy and quietly to the polls and deposit their votes with womanly dignity a in fact the gi great eat cat majority of our citizens whether maile raile ra lle ile or fel fer female nale have always been in the tile habit of transacting their election business quietly and peaceably and orderly the same althey as they transact any other business why not nov they have always had good sense enough for that it is native to them those beautiful concomitants of civilization riots I 1 drunk drunkenness triness profanity ily lly an and abuse at election times were never dreamed of here previous to the advent of the rampageous office lion ilon hunting anti antl mormon element and an d such is the force foi eb of habit of c custom that that discordant element even yet has little power to incite the amount af disorder and confusion it delights in woman suffrage never lias has created any great excitement here before women had llad tile the suffrage in utah that bad clique were very anxious for such suii suil suffrage rage to become the law not that the tile members of the clique cared a fg fig about the women of utah or their having the sufi suffrage rage but the tile hope was seemingly indulged ill in that by giving the warden women the age the end of cc mormonism would speedily come cohle that hope having proved as delusive as many others centering in that profanely wished for consummation the clique have repented anted of their former tactics rave eave have chan ehan changed 0 ed them and now they decry woman suffrage rage in uth utah and urge congress to abolish it tho the existe existence fico fice of woman sun suf suffrage fragge or its nonexistence non existence is nothing 0 at all ail to that clique only as 1 I I a means to an that end the annihilation of mormonism 11 to accomplish that the clique would leave no nd stone unturned would stick at not tothill nO thirl thill liing would sacrifice right t justice law constitution every principle of american Amei amel ican lean government woman suffrage and woman too they would trample in the mire every sacred right every dear bought hought 0 privilege of both man and woman if they could only crush out the tho mor imor mons so base and so ferocious are that clique even senator pro ling huysen does not e to acknowledge kno cledge that although the tile abolition of woman suffrage is provid e alfor 1 for in his utah bill and in several similar bills yet y et that was not the main ol 01 object jeet 0 of the bill it was only a side issue a means menus to an end even lie pious as he is ill 1 does docs not hesitate to jacrin sacrifice th the tho 0 fully accorded rights of the women in in his 1114 insane crusade against the mormons cormons Mor mons the new york iosif apos referring to the bill of senator lo logan loan an to the territory of Utah hass says that t contains provisions for taking away tile tiie PO political lotical and personal tights lights of women and the revival ot of tile the common law of E england that under the tile common law of england a woman was vas considered simply as the eilf clif chattel ittel of her husband that if she were industrious and thrifty the fruits or of her labor al and nd of her good management belonged to her husband that slie she had llad no right to any part and if I 1 do ho choe he lie had uhe the power under the law to make her tier ingenuity gent rity ltv ity skill industry and frugality nil all minister to his laziness his vices ot or his avarice av aiice allce the post adds that the attempt to revive this odious system of law in utah territory by express statute to say the least requires explanation and that the repeal of the laws b by y which the women of the territory now possess the right to vote audgo and to manage under certain ailini limitations tat ions their own property may fairly lead to a of opinion yet that if all of the wives in utah invariably vote as their husbands do and if the husbands continue to I 1 use their political power fir the maintenance of polygamy then obviously the proposed withdrawal of political rights from the women of utah is both wise wige and decent but that this is by no means certain on the contrary tile tiie same journal believes that nothing would be more natural than that the I 1 mormon wife should arraign c n the system that thus defrauds and hurts her that she should examine it in the light fight of her own sad and bitter experience and that she should use the tile political power which has been given her for its utter uprooting and overthrow thus it will be seen that goes the same way it would freely abolish woman suffrage in utah for no other reason but against its sober conviction and better judgment otherwise than as a means to abolish mormonism that is as instrumental in ai aiding ding an infamous reli rell religious 0 cious clous crusade i 0 consistency woman suffrage in mall utah needs no defence it is not attacked oil on its own account on its ili own merits or demerits but only incidentally apologetically for the accomplishment of another and a v very ery cry dif dlf different object TIIE THE RAYMOND AND ELY A silo SHORT rT time since the san francisco chronic chronicle had some sensational articles upon the raymond and ely mine pioche nev nov to the effect that it was ruined bankrupt etc the pioche record takes exception to this representation by the chronicle and hints that the latter pall pail paper er was well paid to traduce the tile leading mine of the pioche camp which may or may baynot not have been the case while not claiming to know orn ora of a certainty how the mine has been managed of late the record d says that it does know that for the last year it has been controlled by the same gentlemen who by their honest and efficient management made the raymund raymond and ely the tire foremost dividend paying mine on the coast before it became involved in costly litigation that there is no truth in the Chron cyronics chronics waye Vale cs charges that the mine is worked out and aud that the bullion now being produced d is from the working of old tailings that there is not a doubt that there are largo jargo bodies of ore yet unbroken in the tiie raymond and ely mine and whenever the tile company is ready to do so it will be made to yield its millions in tile the future as it has done in the past the san francisco stock report upon the same subject says if the the tho raymonda E ely ly mine has disbursed more h in dividends than has been collected in assessments by yali yail all ali the mines located in ely district that are upon the list of the san francisco stock and exchange board to those who have held the stock since its first issue it has given per share aagre gating while the total amount of assessments levied by mines in this district is abut about I 1 or less than tile tiie the ruined mine has p paid aid ald to its stockholders tile the meadow valley has paid Sl and pioche ga which gives ginesa a balance i favor favo r of elv ely district of had we the space to spare and the time to devote to go anto a thorough explanation as to what the mines in ely district have cost us liow how much we have received in return also as to its future prospects a more considerate feeling would prevail toward a section that lias has dealt so kindly with us for every dollar we have loaned it to develop its resources we have received in return it laek lack with interest not including the trade we have obtained from its merchants raymond ely and meadow valley are the principal mines in this distri district leb let and notwithstanding the hosti I 1 I 1 ty of a few who would traduce ti this i I 1 s mining camp to the greatest grea teste extent at within their means there is steadily gaining the confidence of the masses the belief that all of its wealth has not been developed ve loped and that its riches are yet I 1 to be distributed SAN JUAN PEOPLE will migrate even though 0 ingoing in gold g further they fare worse so oui our pioche contemporary seems to think and consequently concluding to help along or at least not noi to hinder the san juan rush publishes the pith of some letters bearing on the subject As there may be some persons hereabout who are lookin looking 1 san juan juau ward the tile information may bo be also useful to them mr john A Bin tart who is well pleased with the outlook writes from denver jan 17 and thus thua states the route from irom that city to the mines from hrom from prom denver traveling almost due south to pueblo is miles by railroad at which point the railroad terminates from pueblo to the muddy river is 20 miles thence to huerfano Huer fano 50 miles thence passing passin 9 over a mountain range 20 miles to fort garland between pueblo and the fort the country is settled and supplies are abundant fort garland lies 90 miles southwest of pueblo with a good wagon road for travel from fort garland in a west by southwest course to the blo rio rio bio grande is 20 miles over a sand prairie country up the rio bio grande east side to del norte 40 miles thence up the rio bio grande miles further to the mines which are on the headwaters of the rio bio grande there are on this stream plenty of grass and water but the road is very rough and there are no settlements tle ments tile the mountains dividing the waters of tho rio bio grande from those of the colorado of the west amm are very high so high 0 that they reach above the timber belt mr dolman writes from del norte head waters of the rio bio grande col jan 7 parties fitting out at pioche can take their choice of three routes first go up to the mouth of the grand river biver I 1 and strike for the indian agency on 0 n the uncompahgre thence down the west side of the sian fian juan peaks from erom the agency down wagons have passed over or at least such statements have been made second the way we came in which case they tiley will wish they had gone some other road third by lees ferry across the colorado following the mormon road until until the road leading to ft defiance is found following it to the fort thence to or near the mouth of the animas and following it to the mines 1 I have said a good deal about the tile routes that may be traveled now I 1 will say something about the distances feet etc commencing Com g at pueblo thence via sangre t do de cristo or by the abeyta li pass ass to del N borte korte orte a distance of miles mile thence up p the rio bio grande and over a summit feet high distance miles making sao miles of wagon road lahat that h is when it is fluis finished lied wll wit which ch will not bo be before next september some sixty miles of the road is completed leavi leaving nor ncr forty miles of heavy work to we be done travelers can find no feed except a little gra grain in after leaving pueblo until the tho they reach the san juan mountain grain iraln rain sells at four cents n t s per r pound the rio bio grande VI valley vailey i i ly pta pla is pastured off as baro bare as cattle and sheep can eat it 1 I have talked with a few men who are wil wll willing iino linc C to ack nollege now iego lege that they dont know that any of their claims are valuable but agree in his that there are more lodes well d defined fined and more mineral than they have ever seen in any district before A little may be good milling ore but most ot of it is smelting smelling sm elting ore furnaces must be built on the tile south side of the mountain as it is plain to see that no ore except the very richest can ever bo be hauled up from 2000 to feet over a summit that is impassable six months of the year good coal has lias been found within fifteen miles of animas city or hermosa as it is to be called tile the stage fare is 20 from here to pueblo and 10 norn horn there to deriver denver everybody thinks wo will have a rush and I 1 feel satisfied that many thousands will come liere here in the tile spring the tilo mines minus will not be developed as fast as most people think parties carlies Par lles lies choosing the northern route should start early so as to cross the streams entering into grand river before or by the first I 1 of may by following up the south side of grand river until the un is reached thence following up its south bank to its head it will carry you to the summit within a few miles of tile the mines but the surest plan would be to leave tha the river and strike south across the san miguel and doloros to near the head of the mancus niver river river A good trail will be found up these streams and a wagon road could be made without much difficulty besides some very rich surface diggings have been found near the head bead waters of some of these streams I 1 have talked with three different parties who crossed this section of country last summer they all think they can find good ledges as well as pay gravel if the indians will let them prospect the little annie a discovery made last summer thirty five miles north of here and near the summit has produced some of the richest quartz ever exhibited in any country some of bf it more than half gold and rock that showed no gold abt assayed very high there is some doubt here among the miners about the true lode being found however it is bonded at 4 the winter |
