SAGUACHE CRESCENT.
V0L. XXI. NO. 50. SAGUACHE, COLORADO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, [901. WHOLE NUMBER 1090.
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GOUNTY NEWS NOTES.
l~nrnished By Our Correspondents And
Clipped From Exchanges.
BONANZA.
tl~rom Bonanzit Bee.
• Clifford Bennett is mining on Round
mountain.
W, J. Bennett was down from Gohten
the first of the week on business, return-
ing on TueKlay.
Tam Zenor, W. E. Gardner and Chas.
Foster moved down Friday to do some
auemlmentl near the Eagle.
Mrs. B. F. Paul and daughter ]eft
Monday for Fort Logan, Men., where
they will visit Mrs. Paul's parents.
Mrs. W. E. Gardner went to Salida
the first of week on an extended visit be-
fore moving to Saguache where Mr.
Gardner will be installed as supt. of
sohcoh.
Manager D. G. Weams, of the Rawlay
company, was down from Denver this
week inspecting the work at the mine,
also the Columbia mine, west from Park-
rills, returning Thursday evening.
The J. N. Coleman freight outfit came
up to the Thompson ranch from Sa-
guacheon Wednesday with four large
loads of hay and grain and will start in
~a law days hauling the new machinery
for the Rawley mill from Villa Grove.
Villa Grove.
Mrs. Hackworth spent a few days in
• Bonanza.
• The D. & R. G. railroad company him
given Villa Grove a fine depot.
W.R. Norris, of Salida, arrived in
town Wednesday.
J. McCall, who has hi, in working near
Bonanza, wee in town a few days.
'George Zimmerman, who has been
stopping at the Peterson ranch for some
time, returned home last weak Monday.
Last week the compositor made us
say "8ohwartz" instead of "Kuntz" in
one of the items.
Robert Glasgow Sundayed in town.
J. W. Belles, of Bonanza, wu in town
on Saturday.
Mrs. Dell• Kouts and children, of Bo-
nanza, are visiting in Salida with her
mother, Mrs. Boltnn.
Eli Weddington was an incoming pas-
Imnger from Bonanza last Sunday and
boarded the 9 o'clock exprem on Mon-
day mornimi.
Mrs.gchwackenberg says th•t while
she was away at Salida, her horse was
blind in one eye and could not ~ out of
the other.
Latest reports may Mrs. Ross is im-
proving which will be good news to her
many friends. X
Front The South End.
The people have sufficiently recovered
from the recent political shock to assume
routine businasl connsoted with a little
• m usement cooasionally.
Wheat thrnhing is •bout finished,
wbich proved to hi an unusu•l short
job this season.
Grain is bringing • good price on the
local markets.
Sugar beat culture is being agitated to
oonsiderable extent in this and other
yurts of the vallay. A mummeeting was
called at Hesper last Saturday evening
which was well attended and a com-
mittee was appointed to solic/t acreage
to be put in next season. Prospects are
yery good for a factory to be located
~ither at Alamosa or Monte Vista to
hahdle the next year's crop.
Hess & Johnson are building a general
faed and implement store at Seater.
D. Miles is building an addition to his
residence which will be brick veneered.
It will be a uredit to~the little town of
Center..
Mr. Lust will soon commence an addi-
tion to hie residence.
J. L. Hurt and M. M. Sutley are build
ins hog fences around their ranches.
We do not see much of the dome-pop
candidates of the 41 since election. They
will in all probability come out with the
ground hog.
Uncle J. D. Hess and a few more dem-
ocrats asem to be the best pleased peo-
ple~over the results in this eat of the
Oounty.
The boys serenaded W. D. Heu and
bride on their arrival home.
The Woodmen of [-Icoper will give a
masquerade during the holidays,
Center camp will also have a hard
j ,timg~ball duri!!g tbe holidays.
# " "~ ~he infant'chiid Of Dr. E. L. Foster of
Hooper is very sick- with scarlet fever
and other complications. Dr. Ooohem of
Sultan was summoned• last week by spec-
ial train.
Fnr fear this muy be nil consigned to
that waste basket we will close with best
wiuhee for a merry Christmas and a
happy New Year.
iTbe Cripple Creek roads are carrying
"i tbou~mds of pa~Ugers daily at a rate
ofh0 tent¢ or 80 cents for round trip.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
The democratic candidates in Arapa-
hos county spent 814,196, and the repub-
lican.~ $29,552 as shown by their expense
affidavits.
A I~ngmont farmer who stuffed 26
turkeys and snld them by weight, has
been sentenced to 90 days in jail and to
pay a fine of $200.
The Poncha hot springs hotel has been
closed. Tbe lessee found that with the
present poor equipment he 'could notpay
-expenses during the winter seaa,~r.
A draft for $1,000, the amount sub-
scribed by the people of Colorado
Springs to the McKinley memorial fund
has been sent to the national treasurer
of the fund.
The supreme co=t listened to argu-
ments in the contempt cases against At-
torney General Post, A. B. Gray and tbe
state board of 13 assessors last Saturday.
An opinion is expected December 16.
Among new post~ces established re-
cently in southwestern Colorado are
Manzanares and Bernice (Costilla coun-
ty), Dy~e (Archuleta), Freedom and Re-
mere (Conejos), Wagon Wheel Gap (Min-
eral).
Ye Chow Jung, a sick Chinaman in
Denver, is reported to be dying of the
dread disease of leprosy. Dr. Bennett, an
authority on the subject, dsolaree tbal
the public should not be alarmed, ai the
i diseaas is not contagious and will not
spread.
Governor Orman bus proclaimed, the
20th day of December, which is the an-
niversary of the Louisiana purchase, as
a flag day, and requ~ts that tbe anni-
verasry be further celebrated Jay public
commemorative meetings and approvri-
ate exercises in the schools.
W. W. Reiley says the Del Norte canal
company has just finished building, the
largest headgate in the Uuited States.
This headgate is near Del Notre. But
few realize this valley has the largest ca
nal in tbe country, it being 60 feet wide
on the bottom.--Monte Vista Journal.
Judge Owers of the Lsadville district
court, has fined Lem Campbell, the pro-
prietor of a gambling house, $500 and
costs and sent him to jail for six months.
T. J. Cash, another proprietor, was fined
$250 and costa and sent to jail for thirty
days. Five other gamblers were fined
$50 and costs e•ch.
Joe Hartman we~t to Westcliffe yes-
terday ~ bring back an engine and b0il-
er he recently traded for. of Monte Rob-
inson. Monte takes the gasoline engine,
with which he will pump water, while
tbe Hartman boys will use the Btasm en-
gine to saw bee fixtures and pump.--
Montroee Enterprise.
Judge Churl. fi. o',,-o/D-;nver, one
of the beet known and prominent attor-
neys in the state, fell dead of apop!exy
in his office l•st week. Charles Toll was
an experienced attorney and handled
many eases of the greatest importance.
In 1880 he was elected attorney gener•i
of the state of Colorado, serving one
term. At one time he was county judge
of Rio Grands county and served several
terms as a member of the Hones of Rep-
resentatives from ~hat county.
State Labor Commissioner Smith nays
"We are ::doing a great deal: to educate
the peopre of Colorado on the subject of
the Buck]in" AUstralian land tax amend
meat which is to be voted on next fall,
Buttons have boon secured, we have
some stickers to be placed on envelopes,
papers and documents and we are send-
ing out. literature all over the state,
Like Mr. Bucklin, I do not think it
ought to be called a single-tax amend-
! meat, though there is no doubt it leads
to that."
Brigham Young, Jr., son of the great
Mormon leader, arrived in the city from
Salt Lake City on Tuesday and was a
guest of the Monte Cristo until 5 o'clock
when he boarded a narrow gauge train
for a point near Durango where be was
to visit with a l~ormon:iN[eDd who is
quite Ill. Brigham Young, Jr., is a man
60 years o( age, well preserved and de-
cidedly pleat~L - He expects to return
to the big Mormou capital in a few days.
This was his first visit, ia thts section of
the state.-- Salida Mail.
Frank, the little I~ monOi~ i~]d son of
Dr. and Mrs. E.'L: Po~ter,"~h:O was taken '
sick Wodnesdgy and sa~ur ia);:i~ was d,-
tided had scarlet fever, grew suddenly
worse Sa'~ lay afterucon iindDr. C'. N,
Cochems of Salida was t elegrnphed for'~
A special t rain brought the Dr. over from
Salida in one hour and :fi0.Y minutes.
About tha.time the train arrived the lit-
tle fellow beR'an ~r0wing better and has
been ~ra(tually improving ever since, al-
tht,u~h n-t yet out of dau6er,--HooperI
Press.
FROM OUR EXCHANOES.
Doings Among Our Nelghbors Oi Inter-
est To Crescent Readers.
Del Norte.
San Juan Prospector.
W. O. Statton has leased the Horn
place at Monte Vista, and will move
there about the first of the year.
Manager Henn reports the creamery
doing well, but in need of more cream.
Every pound of butter made is sold as
fast as turned out.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Elliott returned
Saturday, after a trip covering several
weeks through the east via Galveston to
New York. They report a delightful
time, but, of cot~rse, are pleased to get
back to Del Norte.
ALAMOSA.
Alamosa Journal.
Tom Ashley and family, of Saguache
are visiting with Mr. Ashley's sister
Mrs. Oscar Wilkins.
Judge Holbrook held court in Wal-
senburg last week, is holding in Cnnejos
this week and will hold court in Duran-
go next week. Cour~ work has kept him
very busy for several months past.
Judge Northcutt went to Del Norte to
hold court last week, but the cases set
for him not being ready for trial, he ad-
journed court until next week, when he
will return to DoI Norte to try the cases.
Edward A. Shepp pleaded gcilty to the
larceny of a watch and chain from Brig-
ham Yonng, president of the twelve
apostles of the Mormon church. Presi-
dent Young asked the court to be lenient
in passing sentence, and the court sen-
tenced defendant to not less than one
year and six months nor more than
three years in the penitentiary.
CENTER.
Center Dispatch.
W.K. Mauls' are talking of moving
away from Center in the near future.
There is an effort being made to or-
ganize a circle of the Women of Wood.
craft here.
I. Tucker left Saturday morning for
Creeds where he expects to work in the
mines.
Mrs. J. P. Worth will soon leave the
valley for Denver where she expects to
spend the winter for the benefit of he]
health.
A branch telephone line is being pu~
in from tbe Duns line to the La Garita
ranch conneuting at Henry Schmidth's
~orners.
The school entertainment given by
~iss Garritaon's pupils was well attended
and sufficient money was raised for the
bu~ying of an organ for the school.
John MoClure and Dick Hunt arrived
from the Gunnison country with 250
cows •nd calves. They had a long, tire
some and slow trip over the mountains
ae they were a week on the road.
Stockholder's Meeting.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Gotthelf & Tarbell
[Mercantile Co., will be held in its office
in the town of Saguache, Colorado, on
Wednasday, the let day of January A. D.
190'2, at 2 o'clock p. m. for the purpoeeof
electing a board of directors for the en-
suing year and for the transaction of
such other business as may properly
o)me before said meeting.
Charles Tarbell, Secretary.
December 9, 1901.
Stockholder's Meeting.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Saguache County Telephone
Company will be held at the office of the
Saguache County Bank, Saguache, Colo-
rado, on Monday the sixth day of Janu-
ary A. D. 1902, at 3 o'clock p. m. for the
purpose of electing a board of directors
for the ensuing year and for the trans.
action of such other business a~ may
properly come before it.
W. F. Boyd, Secretary.
December 9th, 1901.
S PUtqg GflAPr GSgSM O. TARTAR POWDrH.
The Little Brown Jug.
A Laughable Drama In Three Acts--
Will Be (liven At High School
Building Friday Eve, Dec. 20.
The pupils of the High School are re-
hearsing the amusintr play "The Little
Brown Jug," and it will be presented to
the public Friday Evening, Dec. 20, at
the High Sebool building.
The entertamment is being given in a
worth cause, the players are all local
talent, and there is no doubt but that it
wilt be a suocass.
The proceeds are to go to the public
library and the piano funds, and all our
people should assist the boys and girls
with their presence and their q,mrters.
Following is the cast of character~ and
s)nopsis of the play:
QAST OF CHARACTERS,
John Nuttsr. a Shoemaker ........ Elmer Davison
Will Nutter, his Son .............. Archie Lockett
Ned Hartshorn, his Apprenties ...... Ernest Slots
Henry D.uglas, a Spendthrift ...... J. IL Morgan
Jarius Jordan, a Yankee ............ J. B. Morgan
Hannah Nutter, ,John's Wife ......... StslJa Hurt
Mary Nutter,his Daughter ............ Maud lckes
SaUie Peeelee, Yankee Hell) ...... Blanche O'Neil
8YNOP~I S.
ACT I. Scene in Nutter's shoeshop-Town
Take advantage of our annual fall
{;ash
( LEAI IN6 6ALE
For next ten days,
6Gods sold at'treat discounts.
COME EARLY.
MOFFAT, COLORADO.
gossip-Jarius tries to propose to 8allie-"Birds
of a Feather, you know."--Henry ~lt~l~~ ~]~~~~~1~
gaged to Mary and learns trade.-A quarrel, a
fight, Ned hurt, Will leaves home. • • •
house.--Sallis
dreaming of Jarius.-.Douglas and Mary qu
--"Jes' s., nobody to hum. or all gone to
'cope Sallie."--Jarius in trouble again.--Will re-
turns, steals Little Brown Jug, which has been
pat to a better use. I ~ ~ l
Ladies and Children s
check, a mortgage, Juries outwits Donslas.--
ful.--Wilt returns, "anew man, indeed."--"JeS'so, Jarius, Jes' ,o." Jackets and
The play will cover a period .of about t
two hours, and good music will be in at- Latest Styles, Lowest P,'ices.
tendance to take up the time between
theac CLOTHINC
The admission is 15 and 25 cents. Re-
served seats 35 vents,for ule at the drug Metz's and Boys Suits that are made to Fit, in Stylish
store. Mixed and Plain Goods of all Grades.
Undo For all ..,d iu .,l Or.des,
NEARLY A FIRE. . rwe r gives a little idea of our supply.
On last Friday just aft,or noon the cry
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off ire and clouds of black smoke pour, Dress 6o~ds
ins out of every crack in Union.hall,gave
many people wbo were on the street st [n every Shade. Weave and Texture of the Seasons
that hour the impression that the build- Output, at Prices that none can compete with.
ing as well as the Dallas block adjoin-
ing, were doomed to destruction. A SHOES
crowd soon gathered at the hall when it
! wa~ found that several large cans of That Wear and made on Lasts that Fit the Feet, in
roofing oompoaition that had been set
on or near the stove had caught fire. sizes to Fit the Little Tot to the Largest Person,
They were quickly thrown out into thel~ gives but a vague idea of this Department.
away it was seen that the building wasII G ~:{ 0 C E ~ T "~, S
not on fire at all. The tar smoke w~ We bays just received nearly a Car Load of Groceries and
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very black and dense, and it ruined the Canned Goods and can supply with Fruits in their Season. ~,
walls and ceiling of the hall, but a lib-
whitewashlt TAg Be~k[ey pa:kRnt U0Hse
oral supply of wall paper and •
will soon repair the damage. Had the!
fire not been noticed when it was it ie
probable that the building and those ad-
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joining, and possibly the Duns block,
would have been destroyed, as tbe water [
supply is very scarce at this season ofI, ~4~t~~4~ ~41~ ('~¢~'~K"~
the year, there being but a few surface [ '
wells in this vicinity and not mush water [ ~.¢¢¢¢¢$#¢¢¢$¢$¢~¢¢¢#$#¢.~¢#¢¢¢¢#~@~@~4~@
in them. The ctroumstance only em-[~
o,,_ TTFNTiON! j
that the town ought to have a fire com-
pany and an ample and convenient sup-
ply of water.
Delinquent Tax Sale.
The sale of property in Saguache WO wish to oall youratten-
county for delinquent taxes begius at tion to the fact that we carry
treasurer's office tomorrow in stock a complete line of
the
county
(Friday) at ]0 o'clock a.m. The sale will[; ST. CLAIR RANGES and
revenuebe conductedlaw, under the termsof the new[~ HOT BLAST HEATERS,
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also all kinds of BUILDERS
Heretofore, the buyers of property for[]~ HARDWARE. WINCHES- ~ ~-:
delinquent taxes were compelled to bid I~•
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RIFLES,
AMMUNI-
on the amount of the property, or frac- ~
tion thereof, they would accept for the ; TION, SASH, DOORS, and ~ !:i
taxes, but under the new law the buyers i all grades of LUMBER,
'bid solely on the rate of interest. Under ~ PAINT, OIL and VARNISH.
the old law the rate of interest was fixed;
but under thenew law, the prospective ~ .............. ~
buyersbida'm°ngthemse]vee°ntherate ! " the New Store i
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of interest, the property of course going
to the party who will take the lowest
rate of ioterest. Accordiug to the pr(-i 1
visions of the new r.,vonue law, the max.I ! ~s ~s K~H,rs i
imum rates are 24 per sent for the first~1 ~~~••~~~e~~• ~~-~
six months, 18 per cent for the succeed-[
ins six months, and 12 per cent for the[
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next two years. , ~ ~-- --
Ma"'°fthedelinquentab"veocm*ini ~====~ :{li Ktave
and paid their taxes sines the list was[ ~J ~JV V~,~V~PgJ
made out, aud Of 'course their property I ~ • a"~ m
will not be offer, d. We have heard ofI Mim 1,4]~1 In
i1 era ~ho ex e iil
no ,lutside tax b y " p Ct to at-{ [i ~ I ~[ll ~ I| Vl.~'~Wll
tend the sale, and the most of the prop- [ /]| [ Ill "" I| ~"~ ~'~ ~ ~
erty sold will probably go to localbuyersI /.~_~...~_.~/~y~ ~mr issl;ageztanges,
end the count}', /he treasurer always[ ~ l'
bidding in for the county all the proper-I -'~~ Wilson Heaters
ty remaining unsold " I IIL,-~ I ~ IIII
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.:' Co k Stoves,
The h, di~ecireleWili have for saleat] ~']l~J] t~~':'tN All sizes and prices
, .I. ~ m. •
D,,n ~ [tall the f,,lh,wln, article., cake,/ il iAtllllt.""li .....
Zlncks Pines &c.
,-1o. "L'he sale wilt, bvgin N,,v. 16 aud bei , , . 9 # I
lit, t,1 every alternateSaturday thereafter,[' ~ ........... " ~..~.~..~ .......
Will receive orders-prior to date of sale| [ ,A t,ld i~ 14',!%11] 141 ~. 1~#/I , I ,/AIl/ll ,t~i
for niiy of the nrtiolel to be sold. .|... .~ila. v v ~-,~-,~,~-- v..., ~ v v ~-ffi---ffi--~..---,~,~.~
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