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THE MEEKER HERALD.
VOL. I—NO.1 —NO. 47.
J. HMIUOUf. NKWTU.N MAJOK.
J. W. Hugus & Co.,
BANKERS,
MKKKKIt, - - - COLOIIA DO.
Tran**< t a (<«-nonil lUtiklnir ||iis|ih*m
Ill|liv*l iirut- |ml>l fnrt'tKinl> W«rnitit*. In
frrval Mlluwrtl ..n Tint*. HefMMIU. limit
ilraan <>u Kaatf.rn CHI«-s a»i-1 Kurttpv.
Currr«|i<iii'liilf. KiMiiits*. UriM., New York.
rir-1 Natitmal lUnk, Oiimlia; ColontUo
National Hank. Denver; J. W. lluku* A t 0..
Maw I in*. Wyo.
UllwllMl fMUKIr Atua4r4 to.
r. SANMkKN, M.
rNYIICIAN AND SURGEON.
MKKKKIt. . - - COLORADO.
|jui« ». M.«m.
NOTARY PURLIC.
Carfleld County. Colorado.
Htwx Ul attention to iHtalnraa with the Doited
State* L*n<l nflliT. All kltxla of lm»l blank*
•a band.
r**laßr* Malldli*-
MKKKKK. - - - CI'IOUAJX).
yy m. t-MNK,
CIVIL ENCINECIt.
U. 8. Deputy Land Surveyor.
COUNTY HUKVRVOK.
OFF MR.
S«. *> l**ck Atmur.
MKKKKIt. • • * COLORADO
W.rONIUIAK,
CIVIL ENGINEER.
U. 8. Deputy Mineral Surveyor.
||i.l4ni<-r *»n lfi*rt Wkii* Itlver at .Vb«jlb of
ItnwilHT ttwk.
Fmlmm.i A<*»•>»■> Xiakfr,('»unHlo.
M.««. rKM(tI M>,
Allarar) and r«naarll»r at Law.
COUNTY tT.KIIK AND ÜBTOItDBtL
kpvrUl Atlfßlluii Hn.tttra. In |hr
I nll ’4 Mat'* l.«n«l OMrr.
Ulraaiwl (•(•rtna*. tlartl. I- f**inty . (.'••i«»tw«l*».
J J. Of MONT.
DENTIST.
All limiM-be* of dental work dune In Ibe
tnoat th.w.Muh and aatlafaotory manner and
warranted to be eraetljr a* represented.
OMrr t .rarr Fark At mile and FnMrtl*
Street.
MKKKKIt. - - - COLORADO.
JOHN b. NOONAN*
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OIfKNWOOII HI'HINfIH. * • * COLONADO.
■nalnraa »** lb* A wiled Malra Land
•Mr* a
J OIIN T. AMI MATK,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OLBXWOOD RPKINO9. * * • Cni/illAlm.
Nprrlal Attention In Undo* « nefore
* lire IT. R. Land Ofllre.
M. x. a»AK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will rrarllrr In Nil €onr«a of Till*
Mate.
MKKKKIt. - • - • COLORADO.
iit w u.m;ii.
PORTRAIT ARTIST.
Plral-rlnaa Warl* anti I’rlrra lte««nn
able.
CORNEIt SEVENTH AND MARKET STS.
; "Trail and See Sa.binefc of Wori..« - n^
Rose Tinted Notes Gathered Along the Upper White.
A drive iij> the river at thin season
f of ttie year in ulM»ut an delightful n rt»-
creation uh it i» |>osnitdu to indulge in.
Nature hint not overlooked thin section.
Nowhere in to la* found in tills country
• such Moral wealth—an intitule variety
«*f the most lieuiitlfnl flowers and plant* J
linen the road for utiles, growing in
' luxiirient splendor, The finest feature.
, however. «*f the I’lqier White liver val
ley U the ranches along river from the
: month of the canon to '.lie Korku.
• The Ural of these is tin* Watch
' ranch on the taaith aide of the river.
Mr. W. L. Watch, formerly of .Middle
Dark, lately puit'lmsed this beautiful
place from one of tlie Warteit bu)n.
Mr. Watch lum a line hunch of high
grade stock. lie is making substantial
improvements.
Further up is the llnuly ranch and
. then the W arren ranch. Mr. Warren j
is fencing and making other improve
ments on Ids ranch.
We next come to Harry Gilmore's
ranch. This has long been recognized'
ns one of l lie l#c.**i ranches on L*p|a*r
White. Ilairy is alfonl to ••prove lip.”
One or two unimproved locatiouß and
then comes J. 11. Lakump's pla<v. Mi.
laikainp liua a splendid ranch, well Im
proved. g'NMi buildings and a line stuck !
1 range within a few hundred yards of
1 Ills house, on winch he runs a good
nixed hunch of cattle. Mr. latkamp is
one of the oldest settlers ou I’pperJ
Wliile. mid to him. Harry Gilmore and
Kugeuc Ciilley. also an old settler, the
people up the river are indebted lor the
good r.wid op the udrtli side of the
White.
Arrons the liver from Mr. Lokimps,
Judge K- IK Watson’s place, formerly
> the Gilley ranch, 'fills is one of the
rlioircat places oil the river. Judge
WhUhi is the pi-'M-'Mir of large Land
good horses and a goodly sized iiunch of.
cattle.
On Klk erwk. south of the Watson ,
ranch. Is tlie iN-aiitiful ranch of Mr.'
Joint Damn. Further up Klk cirek is*
Henry Damn s ranch; also several new
locations.
Aleut a mile above the Imkamp ranch
is David Nice), on the notth side of the
river and C. 11. lleuniiigN. on the south
ntde. Moth are very line ranches.
(hi Itig Ib-aver is located Messrs. ll.'
t (’. lVterson and M. Coon, cattlemen.
The**** grnllruiru have a splendid hay
lauch and aic Well prt|mred t » lake care
of llwur laths haul m cam* ul a Imul ,
• whiter. They have sulHtnutlal I in
' provementsou their place.
There are several other good ranches
on I’pper White, i lie owner's names
we ditl not learn.
The Highland Ditch.
Since Mr. (*. \V. Foreman fluidied
the survey on the Highland Ditch some
week* ago. woik lias Ih*«*h kept lip
steadily nod water will lie turned in In
lore many “momis” come and go. The
lull of the ditrh will Is* o fret wi«|e at
• the Isittoui and * f«**t nt the top and
will carry 1/410 inches of water. The
ditch waters tlie ranches of Weis
Tomlinson. 11. (’. lt>H*k.J. II Blond
worth. Geor .e Temple. George and Jim
Zltznuiii. .1. F rimudler. Dick Tolhjv,
1 W. F. Demly. F Smith. Frank dark.
W. Kestnger. Frank Darker. Julius
Strehlke. Metzger brothers and John
, Martin.
IIIOIII.ANO FLASHBS.
Contractor Woodworth killed a six
and a half-foot snake on the “Jab'’ last
week.
Julius Strehlke and a force of men
nrc at work on the lower end of tin
ditch.
Contractor Woodworth assumed an
air of digui'.y as he remarked to the .
, scrilie, “We have made a ditch 1”
Wood says the Coal Creek ditch is a
very slim affair compared with the
Highland, and he is not surprised to
learn that the Coal creek enterprise is
finished.
Who is the pnunising voting ranch
man who wanted to t ike the tongue out
of wagon preparatory to hitching up the
bull team to go to town? Did the
hired man take the tongue out? George,
see that this doesn't occur again.
Jim Zitzmun ts engineer and Jake
Chandler assistant engineer on the
Highlnud. Contractor Blond worth
lavishes unstinted praise on the engi
neering skill of these two gentlemen.
J. 11. Woodworth has tlie contract for
building tlie ditch through the canon.
We will state in this connection that
Mr. Woodworth is open for tenders of
bids on all such work as he has just got i
his hand in and knows how it is done. 1
[ I*. N.—Wood, on account of old friend
ship, wo will not charge you lifteen
cents a line for this advertisement.] 1
Senator Bowen offered an amend- <
incut to the Dill repealing tlie Desert
Land. Pre-emption and Timber Culture 1
acts, which was supported by Senator
• Teller, to construe the provisions of tlie i
bill -o as to protect tin* right of cutting i
jtimlier for mining and domestic pur* i
l»oses from the adverse rulings or ca- i
prices of the General Lund Ofllre. i
This amendment, however, was nega- i
lathed, and Senator Bmvcn thereupon i
voted against the passage of the bill. ■
1 while Senator *cll«r voted tor it. <
MEEK EH, COLO., SATURDAY, JULY a, issu.
The Custer Battle Field.
Bt. Paul. Minn.. June 24.—A »p#>
i iul to the Pioneer Press from Custer’S
battle Held ill Montana, describe* the
celebration of the tenth anniversary of
tlie bailie by a few of its survivors.
’ The great Sioux Chief Gull went over
' the Held and described the manner in.
i which Custers command was destroyed.,
i Gall is a line looking Dalian. 40 years'
. old. and weighing over 2NO puiinde. !!• j
was reticent at Mist, but Anally lie told
' his story with dignity uud animation. 1
“We saw the soldiers early in tbe<
> morning crossing tlie divide. When '
Reno and Custer separated we walclMsf
- them until they cmne down into tlie'
I valley. A cry was raised that the white 1
soldiers were rowing, and orders were
i given for the village to uimr iniroedi-
I ulely. Iteuo swept down so
u|Mtii tlie upiwr end that the Indians;
1 were furred to light. Sitting Will and 1
i t ware at the point where Iteuo Hltackct/;
- Sitting Hull was a big medicine man )
Tim woman and children were liaatU]
i uiove<l down streum where the Cheyi
l ••nnes were encamped. ’llii< Siinii it
lurked Reno and the Chey nines at
tacked Custer, and then ull tweam
I uiixtsl up The women uud rldidrei
caught tin* horses lor tlie bucks b
IllouUt.
Then the hiick s nioiiuleil ami i ti.ugra i
’ ha< kon it 'iio. ciiecke«l him uud drovi J
I him into the timber. The soldiers tlm
> then* lan ns* to the lifiu and came ou '
and fought on loot As soon as ICeie
I was Itealeu uud driven lack acriMW Hit
• liver tlie wlioie force turned ou Custaff
' and f<*ughl him until they destroyed •
• him. Custer did not ranch Hie river,
nut he wus met üboiil half a mile up the '
> ravine that Is now railed Reno creek.
They fought the soldier* and beat th«»M
■ liuck step by step till nil were killed.”
One of Iteuo's ofllrera ronflruis Una.
I saying: “It was pioinMy during tiiia
Interval of quo*: on R i-> - |unt that the
Indians tuusM-d on i.ualer aud auuilii
i, lat'sl him
The Indians inn out of ummunlUtdl
' mid then u-a-d aitows. They fired ffoM
iN-hiud their Inina**. *1 lie soldlera gut
-liell* stuck in llieir guns and had to
i throw thriii away . They Uieii fought
li Vlth little guns 'pistol*i. The Indl
i ans were in couple* U'hind and 111 fwwt
of Custer, and lie moved up tlie ridge t*i
take up Ills position and were just m
in any as the grass. The flrsl two um»*
pam«*s. Keogh's aim (.dhtMiu's 41{«
- mounted and fought xm fool. T|g)
L. tmvmi Uukt bul LlUml step hi step
’ HI they were forced back to (he ridge
upon winch all Anally |>erl*li«sl. *1 liey
• were shot down In a line where they ,
i shoal.”
The Fits John Porter lull has Anally
p.«sM-«l Is.in house* of Congress and
I iHiwgoc* to Hie President for his sigoa
i lure.
The bill re|*'uliug tlie pie-emplloti
and limlH.*r cillluie laws has passed the
Senate. It had previously |.avs.il Uir
House.
The pre-emption, timber culture and
desert luud art has nLuil livisl its al
loite«l time, having ihlupil Ldh houses
it only needs the .sigualme of the Prasi
dent (o place it with the thing* of the
past.
There will l*c a meeting of the Stccs
Association called 111 due time to r<*i
slder tlie condition of the winter range
aud determine as to the distribution of
the stock till* fall. There Is not hall
enough f«*ed Im:Iow the snow line ou tlie
winter range to feed the cattle now ou
tlie river.
Fx-Scnator David Davis of Illinois,
died at his tesideiice in ltl«Huniiigtou.
on Hie J»-th. Tie* cause of Judge Davis'
death was llright's disease of the kid
neys. aggravated by a weakened condi
tion of his system dating back to a pre
vious illness. Ills last hours were calm
and (waceful.
Our cattle were put on the winter
range too early last Fall and were al
lowed to remain 100 loir thin spring,
which with the dry spoil that has l.udcd
now over two months has practically de
stroyed the winter range. While river
shs’k men wear long fare* at prevent.
The Association is a failure unless It
assume.** control of the cattle on. Hie
range aud piotects the gras* from inev
itable destruction.
The White river round-up Am sited
work July I By comparison wit blast
year the result has not t»een satisfactory
though nut as had as anticipated. Tlie
grass on the range is thin uud by r< ason
of tin* drought of the past two months
is vi-ly short ami dried lip. Tim beef
stei rs are generally thin, not having re
covered from the hard vvlntci. The
calf cr<*p shows that over fifty |**r cent
of the winter and spring calve* |*crtshed (
in the severo storms of March and that
the average will In* under fifty js-r cent.
The grass on the winter range is very ,
short and will not feed Hie cattle that
are now on White river through ,
next white-. Our stock men ow ing to ,
this fact vv ill imt replace the !»••« ( steers |
that will lie shipped out during the
summer and fall. Including the calf
crop there were fully ten |>or cent !••*<* 1 1
cattle rounded up till* spring than vver« j I
driven on to tlie winter range last l. il. i
AROUND TOWN.
Attend the hall.
Kverybody ca lehrate.
Ah. there! Paja Miner.
Hot! Well, we should remark.
('hurley Morgan is slow ly recovering,
ft .('up Armlt will “do” the town on the
j I'ourHi.
] Miss Ifaxeu's suuiiuer hclkmil closed
yesterday.
'{ Tlie round-up is Mulshed and the boys
•] are happy.
! Joe Roomy returnod from Rawlins _
( Wednesduy.
Ktra Fleming cauie in on W ednesday
i night's stage.
How the gentle zephyrs did wliinth*
J around Thursday!
I Hurrah for the Fifth of July
I Everybody dance.
r. J. W. Hugus k Co. have been biuy
\ull week taking stock.
I Joint Danin of Klk crack, come dow n
{ to Meeker WtMluesilav.
J J. V. Houston received a large in-
I voice ot good* Thursday.
• There were lota of budding cattle-
I king* in town vesterduv.
| J. A. Toney of Bear river, roturnwl
! fn»m Gleuwoml Wtdnestbiv.
i. If you have uode*irobi get hurt don't
r ask Judge Ityaii what hit him.
Thug. It. WatM>u added nine wagon
' loads of good* to his *t««*k this week
'Hie (>. K. art gallery hn* been one of
the principal attactiou the (last few
‘ (lava.
. Goff «V Dreifins *tart*il fui Glciiwimhl
ami Asprn Mouday t«» try aud dtnpoM
of then bunch id horses.
P. PfeiUci. id Ul.* 55ft oulllt. v\ith
his c*iwlr»v family. ro*le in Friday al- (
teniirou. and will help celebrate.
T«»m Little, of the Cabinet saloon ha*
received a full line of “wet goods ' for
the Fourth. Tom will lie on hand him
self. and you ran bet the hoys can have
tlie best the house afford*.
Tfe* R»rl«rr Hu«e|.
Simp Harp, the genial manager of the
Meeker Hotel, was llic* bn lest man In 1
town tlie |«»t week—piepaiing for the
Fourth. The French glax* recent I > ar
rived from Deliver luw brru pla«*f*l be
hind the Iwr and mkh greatly to the
appearance of the aalunti. Tlie Fourth
of Jnly goods arrived Wednesday: beer
>tu» fliie?' -liUkry Uj Uw bßi ,
ral. gfn and wine* l«y the *,.g. cltsm
pagne by (to rase,uud in fuel everything
( in tlie liquor line. Tlie average man
ca-inot sti'O In the ralom wtthoiit Itrliig ,
tempted to “take something." even it
In* a “little voU with wlllskev on the
j*ide.” The .lining room I* lieing re
j At ted. coriMxjuently ••Dick.” tlir head
1 waiter, is nil Slnilea. and will sec Ho*
limy* get plcutv to rat on ihcdav we
celebrate. The ('hinarunn force in the
kitchen will imtheru “all-a-saine-whltc
; muii.”
Nearly Drowned.
When the llai Circle nod *1 cattle
' were lieing Cl owed While river In-ar the
mouth of Pice-auce Wednesday . Hank
Ward of the liar Circle out At came very
near lieing dn»wne*|. The cattle got to
milling and he hr to in lie* river on a
mil t<» head them across, when Ids
honic In-cuiim* luilnauagealdp and lollul
over in swimming water. Hank let go
and caught hold of Iris tail and received
a kick In the h*g. paralyzing him so lie
i could not swim Hud the Imivs not
thrown a rope to him lie would cer
tainly been drowned.
A New Arrival.
Judge Harvey J. Miner’s handsome
face was wreathed in a halo of smiles
Wednesday. The Immediate cause of
the Judge's good humor was the arrival
of h tcn-|>oiiU(l girl at his residence
Mrs. Miner and Papa are doing well.
All ye forlorn bachelors take courage.
A few more such additions to tie* fcinl- 1
nine p qmlation and vve will all In* hap- :
P.v yet.
School Report.
The monthlv and closeing tejs»rt of
Miss Agnvs llnzen's school,ending July
2nd. IHSM. is as follows:
Roll of honor—Clarence Allen. Morris
Miner. Clarence NichoN. Willie Welib,
Sadie Allen. Hattie Puckett.
The .following have not lieen alrsent
during the month: Rodney Gregory,.
Arldio Watson. Lizzie Watson.
■ a ■ —-
Tlie House hitched cm an nmendineiit
to the Siindty Civil Bill which requires
tlie Secretary of the Treasury to issue
sl. 92 and 9A sllvci certilicutcs on all
the atin>lus silver in the treasury. The
arnendaieut rands as follows: That
the Secretary of the Treasury I** lien I v
authorized aud required to issue silver
ccrtiflcates in the denomination of on**,
two aud live dollars on all surplus sil
ver dollars now In the Treasury in pay
ment of the appropriations made in this
bill and other expenditures or obliga
tions of the Government.. This is pine-1
tieally the same as the Silver CertiAcute
bill How pending In the House.
The Sultan ot Turkey sent as wedding
present to President Cleveland some of
the choicest products of Turkish indus
t»y*
J. W. HUCUS. N. MAJOR.
J. W. HUCUS hr CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
-GROCERIES AND DRY GOODS—
AND
General Merchandise,
MEEKER, COLORADO.
We Have the Largest Stock in
the County, and Buy Exclusively for
i Cash From First Hands, and are
Therefore Prepared to Make Low
Prices. It is Our Aim to Keep a Full
Stock of Everything Usually Found
in a General Store, and by Fair Deal*
11
ing to Merit Our Share of the Pub
lic Patronage.
ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
pr risii run pom io»m w vkhvxtv j*%
i
THE MEEKER HOTEL
Mrs. S. C. Wright, Proprietress.
I THE BEST ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC.
! |
Day Board, $2. By the Week, $lO.
■ ■ ■
In Connection With the Houso is the
Hotel Bar, Which is Always Well
Supplied With the Best of
Wines, Liquors, Cigars,
Beer, Etc.
AIX >
FEED AND SALE STABLES,
Per tli© Aocommodation
of tlie Fuflolio. Horses
EJittiex* StettolecL or
FeLstiareci.
SIMP HARP, MANACER.
The Meeker Saw Mill
McHatton & Sheridan, Proprietors.
Dealers in Lumber and Shingles.
Wc arc Now Prepared to F!i! all Orders on the Shortest
Possible Notice.
Cl, ,n «n Cast. Hill. I.r Lnmb.r rr»m *llll f*rlrr«._> J
HOTEL GLENWOOD.
OI.BXWOODStMtINUr.CAHKIEUX'nI STV.COUI.
GEIGER & ENZENSPERGER, PROPRIETORS.
Rates, ©3.00 Per Day.
SPECIAL RATES TO RANCHMEN AND CATTLEMEN.
, - ,i. ;i.i.|ii j. ii i*• lui nu..... u.:l r-.tii-mrit «*.
I‘KICK. TKN CENTS.

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