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¥e are open for business to-day at corner of 6th st. and
Santa Fe avenue. Watch out for our big Damage Sale next
Monday. It will be immense.
Hoses & Allen
Tolephone 81.
SOUTH SIDE STORE,
302 S. Union Ave
NORTH SIDE STORE,
Cor. 6th and Santa Pe Ave
W. L. Graham, Chad. E.Haxton,
Prealdent. Cashier.
WESTERN NATIONAL BANK,
Union Avo. and C Htrcct, Pueblo, Colorado
Authorised Capital, - - 1250,000.
Paid In Capital, - - - SO,000.
Surplus, 175.00C.
NEW GOODS
AT
Rock-Bottom Prices §§»
The Most for the Least!
We will not be undersold
and will sell as low as the
lowest.
Our stock of Dry Goods,
Notions, and Millinery iscom
plete in every particular.
The ladies are cordially in
vited to call ana examine the
work of Miss Smith, or New
York, who has charge of the
millinery department. She is
first in the city in her line.
A. Vorreiter,
816 Sants Fc Ave.
MONEY SAVED
By Buying Your Jewelry of
McCLUER,
THE LEADING JEWELER OF PUEBLO
We buy for spot cash very cheap and
•ell at a correspondingly low figure, giv
ing our customers tne benefit of our
bargains In purchasing. We pay no
rant, therefore oan sell goods lower than
thoae who do. Fine watch repairing a
specialty. Allkinds of engraving done
with nestaMtt and promptness. First
slass repairing. A full line of optioal
goods.
W. L. MoClukr,
000 B. Uakm Ave., south of visduot.
Look at This.
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The Bessemer Indicator.
THE INDICATOR
P. BYRNES, Editor and Proprietor.
Piildlßhcd Every Hnturdny at Pucldo, Colo.
Entered nt the Ton to nice lit l'ueblo, Colo., ns
second eliiHH mnttcr.
Prick of Subscription.
One Year $1 00
Six Months 60
Fanners of Artman predict a big
crop this season.
Tiie prairies are green at last anil
stock are looking better.
Tiie Overland Park races begin to
day and will continue until the 16 inat
inclusive.
Rocky Ford is gleeful over the high
water of last week. The water melon
crop promises to be immense.
The Denver Coxeyites have found
an able bodied disciple and chaplain in
the person of the Rev. W. J. Jackson,
only a short time ago a newspaper man
and preacher in this city.
Business men of Leavenworth have
decided to lend a hand to the coal
miners who did not strike, anil have
determined to protect them from the
assaults of the sinkers. The strikers
are losing ground there.
Greedy corporations that imported
cheap foreign labor arc now reaping
their reward. The majority of the
coal miners now out on a strike arc
Italians, Austrians, Scandinavians, Poles
and Russians, and they are the ones
who in nine cases out of ten do the
damage to property.
Sincr tho docile dago went out on a
coal strike and began making dis
turbances in the coal regions of the C.
F. & I. Co. that big corporation took a
hint and let a lot of them out of the
steel works, and Oiled their places with
negroes fresh from Tennessee. About
forty of them wore ushered through the
gates Wednesday evening and the
dagoes told to go.
The board of county commissioners
is devoting much of its time to waiting
on the flood sufferers who continually
fill the office, and find it necessary to
strain a point for mercy as against
close-fisted economy, but it is better to
err on the side of mercy. Chairman
Hubbard who is also superinteendent of
the poor is putting in lots of time out
side of regular hours overseeing the
wants of the poor who were rendered
homeless and who are now scattered
about the city.
It seems that thore is to be no cutting
down of expenses and that it will cost
as mueh to run the city this year as be
fore. The present council was elected
on a platform pledged to economy, and
upon its organization it formulated a
table scaling down the expenses to the
amount of over $40,000. First the
mayor and aldermen voted a 10 per cent
cut on their own salaries which was
followed by the same cut in the fire and
police departments. This raised a
mighty howl. Then it was decided to
also cut off 42 electric lights. This
raised a mightier howl from some peo
ple in the dark districts, and tho few
aldermen who had not favored a re
duction of salaries, or for that matter
a reduction in anything from the start,
got in their work and the result of it
was that at the last meeting of the
council all reductions in salaries were
declared off and the lights were ordered
in. It all looks very much like a
sham on the part of the council or else
the aldermen lacked the backbone to
stick up for economy when the squeal
commenced. The taxpayers are asking
a good many questions.
Tiie air is full of local politics.
Never before, perhaps in tho history of
the town did the wire pulling begin so
early and the different factions enter
into the contest with such zeal. In
fact with a number of aspirants the
campaign may be said to have fairly
set in. With the republicans who con
stitute the big party in Pueblo county,
the effort is to secure nominations, a
nomination being considered the long
est step toward an election. The
democrats and populists are each de
vising ways and means to collect their
scattered forces which were so igno
minlously smashed al the late city
election when the republicans elected
their whole ticket over the combined
msjonty of the fusioniste, and that,
too, by • big majority. The demo
crats see the mistake they made, and
will hereafter ateer clear of the
populists and set their net for a catch
in caae some nominee on the republican
ticket may prove unpopular with his
party. In thla there la wisdom, for a
good democrat on a straight tiekat
will stand a better chance ef eleetlon
than a poor republican even though he
be on the strong ticket. The pe pallets,
though bedly demoralised, are coming
liiffthn again, and after they have
well nigh loßt their identity as a local
party In that scrimmage, but will have
a ticket in the field next fall and will
endeavor to put their best man forward
The latest from the seat of war nt
Cripple Creek is to the effect that the
war is about over so far as open hostil
ities arc concerned. There is likely to
be trouble ahead, however when the
trial of the arrested strikers begines.
THE SECOND FLOOD.
Pueblo Again Overflowed. High Water
but Little Damage.
Pueblo's second Hood camo last Tues
day night, less than a week after the
deluge of Memorial night. It came at
3:30 a. m. but people had warning,
and having a vivid recollection of the
first disaster, those who had moved
back to the fiats again returned to the
high land, and merchants put most of
their goods on benches and shelves out
of reach.
Tho water carnc within eight inches
of being as high as before, hut tho
same damage was not done because it
was not to bo done. Another flood is
predicted for the 18inst and already
discouraged merchants are seriously
alarmed.
Borne have abandoned their base
ments, and it is reported that the
McCord-Bragdon Co. and A. C. Daniels
arc filling in their basements. Others
will follow suit.
The proposed site of the federal
building was under water and another
attempt will be made to have the loca
tion changed. The high water reach
ed from the vaiduct to 6th street, and
in the vicinity of the Central block was
four feet deep. All the basements
which had been pumped out were of
courso again filled. The Fountain did
considerable damage by washing out
railroad bridges.
EQUAL IMPROVEMENT TAXA
TION.
Those Who are the Most Benefited
Should Bear the Heaviest Burden.
When the city council discusses the
question next Monday evening of
widening the river in order to prevent
auother overflow, it should go slow in
arriving at the manner and means to be
employed. As a matter of course
there are only two things to do to avoid
another drowning out—cither widen
and deepen the river and make higher
levees or move up on the mesa. There
is too much opposition to the latter
plan to make it feasible, as property
owners on the bottoms would raise a
serious objection, and those merchants
who would move up would fear that
their places on the fiats would be filled
by others who might take away a share
of their patronago.
It is more than likely that the propo
sition to widen the Arkansas will he
popular. In such an event, how about
raising the necessary amount, say from
$260,000 to $360,000? The indebted
ness of the city is now almost a half
million dollars, and the taxes are heavy;
they should not be increased, nor
should the already large debt he made
any larger. It is bail enough to have
a burden on the people without ad
vertising it to any grent extent to the
world.
The Indicator would suggest, there
fore, that an assessment be levied against
each lot in the city according to value,
with the exception of the lots in the
district subject to being submerged
which should be taxed much higher in
proportion and these according to
location and value among themselves.
For instance real estate on north and
south Uaion avenues for the full lengths
thereof, and Main street and Santa Fe
avenue from the Banta Fo railroad
tracks as high up a9 Fourth street,
together with «U intersecting streets
for a block each way should be made
to bear tho pricipal burden. Victoria
and Grand avenues and south Santa Fe
avenue. Main and Mechanic street
should also hear a fair proportion.
These streets and avenues are the ones
molt bcnefltted and most valuable and
the burden should fall principally
there. None of the real estate of the
city should be exempt, but the more
the benefit the greater the assessment.
If it were deemed unfair to let the
merchants and others doing business
in the city off without aiding, each
could be taxed a license fee, hut let it
be light. Most of them have suffered
enough already by the flood.
The council would do well to con
sider this plan along with, the report of
the finance and engineer committee
reports.
A Complaint Made.
Several patrions of the schools of
district No. 20 have lodged a complaint
with the Indicator because of the
untidy end rough condition of the
achool house yards. They claim that
the yarde are eo strewn with debris and
cinders in particular that It is dangerous,
not to say extremely nnpleasant for
children to play, and that the cinders
are so sharp as to out shoes to pieces in
a very short time. The grounds should
be eieared of all such trash and made
as plaaaaat u possible for tha children.
The attention of the directors la re
[■llllfkllj called w thk Hen sad it is
MgMn tfjjy* the
PUEBLO, COLORADO, SATURDAY, JUNE 9,1894.
Political Chips.
W, T. Jcnnison is out after the sena
torinl nomination.
Attorney G. W. Collins, Assistant
District Attorney B. D. V. Reeve and
City Attorney A. M. Nicholas arc out
after the place now occupied by the
prosecuting district artorney. L. B.
Gibson.
A. E. Hull, W. L. Rees and W. 11.
Hubbard arc before the people for the
nomination of county commissioner for
the 3rd district while Charles Piper, 11.
M. Morse and Jack Ilorgan will contest
for the Ist.
The office of justice of the peace now
filled by Tom Bradford will not go begj
ging for men to take his place. Tom is
willing to servo the people another
term, while S. I). Brosius and It. W.
Griggs, both practicing lawyers and
well known politicians would each ac
cept a nomination if tendered by the
republican convention.
The woods are full of candidates for
the nomination of district judge.
There will be two judges to elect aud
Pueblo has about a dozen aspirants for
the positions with Otero county to
hear from. Among tho candidates
might be mentioned Attorneys George
Salisbury, Fred Betts. L. B. Gibson, E.
IS. Wicks, E. C. Glenn, J. C. Coulter,
J. C. Elwell, John Voorhccs and Walter
Dixon. There is considerable active
interest manifested already in laying the
wires.
There are lots of people of all sorts
out after the jobs for representative.
As a matter of course four out of every
five don’t expect to receive favorable
mention in tiie campaign, much less
have their names come up in the con
vention, but they will attempt to stand
iu the way of others and secure promises
of clerkships or something of the sort.
All the present members of the general
assembly will come up for renomination.
Frank Pryor will hardly look after
a renomination for senutor. saying lie
has had enough, but then he may only
bo waiting to be asked.
What’s in a Name?
The La Junta Advertiser-Forum
shows a familiarity with the political
situation in this judicial district which
is out of harmony with its acquaintance
with the names of the various candi
dates for judge. Judge “Weeks’'would
doubtless like to set down ou the A-F.
for such ignorance of the orthography
of the name of a leading aspirant for
judicial honors, and the candidate
“Cotter” to whom the A-F. refers is
propably Attorney Coulter, of Pueblo.
—Rocky Ford Enterprise.
A Chance of Base.
It is almost a foregone conclusion
that Eugene Engley will run for judge
in this district on the populist ticket.
He can have the nomination if lie wants
it and from recent developments there
is every reason to believe tliat lie wants
it had. Think of Eugene Engley oc
cuping the honorable position of
district judge.—Alamosa Journal.
How do They Like it ?
The following interesting locnl is
clipped from the Advertiser-Forum of
La Junta and is purported to have been
written by a correspondent of that
paper. It looks like a game ot sell-out
on the part of somebody, llow do the
Pueblo aspirants for the district nt
torneyship like it?
The latter part of the week I was
talking to a prominent Pueblo whole
sale merchant anil all-around political!.
He asked mo not to mention his name,
as he did not want to get tangled up.
Referring to the approaching judicial
convention, he said that “there were
two strong factions in tho republican
party in l’ucblo. and that one wns
headed by Betts and Abby and the
other by the Gibson crowd. Both of
these factions will make an attempt to
organize tho convention. In the event
of the Betts crowd securing control,
the nominees for judge and district
attorney will both be Pueblo
men. In case the Gibson combine
secures the top hand. Pueblo will lie
given the judgeship and Otero county
the district attorneyship."
Knights of Pythias Grand Ex
cursion to Cripple Creek.
Get ready to join the first Grand Ex
cursion to the great gold camp, Cripple
Creek.
A special train will leave Union depot
nt 7:00 a. m. and Stone depot 7:10 a m.
running through without change via
Mnnitou anil the Ule pass resorts, the
finest scenery In Colorado. Tho ex
cursion will be run via the Santa Fc
Midland Terminal route, standard
gauge all the way. and under the direc
tion of Pueblo Lodge No. 63 Kniglits
of Pythias.
Everybody is invited to go and take
their lunch baskets and enjoy a day in
the mountains. Fare for the round
trip only 8.00, children $1.60. Tickets
can be bought from K. of P. committee
at Union depot, or Santa Fe city office
237 N. Union avenue.
To people unacquainted with the
evaporating influence of Colorado wind
it may sort of sound, but it is a fact
nevertheless that on Wednesday morn
ing there was two feet of water on
south Union avenue, and at $ p. m. an
ugly dust atom swept the avenue
making It vury disagreeable for pe
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OCCASIONALLY YOU NEED
Some Printing; |
Done, and wehn you do you wnnt the best you con get
For the Least Money
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Good Work, Honest
Goods,
And Low / Vices ns n matter oj course. To Scree is to !
Earn
JWhen you want
' ' Anything in the way of any of tho follow-!
I ing, call at the INDICATOR office and bargain to
' yonr great advantage.
THE INDICATOR
JOB OFFICE
jpriats
Letter Heads, Dodgers ,
Note Heads, Circulars
Bdl Heads , Lags
Statements, Pamphlets
Envelopes, Certificates
Business Cards, Polders
Pisiting Cards, Counter Pads
Postal Cards, Meal Tic/ccts
Posters, Etc., P/e.
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IN THESE COLUMNS PAYS
WITH A BIG CIRCULATION,
And principally among the residents of this portion
of the city, it is beyond comparison the one
great advertising medium for the merchants
ITS PATRONS KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE-
Advertise and be Wise. Terms Reasonable.
THE PUEBLO ICE COMPANY
OVERMYER BROS. PROPRIETORS.
DEALERS IN PURE LAKE GEORGE ICE.
Ico Free from Chemicals. Office and Storehouse, corner of Fifth and
Elizabeth Stroots.
Telephone No. 206.
0-0-0 Look out for the Blue Wagons! -0-0-0
New and Second Hand Goods!
We sell New Furniture very cheep.
We buy and sell Second-Hand Goods and keep a
Big Stock of Everything
WE CAN FURNISH YOUR HOUSE
Prori) Top to Bottom
Special Sale on
BABY CARRIAGES!
hPe are closing them out a! cost
SLDOWNEN,
SIS N. Main st.
W. P. SWARTZ,
DRUGGIST.
A full line of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Druggist Sund
ries and Stationery of all kinds.
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED EITHER DAY OR NIGHT
Corner of Evans and Mesa avenue*.
PURE MOUNTAIN ICE.
Pure Mountain Ice, the Best, the Cleanest, the Brightest and the Coldest
in the Market. Sold in any quantity. Walt for the Wagon.
E. G. DONLEY, Proprietor.
Office at HEADLIGHT Feed Store. Telephone 186.
T. \V. LYNCHi "
CORNER OF EVANS AND SUMMIT AVENUES, BESSEMER.
Paints, Oil, Glass, Varnish and Brushes
PAINTING,
Paper Hanging, Knl ominingand Glazing done on
Short Notice,
Silt IVork Guaranteed.
WORMLEY AND MURTHA’S
PuebLO Steam Laundry.
Corner of Union avenue and C street.
Everything neat and clean and all work first class. Goods
called for and delivered to any part of Pueblo or Bessemer.
WORMLEY & MURTHA, Propr’s.
THE PUEBLO FURNITURE (().,
315 South Union Avenue,
FOR FURNITURE STOVES. ETC. ETC. ETC.
Ice Cream Parlor.
ICE CREAM ONLY 5 CENTS A DISH, AND THE VERY BEST IN THE CITY.
You could not find a more comfortable room in the city where you can
edjoy eating Tco Cream, or drinking Soda Water from a first-class
Fountain We servo only first-class Cream at 6 cents a dish
Soda Water. Milk Shake, Pop, Lemonade, Manitou
Ginger Champagne, all at 5 cents a glass.
H. PERLET, Evans and Summit
I PAPAPIAP I Doesn’t quote any prices, but ho pesmits
Ui Ot'l/I n ° nr " cfVC ' ,1,,,re ° r °cerics and Provisions for a BI«
| DOLLAR than lie docs.. He is in THE LEAD and intends
to stay there. Don’t ask questions, but drop in and see him. You will call again
ROUTT AVENUE. NEAR SUMMIT
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Successors to G. L. L. Ganu & Co.
ATTENTION
Wo Call Your Special Attention to our Line of
50c Balbrigan Underwear.
SPECIAL SALE.
81.00 PER SUIT.
We are showing you an elegant line
of Straw Hats this season and
now is the time to buy.
E C HIGHBERGER & CO-,
226 South Union Avenue.
IT or Trees
And Shrubbery of all kinds, call on
G. A. RODHLL, Union andAbnendoAve B .
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