The new era., October 10, 1907, Image 1

About The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??

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VOLUME 2.
THE RAILROAD
SITUATION
Park Seems to be Cen
-1 ter of Attraction
at Present.
L.H.P.& P.cind S.& H.Schedul
ed for 1908 and Are
Pushing Work.
A rumor to the effect that the Uuion
Pacific is trying to force the L. 11. P. &
P. to sell out its holdings to that com
pany is denied by President Miller, who
states postively that no offers have been
made by the Uuion Pacific, and that the
Laramie Plains lino is not only going to
ho pushed into the Park but will be
built on over into Routt County in 11)08.
Grading on the line of survey from Cen
tenniol to Walden is being pushed as
rapidly as i>ossible by the company, but
President Miller states that when the
estimates for the work are all in it is the
intention of the company to lot the work
of grading to contractors who will fin
ish it in short order.
The Saratoga & Encampment Co. are
making excellent progress on their road
from Saratoga to Encampment, and this
road also is scheduled to build into the
Park in 1008. This line is constructed
in a manner that would would lead one ;
to believe that is not always intended
for a branch line. The grade is well i
' built, the rails of the heaviest steel, and ;
the culverts of stone and cement. To
anyone conversant with railroad build
ing it looks like a through lino, and the I
revival of the Denver. Yellowstone <fc 1
Pacific talk gives creilouce to the idea ;
that the S & E. is but a link in the chain
from Denver to the Pacific. ;
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8 LIVERY and FEED STABLE*!
H. Loucks, Proprietor.
g Everything from a Single 'Buggy to a Coach- and-Jour. | |
everything!
I—in Harness—
From a Hames Strap to a Set of Made-to-Order Harnesss.
£
Harness, Harness Supplies, Straps, Halters, k
Bridles, Bits, Buggy Whips, Buckles —in k
fact Everything you Need in This Line and k
i THE PRICES ARE RIGHT V
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5 Have a Complete Stock of Fly chfets —just [
the thing to protect your Horses in Haying. f
3! Harness Repairing, Leather Work of all k
«* Kinds, Shoe Repairing. j* .■* C
\ J. R FOX
3 Handles the Goods. |£
THE NEW ERA
In God We Trust; All Others Cash, or Good Security.
Working Placer Ground.
Word comes from Clover Valley to
the effect that M. .J. Caprou and two
men from the Yampa river country are
working in the old placer diggings in
Clover Valley, and have struck some
pretty rich gravel.
Considerable preliminary work, in
cluding the construction of a ditch, has
been accomplished the past few months
and the erection of table apparatus for
washing the gold has made it possible to
save not only the coarse gold but the
finer grades as well.
It is said that several very advantag
eous offers have aloeady been made for
the ground by outside parties, and some
very encouraging news is expected from
that section soon.
The ground that is being worked is in
a locality famous as placer diggings
before the settlement of the Park, part
ies coming in and working the ground
during the summer, fighting Indians be
tween times, and returning to chiliza
tion in the winter. One of the main
difficulties exi>erienced in these early
workings was the difficulty in saving
any but the coarse gold, the finer gold
being washed through the sluice boxes.
Sold the Horse.
Frank McCasland was up from Cowd
rey Tuesday looking for Joe Teague, a
man who has been in the employ of
Wm. Norell, to recover a balance of S2O
on a mare which Teague had sold for
Mr. McCasland and had failed to turn
ovor.
The mare was on the range ovor on
the west side and Teague was to have
taken her down to McCasland at Cowd- '
rey Monday, hut stoppod in Walden and
disposed of the animal to D. K. Smith
for SOO. lie then telephoned to McCas- ■
land that he had sold the mare for SSO 1
and would deposit the money in the 1
bank here. While McCasland thought !
SSO was a small price for the mare, he
agreed to the sale and told Teague to
keep $5 for his trouble.
Suspecting t liatall was not as it should 1
be Mr. McCasland came to Walden and
found that Tcngno V»«d -»old the mare 1
for SOO instead of SSO, and had deposited
hut S4O for him in the hank. lie man* 1
aged to catch Teague at the Hardy ranch !
WALDEN, COLORADO,, OCTOBER 10, 1907.
by telephone but lie refused to make
, good and pulled out at once for the Wy
> oming line. As he had a good start it
j was useless to attempt to catch him, so
, McCasland let the matter drop.
Haystack Burned.
. Friday afteruoou a haystack, coutaiu
, iug about twenty-two tons of hay, be
, longing to Charles Riggen caught fire
from some fox tail which Mr. Riggen
was burning, and while strenous efforts
were made to save the stack, all but four
or five tons were burned.
A number of men from Walden assist
ed in the work and about midnight Fri
day night they had the fire pretty well
out and a portion of a bench contain
ing about seven or eight tons was tlio’t
to bo safe. Mr. Riggen kept watch of
the fire and thought it was under suffi
eieut control to leave Saturday evouing.
He had put iu Friday afteruoou, all that
night and all day Saturday without
sleep, and started to the house that ev
oiling about nine o’clock, but had not
reached home when the fire broke out
anew and he put iu a good part of Sat
urday night working with it, and man
aged to save the remainder of thebench.
Mr. Riggen wishes to extend his sin
cere thanks to the men who helped him
and did such strenuous work in trying
to put out the fire.
N«w Telephone Directory.
A new directory of telephone sub
scribers on the Walden exchange, com
pleted up to October 15th will be here
in a short time. This directory will be
of considerable benefit to subscribers ‘
iu the matter of reducing time in mak
ing local connections. Every telephone *
in the Park has a number which not on-
ly indicates the line which it is on but ‘
also the number of rings which tlio sub *
scriber is to answer. *
On all lines one ring is for central.
The ojierator always answers by saying *
“number?” When you are answered in s
this way tell the ojierator the number *
wanted, hold tuo line uutil you are an- *
Hivarnd. nr tlu» toHn yvn -tTjp 4
line is busy, or out of order, or they 1
don’t answer. Then if you don’t get
satisfaction kick like Sam Ilill, but [
to the manager. Ho is supposed to N
know all of your troubles in the tele-
phone line. \
Had Rib broken. ,
Theodore Cook bad the misfortune to j
bo thrown against and out of a hay rack *
Sunday at Emmet Lee’s ranch, in such i
a manner as to break a rib and bruise '
him up considerable. j Q
Mr Cook was helping thresh at Lee's > f
and was driving a wagon with a hay
rack on it when the front bolster came *
off. The rack fell to the ground in such j 1
away that it was turned completely over, *
Mr Cook getting considerably the worst 1
of the bargain. Dr. Fischer was sum j
moned and fouud a rib broken in bis 9
right side, making a very painful wound.
The doctor fixed up the injury and Mr.
Cook was later taken to his homo where
he is recovering as rapidly as could be <;
expected. ,
Making Loveland Friends. U
<
H. N. Wheeler, supervisor of the Med- .
ioine Bow Forest Reserve in Colorado, j
was in Loveland friday, says the Regis
ter. 5
Mr. Wheeler is an enthusiast in re-
gard to the forestry work, and has many
interesting things to say concerning it
Among other things he tells of a trail j
over the range that the government is
making over the range that is of such an
easy grade that it might he turned into
a wagou road at small cost. It would '
connect Estes Park with both North and
Middle Parks. Such a road would be I
of much benefit to Loveland and should
receive encouragement from the Love- i
land people.
School Notas.
There is now a total enrollment of J *
twenty-one pupils in Miss Maine’s room.
Miss Ella Caprou has been absent from !■
school two days this week on account of
a severe cold.
i
There has been several visitors at the
school this week. We hope more people
will take an interest in the school and l
make us a call.
Friday afternoon the pupils of the t
“grammar school” organized a literary
society, and a program will lie given ev
ery two weeks on Friday afternoon.
Marry Stout was elected president of
the society, Miss Kloise Mosman, vice t
president, Miss Ellen Norell, secretary
and Miss Ruth Riddle, assistant secro
tary. The name of the society decided , *
upon was “The Columbine Literary Si»
ciety.” | i
PUT OUT FIRE
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Forest Officials and Settlers
Take Care of Fire in
Middle Park.
Sunday, September 22, a Mr. H. M.
Wise, of Missouri, allowed his camp fire
near Fraser, Colorado, to spread into the
surrounding timber. This fire was dis
covered by settlers and together with
the Forest officials in that section of the
country worked all night Sunday night
and finally succeeded iu subduing the
conflagration.
When Mr. Wise discovered that his
camp lire had caused trouble, he did not
inform anyone of the fact hut immed
iately made plans to got out of the
country. After registering iu the hotel
at Fraser he went to Granby and stayed
all night. From there he went to Den
ver and telephoned back to Frazer for
his grip. The Forest officers together
Earl M. Cranston, United States Attor
ney, Deputy United States Marshal
Highland, and United States Commis
sioner Hinsdale of Denver, worked up
the evidence and securod the arrest of
Mr. Wise. He was placed under bond
to appear berore the Federal Grand
Jury.
MARKET LETTER
Denver Union Stock Yards, Oct. 7
Inquiry for good cattle was strong last
week and the market closed 10 to 20 cts.
higher. Receipts wore heavier than any
previous week this fall but proportion
of choice cattle was small. Good beef
stuff or all kiuds was scarce and not
euough here to meet packers’ demands.
A few steers brought $4.00 and one
small lot brought $4.75 hut few got
above $4.30, a bunch of good Routt coun
ty steers going at this price. Fair to
good fat steers sold at $3.85 to $4.25,
t|iqpidi arc u notable
u p to $5 and even better.
Good cows were also active. Some
fancy heifer grades brought $8.50 to
$3.00 with choice Middle Park cows at
$3.40 and bulk of pretty good killers at
$3 to $3.25. Fair to good cows brought
$2.05 to $3, medium kiuds and stock
cows $2 to $2.00 and common cows down
to $2.
Bulls wore firm at $2.30 to $2.75 for
hulk.
Veals also in good demand, best light
weights bringing $4.25 to $5.25. Feed
er and stocker supply was heavy hut
few good bunches included.
Buyers were here in large numbers
from Nebraska, Kansas, Northern Colo
rado and other points. All waut good
fießhy steers, of 1,000 pounds and up and
prices closed strong.
Today’s receipts were 1,000, market
steady here, though lower east.
Activity on Elk River.
The completion of the Moffat road to
Steamboat Springs in the near future is
causing activity in the mining camps in
that section, oue property on Elk River
some thirty five miles from Steamboat,
owned by Oatus Farrar and others, hav
ing put in a complete plant of hoisting
and developing machinery, including
air drills and other means of facilitating
work. The power being furnished by
water.
A new wagon road has been built to
Steamboat and the product of the miue
hauled to that point. The property lias
a good vein of gold and copjier.
LOCAL PICK=UPS
Thomas Vils was in from Owl Monday.
John Johnson was in the city Satur
day.
Wm. Dawson was in from the Platte
Sunday.
J. T. Shippoy wasiu from Higlio last
evening.
Elmer Mallon was in Sunday from ;
the Platte.
1). F. Sudd nth was in Monday from
the Canadian.
George Clark and wife were in town
last Thursday.
Sam Carden was a visitor from Owl
creek Sunday.
Mrs. David MacFarlane was in from
Hebron Friday.
Mrs. Wm. Kerr was in town from the
ranch Saturday.
Ralph Burnain, of Laramie, was in
the city Monday.
Charles Brown was in Walden Sun
day from Higlio.
John Anderson was in from tlio upper
Illinois Sunday.
John Kimmons was in from the upper
Michigan Monday.
Tom Hargraves was registered at the
Park Hotel Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harve Lampman are iu
Laramie this week.
Miss Sofio Erickson was in the city
Monday from Higlio.
Jas. Allard was in from tlio lower
Michigan Saturday.
C. C. Fliniau was in from Higlio on
business last Friday.
Charles Devers was a Walden visitor
Friday from Higlio.
H. L. Baugh was in from his ranch
the first of the week.
Charles Wiuscom was in from the up
per Canadian Sunday.
John T. Mitchell was in from the
Higlio country Friday.
George Taylor was iu the city Satur
day from the west side.
Jas. Taylor, sr. was in from the Heb
ron country Wednesday.
Ralph Coggins was a Walden visitor
Monday from the Case ranch.
Robert Bradfield lias been suffering
with rheumatism the past week.
Charles Brands was registered at the
Park Hotel the first of the week.
Mrs. Geo. 11. Manville and daughter
Ella were in from Hebron Friday.
Wm. McKenzie was a Walden visitor
Sunday from the upper Michigan.
A. A. Hunter moved into the residence
of Mrs. Martin the first of the week.
Frank Murphy of Spicer was in town
Saturday returning home Monday.
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Ho is helping on the fall roundup.
J. B Siebert was in Laramie the first
of the week looking after business.
T!e park hotel
Tom Don, Proprietor.
Headquarters for Business men, Tourists, Hunt
** ing parties, and in fact everyone wishing first
class Hotel accommodations, j* o* o* ■* o*
Best or Meals, Table Service, and Comfortable Rooms.
Walden - = Colorado
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I CENTRAL LIVERY AND [
FEED S T ABE
J. C. TIMBREL, Proprietor. C
Good Horses, first class Rigs and reliable driv- fC
ers. c* Horses Boarded, c* Best of care ?■
taken of Transient Stock, e* c* <* e*
BALED HAY AND GRAIN FOR SALE
Walden, Colorado.
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I LARAMIE JEWELRY (*O. \
Louis Miller, Mauager. j
DEALERS IN
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware and 1
Optical Goods. Watches, Clocks and j
Jewelry repaired by skillful workmen and J
warranted. jj
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Laramie, Wyoming.
NUMBER 32.
i K. J. MncCallum and Mrs. Eva. Ker
mode left on Saturday's stage for Lara
mie.
Lars Larson and Andrew Olson were
, in Saturday evening from the Larson
ranch.
E. J. Norris went out to his ranch yes -
terday with James Caudle to measure
the hay.
J. C. Timbrel made a trip to Pearl
Tuesday morning, returning the same
evening.
Wm. Wiuscom was in from the Mich
igan Monday and Tuesday attending to
business.
Charles Black went over to Zirkle yes
terday afternoon to measure the hay on
I i is ranch.
Tom Don, wife and children left Tues
day for a business and pleasure trip to
Fort Collins.
Mr. Arnold, of tlio John Thompson
Grocery Co., of Denver is in the Park
for a vacation.
If. Loucks lias purchased the Riggen
bay from Charley Riggen. The bay is
second to none in quality.
A. C. Deweese returned Sunday even
ing from a trip to Laramie after groc
eries and other winter supplies.
Jack Taylor of the Laramie Drug Co.
came in Monday evening for a weeks
visit with friends and relatives.
Harry Capron, who lias been driving
on the Laramie-Walden stage line, is
now working for Archie Hunter.
E. J. Kilburu lias moved bis family
into the Brands cottage and will send
his children to school this winter.
Roy Small, S. C. Small and Mr. and
Mrs. B. C. Small, of Fort Collins, were
registered at the Park hotel Monday.
M. 11. Beckett who lias been assisting
in the Timbrel iivery stable is now driv
ing stage on the Laramie-Walden lino.
Ralph Coj'to of the Cox-Jones Commis
siou Co., of Denver, was a visitor in Wal-
Roy Woods and wife, Arthur Capron
and wife and Carl Duvall, were in from
the coal bank Tuesday' and Wednesday.