Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1878 — How It Is in Colorado. [ARTICLE]

How It Is in Colorado.

It requires 45 pounds of paper each week for the Srnfinrl issue, nnd only 40 pounds is amply suflicient for Tun Union.— Sentinel. Humph! Lots of people prefer an ounce t>f gold to a ton of scrap-iron. Mr. Daniel D. Dale, of Monticelfo, is a candidate for clerk of the state senate. He is amply qualified to fill the position creditably, one of the shrewdest democratic.iioliticiuns a thorough gentleman—We hope that he may be elected. Some time back the&afiHcf brought forwartl Mr. Thomas Boroughs, chairman of the independent-greenback-la-bor wing of the Jasper county democracy, as a candidate for door keeper of the Indiana house of representatives; recently Rev. Hope B. Miller has had considerable local encouragement to, enter the lists ns a candidate for chaplain to the northern penitentiary; but as yet nobody has intimated turkey to Captain Burnaui or Charley Hopkins, although they did as valliant shtxiting i as any nf tlie" hunters last full. By the ! way, the Hopkins’s don’t seetn to be very highly appreciated by the fiats. Only six more days until the resumption act goes intoeffect. Greenbackallave been at par for ten Hays. The nation has proven to the world, including Mr. Voorhees ami other members of the democratic party, iter ability to suppress rebellion and coerce states, and will very soon prove to them and the greenback repudiation* ists her ability and determination to redeem her piomissory nutea. Better times will surely follow, and people must guard against a strong current that will again impel them towards extravagance untl wild speculation. This is the lesson untl warning of history.

Messrs. Charles Jouvenat and Abe Clark, lately publishers of the Remington Times, -have bought the Crowu Point Star, which they are now publishing as a democratic newspaper. Mr. Jouvenat is the editor; lie lias had many years experience in the profession, is conservative, conscientious and clear headed; he will undoubtedly give satisfaction to the public generally as well as to his partisan friends. The flrtn will probably make a financial suecsssof their venture, and deserves to, being composed of men of sterling character, industrious habits, and skillful management- The paper will rank second to none in the congressional district in point of ability. Rev. Hope B. Miller’s political friends will make an effort to secure his appointment to the chaplaincy of the Indiana northern penitentiary ; which is worth S6OO tosßoo|>erannum. Mr. Miller has been a faithful energetic worker for the democracy since) his advent Into the state six or seven years ago and is entitled tarecognition at their hands. He is for the post "and would bring vastly more credit to the position than those who have occupied it in limes past Flattering encouragement has followed Mr. Miller’s ministerial labors in Newton and White counties during the last two yekra. Many, and The Union among t)u> number, would be glad lo knuw of hH appoinlmeut.

Letters from two acquaintances In Kaiisas, Who take ho more than ordinary interest In political matters—to. na ficin representatives of that class who are called “the their first choice for next president of the United States, Hon. Roscoe Conkling, of New York, and second choice ex-Presldent Grant. They represent republicans wide awake in Kansas' and in some localities organizing school house clubs.

A private letter written near B»ml. der City, Colorado, November 20th, by a Ibrmtr inhabitant of Jasper county, Indiana, says; “There is very little work being done in this Section of the mountain country. Crop’s #efe very good, but prices are low. Flout is worth only $2 per hundred weight, and other products in same ratio. Consldeiabie money has fieerf spent working the low grade ore mines. It has been demonstrated that it does not pay to work mines when the ore runs less than slbo per ton, and few mines’ in our county will pay. If no cheaper method is discovered for treating ores Boulder county will soon be dead as a mining district. For farming the soil will not last long. It all requires irrigating to produce any thing, and lands that are treated in this manner a few years become so strongly impregnated with alkali that vegetation will not grow on IL .More acres of land are for sale in Boulder county, in proportion to the number of inhabitants, than in any place I have ever lived or visited. Lands may be bought for less than half the cost of the improvements, and for no other reascn that I can discover than the one just stated. Stock raising is not what it was when I came here four years ago. Then cattle did very well without feeding in winter. The winter season has become more severe, with severe storms more frequently occurring, and deeper snows, so that now’stoek must Ge fed much of the season ; and this does not pay, for theie is but little meadow land and hay is worth fifteen dollars i per ton or half the price of a good steer. It is talked that thousands of cattle feed on the plains and do well. Perhaps this is so, but the plains are along the Platt river. There it was that Iliff kept his 55.000 head, but In the spring had it not been for the horns and hair the creatures could not have been called cattle, except in courtesy. - “A light show fell ibis afternoon, but the weather Is not very cold yet.”