This range has been overlooked and neglected
ever since tbc Spaniards settled tbc country -
Old mining experts are in the mountains and
propose to see what the range contains.
Surveys have been completed for the Max- I
well City and Taos, N. M., railroad. The line I
is seventy-three miles long, and will open up I
a very rich country, abounding In gold, co,- I
per, silver, timber and well-watered agricul- I
tural land*. Taos to celebrated for its grain- I
growing resources. I
Cass Hite I’ardoned. I
Gov. West, of Utah, pardoned Cass Hite I
on the 291 h. * I
Hite was convicted nt Provo of tnurdcrl"® I
Adolph Kohler at Green River, September'.'. I
1891. and sentenced to twelve years in tbc I
penitentiary. The killing was the result of » I
quarrel over mining properties on the Colo I
rado river. I
In pardoning Hite, Governor West say?: I
“The thowlng made before me is that Illtc is I
not of the criminal class. Is of a respectable. I
law-abiding family, well brought up. and un- I
til the commission of the crime with which ■
be stands charged, has been a man of peace ■
and good order.” I
Eight members of the jury which convicted ■
Hite signed the petition. I
The building In which the Henrietta theater I
to located, nt Columbus, Ohio, waa burned ■.
