Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
Colorado Notes.

Colorado Notes.
Two feet OF snow fell at Monument on the
Both.
The miners at Walsenburg and Rouse have
refused to strike.
The tournament Of the Salida Rod and Gun
Club opened on the 7tll.
The Grand Junotia1 council does not APP
prove the idea of bun .ng water works.
The Rio Grande road expects to bring many
settlers into the San Luis Valley this year.
Grand Master Workman Sovereign of the
knights Of Labor, was in Denver on the 18th.
President Cleveland has nominated State
Senator Israel to be United States Marshal
for the district of Colorado. Mr.. Israel is a
White Wings Democrat.
The Colorado Equal Suffrage Association is
going TO have great celebration of the VIC
tory of last November in July. Susan B.
Anthony, Mrs. Carrie Lane Chapman and
DR.. Anna Shaw will he the more prominent
suifragists present.
Tho latest information which DR.. Gresswell
has received from Mesa and Garfield counties
indicates that for the present the sheep troub-
les are ended. 1t is certain that no more
herds will be driven upon the ranges so long
as the cattlemen maintain their present hos
tile attitude.
A mass meeting of citizens was held at Hol-
yoke to consider the feasibility of artesian ir-
rigation for that county. A committee was
appointed to secure the services of l.. r. Will
son, of Louisville, Colorado. and q committee
appointed to secure funds for the expense OF
3,000-foot test well.
There are several hundred Chinese subjects
now residing in Colorado who have not COM
piled with the Geary registration law. They
are liable to deportation TO China upon ar
rest, but no arrests will be made in this dis
trict until instructions are received from
Washington.
Grand Junction. The old council granted q
tensions Of time for paying licenses in the
face OF an ordinance requiring the licenses TO
he paid six months In advance. number OF
the saloons are in arrears six months. The
new element which came into the council by
the recent election insists that the law shall
be enforced regarding the closing OF saloons
at night and on Sundays. With the two
causes OF complaint there is a fair prospect Of
merry war.
The recent weather crop bulletin, issued on
the Stb, says: There has been little or no rain
In the state since the first of May. The pre-
cipitation the last OF April was very beneficial,
and, in n large measure, placed the ground in
good condition for plowing and planting.
Conditions have generally been favorable for
the advancement of spring. work. Small grain
seeding Is practically completed. Corn plant
ing Is general. A considerable number OF
potatoes have been put in the ground. Small
grain is up and looking well for the most
part, but some Injury has been done by the
high winds OF the past two weeks, and
drought is injuring that in the eastern por-
ton Of the state.
The case commenced In the Denver courts
for The purpose of investigating Father Ma
lone's financial management of St Joseph's
parish has been dismissed. The will be
tried in the ecclesiastical court. Archbishop
Chapelle will arrive in Denver about NAV 90,
and open the ecclesiastical court three days
later. Court will sit at the bishops residence
and be strictly private. Regular canonicnl
rules OF procedure and government will OBJ
tain. The members of the court will NIL wear
certain vestments and evidence re accepted
and thrown cut on precedence. Appeal can
he made to higher tribunal, even 10 Rome
Itself. but until he Is reversed the decision OF
the archbishop fEail he enforced,
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