Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-30
COLORADO. CONDENSED.

A chamber of commerce has been or
gaMzed at Grand Junction.
From 1900 to 1000 barrels of petrol
cum are shipped from Florence daily.
A big party of IIeadville men In car
nival attire visited Denver on tho
23rd.
Percy Hagerman of Colorado Springs
has married Miss Eleanor Lowrey Of
Minneapolis.
Simon jacques OF Telluride was sent
to jail for three months for trying to
stab the city marshal.
The cut rates between Denver nni
points south are thing Of the past, as
the roads have reached Gn agreement.
II Incorporation fees continue to como
In to the secretary of states Office mt
thc!r present rate there Will be no de-
ficiency in any of the state appropria-
tioqrs by the close of the ensuing fiscal
year. On the I'D the sum Of S2,ISG
was taken in.
William Holt and Donicio Romero.
who have been on trial In the District
court at Trinidad have been
found guilty OF murder In the first de-
gree. The crime for which they were
convicted was the killing Of Policeman
Solomon on the night Of November 20.
Governor Mc1ptire, State Engineer
Sumner and NJ. T., Colt OF Alamosa, tito
board of construction for the state ar
tcsian well to be sunk near Antonito.
have let the contract for the job 10
Grossmeyer & Hobart, Denver firm.
The constructors agree to sink n GOO
foot well with finch casing, for tho
sum of $4,000.
Game Warden Land will get after
the military officials who several
months ago slaughtered great guam
tity of game Illegally while in the
mountains, for the purpose OF return
ing renegade Indians to their reserv;i-
ton. The officer in charge Of the troops
will be given an opportunity to explain
his action In the affair and to this end
n letter will be sent to the war depart
ment SO that the answer to the charges
may be made through official sources.
The sixteenth annual session OF the
Colorado State Bee-Kccper's Ass, s,cia-
ton convened on Monday morning In
the horticultural rooms OF the capitol
building. There was good represcn'
tation OF the more prominent bee-iais-
ers OF the state gathered for three
Of tile past year and TO discuss tnetli.
DDS for keeping the live free froth dis.
ease and to formulate some plans
whereby better market could be oD'
taincd for the product.
AT n meeting of the directors Of the
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday 1t was
decided to request the Manufacturers
Exchange and the Real Estate Ex'
change to consolidate with the Cham.
bcr OF Commerce and to have the one
organization. A committee Will be np-
pointed by the president Of the Cham
bcr Of Commerce to confer with tie
directors and officers Of the two
exchanges referred to. At the meeting
yesterday 1t was stated that majority
of both organizations were favorable
to a union.
The West Creek stage lines are maxi
ing the fur fly In rate war OF their
own. In the few weeks since the dis
coyerics In that district the traveh has
grown to such point that there are
four stages running every day between
the Midland railroad at Woodland Park
and the several camps, and between
there and South Platte on the South
Park road is another line. These lines
were $3.50 each way until week ago,
when other stage lines came Into eNts-
tcnce and reduced the rate to 81. Now
the rate Is anything you please, and
people are fiocking In from everywhere,
so that in few months the new as
trict will be as populous as Cripple
Creek is now. The rush is much great
er than it was in the early days OF
Cripple Creek, and promises to equal
the rush to Leadville.
Owing to the extensive illegal slaug'-
tering of game going on In La ilata,,
Archuleta, San Miguel, Montezuma ana
San Juan counties the shcriffs OF these
counties have been asked to do special
service in hunting down the law-break-
ers, Owing to the smnllness OF his
stnff State Game Warden Land finds
himself unable to cope successfully
with the game destroyers In that sec
tion of the state. Several complaints
regarding their depredations there
have been pouring in upon him recent
Iv. An appeal was received from cit
izon of Durango, saying that deer and
elk c,lrcasses were openly offered for
sale in that city every Gay. They are
being slaughtered in the five counties
mentioned. So daring have the law
breaking hunters grown that the!
make no secret of their operations.
Recent trouble with snowslldes at the
Gunnison end of the Apline tunnel has
inspired the officials Of the Denver,
Lcadville & Gunnison railroad to an
undertaking that will cost an immense
sum of money to carry out, but which
they believe will render the big bore
through the mountains impregnable
against blockatles even in the widest
blizzard that rnEes there In the height
of winter. A series of mammoth snow
sheds are to be constructed from near
the site of Woodstock, the western en-
trance of the tunnel, for about three
miles toward Gunnison, where there
will be no longer danger of the tunnel
being rendered impossible by snow.
The plan is to guard against future
blockades by running an immense roof
from the side of the mountain over the
railroad to as to shield 1t from any
snow that might slide from the heights
above. The safeguard will be series
of sheds so staurch that they will not
collapse under anything less than Il
slice of mountain. They are to run
alone distance of about three miles,
and will be given such a pitch that
snow will not settle on them for any
length of time, but continue down the
mountain side.
The game seized by the game warden
in Mesa county has been sold, and The