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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03
THE HoLYoKE WELL.
After Great Cost, th- Project Is Finally
Abandoned.


Denver, Nov. 3O.-State Engineer
Sumner returned this morning from
Holyoke. wht!e he attended a meet
ing Of the board of construction, con-
sistlng of the county commissioners
and himself, having supervision over
the state artesian well at that point.
The contract for driving this well to
n depth of 1900 feet was awarded to
]. G. Swan Of Greeley, April 1. of the
present year, for $4,000. The well was
to be cased with siX-inch pipe. The
unusual conditions encountered In the
soil rendered 1t impossible to complete
the contract. After four months of
continuous work and experiments the
well was sunk to Il depth of $40 feet.
and of this distance all but the first
115 feet was through gravel and clays
filed with water. The soil was of II
loose gravclly nature mixed with
quicksand, and 1t was found impossi-
BILE to keep the bore clear of the sedi-
ment to admit of coming to a greater
depth. Work was stopped in bed Of
quicksand through which it had been
driven 1-3 feet.
While the original purpose of the
work was defeated, the enterprise has
proven OF great value to the state.
The water rises to the 11J foot level in
an inexhaustiblc body and with proper
pumping facilities would irrigate n
considerable territory. 1t has further
demonstrated that an artesian flow at
Holyoke rising to the surface cannot
be obtained.
Engineer Summers theory is that this
flow of water comes from the sand.
stone hills of Dakota and finally finds
an outlet at the surface level at the
headwaters of the Frenchman river In
Western Nebraska. This outlet being
115 feet lower on the gravel forma-
tion than Holyoke, prccludes the water
rising higher ut this point.
The board allowed the contractors
$2.OOS In full settlement and 1O-incl
casing to n depth of 224 feet is to be
left In the well.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03
SAW THE x-RAYS.
Exprriment Made Upon ~ Scientist Blin
From His Birth.

From His Birth.
Boston, Nov. 20.-An experiment to
determine the values of N-rays in aid
ing the blind to see was made to-day
upon Dr. james Richard Cooke of Bos-
ton, a well known scientist. DR.. Crooke
has been blind since birth
When the electric current was turned
on DR.. Cooke said: "Ah. l get some
thing; there is certainly a sensation. 1t
is indcscribable.'
WAS it light?" was asked.
II do not know what light is re-
plied DR.. Cooke. 81 never saw it."
A number of tests were made with
objects being passed before the light,
and in every case DR.. Cooke was able
to describe them with some degree of
accuracy.
DR.. Cooke said that the impression
made by the rays were vibratory, like
n general cerebral sense. and almost
like the perception of space.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03
IHE COLD CONTINUES
MANY DEATHS REPORTED.
The Thermometer Drop. Again In AIinne-
sofa and the Dakotas.

st. Paul, MINI. Nov. 3O.-The ther-
mometer registered ~ below zero at
II O'Clock this morning and is still
growing colder.
The intensely cold weather which
prevails In the storm-swcpt districts OF
the northwest has brought on intense
suffering and the death list of four Is
expected to be Increased unless mlllcr
weather sets In.
Reports from the railways indicate
that they are running nearly on time
again. Farmers coming In from the
ranges west of the Missouri say the
loss to stockmen so far Is not great,
MS. when the storm broke the beeves
round fair shelter In the valleys. The
weather however, Is still very severe.
sub-zero temperatures being reported
all over Minnesota and the Dakotas.
ST. Paul. AIinn., Nov. 29.-Human be-
ings have been frozen to death. cattle
have been stampcded and buried AMI
smothercd 'in snow drifts, trains are
delayed, wires are down and the No
vcmbcr storm record is broken by the
blizzard that holds the Northwest
locked in its chilly grasp.
How many human lives have been
sacrificed cannot be told until the
snow drifts clear away. months hence.
Men are missing everywhere in the
heart of the storm. Some are known
to be dead and many are missing, with
the chances very much against them
being alive. Those dead and missing
are:
Thomas Anderson. Is years old. lost
In the snow near Moorchead. Minn.
+. NJ. Burrows. mail agent. lost In
the storm mt Devils Lake. \. d.
Frank Stack. of Chicago. frozen 20
death near Fargo. \. ID.
Two unidentified men found frozen
to death near Fargo.
Three missing men lost in the snow
near Fargo.
From the cattle country in the west
ern part of North Dakota comes re-
ports of intense suffering from the
live stock on the ranges. but no defln'
lite informatlo can he secured. as the
wires are down. Watson Ham. cat
tie man. says the losses will be eN'
tremely heavy.
South Dakota Is suffering. too. Al
Pierre over eight inches of snow fell
during Thursday and Friday and the
wind maintained an average velocity oil
oS miles an hour. Wires were down
most of the time and trains and street
cars tied up The first train to move
Went out about noon today with ::
snow plow. Cattle OH the prairie drift
ed badly and losses are being reported
1t was tho worst storm for years.
Some of the trans-continental rail
ronds centering at st. Paul resumed
their through service to-day. The wine
having abated. they were able to seat
out rotaries and snow plows and cX
pected that within six hours the!
would be able to send through traffic
along in good shape. provided no seri
ous damage has been sustained b!
their tracks.
Wires are still in had shape and it Is
impossible to get definite reports re
garding conditions In certain sections
but the railway companies set larGt
bodies of competent men to work and
made rapid progress. From all re-
norts received there seems to be moth
ing to contend with except immense
snow banks. which, however. the ro
taries can easily remove. From last
reports it is safe to predict that TO
morrow everything will be moving
pretty well, though not on schedule.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03
DARING HoLD-UP NEAR VICTOR
EL clnetr and Manager Of tho Alice Niue
Rabl,eI Last Night

Ell yinerr and Manager Of tho Alice Niue
Robbrh Last Night.
Victor, Colo, Nov. 29.-About eight
O'Clock tonight n daring hOld-up was
perpetrated at the shaft house of the
ton property. The engineer at the
Alice. J. n. Phillips. had stepped out
side and just as he was passing by the
door on his return, two men, one short
and the other tall. having their feat
ures covered with black masks. entered
the shaft house. and covering Phillips
with their guns. marched him up to
where Mr.. d. V. Shotes. the mine man.
ager. was standing, and. lining the
men up. proceeded to go through them.
Phillips was robbed of fine gold
watch valued at S125. and consider
the amount of small change which he
had in his pocket. The holdups, after
satisfying themselves they could get
nothing more of value, bade Messrs.
Phillips and Shoates a pleasant good
night and ran down the side of the hill.
Phillips Immediately got his gun,
which was lying in the office at the
time. and followed them, firing several
shots. The robbers escaped unharmed,
however. and up to date nothing has
been learned of their whereabouts. The
tall robber had the index finger Of his
right hand missing. The police state
that man answering his description,
including the lack of the finger, was
caught begging on the streets here last
evening, and was ordered to leave
fown
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03
0,ix Sl1 NInntll.

Chillicothc, o., Nov. 2S.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Donaldson, wife of Theodore DON
oldson, the veteran who aided in the
capture of Jefferson Davis. has re-
ceivcd notice that she had been al
lowed S12 month pension and Sill
back pension. She is greatly disap-
pointed thinking the services of her
late husband deserving of better rec
ognition. Donaldson. who died year
ago, was a member of Comany NJ,
Ohio volunteer infantry. The govern.
ment offered Il big reward for the cap
ture of Davis. but Donaldson only got
$500 for his share.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03
No man can understand the female

No man can understand the female
mind. Three years ago the operators
in the Chicago telephone exchange
threatened to quit because the COM
pany wanted them to wear skirts two
inches shorter. which would cause less
dust and consequently less damage to
the delicate instruments. The chief of
the bureau of engraving and printing
in Washington issued an order the
other day forbidding the girls to come
to work in short skirts, but the women
protested so vigorously that the order
was rescinded. The telephone girls
evidently we're rot built like those in
the government bureau
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

Speaking of policemen. an intelli-
gent member of the San Francisco
force made queer break the other
day. He found Miss Peterson sitting
gazing, meditatively on the sad sea
waves. Straightway he arrested her.
For looking at the water? No. but on
the unique charge OF thinking about
committing suicide" 1t may be bibli-
cally true that one who commits sin
at heart has already committed 1t. but
modern criminal procedure has not
reached. that advanced stage yet.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

Rev. Solomon Parsons of New Jer-
sey declares that his state could afford
to pension every liquor dealer. pay
him $4,000 year. and make money by
the operation. The saloonkeepers Of
Paterson are enthusiastically in favor
of the proposition. and say they are
willing to help the prohibition clergy
man secure the passage of q law EN-
bodying this idea. H ".
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

A prohibitionist clergyman in New
Jersey has invented a novel scheme Tor
overcoming the demon rum, when ne
declares will work like charm, al
though 1t is more than doubtful II 1t
will meet the general appreciation OF
the taxpayers of that state He pro-
poses that every saioonkeeper shall re-
ceive pension OF $1,000 from the state,
on the understanding that he Will sell
no more liquor. Naturally the saloon
keepers are enthusiastic over the piah
and the only difficulty would DE 10
figure out how many saloonkeeper1
there would be in New Jersey aitet
such q law was passed. Probably IL
would turn out that 99k per cent o!
the population would lay claim 10 the
pension.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03
wbere weyler Is,

Havana, Nov. 30.-The latest re-
ports from the province of Pinar del
Rio locate Captain General Weyler in
the vicinity of San Cristobal. He was
marching westward toward the hills
seeking the forces of Maceo No men
tion is made of any engagement having
taken place.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

bank channels. 1t is interesting TO re.
cord that advantage is being taken of
the present ease Of funds here to se-
cure loans on long sterling exchange.
thus making n market for American
capital in London on the present act
I've market. ..
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03
In,xn without Cnsh.

Des Moines, Ia. Nov. 30.-A state
mont has been made which shows
tbat Iowa has S45O,OO0 outstanding
warrants for which there is no cash in
tbe treasury. The state officers say
they are pcwerless to meet the situa-
tion ane the unpaid warrants may
roach 100000. The situation is due
to the slowness of tax payments anu
too low a levy to meet expenditures.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

Coach Lehman, the noted EnSiish
authority on rowing. has accepted thI
invitation of Harvard to take charge OF
her oarsmen and has just saiih 10Y
England. He will have nothing 10
do with the selection of candidates
for the crew. but he will have absolute
authority over the candidates aitei
they are selected. This means tina.
Harvard has decided after long ana
fruitless experiment to accept the Ens.
lish theory of rowing "in toto, ana
they have picked out the most ceie-
brated man in the business to teach
them now to 60 about 1t.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03
The Gaelic Tongue.
TO re coNrINuEp.,

The number of persons in the United
Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland
who use Gaelic as their native IAN
guage is much larger than Is common
iy supposed; 1t includes 100000 In Ire
land, $50, 900 in Wales and 100000 IN
Scotland.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

Ancnt the death OF the celebrated
Hungarian cericatnrist, Janiio. it Is in
tcrcst.ng to take note of his extreme
industry at his art. Being G3 years
old when he died last week. he had
completed no less than $4,000 draw
ings. which. assuming him to have
begun in the neighbcrhood of 20
would be at the rate OF nearly 1000
yearly.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

The Chicago Civic Federation viii.
make fight on a portion of the but.
ton-fad. The association thinks such
notices as IF You Love Me, Grim
and II VIII Meet You at Eigh'
O'clock" are evil. and have q bad In
fuence en- the youth OF the city.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03
CHAPTER VI.

HE space allowed
only close quarters,
and Felicie could
hear her mother
breathing heavily.
Mamma" whis-
pered she, "you are
ill?" and gaining
courage herself at
the seeming pros
tration of her
mother, she added
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

The one fact in which all unavoid
ably agree is that we corae into th:
world alone and We so cut OF the worls
alone ard though We travel IN company
and make great show of our fellow
ship and of bearing one anothers bur
dens We carry our deepest burden.
alone.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

Fully one-half the people on earth
would be more useful citizens II they
were going the other way
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

II the sultan of Turkey could only
be induced to ride bicycle some fiend-
lsh satisfaction might be got out OF
him. -..
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

A young married woman always
talks to bachelors as tho:gh they didn't
know much: when she gets older she
gets more suspicious.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

A Texas editor says: Suffer little
subscribers to come unto me. and for
bid them not, for of such l pay the
printers"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

The most foolish thing people can
10 is to sacrifice accuracy in the hope
OF insuring speed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

II man was all he imagines him
self to be he would be n dangerous
character
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

Many a man is angry at the world
because 1t does not know what he
wants unless he advert!5cs the fact.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

1t is really cruel to show sensitive
people that their kindnesses have been
misplaced.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

Too many of us think We are sick
when laz.ness is the real trouble.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03

Most things are only small or E--eat
yecause of comparison.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-12-03
The Rocky Ford Enterprise
ROCKY FORD. COLORADO.
Freak bets are being paid.

The spell-slnders arc ont of jobs.
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IhE SUPREME GnuRI.

Evidently crime and disorder are to be
put down in New Mexico by the strong
arm of the law. The supreme court yes
terday handed down twenty-three opin-
ions that are far-reaching in their results
and will have salutary effect upon all
territorial interests. The New MEXICAN
to-day devotes much of its space to the
very able opinion rendered by Chief JUS
tice Smith in the Chavez assassination
case. 1t will we'll repay perusal. Opinions
by the court in other cases will be taken
mp in due time and given to our readers.
The supreme court has made an admir-
able record, and the NEW MEXICAN pro-
poses that the people shall understand
that evil doors of all classes can receive
no quarter under Democratic admins
traticn.
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The Republican bosses in Santa Fe are

The Republican bosses in Santa Fe are
resourceful. Their latest--they always
take the people for fools--is to circulate
through their henchmen this idea: If
Mckinley is elected s. B. Elkins will be-
come secretary of war and the troops
will be again ordered to Santa Fe. What
absolute rotl In the FIRST place Mckinley
can't be elected; In the next, Elkins will
scarcely bs secretary Of war even if he
il. and az 20 Elkins' and Catron's infu.
ence ia securing tho troops to reoccupy
Fort Marcy, Why, that va exhausted long
ago. Let tho petty politicians try some
other dodge.
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IT strikes us that the Hon. B. s. Rodey
is hanging his harp on slender willow.
He wants to know how it is that the Nor
gans and the Havemeyers control nation
al finances, and yet he writes in support
of Mckinley. We wonder if Mr.. Rodey
ever heard of man named John Sher-
man. 1t won't do, Mr.. Rodey. You've got
to be fish, flesh or fowl in this campaign.
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THERE is no end to the mineral re-
sources of New Mexico. In the districts
of Grant county the mines and mills are
doing splendidly. In western Colfax
county, aud at Oochiti and elsewhere new
strikes are the rule and milling machin-
cry is being placed that will make a
record for our mineral output this year,
despite the hard times,
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II may require drastic measures to
beat the pie-counter Republicans and
McHanna helpers in New Mexico this fall,
but free coinage and statehood are at the
other end of the goal and if all the friends
of these measures can be brought into
line the thing is as good as done.
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WHO'LL eat crow, we wonder, the Optic
or the Citizen? Both can't possibly win
with Rodey and Slower On one side and
Catron and Perea on the other.
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Now that they have a cinch on that
great beet sugar factory, the lower Pecos
valley farmers are organizing creamery.
Great people down that way, surely.
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Connections with main line and
branches as follows:
At Antonito Tor Durango, Silverton
and all points in the San Juan country.
At Alamosa for Jimtown, Creede, Del
Norte, Monte Vista and all points In the
San Luis valley.
At Salida with main line for all points
east and west, including Leadville.
At Florence with +. 4 O. @. B. R. for
the gold camps of Cripple Greek and
Victor.
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yer with all Missouri river lines for all
points east.
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By the way, why is not Stephen M. Fol-
som, the bank wrecker, behind the bars
where he belongs?
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GOOD hit in the Eddy Democrat: sour
friends in the states should be continually
reminded that vote for Bryan is vote
for statehood for New Mexico"
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WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Coronado Camp No. 3, Woodmen of the
World, meets on the second Thursday even.
ing of each month at o'clock, In Axtlan hall,
I.O.O.F. Visiting sovereigns are fraternal-
j. B. BRADY, Consul Comdr,
ADDIeON WALKHR, Clerk.
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CRIME must be suppressed in New
Mexico.
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JOHN P. VICTORY,
Attorney at law, Santa Fe, N. M. Will
practice IN all the courts.
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j. B. BRADY,
Dentist. Rooms in Kahn Block, over
Spitz' Jewelry Store. Office hours, 9 to
IL a. M; to 5 p. m.
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EDWARD L. BARTLETT,
Lawyer, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Once,
Oatron block.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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DIR. T. Z. MURRELL.
Practice limited to diseases of the eye,
ear, throat and nose. Office with DR..
Crosson, Palace avenue. Office hours:
10 to ~ q. m.
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LET Justice be done.