Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-05-20
COLORADO BRIEFS.

COLORADO BRIEFS.
The railroad business at Creede Is increas-
Ing In volume.
A summer home for slckiy babies OF poor
parents IL to be opened nt Denver soon.
Crop prospects In Costilia county are bet.
ter than for several years nt this season.
Boulder clerks hnye organized to secure
carly closing and Sunday closing OF stores.
All the remaining cases on the docket
against members of the Lcadvllle Miners
Union have been dismissed.
President Siocum Of Colorado College has
been offered the presidency Of Oberiin Col.
lege. He says he will decline.
Rev. c. Masdcn OF New Haven. Connect.
cut. has taken charge of the Colorado
Springs First Methodist Episcopal Church.
Three now attendants have been added to
the force nt the Pueblo asylum and rccrea-
tion ground will be established for conva.
lescent patients.
Mayor McMurray of Denver objects be-
cause the county commissioners have made
big cuts In personal assessments of several
rich men since January LIST.
A well-attended meeting Of the Southern
Stock Growers Association was held at Pu'
cblo on tho 18th. and arrangements made
for tho spring round up In District No. ..
which will start from La Jnntn June LIST, ND
work up to Huerfano. then south along
South creek and the st. Charles to Brad
ford lake and taking In the surrounding
country.
A meeting of those interested In the sugar.
beet Industry was held nt Ordwny. Otcro
county. on Saturday and resulted In the per-
fection of n permanent organization known
ns the Oriwny Sugar Dcet Growers ASso.
cintion. comprising the farmers and prop
erty owners Of Otero county. wih are seek
Ing the establishment of sugnr-beet fac
tory nt Ordway.
There has been serious trouble Mt the State
School Of Mines Mt Golden. The faculty de-
MED Charles 7. Atkins tho right to gradu-
ate because a. they claimed hc had nos
lived up to the rules and was not sufficiently
proficient In his studies. He apcpnied to the
trustees and they rcinstnted him. In the In
qulry the fact was apparently proved that
other graduate hnd been more derellct than
Atkins. 1t has been stated that the faculty
may resign to show their displeasure.
Last year man In Weld county spent
SAT for paris green with which to fight the
.grnsshoppcr pest. His plan Is to mix the
poison In bran with small proportion OF
moiasscs. dnmpcn with water and SOW
broadcast over his farm. He uses cart
carrying the mixture. drawn by n spnn of
horses md scatters the poison the same us
sowing small grain. He says he Kills
wagon loads of the hoppers by this means
ard saved his crops. BESIDES he has seen
no cicadn on his farm this year, while some
of his ncighbors are literally eaten up. 1t
pays to do things WELL and the time 10 nc
compiish the most Is early In the season.
For the first time In the history Of Pu-
ehio, all of the saloons were closed on Sun
day, the 10th. The action was n concerted
on. on the part of tho proprictors Of the
tion or order of any of the police officials.
1t Is presumed that the saloon men came To
the understanding largely from the fact that
a grand Jury Is mt present sitting In the
city. and It has been generally rumored that
this jury would consider Sunday closing OF
saloons. SO fur the grand Jury has not re-
turned any indictments against proprietors
Of saloons for keeping open on Sundays. and
1t Is not thought they Will do SO.
Joseph Murray. who is visiting his home
In Fort Collins. is soon to return to Al; ska.
to better position thnn he had before. lie
has been promoted to chief agent, with
salary OF S2.GJO year and 800 for travel.
ing expenses. His headquarters will be on
st. Paul island. and his Jurisdiction will ex-
tend over that island and also St. George
island, these Islands being forty miles apart.
These islands nre the breeding place of tho
seals, and Mr.. Murray will have full control
Of the seal fishing. Mr.. Murray has also
been appointed disbursing agent Of the gov
ernment without extra compensation. He
will have complete supervision Of 300 natives
who Inhabit these two islands, and who nre
supported by the government.
The annual state convention of the Society
of Christian Endenvor will be held mt Canon
City, June 18th to Goth. The committee an
nouncc TINT they have engaged II tent to
seat 900 people. This will be cool and well
ventilated. 1t will be located In the center
Of the city. They have organized n chorus
choir, which meetsAweekly for practice. but
will meet daily r.. two weeks before the
convention. under the leadership of Pro-
fessor Colburn. musician OF experience in
such work. They have decided on twenty
four pages of "Cbristian Endeavor Hymns"
which will be bound In n cover of special
design. with the program inserted. They
are making designs for decoration Of the
city. An excursion through the Royal Gorge
and another to the top Of the Gorge. will he
conducted June 81.
most remarkable Incident occurred at
Georgetown last week In the trial of Roy
Sanborn. charged with the theft Of a watch
and chain. Josie Clnvel, the prosecuting
witness, was placed upon the stand. She
answered n few questions and then became
silent. Persuasion and threats would not
move her; n short stay In jail and private
talk with the Judge were of no avail. The
attorneys for the defense In cross-examina-
ton met with no better success. Finally,
when everything had failed, the court dis.
charged the tongue-tied witness and the i'm
patient jury. 1t Is thought that the witness
was hypnotized by the defendant or some Of
his friends. Others claim that she had been
intimIdnted; threats had been made of such
nature as to render her hysterical and
really unable to speak mt times. The mat
ter is to be thoroughly ventilated.
Final arrangements have been made be-
tween the Leadville mine owners for pump
Ing out the downtown mines. The agree
ment specifies that fund of $4,000 shall
be raised in cash to meet these expenses be-
fore IL stroke of work is done. The pumps
and other machinery necessary have been
ordered and are now being built, part In
en- stern manufactures and part In Denver.
1t Is estimated that the pressure of the
water now in the mines is Mt the rate of
500 gallons a minute, and the pumps and
baling tanks being manufactured have n ca
pncity of 4,4OO minute. All of the ma
chinery necessary will be first-class In every
particular. Some of the machinery now on
the ground will be replaced with improved
machinery. 1t Is expected that the ma
chinery will be In Leadvlle by July LIST, and
that the unwatering of the drowned district |
will require from sixty to ninety days. The |
expenses of unwaterng are divided among |
the principal parties In Interest as follows: