Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-05-20
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.

Aaothcr var Is In progress among the cat.
tie and sheep men In tho Big Horn basin.
Wyoming.
There are something like $50 carloads OF
lambs In the feed pens OF northern Colorado
and they will 20 forward to market before
tho nrst Of June.
More frequent and earlier rains have not
fallen In central New Mexico since 1850 and
lambing outlook has not been so favorable
since 1870. The last estimate placed on the
outcome Ii 90 per cent. OF u full crop.
Chinnmcn are not allowed In Elizabeth
town. New Mexico. Ono went there from
Ration to start u restaurant. He was given
twenty-four hours to leave town. He went
The aEriculturallsts In the Pecos valley
seem to have been grntlned with the results
obtained from their beet culture this last
season and are disposed now to engage In II
more extensively.
Lem HnGle n cowboy rider attached to an
amateur Wild West show. exhibiting ut
Cheyenne was probably fatally injured by
4 bucking horse. The horses ridden by the
performers. who are all young cowboys from
the Horse Creek country. are extremely
vicious, and nearly every rider was thrown
several times. Hngle was bucked SO high
Tat he turned complete somersault In The
air. He fell upon his back, dlslocating his
hip and inJurins his spine SO that bis re.
coyery Is doubtful.
Word las been received Mt Cheyenne Of
the election at Salt Lake City OF Mrs. Harry
A. Clarke Of Cheyenne to the position OF
grand chief Of honor. for the Jurisdiction Of
Utah, Wyoming and Idaho Of the Degree OF
Honor, IN auxiliary to the A. o. u. w.
The position Is one Of the highcs Importance
In the order. which numbers large mem
has In In, tl,. Alr. apt.
who was unanimously elected, ID q highly
respected lady, whose husband 10 the busi-
ness manager of the Cheyenne Sun. n.Lcader.
Mrs. Clarke Is highly educated and has
taken part In number of political con.
vcntions In this state.
The Rock Springs city authorities are In.
vestigatlnI nn outrage committed In the
Chinese cemetery some time during the
past week. II hnd been currently reported
that n quantity of jewelry had been buried
with the body of Ham Sing, a Chinaman
killed ut No. I mine and buried last Satur-
day. Evidently with the Intention of secur.
Ing this Jewciry the grave has been opened
and the casket containing the remains taken
out The body was thrown upon the ground
and left there. the miscrcnnts either beconi.
Ing frightened or being TOO disgusted by
their failure to secure any plunder to re-
bury the body.
As heavy train on the Sonora road was
rounding II curve near Crittendcn, Arizona.
little girl was discovered on tho track
only couple OF hundred feet ahead. The
engine driver vainly tried to check the speed
Of the train. The child appeared parulyzed
by fright and did not stir. She was caught
by the locomotive pilot and tossed high In
the air. falling again between the rails.
Engine and train passed above her. When
the train was finally stopped. she was found
under the sleeper Of the last car. Save for
few immatcrinl bruises. she was unin.
jurcd. She was soon claimed by her father.
q. A. Mcintyre, cattle man. resident near
the line. As he bore her away, he proudly
told how she appeared to bear a charmed
existence. She had been tossed by M In.
furinted bull only the previous week and
had received 10 hurt.
The sugar-bect seed which the Agricultural
department has been distributing Is prncti.
cally exhausted. nbort 10000 pounds having
been sent out to farmers In about four-nfths
of the states. The seed has been distributed
In packages of from nn ounce to. half II
pound, purely for experimental purposes.
The beets grown from the seed will be an.
alyzed and the sacchnrine matter determined
to ascertain where beets can be probably
grown for the production Of sugar. These
experiments, 1t is believed will be OF I'M.
mense value. Us the beet undoubtedly can
be produced with profit in many Of the
states. Wherever 1t can be so produced 1t
will give the farmer a new crop.
The returns received by the Imm!rratI tIon
Bureau during the last several months show
a marked falling or In the number Of immi.
grant arrivals In this country. The number
of arrivals during the nine months ended
March 81, 1897, was 1904, ns compared
with 20D, $50 for the same period In the fiscal
year 1896. This Ia decrease OF G6,6S0.
During April the decrease ut New York
alone was II ,430. and during the first eleven
days In the present month the falling OF at
New York was 1O.SOO. Commissioner Gen.
eral Stump estimates that the decrease for
the entire country during the fiscal year end.
ing June 30 next will not be less than 03, 900.
Of which New York probably Will show 20,
900.
The officials Of Mexico City last Sunday
forbade any bull fighting to be given. The
authorities claim the bulls provided for the
fights are so poor that they do not justify
the price of admission asked by the manage
ment. Enrique Meriro, n Spanish bull fight
er, has visited the famous bull-breedIng
farms of Atenco and other places, and his
Judgment is that none Of the bulls shown
him are worthy of the ring. The poorness
of the animals Is getting to be a serious
matter. and It begins to look as II bull fight
Ing would stop for lack of animals to fight.
ance will be allowed with inferior cattle. A
Spain to meet the emergency.