Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-04-01
COLORADO BRIEFS.


Adjutant General Moses has been re-
appointed.
Colorado College is to have n new athletic
park this year.
l.. G. Dana has been appointed postmaster
at Colorado Springs.
Adair Wilson. of Durango. has been ap'
pointed chief Justice of the Court Of Ap-
peals.
As result of the Inclpient building boom
at Denver the price of lumber and brick is
being advanced.
DR.. A. l.. Bennett. who has Just graduated
from the State University, goes to Africi
as medical missionary.
Rev. NJ. Sentz, of Springfield. Missouri.
has been called to the pastorate OF the Cen
tral Presbyterian Church. Denver.
burglars entered the house Of W. u.
Wright, at Colorado Springs. on the 18th
and stole diamonds valued ut $3,OOO.
J.. J. Elliott, Of Idaho Springs. Is prepar-
Ing to erect new fifty room hotel at cost
OF 81, 600. to adJoin his Schiller House there.
The twelfth annual session OF the County
Superintendents' Association of Colorado
will be held at Colorado Springs May 4, .
and o.
II. Malone, of Denver. have been appointed
on the State Board of Charities and Cor
recuons.
A number of Colorado towns are figuring
on putting In crcameries this season and the
majority OF them are going to succeed. Som,
of these places are Salida, Montrose. De-
NOrte, Monte Vista. Delta, Loveland, Col
den and Brush.
Midland Railway officials have discovered
that pay checks are being snccessfuil!
raised by means of ernsurcs with acids ana
new amounts written In. The raised checks
have been passed on merchants and dealers
at Glenwood, who have been warned.
The Interest derived from the funds OF tha
county deposited In banks may be used by
the county treasurer. according to DE
| cision handed down by Judge Butler oi
| Arapahoc county. The text Of the decision
| states that the Interest upon county fund.-
| Is nn emoiument of the treasurers Office
which can properly he used In the paymen,
| OF salaries Of the treasurer. his deputy AMI
clerks.
| At n meeting of the Stntc Land Board tl,'
| Denver Union Water Company's Application
| to purchase outright 40 acres Of land IL
| jefferson county for use MS u storage rescr
| voir site, was granted. The land Hes amoni
| the foothills about two miles from Flntt'
| Canon station. on the South Park Raiironu
| The proposed reservoir Is to be used for th'
storage of water. which will he conveyed II
pipes from the Platte river. near Dom'
Rock. It's purpose Is to Increase the wate
supply furnished to Denver.
| For nearly three months the coal operator
| In the Trinidad coal fields have been dis
cussIng u discrimination against their terri
| tory by the transportation lines which. u
I kni n
| hardship upon the mines of that district
| and has resulted practically In a division oi
| the territory east of Colorado between the
| Union Pacific and Santa Fe Railroad sys
| tens. the latter controlling the Wyoming
| and the former tho Canon City coal fields
| The greatest sufferers from this condition
| of affairs are the operators at Agullar. Lar
| Animns county. who have been compelled tc
| shut down. The Goals near Trinidad are OF
| the coking variety. and while they have
| lost their markets In Kansas, Nebraska and
| Texas. they have 'somc compensation In
| their ability to manufacture coke. But the
| Aguilar coal Is non-coking and can only be
used for domestic purposes. and consequent
ly those mines have been shut down for
| nearly two months. the only rates made
during that period being n few carloads to
MI the limited local demand.
For some months past Major Bracken.
brough and J. Il. Dickenson. agents of the
general land Office, have been investigating
reports OF timber stealing that had been
going on upon the government timber reser'
vations In Colorado. One result Of their In
vestigation already published was the fnd'
Ing OF several indictments by the federal
grand Jury on charges OF illegally cutting
timber on the government lands. While
sleuthing after the depredators on federal
timber reserves Major Brackenbrough AMI
Mr.. Dickenson discovered evidence that tim
Der was also being taken nnlawfully from
school lands. This discovery they communi
Gated to Governor Adams and the other
members Of the State Land Board. Major
Brackenbrough submitted statistics showing
that In Montezuma county depredations on n
Wholesale scale had been made on both fed
eral and State timber territory. He spc
cllcally charged that Barnes & Co., ium
ber firm which operates sawmills at Mancos
and other points In southern Colorado, had
cut 10000 feet Of timber from United
States reservations in MonteZuma county.
After some discussion of Messrs. Bracken-
brough and Dickenson's revelations. the
land board decided to go after Barnes 4 Co.
and any other depredators on school timber
| lands against whom evidence may be found,
| 1t was voted to send Land Appraiser David
| How into Montezuma county for the pur-
pose of investigating further. When he has
| computed the value of the timber appropri.
ated by Barnes & Co... a bill will be pre-.
| scented therefor to that firm. II 1t Is not
paid the land board will at once institute
legal proceedings against Barnes & Co.