Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-22
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The play "As You Like It" was given In
the open air at Denver II few days ago.
Ex-alayor Steele OF Cripple Greek tried to
take his life by using morphine, but he was
saved.
The editor of the Cripple Creek Citizen hns
been arrested by u school teacher on a
(, charge Of criminal libel.
Eight hundred Santa Fe employees en-.
1oyed picnic In the mountains above Colo.
radO Springs OH the nth.
The Chnutauqun season ut Glen Pnrk
opened very auspciously on tho 10th, and
there Is a large attendance.
In the three big bicycle races Mt Denver on
the 10th and 18th. Walter Sanger won the
one.mile and two-mllc. and Hamilton won
| the five-mile.
Near Eastonvllle. In FL Pnso county. the
X. X. ranch has shipped since last April the
grand total Of thirty.cIght carloads Of pota-
toes and oats, and there is not ditch on the
place.
gang Of thieves stole thirty-nve head of
valuable horses from Judge Smith of Gree
ley Few days nso. but they were captured
| and the horses recovered when they reached
Julesburs.
In n carriage runaway on the Ironton toll
road on the 10th. Miss Myrtle Shaw of Pitts.
! field, Illinois, was thrown violently to the
| ground. sustaining internal injuries which
caused her death. She was one of the large
party that was going around the circle from
Denver. .
It Is estimated that over 1000 head of cat
tie are now feeding on the range surround
Ing Plateau valley in Mesa county. and ut
lenst 5000 of them will be wintered there.
which means good price md ready sale
for all the hay the ranchmen can raise thIs
year. There Is range, however. for three
| times us many cattle. and the capacity OF
the valley for hay Is limited only by the de-
| mnnd.
| The first shipment Of wool out of Folsom.
| New Mexico. consisted of seven ears shipped
| by A. q. Miller and Troy brothers, most of
| 1t coming to Denver and arriving this week.
| The largest wool house In that part OF the
territory is located ut Folsom and is stored
| full OF wool. A large Ice house has been
turned into n storage house. and is also full.
| besides ten or twelve box on the side
track. Wool continues to come In and Is
bringing from 10 to IL cents n pound.
Upon requests OF the commissioners of
SaIunchc county. State Veterinarian Gress-
| well has secured nm opinion from Attorney
| General Carr on the authority of county
| sheep Inspectors. II was desired TO know II
| such inspectors had the power to compel
| sheep herdcrs to dip their nocks to prevent
| scab. General Cars opinion Is that In
spcctors cannot directly compel dipping, but
| can quarantine Incoming focks and can
order diseased sheep OF public ranges onto
/
pei owners to dip their sheep.
Consequent upon the operations Of the
new state military law. which went Into
| effect on the 18th Of this month. the National
| Guard OF Colorado Is now wrestling with
number Of Innovations. On the whole Il is
| agreed that these will tend to raise tho
standard Of the organization In many dircc.
| tions. One provision Of the act. from which
great things are expected. Is that which
makes II. necessary for NIL those seeking Of.
| fccrs' commissions to first take n compcti-
| tive examination. ns In the regular army.
| Formerly no examinations were taken. tho
| company clectlns Its own officers without
| any Interference from outside.
A good start In sheep feeding Is to be made
| In Logan county the coming fall. Tho
| farmers there who grow alfalfa are begin
| ming to realize that they must work on their
| surplus hay. and they are going to adopt the
lamb Idea Recently several of the leading
farmers have contracted for something Ike
$1,000 New Mexico lambs for fall delivery.
Powell & Dillon have bought G.0OO head from
Jesse Harris, the Fort Collins contractor,
| while Arthur Strong Of Weld county. has
arranged to winter 5000 head Mt Mcrlno.
| The Fnrr brothers have engaged hay for
1000 limbs to be fed at Sterling and In all
up to date 1900 tons Of alfalfa have been
contracted by feeders at &2.GJ q ton.
Commander Booth. Tucker has been In Pu.
scheme for planting a colony In the Arkan.
sus valley, In the vicinity Of Pueblo. The
general plan Of the colonization scheme Is to
| take poor families from the crowded ccntcrs
| Of population and bring them TO unoccupicd
lands In the Wee and place them on small
tracts under tho charge of experienced
farmers, and thus aid them to support them.
| selves. Commander Tucker has assurance
of plenty OF financial backing in New York
City, II being intimnted that such prominent
men rs J. Picrpont Morgan and John ID.
Rockefeller are backing him with funds. 1t
Is not proposed to give the land away, but
sell It to the occupants.
Mr.. u. v. Donaldson. the originator and
one Of the largest shareholders In the Colo
RADIO Power Company. which Is to supply
Cripple Greek with electrical power. has
gone to Canon City to meet Electrical En-.
Hinccr II. ID. Mcrshon Of Telluride. These
gentlemen will select tho pole line for the
company. and also decide on the most nvnil.
able point from which to enter Cripple
Creek. Distributing stations Will be 10.
Gated md general survey Of the compnny's
plans will be made. The company is now
ready to begin active operations, plans for
all of the buildings having been completed
by Mr.. q. Il. Palmer. n wcll.known engineer
of this city. The power company Is having
its electrical machinery built by the West
inghousc people at Pittsburg. The com.
pany proposes to furnish electrical power to
the mines Of the district. and Its promoters
feel confident that their system will event.
uaIly succeed steam throughout the entire
camp.
There Is a strong probability that Ward
district, Boulder county. will soon have a
railroad. a facility that would more than
double the output Of that camp. The heavy
rates for wagon transportation into the
camp have prevented number of fairly val.
liable mines from operating. The road from
BOULDER Is about twenty miles long and Is
nm uphill climb all the way. and even nt the
current rates OF 30 cents a hundred going In
and half that sum coming out 1t Is lmpossl-
bic for the tcanstcrs to make any money.
Recently eastern capital has become Inter
cstcd In the construction of n railroad Into
the district, and the necessary surveys have
been made and all the grade stakes set. Tho
route will follow the old washcd-out rail.
road grade to sunshine and straight up
Four Mile creek to Ward. 1t Is n reason.
able grade and can be constructed with not
a serious addition TO the average cost OF
grade. A grading contractor Is now on tho
ground making estimates OF the cost. which
will be forwarded to the East. Estimates
for the Iron, equipment and cost OF operat-
Ing have all been sent ON and are now under
consideration.
A traffic agreement has been made between |
the Burlington Il Missouri and the Denver 4 |