Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-01-28
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.
r. s. Leslie has been elected chief Of III,
Cheyenne fire department.

r. s. Leslie has been elected chief Of the
Cheyenne fire department.
Abner Lister of Thermopois, Wyoming.
was attacked and seriously injured Saturday
by lynx. With the help OF his dog he sue
ceeded In killing the beast.
The Legislature of Arizona met on the
18th. The Democrats are in full control Of
both bodies, the Republicans numbering only
i've In membership Of thirty-six.
Ex-Assistant Postmaster Frank p. Nc.
Bride and ]. W. Cunningham. stamp clerk
of the Salt Lake office. have been arrested
on the charge Of embezzllng funds Nc.
Brides shortage is alleged to be $4,000 and
cunningham's is figured at 1903.
A young man named Pinkerton has been
arrested near Sundance. Wyoming. charged
with stealing eighteen head of cattle in
Pennington county, South Dakota. When
the officers called at the house In which he
was living he locked them In and attempted
to escape, but was overtaken.
As the result of Investigations made BY
9. G. Hoyt. special agent OF the interior de-
partment, ffty land entries upon which the
entrymen have not complied with the law
were Cancelled In Uinta and Sweetwater
counties. Wyoming. during the past week.
This will throw open to settlement large
body of good land which has heretofore lain
idle.
A band of Mexican cattle thieves Saturday
attacked the sheriff's posse that was In pur-
suit of them near Rincon. New Mexico, IA
tally injurlng Deputy John Mcleod. Be
fore falling, Mcleod sent bullet through
the heart of the man who shot him. The
other two members of the gang were ar
rested. and the deputy died yesterday.
Colonel Bradford H. Du Bois and some
capitalists associated with him, says the
Denver Times, have about completed tho
plans for an enormous Industrial scheme.
which involves the building Of new rail-
road. founding town Of at least 1000 In
hnbitants and connecting Denver directly
with the richest iron and copper mining dis
trict In Wyoming. II there are no impedi-
ments placed in the way Of the preliminary
arrangements, and ut present none seem
possible, within SIX months Colorado and
Wyoming will have another immense re-
source Of wealth opened up and under way
Much of the big enterprise Is now under
way and evidence sufficient has been OBJ
tained to secure all of the Eastern capital
necessary, both for the building Of the rail-
way and the opening up Of immense iron
and copper deposits. The base OF the en-
terprise Is Hartvllle, in Wyoming, where
there are located immense deposits OF Iron
III
have been spasmodicaliy developed sufacient-
IL to show what large resources lie ready to
be tapped. An independent railroad must
be built from Badger to Hartville, and TINS
will cost $50 200. About S25000O additional
capital will put the whole scheme on foot
| and the amount has been practically raised
| with a railroad the entire distance the ore
| can be placed In Denver at 50 ton, nnd
| this will allow nice margin Of proht. the
' Denver smclters are anxious to buy the ore
| for duxing purposes.
| One of the largest stockmcn on the Sweet
wnter river, Wyoming. has arranged to re
| tire from the open range business, and here
after will conduct his live stock operation
| on the basis of a cooperative live stocl
farm. For the past year buildings nav
| been In the course of erection on dineren
parts of the ranch to be used by the farm
ers who will take small farms. The rancl
contains several thousand acres OF the bes
! land in Natrona county. 1t Will be cut INT
| IOO.ncre tracts, all being under a splendi'
system of irrigation, taken from the SWEEP
water river, and all of the tracts fenced
| Each tract will have upon 1t house, CORA
and stable. and each tract has supply ditche
| from the main irrigating canal Inc owhe
| contracts with those who lease the snal
farms to keep the bitches In repair and Wi
| deliver the water on the land. He guarnt
tees n market for all the hay and graf
raised, agreeing that the price of grain shn
| not be less than one cent n pound. IN
| owner will lease lands to farmers Mt hxe
rental per acre, payable in cash or grain o
will rent the land for one-hnlf of the crop
| The farmers will be sold horses and ma
| chinery and be allowed to pay for them j
work or produce. The owner of the trac
will be enabled to feed his stock II Ill
plans are successful and Will withdraw a
Of his cattle from the open range. IN
ultimate object" he says, "is to get all o
my lands and cattle out on shares. ana
soon as farmer shows that he Is trust
worthy md competent will allot him all O
the cattle he can keep on his land" TIL
experiment will be watched with Intense In
terest In this state, where the range cattl
business is rapidly being crowded out b
small ranchmen.