Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-06-24
COLORADO BRIEFS.


Greek district.
The laying of rails ON the Belt road for tile
Cripple Creek district has commenced.
The baldwin Coal Company will greatly
increase Its output. owing 10 the Increased
demand.
Joseph X. uurd, ex-cierk Of Cripple Creek.
has been sentenced TO the penitentiary for
two years.
Colorado College has conferred the de-
gree OF doctor OF divinity upon Rev, Frank
Il. Bayley OF Denver
Frank w. Howbcrt OF Colorado Spring
has been appointed collector Of Internal rev
cnnc for Colorado and Wyoming.
There are forty applications on fle for al
mission to the Soldiers Home. Only the
most feeble and destitute can be received.
The Supreme Court ON the 10Th denied the
application for ruperseicas In the case OF
Matt Adams. ex-eicrk OF the District conrt,
convicted OF receiving and falling to turn
over money belonging to Arapahoe county.
He will have to 20 TO the penltentiary.
In the Criminal Court Mt Denver Judge
johnson recognized In n written order the
right OF the authorities to destroy the gam
bling Implements and devices seized In II
gambling raid. Edward Heatley aud others
were arrested md convicted for gambling.
Under Judge Johnson's order all the para
phcrnaiia seized Mt the time Of the arres.
was destroyed. The sherlnf's officers ear'cd
the stun TO the suburbs and burned 1t.
Mrs. Anna NJ. Palmer. for some years one
OF the national cvangelists OF the W. G. T..
u, and woman OF fine spirit as well as
ability, is TO spend n few weeks In the work
Of her department among the unions OF
Colorado this summer. She enters the state
this week.
Ole ulIn OF Gypsum, who was recently
held up and robbed by nm unknown high
wayman. was the victim Of II fatal accident
on the 18th. IL seems that In some manner
uiin was handling an old rusty doublc-bar-
relied shotgun. when. In some manner. both
barrels were simultaneously discharged,
causing the gun TO rccoll with great force.
The stock OF the gun struck Ulin In the
stomach. inilictlng internal Injuries from
the effect OF which he died.
A very large number Of men. women and
children are engaged In harvesting the berry
crop In the gardens around Denver. Never
before has there been such an Immense crop
of Strawberries In Colorado. Not only Is
the ncrcagc larger than ever before. but the
production per acre will eclipse the best
record ever made In the state. The weather
Of the past few days has started them to
ripcninE at a wonderful rate. which neces-
sltatcs the employment OF all the plckcrs
possible In gathering the harvest.
As result of the hearing of the applica-
tion Of the farmers OF the I,alston mud Clear
Creek valleys for reduction OF the rates
charged for water furnished from the Far
mers' High Line Canal and Reservoir Com
pnny the Board OF County Commissioners
has entered an order liking the rate to be
hereafter charged for water from the ditch
at si.35 per Inch. The former rate was Sl.5D.
This order directly affects about nlncty-cight
consumers; the other consumers are either
stockholders In the ditch or else receive
their water under n contract, which cannot
be affected by this decision.
Last week Judge Noonan In the County
Court at Glenwood took from +. T.. White
and wife an orphan named While Myers.
The evidence OF the boy AMI number OF
witnesses showed gross cruelty to the child
and the Whites made no defense. The court
placed Myers In charge OF the matron nt the
hospital for the present. The Indignation
OF the people can better he Imagined than
described when 1t was learned that the
Whites had Imported another orphan boy
from New York. District Attorney Fergu.
son and Humane Officer Kcndrck Mt once
filed complaint In the County Court. Dis.
trict Attorney Ferguson stated that he was
Informed that 800 In cash has come with
each of the boys by the man who sends them
here. .
Two Mexicans We're struck by lightning
Monday while working on the section for
OF otero county. Nicholas Leaby. aged
thirty-hve, OF Starkvillc. Colorado was
driving spike and Jose Armijo. aged
thirty-iive, Of PlnJoto. Taos county. New
Mexico. was holding crowbar under the
tie when n bolt OF lightning struck the latter
on the back OF the neck. burning his back
and rendering him unconscious. Leaby also
received n severe shock. Both are single
men and they were brought to the Santa
Fc hospital at La Junta on n freight train.
Concerns and individuals who use fictitious
names. or merely an Initial letter as part
of the business name. in order to dodge col
lcctions of bills. have greatly annoyed law
ycrs In the past. A bill was introduced in
the last Legislature by Senator Edward T.
Taylor OF Glcnwood Springs remedying this
nuisance. II finally passed both houses, was
signed by the governor and will soon take
effect. The bill, which does not apply to
Incorporated companies provides that trus
tees, managers and agents Of companies and
those using an initial as above stated, MS
well as "S Co.." shall file with the clerk OF
their county an affidavit setting forth the
Christian names and surnames and ad
dresses OF NIL the parties In the firm. In
default of so doing such persons shall not
be allowed to prosecute for collections OF
debts until the affidavit has been fled. The
penalty for failure makes the persons liable
to fine of from $40 to $500
On the 17th Deputy Warden Mclean, who
has been looking up violations of the fish
and game laws, caused the arrest of II. NJ
Mcvean at Sapinero, for having In his pos
session both trout and deer. He was taken
to Gunnlson by Sheriff Wiley and pleaded
guilty to the charge, whereupon County
Judge Wegener assessed n fine of $50 and
costs. amounting to S1OO.S5. McVenn is
proprietor of the Sapinero. House. and fol
years had fresh venison and trout on his
table for almost every meal This capture
was good one. but the officers have other.
on the string whom they will undoubtedly
pull In shortly. A decided stand Is being
taken to stop all unlawful taking of game
and fish in this county. A move like that /.
necessary II they would be preserved, as
number of men In the vicinity of Gunniso1
are known to get their living by this means
and an effort is being made to catch them In
the act of dsposing of ill-gotten goods.
The Navy Department has opened bids
for three torpedo boats, to be of not less
than thirty knots speed. There were nu
merous bidders. The Union Iron Works OF
San Francisco bid for one 33O.ton boat
$245 900; two, $500, 500; one boat of 2s4 tons
$225 900, two for $44O,OOO Wolff & Zwickel
of Portland, Oregon, one 240-ton boat fol-
s214,5OO, two for S424,OOO. The details ar.
so complicated 1t is impossible to toll whf