Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-06-17
COLORADO BRIEFS.


:. Colorado Springs .cadets have been 10
camp at Palmer Lake.
TIE 'Dehyer authofIties are now to wage
war againV bill boards. t.
.Thereris Is much talk Of organizing q vigil
nnce committee ut Cripple Greek.
An effort is being made to revive the Colo.
RADIO Springs chnI,ber OF Commerce.
I. TIE fain6iH at Denver for the. first two
,weeks Of unne broke all records. being l.o3
inches.
The degree of master OF arts has been con-
ferrcd upon Governor Adams by the univer'
.sity sof Denver.
u. Governor Atkinson has appointed thirty
= delegates to the Denver gold convention,
who will bring Il line collection of Georgia
minerals.
The salnry of the Colorado Springs post
master has been Increased 500 annually.
This Is based upon the lnrge Increase In the
volume of business transacted In 1879 over
1895. which was mt least 5000 greater. The
saiary OF the Office for the next year Will be
$500.
Several thousand enthusiastic Italian
Americans observed Itnly's Independence
day In Georgetown on the 18th. II Is known
ms the statute festn, being in commemora-
tlon of the day which King Carlo Al.
berto granted constitution to the Italian
people. by this act the Italian king con-
ferreu upon Ills SUBJECTS the riSht u Noic
and other law-mnking privileges.
State Auditor Lowell IL Investigating the
bills that have accumulated against tho
state on account OF animals Infected by con
tngious diseases. which have been killed
from time to time by order OF the state
veterinarian. There are now nbout S2Wn
worth of these bills awaiting. payment. Pro-
vision for paying them IL made by the law.
but the certificates Issued by the state vet
rft rl,,t, th..A .f Yh..f mn
he cnshed only when there Is a surplus In
the general revenue fund.
The annual bulletin OF Colorado College
and Cutler Academy has recently been Is
sued. II shows the institutions to he In a
very fourlshlns condition. The recent com
pletIon OF the S2OO.OO0 endowment fund has
encouraged the friends OF the college to
hope and plan for still greater things. The
attendance Of students continues to tax the
facilities TO the utmost. new hall for the
accommodation of young ladies' Is now under
construction ind Will be ready for the fall
term. A number OF notable additions have
been made to the faculty during the past
year. .......
The other day John Carson, superintend-
ent OF the trarnway In Horseshoe. near Fair
play. started from the lower to the upper
terminal. u distance of nearly three miles.
In one OF the buckets. When about half way
to the mine and between two towers about
sixty feet high, the cable stopped for the
noon hour. He started TO walk one cable.
holding on to the other one with his hands.
and fell distance OF about sixty feet.
where he was found unconscious nn honr
later. His life was probably saved by fall.
Ing In snow bank. No bones were broken
and at last accounts he was getting alon:
all right.
The Denver & Rio Grnndc Company Is
seriously contemplating putting In u large
dipping plant ut Antonito or some other
point near the state line on the south. where
sheep may be dipped before coming through
Colorado. thus securing clean bill of
health. The veterinary sanitary board has
decided that permits will be given to bring
sheep In to some central point. where they
may he dipped such as Denver. Pueblo nnd
La Juntn, all OF which places will. have
dipping works In operation by next fall.
and the sheep men will he able TO run their
whole flock through without much troihlc
or expense. When the lambs are brourh, In
from the range In the early fall as n rule
they nrc only slightly infected. and the san
itary board believes that with one dipping.
thoroughly done. they will go through the
feeding pens without trouble and very little.
dipping will have TO he done through the
winter.
Owners OF stamp mills. concentrating
works and placer mines. situated along
Roaring Fork. In the Aspen neiIhborhood.
have dcfied the authority Of Commissioner
Swan Of the fish. forestry and game depart
ment. In his efforts to purify the water OF
that stream. The fish. forestry and game
law, passed by the Eleventh General As
scfitiy. prohibits the owners OF ore re,luc-
tion works from allowing taillngs to How
into public rivers and streams. This pro-
vision was made In order to prevent the
poisoning of trout by the pollution OF the
For the ~ work
Ing placer grounds were prohibited from let.
ting the water used In their plants run In
n dirty condition Into any body of public
water. SO that the mining and orc-trcating
Industries would not be made to suffer by
the operation of the law. way for obvini.
Ing the difficulty was provided. This was
that mill and placer owners should con.
struct settling basins In which the water
they used might he kept pent up until the
tniiings and other impurities could settle In
the bottom OF each bnsin. Immediate steps
will be taken by Commissioner Swan to en-
force the law against the mill and placer
owners who utilize the water of Roaring
Fork In their business operations.
Charles T. Atkins of Denver has COM
inenced action In the Arapahoe District
Court to compel the trustees OF the School
of Mines TO issue him diploma, The
plaintiff alleges that careful and wcll-laii
plnn and conspiracy was entered into by
members OF the faculty to prevent the
plnintif1 from graduating and taking his de-
gree ms mining engineer. and that they
fraudulently and unfairly rated the plaintiff
far below the rank that he should have
taken. Whereupon the plaintiff on April
I. 1897. appealed to the trustees. defendants
In this action. for an examination and rcvis-
lon of the action OF the faculty. The plain
tIn recited the order OF the trustees whereby
he was permitted to take the required ex-
nminntions. Int alleged further thnt after
preparing for such n test. he discovered
that the conspiracy Of the faculty contin-
ned. and they prepared n line. Of examna-
ton unusual and entirely ont OF the. ordi-
nary line. thus making 1t impossible for him
to pass While imputng no had motives to
the board of trustees. the plaintiff prays OF
the court to direct II proper course of exam
ination that will he fair to him. that he
may prove his ability to graduate from the
Institution and he given the reward due
him for money outlay and time spent In
study which is n diploma evldencing the de.
gree Of mining engineer. seq '
The G. A. Il. of Denver has received from
the War Department three condemned can
non which will be set in place ut City Park
ms curiosities. They were among the largest
guns used during the civil war. One
is n mortar. weighing 1T.1GO pounds,
with n carriage weighing 1000 pounds. 1t