Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-04-08
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.

Cyrus Edingcr has been acquitted ut Den.
! yer OF killing Officer Al Moore.
Governor Adams has vetoed the hill CIV
Ing police Justices exclusive Jurisdiction In
vngrancy cases.
Rev. DIR. Archibald brown. u prominent
London baptist. Is holding cvangelistic
services ut Denver.
The Supreme Court has decided that the
bill to consolidate the Denver school dis
tric:s is unconstitutional.
The governor has called n meeting Of the
| stnr and line officers Of the Colorado Ma
tionnl Guard to he held on April s.
The stock yards Mt Lamar are to he
doubled In size and dehorning pen put In
and scales added for the convenience Of
stockmcn In that section.
Governor Adams has designated April 10th
ms Arbor Day. Superintendent of Public
| Instruction Patton has also called the ntten-
tloh OF officers of school districts to the fact
| that they should encourage the teachers and
| children In the celebration of Arbor Day In
| the right way.
Sheriff Sprouli and n deputy. Of Johnson
county. Wyoming. while In search of u
cow thief up In the Red Wall country not
long since found canon with no Inlet or
outlet but by wny Of the strcam-Bufralo
rrcck-thnt ran through It, and up In the
| canon found that II had been used as
rendczSo for thieves to wean calves. II
has perpendicular high walls nli around
except where the stream enters and passes
ont.
This has been good year for the newly
planted orchards In LarImcr county. OF
| which there are many. and 80 far can
| learn n small loss Of trees has been reported.
| II Will not be many years until Larimcr
county will he supplying the markets Of
| Colorado with the finest Of choice apples.
| There are many line orchards already In
bearing In the county. which are netting
their ownsrs a very handsome profit each
| year.
| Governor W t. Thornton on the :rl wired
TO Washington his resignation ns governor
| OF New Mexico. His commission expires
the 18th inst. but he has always declared
he would resign soon ns the Button gang
| conspirutors Were executed. hence his action.
most of the governors time for the next
year will be spent In the Sonora (Mexic0)
gold fields. Private dispatches from Wash.
ington Indicate that the resignation will be
accepted ut once.
Two ranchmcn were frozen to death on
| the road between Horse Creek and Cheyenne
few days ago They were identified as
| John and James johnson. brothers, Of La
Grandc. n settlement In the eastern part Of
the county. A third brother. who was with
them In the storm. Is still missing. md a
party of scnrchers are riding the ranges try
Ing to nnd his body and that Of John Lu.
cnno. n sheep hcricr. who has been missing
since Tuesday night.
The loss Of sheep In I.arlmcr county by
the blizzard In the early part of last week
foots up nearly 1000 head. Had not much
| hard work been done the night of the
hurricane the loss would have been much
larger. Nearly all OF the feeders were In
| the corrals all night with crews of from six
1 ms oh Iii Hal I.,.
stnmpc'llng from side to side Of the corral
nnd then piling up In large numbers. and the
under ones being smotherei to death.
| The local officers Of the United States Land
| Office Mt Cheyenne have been notified by
| the secretary of the interior that seventy
! seven townships Of Wyoming lands have
| been withdrawn from settlement for the
| period OF sixty days from March %. In
| order that the State authorities may select
| the lands In question for addition to the SO.
| lection already made for support OF State
Institutions. Tie lands In question are In
the Rig Horn basin, near the central part
| of the State.
The Rocky Ford creamery Just building
| by l.. w. Iabcocli Is very complete In Its
| equipment. The artificial Ice plant put In
by a. II. Barton OF Chicago IL an Interesting
Innovation In creamery work. by which the
| whole or any part OF the building or prod
net Is cooled by coils Of pipes carrying Ice
cold brine. The Lit'leton Creamery Com
| pany Is putting In the other equipment. The
| capacity is 800 hounds Of butter day A
skimmng station will be located at Fowler
as feeder.
james W. Leonard was killed hy the
| breaking of rope in the Hidden Trcn sure
on Bull H!ll Sunday afternoon. lie had
| been working In the bottom Of the seventy
foot shaft and was being hoistch by n wind
lass when the rope broke, while he was about
thirty-ive feet from the bottom. The fall
| broke his right leg and caused Internal in
| turles from which he died few hours
| later Leonard wcll-known MINER
| having at one time been president of the
| State Federation of the W. F.. NJ. A.
| The sugar beet industry Is going to re-
ceive some valuable assistance from the ag-
| ricultural department this year that ought
to be appreciated by everyone In Colorado.
| whether farmer or not. We informed,
that the department has sugar beet seed to
distribute to a selected list of farmers in
| every State. The Fort Collins station Is
| requested to supply such list for Colorado
| and to annlyze the beets when grown. 1t Is
| hoped to secure good list. well distributed
| over the State. The name should be sent to
| Professor Cooke and the seed will be mailed
| soon.
| George Brown. a ranchmnn living on In
| dian creek. while on II hunting expedition
| last week across n monster mountain
| lion fast asleep beside the carcass of n
mountain sheep. Brown was not twenty
| feet distant from the lion. and 1t required
| but one shot to kill tho animal. The lion
| had killed the sheep. cutting Its throat rs
| cleanly ns IL with knife. and after salts
| flying Its hunger had fallen asleep beside Its
prey. Both We're monster animals. the lion
| measuring eight feet seven inches In length
and the mountain sheep seventeen inches
around the base of the horns.
| Governor Thornton has been advised Of
| the arrest by Sheriff Pat Garrett near Las
| Cruces. of Manuel Fuentes and Mrs ]. Cha
| con for the murder of the latter's husband
In May. 1895. The woman confessed that
| while herself and husband and brother, ac-
| companied by Fucntes. native OF Chihua-
| hun. Mexico were travelling together in
southern New Mexico Fuentes killed her
husband and compelled her to live with him
under threats Of death II she ever spoke of
| the killing. Her brother, Daniel Vnlderama,
was, aEg lkept quiet by the same threat.
| Aftef killing Chacon. Fuentcs burned the
| body and buried the charrcd remains on the
| prairie, the iexact location OF which she
| gave. ~ 9
| The Indians on the Crow reservation north
| of Sheridan will sow 1900 acres OF grain