Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-02
WESTERN NEWS.


had n successful bear hunt the other
day.
The Rocky Ford Melon Growers
Association has resolved to organize Il
mutual hail Insurance.
The Decoration day road race ut
Denver was won by james Peterson,
new man In the racing field.
In the Decoration day exercises Mt
Denver and other towns the blue and
the gray united In doing honor 10 dead
soldiers.
4 large number OF Denver school
children narrowly escaped serious In
jury on the 2Sri. They We're rchcnrs-
Ing music for Decoration day cxer-
ciscs when the temporary stand col
lnpscd. Miraculously none We're Killed
and but few hurt seriously.
The Baldwin Cattle Company has
lost several hundred head of calves Oh
Its new pasture In ColfaN county, New
Mexico. No arrangements had been
made for water. hence the heavy loss.
The stock had just been moved in
from the tornado In the southern part
of the territory.
The, annual meeting Of the council
of the Episcopal diocese OF Colorado
convened at st. Johns Cathedral OH
the 3lst TO hear reports from their re-
spcctive parishes. Tie council Will be
In session three days. during which all
matters pertaining to the diocese VIII
come before 1t for adjudication.
Judge Harris at Colorado Springs
has delivered an opinion that upscts
by the last Assembly. He held that
three subject matters are treated In
this law. whereas, the constitution
provides that but one subject can be
treated In statute. All the eases
brought under this law In this district
Were then dismissed.
The Overland Cotton Mill Company
has been awarded the contract for
100000 yards Of canton flannel 10 be
delivered 10 the United States govern
Incnt nj Philadelphia for the manufac-
turc Of underwear for the soldiers and
sailors. This contract was awarded
after Il very active competition with
all Of the eastern and southern mills
which make canton tlanncls.
As the present school year draws 10
n close the teachers throughout the
United States commence to seek EN-
ploymcnt for the succeeding year.
The state superintendent Of public In
structlon says that since the first of
May she has received from teachers
from all over the country applications
for positions In the Colorado schools
for next year. tip to date the number
of applications was over 1000. She
says that Colorado has an excellent
a Ia thr.t,,,l, . ffts Tn tnn
schools. and teachers are anxious To
secure positions in the state.
The general suppOslIlon used TO he
that water taken from II stream or
river for irrignting purposes is n dead
loss to the body of water from which
1t was taken. According to expert
mcnts made during the past few years
by Professor l.. G.. Carpenter. the civil
and irrigation engineer OF the State
Agricultural College at Fort Collins.
on that line. II has been demonstrated
that the water taken from streams for
irrigating purposes Is not Il dead loss
to that stream. rs about one-third of
il eventually finds its way back to the
stream from which 1t was taken by
means of irrigation bitches and ca
nails.
Some uncasincss has been mani
Tested by the "anchcrs and farmers
; throughout the state during the past
two months owing to the reports sent
!. out that the supply. of water this
spring ana summer would he very
short. and that the crops would proba-
bly, suffer thereby. \. L. Fellows.
dcputy-statc engineer. has just re-
, turned from an extended trip through
the southern portion of the state.
e where he went some days ago to
measure the water in the streams and
rivers. and die makes the statement
that the supply Of water this year will
not he ns short aS waS 1T first sup.
posed that while the ranchrrs and
fnrmess will not have water to waste.
they will have all that they may need
for irrigation purposes.
The California d?outh and the sto.
rics of sheep loss in that country have
awakened the interest of some Colo.
RADIO people. and buyers have gone
there to look over the field. a local
pool In Weld county has sent an agent
to negotiate for 10000 head. and +. f.
Lennon of Greeley Is there in qucs,
of pick-ups. Fort Collins buyers have
also been making some heavy Calfor.
mia purchases. Harvey Browncll and
Frank Somerville bought 5000 head
of unshOrn ewes last week. which
they are having shipped to New Mex,
leo. CIV. Trimblc of the same place
and J. \. Brown are the owners of /,
band of G.32O sheep that were recently
brought to New Mexico from Califor.
mia and are now being pasturcd upon
the mesa and along the foothills east
of Alburlerquc. They are expecting
d tl,;,
few days. Evans brothers. extensive
stock men of Los Angeles. have con.
tractcd to deliver to Garden City. Kan
sas.~ pastures 10000 head. The first
lot. comprising $500 head. has al.
ready Hoeen" delivered. Some of oul
Colorado buyers returned this week
fr0mt california empty handed and re-
port a good deal of shocus pOcus about
the sheep condition over there.
A Test for Cola.