Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-14
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Pueblo ladies' will give AWAY 600
trees on Arbor day.
Work on the Denver mint building
will begin ut once.
Ouray pledges her full quota Of vol
unteers In case of war.
Work has begun Saturday on n wat
er works plant for Eldora.
The State Federation of Labor will
meet at Colorado Springs May 2nd.
A passenger was injured by stones
thrown by unknown mlscreants Mt
passenger train near Platteville Satur-
day night.
Liant and Tracy of the famous Rob-
bers' ROOst gang, who We're captured
In ROutt county, and who have caused
the officers so much trouble, have been
placed In the Jail ut Aspen for safe
keeping.
Bob Nickel, a full blosded Navajo
Indian. states that he and 100, and pos
slbly 500. other warriors of his tribe
are ready ana willing to fight for
Pale Faced Father" In case of war
with Spain.
The Gulf road has agreed to sell the
Julesburg branch to the Union Pacific,
and Inns leased the privilege Of using
the Union Pnciiics tracks between
Collins and Cheyenne. thus giving nc
cess to Its line from Cheyenne to Orrin
Junction.
Texas cattle men are moving to in
duce alterations In rnilroad rates,
which compels payment on $1,000
pounds as the minimum OF carload of
southern cattle. while in other states
and territories 22.OOO Is the minimum.
They ask that the rate be reduced to
10000 pounds. as NIL acquainted with
the trade know II to be impossible to
safely load n sufficient number OF cat
tie In n cur to weigh 22,OO0 pounds.
County commissioners from Weld,
Larlmer and jefferson counties held Il
conference with the ArnpahOc county
commissioners recently to discuss the
ndvlsability of demanding that the
state care for the insane. 1t was In
formally decided to ask the next Leg
islature to appropriate money sufficient
for the construction of nn asylum In
the vicinity Of Denver. where the In
sane from the northern counties of tho
state mny bc cared for.
Denver was the scene of two muir
dcrs on the 9th. One was that OF u
woman named McKeown, who was
killed In n quarrel In n downtown
lodging house by W. II. II. Baldwin.
The other was n most oId.bloodcd
crime. Conductor Stephen a. ID. Me-
Graw was shot and killed by Joseph
Il. Plant because the former insisted on
collecting Plants fare for riding. Nc
Graw's fcllow-emplOyes of the Cable
company organized lynching party
and marched OH the jail, but the Offi-
GERS to save trouble took Plant to Colo.
RADIO Springs.
An opinion has been handed down
by Judge johnson In the ArapahOe
District Court holding that franchises
are taxable In this state. n question
which has not before been ruled upon
by n higher court. The opinion Is In
the suit OF the Denver Union Water
Company against Assessor Ames on
appeal from the decision OF the county
commissioners. Assessor Ames valued
the water company franchise mt ST.
OOO,OOO and the commissioners reduced
the amount to S3OO.OOO. Judge John
sons decision sustains the right to tax
the franchise. and now the amount
can Dc determined.
The state land sale Mt Monte Vista
on the 11th drew very large crowd Of
farmers and the bidding was spirited.
the bare land, exclusive Of Improve
ments. selling us high ns S2I per acre.
1t took only n little over an hour to
dispose OF the forty-Onc quarter Sec
tions, which put S135,O 600 into the In
tcrnal revenue fund of the state. THIS
sale IL the largest ever made, and the
prices range the highest Of any ever
made In this part of the state ana
shows to outsiders what practical
farmers thinl, of the San Luis valley.
fr,,... L., rl, ntrchn sol Inv
actual farmers. only very few pieces
going to spectators.
State Treasurer Kephart has learned
that 1t Is to be the policy of county as
SCISSORS this spring to decrease the as
scssmcnts throughout the state. They
take the stand that the assessed .valu-
ntIons are greatly In excess Of the cash
value OF the property. and that they
proposc to assess all lands and other
property In accordance with the law.
While discussing the matter, Mr.. Kep-
hnrt said that IL the assessed vnlua-
tions are decreased this year 1t Will
materially affect the institutions dur
ing the next year that are dependent up
on Legislative appropriations. The ns-
sessed valuation of the state for the
year 1S06 was 20G millions. and last
year It was about eight millions less.
In 1890 the levy was mills. while last
year 1t was Al mills, the lilo extra
mill being for the payment OF insur-
rcction bonds.
The wedding of Grace Espy Patton,
state superintendent of public instruc-
tion, and Lieutenant Warren Hidden
Cowles, took place in Chicago Satur-
day night. They Immediately left for
Pittsburg to visit sister of Licuten-
ant Cowlcs. who is very III. Mrs.
Cowles will return to Denver In two
weeks and again assume the duties Of
her Office. Lieutenant Cowlcs will re-
turn to his post at Fort Sherman. Ida
ho. The lieutenant il of the Sixteenth
infantry and graduated from West
Point in the class of rs. The mar