Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-05-19
WESTERN NEWS.

Mrs. B. Clark Wheeler died at Den.
YER on the 1ith.
An Anti-Saloon League has been or
ganized ut Denver.
A fire In the court house at Ouray
caused II loss of $500.
The Wyoming mineral exhibit for
Omaha is ready for shipment.
Denver. bakers are selling loaves of
bread that are under the legal weight.
Colorado volunteers at Denver have
been presented with Bibles by the w.
G. II. U.
The Delta County Fruit Growers
Association is building Il large ware
house ut Delta.
The Spanish-Amcricans Mt Albu-
Querque have shown their patriotism
by hnS-raisng.
Samuel w. Belford. son of eS-Con-
gressman Belford, has been appointed
by the President as acting adjutant
general.
After hard fight two druggists at
Colorado Springs charged with break
ing the law, have been granted licenses
10 sell liquors.
Judge johnson at Denver. has decid-
man to his wife before he became In
solvent was Illegal.
The Bear River Irrigation Company,
which owns the Ogden water works
and the Ogden street railway system,
has gone into Il reccvership.
The Denver Union Water Company
has submitted to the board of public
works Il proposition to sell the plant
In hn ..ify for rho pulliyulnnt of nine
million dollars.
L. Il. McClintock. Santa Fe ticket
agent at Pueblo, narrowly escaped be-
ing killed by the explosion of an in
fcrnal machine the other day. The
sender Is unknown.
The last organization of the w. c.
n. u. in Colorado is at Elbcrt, with
thirty members. There are now 100
live unions in the state. carrying on
thirty-two separate departments of
work.
The fifteenth annual encampmcnt of
the Grand Army of the Republic was
in session at Albuquerque last week.
Department Commander Francis
Downs. Santa Fe. was reelected SEN
ior vice commander.
Great crowds turned out to honor
DtWty Ut btHNeT Oh tHe lftn 1 ne
volunteers and local organizations of
all kinds participated. Similar celebra-
tions We're held at Colorado Springs
and other towns.
Attorney General Carr has notified
James \. Miller. the eX-clcrk of the
State Supreme Court. that he Is legally
responsible for every cent of money
that he should have collected in fees
for the state. and that under the law
he will have to make good the short
age in his books Occnsioned by his
ncglecting to collect the fees in many
cases in advance. The amount Is near
ly $500.
Two hundred grade school teachers
of Salt Lake City met in mass meet
ing and unanimously adopted II rcsolu-
ton plcdging themselves to teach two
weeks gratis. The Board of Education
decided ut Its last meeting TO shorten
the school year Il fortnight in order to
keep the expenditures within the re-
ccipts The action of the teachers was
taken to prevent deterioration of the
schools.
The Historical Society of New Mexi-
co has appointed Colonel Max Frost.
Hon. Samuel Eldodt and Hon. Nences-
tao .Iaramillo committee to act with
he committee Of the Pioneers. Of which
Hon. l.. Bradford Prince is chairman.
In pcrfecting the arrangements for the
3OOth anniversary of the settlement of
New Mexico. to be celebrated on July
18th at Chamita. The ceremonies will
take place on the exact spot where the
original settlement took place under
Onatc in 1888.
j. NJ. Valdez or Springer states that
there are 100000 head of sheep in Col
fax county. New Mexico. Buyers are
Offering S1.TJ to 81 for lambs and $3.50
TO S5.IJ for ewes. but without takers.
us II rule. The fact Is that no man
wants to part with this class of stock
mt the present time. anticipating Il rise
both in the price of mutton and wool.
They say that the tariff on wool has
not really yet become operative. owing
TO tine glut in the market resulting
from last years heavy importations
before the passage of the act On ms
account. awaiting the time when the
foreign supply will have vanished.
many ilockmastcrs of that vicinity
will store their wool this summer and
nold II till next fall or winter.
Butch" Cassidy. leader of the Rob.
Dcr's Roost gang. was killed last week
near Thompson's Springs, n station on
the Rio Grandc Western. 200 miles
south of Salt Lake. Joe Walker. one
If Cassidys lcutcnants, was also
killed. while Lay. another leader. was
taken prisoner. along with a fourth
man named Thompson. The killing
was done by posse of men from
Price. Utah. who have been on the trail
since Sunday last. There We're eight
men in the posse. On Sunday the ban
Its. then five in number. held mp two
men in Box canon. near Price. and
drove Off a bunch of cattle. As this
was only repetition of many SINH
lar previous performances n number of
determined men resolved to run down
the outlaws.
1t is reported that the English Dam