Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-15
NEWS FROM THE:
WESTERN REGION.

Nineteen young men graduated from I,
the Colorado School of Mines this year.
Wilmot II. Lake of Central City was
drowned In South Boulder Creek on the
10TH
The smelter hands at Pueblo have
rejected the terms offered by the smelt
Ing companies.
Cripple Creek will have n big cele-
bration on the Fourth. Denver will
send company OF lremen to compete
for n prize.
Commissioner Hermann of the gcncr
nj land Office has refused to allow
sheepmcn to put their hocks on the
Pecos reserve. ..-
threc-year-old girl wandered away
from her home In Russell gulch, GIL
pin county, on the 10th and had not
been found Monday night.
Sam Roberts OF Canon City shot and
killed his wife and her mother and
then killed himself. He was dissolute
and his wife had obtained Il divorce.
Governor Otero of New Mexico has
designated June oath as n holiday on
account Of the Rough Riders reunion
and the visit OF Governor Roosevelt to
Las Vegas.
John Fielding and Harry Williams.
cattle rustlcrs. who recently gave bat
tie to deputy sherifrs ut Denver. have
been arrested Mt Mannunuia while on
their way to Oklahoma.
A message from Buffalo, Wyoming.
on the 18th states that n courier has
come In from Powder river with the
report that the officers have the Union
Paciilc train robbers surrounded mt l..
X. mountain and capture Is regarded
as certain TO follow.
| The School OF Mines boys are thin
ming out the girl population OF Golden.
i. G. Miller. u graduate, has Just pro-
| cured n license TO wed Miss Carrie G.
Robson OF Golden, and Is said TO be
the third OF the last graduating class
who has carried away n belle from the
Golden boys.
Prominent officials OF the Santa Fc
road are seeking to secure range priv
llcGcs for sheep owners by opening the
| Pccos forest reservation until the sum
mcr rains begin. The matter Is now
before the department ut Washington.
Drouih has made the pasturngc scant.
favorable decision Is expected In u
few days.
United States Engineer +. r. Tfnr-
| roun has left Santa Fc on nm overland
trip through the northern part OF the
territory to make n general rcconnois-
snnce OF the country. preparatory to n
more thorough investigation Of the
most suitable places for reservoir sites,
as he was requested TO do by the geo.
logical survey.
Governor Otcro has formally re-
moved from Office Territorial Trcasu-
rcr Samuel Eldodt by letter TO that
official. Hon. Jefferson Haynolds OF
Las Vegas was appointed by the gov
crnor TO I'LL the vacancy. The latter Is
n banker. Eldodt held over from the
Democratic administration. He may
contest the governors power OF re
moral.
Oliver Lee and James GIllilnnd were
acquitted OF the murder OF Henry
Fountain on the 18th. The Jury was
closctcd hut seven minutes. There was
great applause In court when the yer.
diet was read and the prisoners were
warmly congratulated. In their nrgu.
mcnts the attorneys have been bitter
toward each other Mt times and toward
the witnesses for the other side.
A telegram from Washington states
that the Shoshoncs aud Araplhocs. who
have now reached Washington. declare
they are not willing to ccdc any portion
OF the lands In their reservation to the
government. They state that the tribes
wish to take nllotmcnts Of 100 acres
for each member. the balance to he
reserved for grazing purposes. The
Indians propose to lease such lands rs
they do not require for grazing their
own stock to cattle and sheep growers,
and In this way replace the nnnuities
which they Ill lose by the expiration
OF their treaty.
Wyoming has been notified by the
government that equipment TO take the
place of that furnished the volunteers
from that state has been shipped from
the government supply dcpots and
should arrive in few days. When
the Wyoming volunteers left for tho
Philippines they took with them nj. |
most NIL OF the military equipment in
the state. When the state militia was
rcorganizcd and recruited. there was
little or no equipment for the new
troops. In the consignment from the
general government are n number OF
cannon. two or three hundred Spring. |
field rifles and n large number OF tents. |
An investigation OF the nlkali soils |
In the Salt Lake basin is soon to be /
undertaken under the direction OF Pro. |
tcssor Milton Whitney OF the Depart. |
mcnt Of Agriculture. lie IL now In the |
pccos valley. New Mexico. but will |
reach Salt Lake City about June 10th. |
with him nrc two Of his most cxpcr-
fenced assistants. Frank d. Gardner
and Thomas II. Means. The Sale Lake
nlknli investigation is but continua.
ton OF the work of the same character
which was prosecuted last year in the |
valley of the Upper Yellowstone.
where much good land has been prac.
ticnlly ruined by accunulatlons OF nj.
kali. Professor Whitney and the OH.
ccrs Of the soils ;i:Ision believe that
much of this land can he restored by
intelligent irrigation.
A private telegram from Washington
states that Major Becker. editor OF the
Billings Gazette. has been removed as