Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-07-27
WESTERN NOTES.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
much over u year. The wolves v.r,
very nunh.Eous IN all parts 1r wy1-
ming last winter and spring. nn I II I.
expected that the war now s-lns wns-
si ON them viii result in their -xIe.-
ninati6n.
out OF u total fonr. Of 60 men usu.
ally employed AT the Arkansas Valley
stn-lt.'r nj t.rndyIllf-. there nnt said lo
ib- -ap nt work under the new twelve
nnh -n-houF scale. rhcrr ss.-ins to H.
no Indication 0t trouble. nni Manager
Weddl- .sp-rIs to have at least eight
furnncrs In blast lay the end of the
wsy't. !; n posslbl. also that the Union
sn-iicr. which belongs To the trust.
viii h, started NJ, This plant is mo.i.
.Fa and capable 81 handling fro,n 30
To 100 tons i'rE dny.
Stephen ". Easion af Santa F- has
ircn granted u pension OF So u month
10y tho United States government. lie
was Rough Rider from !Nbllniu. u
small place near here. While before
Santiago shell fron c~rvrra's n--i
exploded few feet from him nnd the
power OF III. explosion lifted him sixty
feet In the nir. lie wns picked up for
| dead. hut revived nnd IL WINS found
that h- Ind lost nil his faculties. II.
hn- r-snin.'i his power Of speech and
sight. however. hut rrmains completely
deaf. his car drums having been burst
by the explosion.
Th" st-'k" In tho baldwin mines. he.
longing 10 the Citizens Coal Company.
was settled last Monday night after
one evening In executive session by the
State Board of Arbitration. II wn. set.
/ ff...I ft. "a.
exactly the old rates. u, cents per ton
OF forksd coal. I'll" strike has been on
ever since last May. the company not
having mln,rl any coal. nor have the
men done u days work since that time.
| The original cuus. seems to have been
that the miners thought the Citizens
Company WIS playing into the hands
of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com.
papy.
In old times they Ind some grand
weddings. and II II proposed by the
Cheyenne Frontier Day committee this
b, year Ia reproduce one OF the earl,
public weddings. 4 voting contest IL
now going on FOR bridesmaids. and II
is expected to have sixty OF the hand.
soonest yonn. ladies In Wyoming and
! color!r,o selected. The wedding will
lie followed by n grand old time hall
to which NIL arc cordially invited. Tn.
grounds will bc brilliantly lighted ant
the bridesmaids and attendants. with
friends from ail parts Of the country.
VIII present one OF the gnycst old
time wedding balls seen for many
years.
General Land Commissioner Her
mann has Instructed W. L. =. May.
forestry superintendent ut Denver. to
permit sheep grazing In open spaces
on the tintah forest reserve conccs-
sion. This action was due to the united
efforts OF the sheep grnzcrs. who have
long been after the general land com
missioner FOR this privilege. The open
in. OF the tin,ah reservation is In the
nature OF an experiment. and II 1t
proves successful. all forest reserves
Will next year he thrown open. The re-
serve will remain open two months
each year. and sheep grazing will be
restricted to the open spaces.
The mines Of the Diamond Coal and
Coke Company nt Diamondville. wyo-
ming. have been idk~ for three days.
The drivers OF tle company struck.
resulting In over 600 men being
thrown out OF employment. The cause
OF the strike is said to be the action
OF the company in discharging a dri-
vcr In the mine who carelcss1y allowed
valuable horse to he injured so that
~ b.i" w pt ht
held meeting and asked for an in
vestisation. which was granted by the
company. 1t Is generally conceded
that the matter of wages Is not III
rolvcd and that the miners will all
return to work soon.
The town of Vulcan suffered heavy
financial loss by fire shortly after mid
night Friday. but sadder still is the loss
of two young boys. the two eldest sons
..f NJ. Al
started In the upper story of the hotel
building kept by Mr.. Dolan. and evil
IDENTIFY In the room occupied by his
boys. aged 10 and IL years. Mr.. Dolan
and his wife. with two younger chill
dren. slept on the lower floor. and
managed to get out without serious in
juries. Mr.. Dolan procured ladder
ana attempted to reach the upper story
to save his boys and In so doing he
was so badly burned that his life is
now despaired of.
War has been declared by the terri
tory of New Mexico on the Continental
Oil Company. which is identical with
the Standard Oil Company. The last
Legislature passed n law establishing
n commercial commission and also II
law providing for the inspection of coal
oil and n certain fee to be paid for the
inspection. The company has thus far
openly dcticd the law and to-day the
commercial commission instructed So
licitor General Il. l.. Bartlett to pro-
cccd against the company. Hon. Neill
B. Field Of Albuquerque is attorney
for the oil company, and both are
anxious t6fpush the suit so rs to get
the United States court to pass upon
the canstitutionality of the la%. A jury
will be waived before the District
Court and the case will be brought
before the territorial Supreme Court
in August and before the United
States Supreme Court in October. The
feefina sgninst the oil company in the
territory is very bitter as the retail
price of 30 cents II gallon charged for
| cOol oil Is deemed much too high, and