Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-02
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

| grent many Dnllding PERMITS arc
being issued In Denver
The smallpox epidemic at Ccrriilos,
New Mexico, Is being stamped out.
l.. w. Waldo. who tried to cross Bo-
reas from Breckenridge to Como. has
not been heard from and 1t Is feared
that he perlslied.
j. G. Snow was fatally wounded Mt
the Vulcan mine at Gunnison on the
18th. Trouble between union and non
union miners brought about the shoot
ing.
The Senate has passed bill author
lzing the New Mexico Legislature to
create an additional Indebtedness for
the purpose of completing the new
capitol.
The Reorganizcd Church OF Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints of Denver
las adopted resolutions opposing the
seating of Brigham II. Roberts ns CON
gresham.
A shipment of polo ponies has been
made from Cheyenne by Charlie Iir-
sig via Denver to Akin, South Caro-
lima. where there is n polo club OF
northern men.
Governor Richards has finished sign
ing the bills passed by the recent Wy
oming Legislature. All Of the DIS
passed have become laws, not Il single
bill having been vetoed.
Conductor Carlyle of the Santa Fc
road had both legs crushed. an arm
broken and suffered internal injuries
while making II pilot bar coupling on
freight train at Cnnoncitc, on the
Glorieta pass. He was removed to the
Las Vegas hospital.
Two grey wolves measuring five ana
a half feet from tip to tip were re-
Gently captured near Castle Rock by a
Castle Rock man, and huge eagle
measuring six feet two inches from up
to tip of its wings was trapped Il rev
days ago near Elizabeth.
Governor Thomas has cablcd the
promotion of Cecil b. West to Manila.
1t was the belief of the commandments
chief of the Colorado volunteer forces
That Colonel McCoy's Judgment In the
matter Is good, and he was governed
accordingly in making the appoint
mcEt.
Charles Creek. II w6ll-known stage
man md proprietor Of the Canon City
and Silver Cliff stage, was shot on the
25tl ut his home Mt the Half Way
house, on Oak creek, by his son Ar
thur. aged 1S years. Father ana son
had been having trouble for some
years, the old gentleman frequently
administering severe punishment.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved the selection of 5,505 acres OF
school land In the Pueblo land district
by the state Of Colorado for school
purposes. The land was selected by
the state In lieu of school sections IN
rluded in Indian reservations. 1t com
prises some of the valuable irrigable
lands In the valley Of the Arkansas.
d. II. G. Brown and his partner. Mr..
Blair, have sold their interest In the
Midland Terminal railway to A. E.
Carlton of Cripple Crack, and the con-
slderation S25O,OOO. Mr.. Carlton, 1t Is
said, furnished the bulk CT the money
for the construction Of the line ana
that with his recent purchase gives
him the controlling interest in the
property.
Mr.. Beckwith, secretary of state OF
Colorado, has taken the first steps 10
ward enforcing n claim agiinst the Pnil'
man Palace Car Company FOR $3.50.
alleged to be due rs tax upon the IN
corporation under the laws of Colorado.
The company paid n fee based upon a
Capitalization of 100000. but its real
cnpital Is S54,OOO,O00. The attorney
general has been asked for an opinion
in the case.
Edward Sucho, former cmployc of
Joe Waters sawm,ll. was found
frozen to death nine miles north of De
BeUue. Sucho left town with the IN
tentlon of going to the mill Tor MS
blankets. and rode part of the way On
horseback. Abandoning the horse. he
made the rest of the trip on snow
shoes. A violent storm was raging
and within few yards of his destinm
ton he became confused and fell,
never to rise again.
The State Forestry Association at a
meeting in Denver, elected at officers
for the current year: William n. ByerS
Denver, president; II. Nicholson, Den
yer. vice president; ID. w. Working,
Denver, secretary and treasurer. On
motion of State Engineer Field the res
olutors asking for forestry bureau
under the supervision of the secretary
Of the interior. passed by the National
Irrigation Congress, recently held nj
Cheyenne, We're endorsed.
Professor Elmwood Mead, who has
lust returned from Washington, says:
II shall resign my office rs state en-
rineer for Wyoming during the sum
mer and devote my time exclusively
to irrgating work In connection with
the National Department of Agricul-
ture" He also states that the con-
gressional appropriation for the de-
partment insures n permanent irrfga-
tion bureau in the West. The west
ern office of the bureau will be estab-
lished at Cheyenne.
Bids have been opened ut Sheridan.
wyoming, for the construction of the
temporary barracks of the Sheridan
military post The temporary suuc-
lures will accommodate two troops of
cavalry and will be built of wood.
subsequently permanent buildings of
brick and stone will be erected and the
nost will he made one of the most sub