Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-07-13
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

some of it going to California and some
to the Puget Sound country. Eastern
passenger men report the movement Is
bound to continue for ut least thirty
days. They are making II speciality Of
the mountain resorts this year, and say
they are engaged in Z campaign of
education to induce eastern people to
go to the Rocky mountains rather than
take Il sea voyage. The summer tour
fst business this year Is certain to at
tain proportions never before reached
in the history of American railroads.
A dispatch from Helena says Judge
Knowles, in the United States court.
has signed warrant for the removal
OF David Putty and Bud Nolan, the
two outlaws who were captured in
Beaverhead county and are believed to
have been implicated in the hold-up OF
the Union Pacific train near Wilcox.
wyoming. Officers will leave for Og-
den mt noon tomorrow to convey the
pris0icrs TO Cheyenne. They have
been positively identified MS Putty and
Nolan, and are being taken East to
answer to charges OF robblng post
Offices at Woolton and Big Piny. Re-
cent ndviccs. however, are to the cf-
feet that the Wyoming authorities have
card up their sleeves, and that the
men when safely lodged In the Clcy-
ennc Jail will be Informed against for
the robbery of the train. District At
torney Timothy Burk thinks the gov
crnmcnt will be able to connect them
with that outrage, although they are
admitted now not to be the original
Roberts brothers, whom the officers
were looking for when they set out.
Secretary of State Chattcrt0n OF
wyoming. who Is secretary of the new
railroad company known as the Wyo-
ming Southern. which Is now engaged
In building n line from Fort Steele. on
the Union Pacific. to Saratoga. has re-
turned from Omaha, where he has been
for several days In consultation with
officials of the Union Pacific relative to
traiiic arrangements between the two
roads. The Wyomln. Southern has
consummatcd the purchase of $4,000
railroad Ties which were seized from
J. @. Teller OF Denver last spring. as
the latter had cut them from govern
mcnt land. The railroad company paid
cash FOR the ties nj the rate OF 81 cents
per tie. the transaction amounting to
$4,000. This deal dispels all doubt
which may have prevailed heretofore
regarding the building OF the Wyo-
the line will he commenced ut once and
the steel will be laid as soon as the
grade Is completed. IL Is safe to say
the road will he In operation not later
than October LIST.
In his report to the pcntcntinry CON.
missiOncrs Warden lIoyt gives us tho
followin: figures: "Dcccmbcr 80, 1898,
there were In the pcnitcntlary 800
prisppprG Dnrip,, ia, civ month";, ,pI
ing June 30. 1850. lis were committed
TO the prison. los were discharged OH
expiration Of sentence. and / was par
dopcl. Four We're transferred to the
insane asylum Mt Pueblo, 8 to the re-
formatory at Euena Vista. and 3 died.
while ~ convlcts are employed on the
state roads. From this gang there
have been three escapes. hut all have
been rccapturch. During the first four
months Of 1S:D. before took posses
sion OF the institution. SlO.T21.IG was
expended for operating expenses.
Since that time about 5000 has been
put into improvements and repairs.
The water works and sewer systems
have each been greatly improved. sew
crIl hundred feet of new tcn-iucl
water mains have been laid, the rescr-
vOirs cleaned and repaired, and filter
Ing apparatus provided. Heretofore
the wafer used WIS pumped dircc,
from the river. placing In jeopardy the
lives OF every inmate of the Institution.
"A new stone wall 200 feet long, 30 feet
high and 3 feet thick Is being built
around the brickyard and lime kiln.
When finished 1t will give the pcniten-
tinry frontage OF about 1000 feet"
The warden also dwclls at length upon
the work done at the stone quarry. the
brickyard and elsewhere. making his
report n valuable and Interesting docu-
mcnt
The State Bar Association met nj
Colorado Springs on the 9TH. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
Caldwell Scamnn OF Bcuvpr: first vice
president, cx-Judgc Julius c. Guntpr Of
second vice president. cy-
Judge $. $. Downcr Of Boulder: srcrc-
tary and treasurer. Lucius W. IIoyt OF
Denver. The feature OF the meeting
was the address by Hon. Moses IIgllctt
Of Denver. in which he denounced cor
poratlons. He said: ''lt Is better for all
that any stated work shall
bc done by 1000 men acting indcpcnd-
entity. than to have the same work done
by the same men under the control of
a corporation" Judge lIallctt then re-
fcrrcd TO the Standard OIL Company
and declared that many n young man
had gone to financial ruin under its
wheels, because he tried to buck
against II: and that others have become
in serving it. In closing
he said: True manhood Is n tub on
It's own bottom. lie paddles his own
,anoc. He needs no disguise. He has
no false coloi-s. He fights in open day
light, and he claims always only the
victory of truth ard honesty. He asks
)nly t. be put on equal footing with
priest or potentntc and mould OF COM
non clay, and leaves the result to his
good right arm. All hail the day when
he state shall cease to make artificial
men override and Opprcss the natural
nan whom God made In his own
mage" Former Vice President Itdlnr
.. Stevenson also spoke and was list
med TO with rapt attention. many per.