Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-05-18
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

OH have been arrested for cutting ties
ON government land.
Mrs. Fish of Georgetown, who has
been on trial charged with numbering
her husband. was acquitted.
Word from La Veta Is to the effect
that smallpox still exists in the graft.
Ing camps west of that place, ana
strict quarantine against the grader Is
maintained. Three eases have so far
proved fatal. The aid of the county
authorities has been called upon to
quarantine the camps, and the sheriff
and county commissioners are now
there to investigate.
People living in the vicinity of For;
Laramie and Rawhidc Buttes report
the ravagcs by wolves worse than ever
known before In that section. In the
vicinity of Cheyenne the pests arc so
destructive that ianchmen are offering
special rewards for all gray wolves
killed. N. II. Davis, whose ranch Is
only twelve miles from the city, nd.
vertlses that he will pay $40 for full
grown wolves killed In the Chalk
Bluffs district. and S7.5O for cubs.
Major General W. II. Shaftcr will
lecture before the Colorado Chnutnu-
| qua Mt Boulder. He writes from the
visit Boulder sometime during the first
two weeks OF August. He will speak
on the Campaign In Cuba" The
Chautaupuans are hopeful OF securing
the presence OF General Maxine Go
mez, the great Cuban leader nnd Idol.
Negotiations between him and the
ChnutauqunHs are now In progress.
The famous turquoise mine Mt Ger
rillos. about thirty miles south OF San
| tn Fc. is now the property of the Tlf-
fnnys. the New York jewellers. who
nrc working 1t on scientific methods.
who last year took out about twice as
many Jewels ns II ever yielded before.
| There are about sixty turquoise mines
In the territory. the product OF which
amounted to SJ2I.OOO last year and IN
entirely controlled In the United States.
| The largest piece OF turquoise ever dis
covered here was taken from the Tif.
fany mine ard was valued nt $4,000.
| 1t IL stated that President Sharp OF
tho Colorado State Board OF Agricul.
turc has tclcgraphcd to the manage
| mcnt OF the college To suspend publ.
cation of the annual catalogue Of the
college which was about ready for the
press. The catalogue will not bc pub.
lIshcd until after the June meeting OF
the state board. This Is taken ns tho
positive proof that sweeping changes
| nrc to he made In the course of study.
Chancellor Mcdowell OF Denver and y.
/ BENJAMIN Andrews OF Chicago having
declined TO ncccpt the presidency. an.
other man must bc found. Professor
l.. g. Carpenter, now n member OF the
, faculty, Is spoken OF favornbly.
The Santa Fc Railroad Company has
recently adopted several novel and
| g,.y t,tpnu nf nrannfInU IL
| Interests and the welfare OF Its en-.
pIoycs and the public generally. One
| Of them IL the appointment OF \. Rein.
cisch. n landscape gardener. whose
duty It IL to bcnutify the grounds
around its stations and shops by plant.
! Ing trees and flowers and laying out
little parks. which are very grateful To
| the eyes OF travellers through the ,cs-
4 ert lands. Another new Idea IL the en-
pIoyncnt OF n Mr.. uoiiistcr. nm expert
| farmer and botnnist. to travel from vii
| In:c to village and educate the farmers
| In agriculture. particularly In the irri.
gated regions.
The Colorado fish hatchcrics brol.c
| nil records this season FOR fish prodtc.
| tiop, Tn to date 100000 young fish
have been distributed In the public
streams OF the state. with the bulk OF
! the o,itput vet to come. Il. J. Holland.
supcrinten,ient Of hntchcrics. has CON.
p,c,cd n tour OF the state and furnishes
the Information that Just 1,32o.OO0 fish.
I'm addition to those already placed IN
streams. will he ready for distribution
by the first Of June. The success with
which the propagation OF fish has bcc,i
carried on this year II certainly cause
for great; rejoicing among fishermen.
for IL means that within n couple or
years the. .piscntorial resources OF the
state will be remarkably rich.
II is not generally known that Mt the
last term of the Court OF Private Land
Claims the attorneys FOR the claimants
OF the san Rafael grant dug up nm
old Spnnjsh law giving the grantee OF
n concession for land. where he had cs.
tahlishcd meets and bounds to his
grant which included nm excess nf
land larger than the area specified, the
right to pay the government FOR the
land Ia excess. and receive title there
fore. Under that old law the attor.
neys for the grant rendered the court.
for the United States government. ms
successor to the government OF spain.
which made the original grant. money
TO pay for tht thirty-thrcc ''sitios" OF
land in excess of the four "sitios'
which are conceded by the govern.
mcnt TO have been originally granted.
If that point Is made to stick the grant
claimants may get all the country they
clnim.-Nognlcs Oasis.
In n beautiful glade in the Sacrnmcn.
TO mountains. near Albuquerque,
which Is surrounded by dark pine for.
ests, Mt an elevation OF 1900 feet above
sea level. preparations nrc being made
for n summer school. TO be opened
June 1st. a commodious building IL
going nm, around which will be
grouped fifty comfortable. well furn-
ished wall tents. An able faculty has
been secured. and n large attendance
OF New Mexico md Texas teachers Is
assured. There viii be three depart.
mcnts One will be devoted to pri-