Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-02


took too mnny chances before using
his gun. The court discharged the de-
fendant with n recommendation that
he use his gun more promptly on fu-
turc occasions In such cases.
Application will be renewed before
the State Land Board at Its next meet.
Ing by the Great Plains Storage and
Water Company, for about 1900 acres
of land in Prowers and other counties.
Attorney Platt Rogers has notified the
board that he would appear. The mp
plication, II granted, Will cause to be
advertised for sale a vast tract OF land
which the company claims IL now prac-
tlcally valnlcss. but which 1t proposes
to put under ditch. The sale must be
conducted publicly and sold In tracts
no greater than 100 acres to the highest
| bidder.
A natural oil well exists near Steam
boat Springs. The oil spring, as 1t Is
called, is located in a gulch in the
coal regions and large quantities of
crude petroleum are constantly issu-
Ing from the earth and flowing away
down the little gulch, much as water
| would do. only that the earth absorbs
| the oil before 1t flows far. The stun
| is about the consistency OF heavy ma
chine oil, and Is used by ranchmen
adjacent for lubricating wagons and
| other farm machinery, where 1t gives
excellent results. The oil has great
reputation as n wonderful remedial
agent In curing sore shoulders or 9TH
or bruises or cuts In horses and other
animals. People send great distances.
| in some cases from other states, for
bottles of II to use in the stable.
Specimens of free gold ore were
shown in Canon City last week that
will readily assay $4,000 per ton. The
ore was taken from the Jack Warner
mine. owned by Messrs. Louther and
Sallec. The claim is located three
quarters of mile south of the Cop
per King. As might be expected, the
news created intense excitement. and
by ten o'clock the read leading TO the
Dawson camp was alive with teams.
Hundreds OF men visited the mine. The
claim is located on the metamorphic
ridges. extending from Grape creek In
northcastcrly direction. That the
| strike Is genuine. no one i'll Canon City
doubts. The values are obtained from
rock lying between the sandstone and
granite. The extent of the lead is un.
known, for as yet the work consists OF
nothing more than n twelve foot tunnel
| face. The owners of the mine are res:-
dents Of CimarrOn, Kansas.
Game Commissioner Swan has re-
| celvcd letter from W. Il. Wilcox,
game warden in the northwestern
part of Colorado. who writes that the
situation Is critical and that unless
the weather modcratcs the number of
elk on the range will be hardly large
enough TO attract an eastern hunter TO
| Colorado even though the Legislature
should decide upon short open sen
son upon this class of game. He
states that the snow is over three feet
deep on n level throughout toutt and
Rio Blnnco counties. Only the jut-
ting ridges and promontorlcs are clear
of the white coating. Thus the elk
find It practically impossible to
browse. for the shrubs upon which
they feed do not flourish upon the
ridges and mountain tops. They are
swarming In immense bands into the
| valley close to Steamboat Springs, but
even there they find little relief, for
the snow Is ms deep In the valley ns In
the gulchcs of the mountains. An at
tempt will he made to spread out
| few tons of hay. in the hope that the
animals may be saved from starvation.
William Wayne Bclvin was arrested
| Saturday night at the Waldorf-Asto-
ria hotel, on the charge that he was
unable to pay Il board bill of S143,
WHICH lie OWeu lnt llOlcI. Ilc toiu
Magistrate Meade that his arrest was
the result of n conspiracy. He said
that he was able to pay, and asked to
be parOled. but the magistrate held
| him in $500 bail for examination.
| Though the charge against Bclvin Is
violation of the hotel law. the real rca-
son for his arrest was that David ii.
Moffat. the wcll-known Denver mil
lionaire. guest of the hotel. had com
planned that Belvin had threatened to
kill him. Belvin declares that Mr..
MIoffat owes him large sum of
money, and that when he requested
payment he was arrested on the
charge, which he says was trumped
up for the purpose of getting rid Of
| him, at n time when he could not OBJ
tain ready money to free himself.
Belvin Is well known rs promoter
in Wall street. and for years has been
n familiar figure in the hotels of the
city. Belvin's bill against Moffat is
based on n claim for commission on the
sale of the Victor mine. When ar
raigncd Belvin's bill was paid by
friend and he was discharged.
A dispatch from Silver Plume to the
Denver Republican on the 24th says:
In the hope that the instinct of animals
might succeed where the efforts of 200
men failed. two st. Bernard dogs We're
to-day brought over from Canon City
and taken to the scene of the fatal
snowslide in Brown gulch The res
cuers, who had been Unable to find the
remains of Benjamin Nelson and John
Anderson, thought that the dogs might
be able to get scent of the bodies. but
after working some time without sue
cess the dogs We're taken away. 1t Is
| thought the bodies are so deeply buried
| in the snow and ice that it may be me-
ccssary to wait until spring before the
remains are uncovered. To-day the
large force of rcscucrs, which COM
| priscs the miners in the Scvcn-Thirty
and Pelican mines. besides many others
working In smaller properties. took up
the search again. This time they COM
| ,nnncod nt thp foot of the rrpat snow