Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
DENVER GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM Th8
STATE CAPITOL.

Occidental Camp No. 2. woodmcn OF
the World. is To be expelled from the
order. This IL the result OF the smoker
gwen by the members OF the lodge last
"Wednesday evening. when prize fight
ing was the main amusement provided
Tor the entertainment OF members and
their guests.
Charles J.. KunscmIiicr's sentence OF
Hve years has been commutc,l to one OF
three years. Under this order he still
ms tweniy-onc months TO serve. The
Communication IL the only result achieved
by the petition signed by u large num-
Der OF Denver citizens. which was sent
10 the President. asking for the uncon-
ditIonnl pardon OF the prisoner. Mr..
kunscinlilcr was bookkccpcr OF the old
German National bank Of this city. tho
failure OF which ruined n great many
poor persons.
There will lie general war on trusts
operating In Colorado aui Oh combina-
tions attempting TO carry on business
mere. This N the announcement made
by Attorney General II. VI. Campbell.
who says that III. proceedings OF his
oiiico under the direction OF Governor
Thomas TO prevent tile consolidation
OF the Nonlt Interests nj Cripple Greek
into the Denver \ Southwestern itail'
way Company IL only the iiEst move In
a general crusade against nli combinn-
iions OF wealth which tends TO bring
about inogopuii-s in restraint OF CON-
petition.
a 'sar,y Of Mormon .misTnnls on
their way from ui1h To Mexico passed
through the city the other day. They
started from 1'ayson. men, women and
childF-n-m mostly women nni children
-bcsldrs horses. plSushs. wagons and
implements. Flows have never bcfoF.
touched mos; of the ground ON which
they viii roinnis-. Fur .0sS acres Of
the land in ilnt valley in the state OF
SohoFa. which was purchased by tho
M"rtnohs by tho Mexican Colonization
COMPANY. they paid 80 CENTS an acrr.
Another tract In IN adjoining valley
has bc-n purchased ani will bc occu'
pied by another party of Mnrnons.
The pa,Fuim-u Of the police force
have been provided with cincrE"ucy
checks or orders with which 10 relieve
those calling upon ,l-n for assistance.
~ fHr as their Immediate SAINTS arc
concrrnci. Tic checks will h. made
out in duplicate and will hr honorcd
.s''h'. ,i.,r's ,isys q. tie fisc AMI lss-
lice board. The little slips will bc CIV.
On TO the n-''iy. lty them they eau bc
presented 10 any lodging house keeper
or restaurant. and q meal or bed Sc
cured. They will then bc turned In TO
the bnaFd by those honorins them. and
the cash equivalent paid to these 10
whom they were presented. The new
plan IL expected to accomplish much
good. and a; the same time sysicma'-
ixc the work OF the police.
The first convention Of the Colombo
State League of municipalities finished
Its lators Friday afternoon with the
ExNx H.. r..-a n..y
election Of officers. the selection OF
place for the next convention. the
adoption Of a constitution and mutual
conera tulation. Oh the success Of the
experiment. Because Of the time limit
some papers which wCrc scheduled 10
ir rad were omitted. but will bc In.
corpora'ci as part OF the official record
Of the convention. Fridays session
was devoted to n discussion Of nunici.
pal ownership. parks. public schools.
police regulations and 'ramrs. city Inn
prcvcmcnt societies. municipal finance
and public libraries. The officers elect.
cd arr: President. Mayor W. e. Rakcr.
'irrclcy: vice president. Mayor ]. II.
Robinson. Colorado Springs: SECRETARY.
treasurer. Mayor y. y. Thomas. Eaton:
trustees. Mayor e. T.. Mcconnell. Du.
range: Mayor Jesse 4. Mcdonald.
Lcadvillc: Mayor George I. West. ru.
cblo. The next meeting will bc held
nt Pueblo.
The Carter collection Of Colorado an.
jmnis. now ut Rrcrkcuriige. will bc
placed in the Colorado Museum Of Nat.
urnl History to br built in Denver. The
negotiations for the collection. which
have been pending for more than n
year were concluded Monday after
noon. Professor Carter returns TO
ETrrkcnr,icc. not as the owner of the
A. l. I. l..
lrcn collecting fuT thpTiy-uinc years.
hu, ne the curator and custodian uf the
Denver museum. The -li scientist IL
proud aiii hni'py over tire change. lie
hopes tu build up u ErCni inuscum. Tile
supporters nf THE museum llnn are by
no means all Denver mel, The hearty
support cT WEALTHY Eirn all over the
state IL ulr.i .c4i. II l. expected that ne
the iuuSrtm takes GIrIn. expeditions
will i,c scrt u;i; into ihC parts Uf North
America tlint !i.C yCt rursv'liZC'l tr 81
,rr specimens uf mammals AMI birds
tint have long since disappeared else.
wlICrc. and are rare even in the wilder
uCss. Wealthy mon will pay the cN.
rrnscs Of these expeditions. nui the
.p,cincns secured will lr added tu the
u'uscum cullrrtion will THE names Of
the donors engraved OH The eases or
otherwise suitably recorded. The first
cf these cxTcjiiiurs into the far north
west is already practically assured.
The rnmc uf the corporation viii lr
the Colorado Museum OF Natural Ills
tory and Library Association. Just "a
soon as the association has legal cx-
is,cnce the work will begin OF securing
money with whoch To put tIp the 'irs;
wing of the museum building. About
$4,000 was appropriated by special
levy last year for the purpose OF build.
ing n museum. hut this sum was alb
soricd by the park FUND. and that fund
now has no money to replace II. II IL
the Intention of the new association to
insist that that FUND I've restored. No
,.,,,nnr,rx h,til,liptr will 1r t,,,t nm but