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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
w. G. SMITH FOR SPEAKER.
Fusion Forces Agree In Caucus to support
Him,

Denver. Jan. 3.-At the state capitol
all is In readiness for the opening of
the twelfth session Of the General AS
sembly tomorrow morning. For over
n month corps Of carpenters, painters
and janitors has been Mt work giving
the legislative apartments a general
cleaning, busting the carpets, sweeping
the floor, polishing the woodwork, and
renovating and vanishing the desks
that everything may be in ship shape
for the new Legislature.
Mr.. William G. Smith of Jefferson
county, former lieutenant governor,
will be speaker of the Twelfth General
Assembly.
Mr.. Smith was the unanimous choice
of the silver fusion parties at the joint
caucus held last night.
Seven caucuses, one county meeting
and conference of elected commit
tees from the fusion silver parties con-
stitute the history of yesterdays pro-
ceedings.
The main interest centered In the
joint caucus of the fusion silver forces,
at which the contest for the speaker
ship was to be finally decided. There
were four candidates in the field:
Messrs. w. G. Smith of Jefferson ISL.
Rep.), J. w. Browning of Arapahoe,
b. +. Montgomery of FL Paso Dem.)
and George Smith of Mesa CPop.)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
They Haniled Over 10 Hundred Miliiou
Dollars worth of Metals.

They Handled Over Hundred Million
Dollars Worth of Metals.
In the compilation for below the
total for each treatment company or
plant Is given as reported. The pro-
cess of separating these returns so
thar exnct credit may he given each
county In the state and to Colorado as
contrasted with other states and terri
tories Is done by the mint during the
next six months. Such division is not
feasible at this season of the year. and
any totals based thereon must be
largely guess work
The grand total for the year-S1O2-
6S5,616-compares with SS2. .295 In
1897 and S52 SIG In 1896.
In 1896 the chemical plnnts-cyanide
and chlorlnation-rcturned total of
$1.OI5,31T. In the table for 1897 these
two processes returned S4,430, ,391.
Their figure for 1S9S-all In gold
reads SO. .0Sl. showing n gain of 81,
32l 800. or 81 per cent. over 1907.
In the item of processes the compila-
ton represents n wide scope of ore
treatment, including stamp mill ANAL
gamntion. lead basis smelling. copper
basis smelling. pyritic smelling. zinc
lead smelling. chlorlnation. cyanide
and chlorination and cyanide under
one roof. These are all regular meth
ods, stamped with the approval of the
schools and confirmed with the verdict
OF an extended experience.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
IRRIGATION IN COLORADO.
New Canals. Being BuiIt-Number of Acres
Supplied by Canals.

New Canals being bult-Number OF Acree
Supplied by Canals.
Not less thar S1.5OO.OOO has been ex-
pended in COlcSado the past year In the
construction OF new irrigation enter
prises and In improving those already
in operation, says the Rocky Mountain
News.
There are more than 100000 acres
of land under irrigation and about q
100000 under cultivation. representing
IN Investment in irrigation systems of
over $65 100000.
There are land, water and product
i've soil, yet large sums are still sent
out of the state to supply two great
mining camps. One million dollars is
sent from the state every year for but
ter and eggs alone.
Yet there nre 1 ,50O,OO acres OF excel
lent farm lands, the greater portion of
1t never failing canals. yet to receive
lhe first touch of plow. Home seek
ers have the entire state to choose n
location from, and in almost any local
.ty they can engage profitably In either
fruit growing or general farming.
In some Of the leading agricultural
sections the land under cultivation and
the number Of acres irrigated are
about us follows:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
THE FRUIT CROP OF 'es.
It Was Below the Average In Size. But
Higher Priced.

Higher Priced.
The fruit crop last year, according to
G. G. LIebhardt, ranged between fifty
and seventy-five per cent. shorter than
that OF 1907. Mr.. Liebhardt, who is OF
the G. G. Liebhardt Commission Com
pany, says In the Denver Post:
'The early frosts and the cold wealth
er on the western slope were responsi-
BILE for the failure of the crop. The
freeze In February was widespread
and consequently disastrous.
''In apples the output during 1898
was fifty per cent. short of that OF the
year previous. or other fruits the
shortage was seventy-five per cent.
compared to 1897. OF apples. 1900
boxes were shipped out Of Colorado to
neighboring states and more eastern
points. No peaches or other fruit with
the exception Of the Arkansas Valley
cantel0upe and watermelon, were ex.
ported. While some difficulty was ex-
perienced in the valley the shipments
were large, the canteloupe travelling as
far rs London.
1.-The total crop of apples did not ex-
ceed, think, 100000 boxes. In other
fruits there was scarcely n quarter OF
the ordinary crop. Prices as conse-
quence were much higher.
Colorado should see an abundant
crop this year In the natural course OF
events. All Indications SO far are most
favorable to big yield"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
HAVANA IS QUIET.
Cubans Becoming Esconoiled-Amerlca ca n.
In Full Control

In Full Control.
Havana, Jan. People of Havana
are In joyful mood to-day in spite of
the disappointment experienced over
the fact that the projected festivities
have been postponed. The resentment
quickly subsidized and gave place to
composure.
Captain Greble, General Ludlow's
adjutant general, visited all the United
States posts during the night.
The city was found to be tranquil.
Major General Brooke's impressions
of Cuba are pleasing. He regards the
people as being emotional, mild and or
derly.
Americans are now conducting tele-
graphs. customs, postoffices-in fact.
all public business with Spanish and
Cuban employees.
Colonel Bliss, the American collector
of customs, has been instructed by the
authorities ut Washington not to ap-
point Americans to subordinate places.
Only Cubans are to be appointed.
The customs receipts here this week
will probably be heavy. as the mer-
chants stocks are low and several car
goes are due to arrive.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05

Ahe uDpNt ItpTtSeutS Tue HNeTiHc
number of men employed during the
whole year. and does not include en-.
ployes In general offices of the corpor-
ations. mining and consulting engineers,
United States deputy mineral survey
ers. brokers or promoters, or those op.
Grating properties. but giving their
time to other vocations.
Owing to the prospective stage of de-
velopment in some sections and spas
modic operations, absolute accuracy is
impossible, but the above results are
an average OF the men employed June
LIST and December list, which is prac-
tically correct.
During the year there has been de-
crease In prospecting over 1907 and an
an Increase In number of properties op-
Grated. A notable feature has been
the reOpening and successful operation
OF many mines more or less developed
that have been abandoned for many
years,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
INSTRUCTIONS no Otis.
ordered to Avoid Fighting II Possible
Reinforcements to Be Sent.


Denver, Jan. IA special dispatch
from Washington to the Rocky Noun
tain News says:
The following dispatch was sent to
General Otis yesterday:
"Otis, Manila: Twentieth infantry
will leave San Francisco Immediately.
Fourth, Twelfth and Seventeenth In
fantry will sail from New York by way
Of Suez canal.
"Other regiments will be sent as soon
as water transportation can be ar
ranged"
The War Department appreciates the
seriousness of the situation at 1loilo. 1t
proposes to stand by General Otis in
his endeayor to assert and maintain the
sovereignty of the United States in the
Philippine group, no matter how many
men may be needed.
But that the administration still
hopes to avert clash is conclusively
shown in the instructions sent to Gen
eral Otis yesterday by the President.
The full text Of these Instructions has
been carefully guarded. 1t is here
with given:
Washington, Jan. 1.-Otis, Manila:
The President considers 1t of the first
Importance that conflict brought on
by us should be avoided at this time
II possible. Cannot Miller get into
communication with the insurgents?
president instructs giving them the
assurance and informing them of the
purpose of the government, assuring
them that while 1t will assert its sover-
eighty. that its purpose is to give
them good government and security
In their personal rights.
1T Is most desirable that Miller
should hold his ground. and, as the
health Of the soldiers cannot admit of
their remaining on the transports, can
not landing at some healthful place
be effected without conflict?
Your report of the excited eondl-
tions in Manila makes IL incumbent on
you not to weaken your forces at that
point. ALGER."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
IS CREEPING UP.
The stock Growing Industr Shows Steady
Advances.

Tho stock Growing Industr Shows Steady
Advances.
Among the Rocky Mountain states
and territories, Colorado ranks first in
cattle population. Montana is Il close
second, but Colorado has a few thou
sands more. In sheep population Colo
RADIO only ranks seventh, but II has
been from choice the sange.destroyin
sheep have been kept out Of the state.
For some years Colorado ranked away
down the line on cattle population.
That was when the settlers were com.
ing in, stretching the barbed wire and
plowing up the ground. To-day, with
her thousands of acres of alfalfa fields,
Colorado is able to take care of more
cattle, and do it better and at less loss
than any of her sister states. AS great
us was the mineral production Of the
state for the past year, all of 1t would
have been required to purchase the live
stock interests of the state, and they
are Increasing at rate that Is most
satisfactory and promises much for the
future. The following figures are TAX
en- from the government reports and es-
timated for 1890:
Total live stock in Colorado January
1, 1899, with comparisons:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
s: Mining Department. =
A BIG GOLD OUTPUT.
OVER s2s.ooo,ooo IN 1893.
A Conservative Estimate Glvos Big Fig
ures-Thirty Thousand Miners at
Work.

The following reports furnished by
the various Colorado mills and smelt-
ers of the value of Colorado ores re.
duced by them. and from the branch
mlnts purchasing Colorado gold direct
from producers, are used ms a basis of
estimate for the total gold production
of Colorado for 1898:
Ounces.
Omaha and Grant Smelling
Co. .................. ,SS5. so
Globe Smelling Co. ....... .1ST ,315 90
Arkansas Valley ............ 75, 100
Philadelphia Smelling and
Refining Co. ........... 164. 81 90
Pueblo Smelling Co. (cstima-
ted: no report. ........... 100000
Colorado Smelling Co.... 5S.SOO.0O
Colorado Philadelphia (chlor-
ination. Colorado City,. .121 ,036.00
National Smelling Co. (South
Chicago ............. loss. 90
American Zinc-Lead Smelt-
ing Co. (Canon,. ......... 967.OO
Total oances gold reported .S37 $3.50
The following mills and smeltcrs did
not report the number of ounces gold,
but gave gross values of production. as
follows:
Boston & Colorado Smelt-
ing Co. 81 ,3O4 ,I20.0O
Colorado Ore Reduction
Co. Cripple Creek. -. 100000
Glorence, -. 75o,ooo.oo
Metallic Extraction Co.
tFlorencc) .......... 00O,OOO.OO
Kilton Reduction Co. (Flor-
encc). ............... 100000
Giliett Chlorination (Gil.
leto ................ 7oO.oOO.Oo
Brodie tAnaconda) ....... 3OO.O0O.OO
New York assay Office. 11.S52.O3
San Francisco mint. ... 146.T5
Denver mint not included
In above items. ..... 6OO,OOO.OO
Total value of So. 7.S5j.50
ounces gold reported by
smeltcrs. at S20.61 Ii. .016 G:S4 4 90
Grand total gold product .S23. .303, ,Gl3.7S
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
GOVERNOR GRANTS OPINION.
He Says That 1898 Was Great Year TO.
Colorado Miners.


Former Governor ]. b. Grant. of the
Omaha and Grant Smelling Company,
In explaining the mining situation of
Colorado ut the close Of this year, re-
marked that he believed the output of
gold had been overestimated. He
said:
II believe more men are employed
In gold, silver and lead mining than
at any time In the history OF Colorado,
and that there is II much larger ton
mage of gold. silver. lead and copper
bearing ore being mined than ever be-
fore.
''There has been n very large de-
crease In the value of silver In the
ores and there also seems to be u de-
crease In the percentage of lead con-
tained In them; but the gain in gold
and copper brings the average grade
of the ores almost up to the standard
of previous years. l am, in saying
this. judging from our own purchases.
'The Increase in the gold ores sent
to market has been brought about by
cheaper methods of mining, improved
methods of concentration and the re-
duced cost of transporting the ores
from the mines to the mills in various
parts OF the state where tramways
have proven very efficient and have
been built so cheaply that great
many miners We're enabled to adopt
them. The increase Is also due to the
improved methods of treating ores by
cyanide and chlorination.
"As far rs l know labor is content
ed and satisfied and all men who de-
sire to work are finding 1t in the
many camps: and IL silver stays
where It is now in price, look for n
year of unprecedented prosperity for
the mining industry of the state.
1--WE have produced during 1903
probably $1,000 900 to S3,OOO.OOO more
than in 1897. in which case the states
output of gold for the last year is $23,-
100000.
"The mint returns during the last
few months have indicated that 1t
would be more than this explained
the governor. but 1t must be remem-
bered that all the gold that has been
deposited at the Denver mint was not
produced In Colorado.
zone reason why the receipts at the
mint have shown largely in excess of
last year was because the gold pro-
duced by the Globe smeltcr, and the
old Pueblo Smelling & Refining Com
pany's plant, ut Pueblo. have been
depositing here at least n larger por-
tlOn OIL 1915, WIlle theS Stllt uOhe w
the local mint during 1897. In the
mint receipts also have appeared n
great portion of the gold production
of Utah. considerable from Idaho and
much from Dcadwood, South Dakota.
mines. which was purchased by our
company at Omaha and deposited
here.
81 know that l will be criticised for
placing the states 1893 output of gold
so low but ] base my calculations on
the means l have for covering the
field. | was criticised last year by n
great many well-meaning people for
making Il lower estimate Of the gold
production than others, but the gov
ernment report subsequently confirms
ed my conjecturcs. l believe l am
about right this time"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
NUMBER OF MINERS AT WORK.
Development Rather Than Prospecting
tho Order- of tho Day.

Harry A. Lee, commissioner OF
mines, epitomiZes the business of the
year In metalliferous mines and milling
plants In the following statement:
Number of men employed in mining
and milling during 1893:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
Tho Honey Product.

eat. the most conservative estimate
Colorado bees produced 100000 pounds
of honey during 1905" said W. L.
Porter, one of the largest individual
owners of hives In Arapahoe county.
who resides at $500 Alcott street. HIS
bees are scattered over the vale!
northeast of the city to the number OF
almost 1000 colonies.
At the recent meeting of the state
Beekeepers' Association" he contin.
ued, "a great many of the members oil
the association declared that the hon
ey crop was much larger than my es'
innate allows.
"There were shipped out of the state
thirty-three carloads, which were
worth $1,000 per gar, and the total val
ue of the thirty-three cars was S33'ooo'
The crop was short this year because
the season was dry, which curtailea
the alfalfa growth, and also the mrs,
crop of alfalfa was cut off by nan
about the time 1t was ready to bloom
while the honey shipped was worm
about $3.50 per case Of twenty'iouF
pounds, all of it did not bring so mucn'
Taking the crop throughout l suppose
1t yielded about s. per case to the Pro,
ducer and 1t is selling now in the loea,
market for $40 for first grade, anu
1926 for second."-Denver Post.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05

markets for farmers from other states
where the profits derived from this In
dustry are SO low that nothing more
than living can be made.
Since the construction Of the first
canal at the mouth of Boulder canon to
irrigate one lonely ranch In the year
1858, the work has been going forward
at steady gait, until there are over
1880 miles Of main bitches alone.
The streams and rivers which fur
nish the water for irrigation in
Colorado, all have their source in the
state, rising in the midst of mountain
peaks where they are fed by melting
SHOWS, springs. etc. These streams
have combined capacity of over 25,-
900 cubic feet Of water per second of
time.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05

and value of ore handled by our Colo
RADIO City chlOrination works for the
wear 1893, estimating the latter half of
the month of December: Total tons ore
handled, 7T.5SS: average assay per ton.
1.56 ounces in gold. containing 121 ,O36
ounces gold, at $50 per ounce, $2,42O,-
30.
The Metallic extraction plant. at Cy-
anide, handled 94. 100 tons of Cripple
Creek ore in 1898. on n cyanide basis.
Value extracted, S1,700,2Gl in gold.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05

With Il few exceptions, the crops oi
the state were fully up to the loe",
standards of comparison, and Ill SOM
instances We're better than the average
being due to the favorable Seasons.
From the reports, representing i"h iS,
different points in the state, WIN" Ln
We're prepared after the close OF III IL
crop season, and summarized by +, ,.nI ID
Brandenburg, local forecast oii1cial anl
section director, 1t appears that co'n
potatoes, the third and fourth cropo md
alfalfa, apricots, plums, apples aIn in
wild plums were below the averasvt s,tcr
yield; that other crops did mucn pc'rr M.
especially wheat, rye. oats, barley: a.
tive hay and the first cutting "i hoan
falfa, since all of these crops hau p' nj
practically made before the uro"s
set in.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
THE CROPS OF 1898.
FARMERS HAVE REASON TO BE
HAPPY.
Colorado's Products From the Farm and
Range Valued At Over Twenty-EiRht
Million Dollars.

Colorado's farmers and stock grow
ers have reason to be gratlfed at the
results of the years business. Follow
ing are the condensed figures us given
by the Denver Republican,:
Produced by Colorado soil in 1888
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05

The Colorado Ore deduction Com
pany. with chemical plant at Cripple
Creek. handled 1000 tons of ore in
1898. Value extracted, $4,000 in gold.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05

During lS9S the Gillett chlorination
plant handled 2d.OoO tons of Cripple
Creek ore. Extracting thcrefrcm ST20.
900 in gold.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
REPORT OF SHELTERS.

Grand total gold product. s23. .3o3. .GIs.7s
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05

Total values .....................$S.99O 9O.l4Z
KANSAS CONSOLIDATED.
The product of the Arkansas Valley
works at I.eadville, for the year 1893,
amounted to:
silver, 3.l7i, 1856 .-nccs at 5shc.....H. .st9, ,051
Gold 5.l79 ounces at s2o.61......... l.seo. l5l
Lead, IS. lJ5 tons ut $i2GD. ............ 1.3ls.HJ
Copper. 1,o3I tons at s2jO............ 2o9.250
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05

Totals J.1ii.JJb io,Ay lb.Ip LUZ
The product of our Argentine works,
estimating month of December, was as
follows:
silver. 7.s36os6 ounces ut 5sAc.. IS 4,559. so
Gold, 2il, ,S3i ounces at s20.61....... 4.99S,0
Lead, 9,535 tons at s72G0.. 2.S70,2n
Blue vitrol. 1893 tons ut S5...... 3o1.9i5
Total value ......:..........:. w, 1854
Metals at Argentine works derived
from Colorado ores amount to:
Silver. 53s ounces at 5shc. 3l3
Gold, 2.76i ounces at $e0.6'............ 81. l32
ro,o, ,.,,ucs 81. .4t5
We also received at our Ell Paso
works Colorado ore, contents rs fol-
lows:
silver, 1852 ounces at 5sAc.........".$ 4.Is2
Gold. 2.417 ounces at s20.6I............. 1889
o Total values ....................s5 s5i. .141
AMERICAN ZINC-LEAD SM ELTER.
Following Is the output of the Amer
lean Zinc-Lead Shelter, Canon City,
for 1898:
Silver 1O1, 4S3 ounces at 5shc........S 80. .113
Gold, s67 ounces at s20,6i... 19.9&
Lead. 10, ,09S lbs. at S.G3 per 1OO... ,I46
Copper. 351 .166 lbs. Mt l2c............ l1,237
Zinc. 3.90065 lbs. at 6c............... 234, ,o39
Total ................. .............. S4o2. l33
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-12

OMAHA SUBURBS.


NFHNVHs
Mrs. w. G. milford Of Omaha spent last
Sunday visiting with friends in Benson.
The Northwestern Social club gave a mask
ball at the Benson Town hall on March 3.
Mrs. A. Nivians and child Of Pilger visited
with friends in Benson during the week.
Miss LYDIA Hillyard OF st. Joseph, Mo,
visited with friends in Benson last Sunday.
Miss Oida Hawkin OF omaha was a guest
for a few days at the home OF her brother,
George Hawkins.
Services will be held at the Methodist
church today at If a. m, Sunday school at
12 IN. Rev. +. Bross, pastor.
The Ladies' Aid society met at the home
OF Mrs. S. II. Hoffman Thursday afternoon
OF last week. 1t VIII meet at the home OF
Mrs. j.. |. Keirns in two weeks.
The Fraternal Union, lodge No. 116, held
its regular meeting last Monday night.
The members are making preparations to
give a literary entertainment at the town
hall on the night OF March "a.
Last Friday evening MIR. and Mrs, Charles
b. Dodson entertained a party of young
friends of this place and Omaha at their
home. Music and dancing were INDUCED in
and light refreshments were served.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-12
sULvEs THE MURDER MYSTERY
Police OF chicago Now Convinced
that August A.. Becker Butch-
cred His wife.

CHICAGO, March i1.-By the discovery OF
a portion of a human body and a torn scrap
OF black dress goods under the barn floor
OF August A. Becker's home at 5O17 Rock
well street the police are satisfied that they
have at last found the key to the mystery
surrounding the murder OF Mrs. Theresa
Becker.
The police now declare that without doubt
the butcher Killed his wife in the barn and
disposed Of the remains, after cutting them
up, by burying them or throwing them in
the Chicago river. The piece of lung found
today is about the size Of a mans hand
and a portion Of the bronchial tube is at
tached to 1t, The dress goods has been
Identified by Mrs. Title Manthy as a por-
tion of the black dress which Mrs. Becker
wore around the house and which has been
vainly sought for by the police since Becker
confessed to numbering his wife. The cloth
is cut in eight places, seemingly as II a
sharp knife had been repeatedly thrust
through Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-12
New spring goods at f. NJ. Schadell & Co.
Opening day announced later.
ON THE WEEKLY WAGE SYSTEM.
More Money spent for Liquor when
EmnlnNes Arc pnid Monthly.


WASHINGTON, March 11.-Robert How
ard, eX-secretary of the National Spinners'
union, was before the Industrial commission
today. He said that the southern mills
could not be seriously considered as COM
petitors Of the northern mills because they
produced a different class of articles and
because the southern workmen could not be
pressed to expedition as could the northern
operatives. He quoted a, foreman in a
southern mill as saying that If he should
tell an operative in his institution to hasten
her work she was liable to be after him
soon with a Winchester rifle or a shotgun.
Mr.. Howard, who at one time had been
a member of the Massachusetts state SEN
ate, told of the difficulties encountered in
getting the legislation providing for weekly
payments to laborers. The manufacturer
had opposed the measure on the ground that
1T was a species of socialism and that 1t
would produce drunkenness. The measure,
however, had proved a success and instead
of causing an increase of drunkenness 1t had
proved a promoter of temperance. There
was not so much temptation to spend money
for liquor when received weekly as when
the entire months wages were received in
a lump sum.