Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-24
WESTERN NOTES.


sion ''rh. World wild, Movement" was
presented In Iirc" short Addresses iy
". II. InEsaTt II f.itsbura. Lester Mc-
isnn Of Denver. nnh Fred H. Smith Of
Chicago. VIII" sIsJk" ~ the army nnd
navy work.
u has bF"H definitely hsr?Ttline,i that
the man captured NJ Carlsbad. New
Mexico. last Tuesday. after "a hard
light, II on. of the bandits who held up
the Colorado & Southern trnIn nj Fol,
som, July iiih. His nam" il MrGinnis.
nni h" was badly Wounded Ia the hight
with III. Iipssc ut CImmaT-n. AZ tho
Time II wus supposed iic had been In
tally wounded ani II was generally
Thought that h. hnd hr-n carried To
som" hiding place ani in'i died there.
His partner. whn stc',,-Ici la c-.7ip-
Ing last Tuesday. l. named Franks Re
ports fr1m the IS1ss.. which started In
pursuit.. j. That they uTr clos. on his
trail. about oil. hundred miles north.
west Of herr. lie II evidently heading
for Arizona. The men cam. inin south
eastern New Mexico io secure iorss--
left by them In May nj ih. l.. y. u.
ranch. nni which they had previously
stolen In Arizona. Thomas. Of the
shcrins iSs,.. who was severely
wounded In III" hight. win r~'oycr. ON
.crs nr" "ni looking for the men who
held up the Colorado \ Southern train
near Folsom "Wednesday.
The Colorado volunteers were treated
10 very pleasant snrpris" soon after
their arrival nt San Frnnclscp. when
'h. long innr-h from III" deck 10 the
l'r"siilo was mntir. each II the Colo.
rido officers was notified that Lr
would b- the guest of the Tenth Penn.
| ryiyania officers ut their mess hall at
2 y. m.. on III" rr.sIiio reservation.
AMI also I'll" enlisted men of the twelve
Colorado companies would br divided
| nj among the mcsS halls of the eight
Pennsylvania companies. Al this all
Of the Colorado men r'joic,,l nnd most
! of all tn. cooks. No iruuil. or money
! hni been sport'i hy the Pennsylvania
men In the pr-parniion NJ the dinner.
| All the good things available In the
h"st markets of san Francisco were
Ia waiting when the First Colorado In
fnn'ry sat down. And they were eat
"n with mn appetite born of long ser
vice In the Held. When the inSi piece
of pie for which ihcrr was inside
room hal been mad" u thing II the
past. ihcr" were hearty cheers Ivy the
guests for the hosts. The rrnnfyiya-
min men "liccr.d IN rriurn their Colo
fiio comrades nni mu'lcsily said: We
are only doing for yon what Nebraska
! did To welcome us to San FrlnciHo."
I.aic particulars show that the nr-
tempted holi.up cf the Colorado \
Southern passenger train. near Folsom.
| New Mexico. lHst "wednesday night.
was a bold aud daring effort 10y n lone
| bariit. Soon after irayiu. Folsom
I - al. -
| engine and forced the engineer nj the
muZzlc uf - revolver 10 stop The train.
! lie then took III" engineer nnI fireman
| back and ordered them to uncouplr
| the express ear. While they were ,iD.
I Ing this the roiIhrr amused 'hImrrif
! hy SlnOiir. bullets through the ga
press ear. Conductor Frank iilrring-
/ ion. when he heard the shnOtlng. Er-
cured his shotgun. which hc hal al
rcauy loaded with hu"Eslot. and drop
| ped OF the rear Of the train. II" open.
| cd fire on the rnhhrr with telling cf-
| feet. Ills Charge ur hurkshDt shat.
tered The mans right arm. The fei-
| low STARTED on Il run across tho prairie.
! When the posse arrived nj the scene or
the hold.up u search Of th" locality re
vcaicd the man hiding behind an en-
| bankmrnt near The track. He was soon
| surrounded. hut was found to he help
less from his wound and loss Of blood.
! He was picked up and brought TO
| Trinidad. lie had lain where he was
found about twelve hours.
The machinery of the monster power
plant OF the La Bella mill. Water and
Power Company. situated at Cold
field. was get in motion on the 18th.
! Miss Frances MoTat Mrtnirg, grand
daughter of David II. M"irat pressed
| the button in Denver which started
the poudCrous wheels and shafts and
| other machinery of the hig plant Too
| much stress cannot he laid upon the
Significance Of this occasion and what
| 1t means to the Cripple Greek district.
| The most modern gold camp In the
world. it has taken III" lead in the In
| Producing innovations in mining meth.
udS. and, for up-i1-iatc appliances and
! facilities. II ranks second to none. No
person or set OF persons has done
| more for the great district in this
! way than has Tie Smith Mo!TIt syndi-
| cate of Denver. The latest ilhisira-
| tlun of the faith which these people
| have in the future of the great dis
| trict Is the erection of the huge power
! nlant. the opening of which was signal
| iZcd with appropriate ceremonies. The
enterprise of the Canon City Electric
ana rover company llS aircauy en-
abled operators Of the district to go
cure electric power mt the mines at n
reduced cost. The success of this en-
teprisc has never been Il question, and
from the time the power was first
turned on the demand for hoist.ng ami
other ~iachincry has been greatly In
excess of the supply. The In Bella
plant will. besides furnishing light,
electric power for the Florence Is
Cripple Creek and Golden Circle sys-
tens, supply air power for the opera
tion of machine drills. That the enter
prise will prove successful Is illustrat-
ed by the fact that there are now
more orders on hand for drills than
can be supplied by the present capac-
ity of the big compressor. and 1t IL I'M
dcrstood that the management Is at
this time concentrating increasing
their air capacity. Th" west enter
Drisp of the Smith Stnr' ,,lr1te IL