Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-26

additional buildings and an appropria.
tion of $1,000 for the repair of the
present buildings and the mainten
ance of the school.
The Moon-Anchor mine has been
sold to an English company. The oM
stockholders receive 10000 shares of
FL each, one-seventh of the capitaliZa-
tion of the new company, and a mini
mum of f1SO,OO0 in cash. The Battle
Mountain property is not included in
the deal. The directors of the Noon
Anchor Gold Mining Company met
this afternoon and issued n circular to
the stockholders. giving the facts
about the deal which Werner u. Reed
made with British capitalists on his
recent visit to London.
The last report of the Wyoming board
of charities contains the following
facts with regard to the states con-
victs: OF the ITS convicts, 3S were
Catholics, % Protestants, Z Mormons,
pagans, Jews, / Spiritualist and 30
no religion. As to habits, 42 drank
moderately, 81 We're incorporate and
50 did not drink. AS to education, 132
had received common school education.
l high school, = college diplomas, 81
poor education and were illiterate.
Three had Chinese education.
The city council of Florence has
awarded the water works contract to
the Geddes and Seerie Stone Company
| of Denver for the sum of 1900. and
an intake dam in the canon mt $40 per
square yard. the estimated cost of
| which is $1,000. The company agrees
to begin work upon the system inside
Of twenty days and complete the work
by June list. The figure Is considered
very fair price for the city and the
time required for construction remark
ably short. us over sixteen miles of
pipe must be laid.
W. ii. Llewellyn has introduced in
the New Mexico Legislature bill ere.
| ating Otero county from the eastern
portion of Dona Ana and southern half
of Lincoln counties. Immediately fol-
lowing. n petition was introduced and
read from the citizens OF Lincoln coun-
ty. opposing the bill. A delegation of
citizens appointed by the Republicans
of Dona Ana county arrived In the city
and began lobbying the Legislature
for the passage of the bill creating
otero county and for the appropria-
tion for the Las Cruces Agricultural
College.
The Wyoming House of Representa-.
tivcs adopted n memorial to the ma
tional congress calling attention to the
condition Of the Shoshone and Arapa.
hoe Indians on the Wind river reservi-
ton. The memorial states that the
government Is about to stop the annu-
tiles annually issued to the Indians.
that the Indians are not sclf-support-
Ing. and that unless steps are taken to
relieve possible distrcsss grave results
may follow. 1t is urged that the Unit
ed States allot the reservation lands
among the Indians and purchase the
remainder. thus enabling the redskins
TO earn enough to support themselves.
Rev. w. II. hoffman. pastor of the
Presbyterian church in Boulder. has
received formal notice Of his selection
TO fill the pulpit of the Fourth Prcsby-
tcrIan church of Chicago. Mr.. Not
man will accept the call The new pas
torate has with II II salary OF $1,000 n
year. u chapel assistant and a personal
assistant. The Fourth Presbyterian
church of Chicago is one of the richest
ana most aristocratic churches In the
city and numbers In Its congregation
some of the leading millionaires of
Chicago. The present church building
on the Chicago lake front is soon to be
replaced with one of the most magnifi-
cent church structures In the country.
The board OF county commissioners
tary of the Denver Chamber of Com
mcrce of It's award of prizes In the
sugar beet contest. G. II. Hammond
OF Hotchkiss. Colorado. received the
first prize of SD. and prize of S15
was awarded to each of the following:
Martin Grade, G. w. Umbrcll, /. S.
Hewitt. ]. NJ. Threw and Charles A.
Barnes, all OF Delta. G. II. Hammond
harvested his crop October 22nd, the
growth of trimmed bccts per acre be-
Ing 3S.5f tons. the per cent. of sugar
1874. coefiicicnt OF purity ia per
cent: pure sugar per actc, 1O.062
pounds; available sugar per,acre. S,iS5
pounds.
Surveyor General Vance of New
Mexico has just received the recent de-
cision of the Department of the Inte-
rior regarding the final disposition by
the government of the Las Vegas
grant OF i06. 6.IiG.0G acres of land. As
sistant Secretary Ryan. In the decision.
reviews the history of the grant com
mcncing with the making OF the grant
by the Mexican government. first TO
Luis Maria Baca and aftcrward, when
Raca had been driven or by the In
dinns, to the persons who went to the |,
site OF the present city of Las Vegas \
and established settlement. He states |
that Congress plainly intended to give |
the tract to the community of Las We |
gas and the act of Congress deter |
mined the title. The decision will be |
of great value to the people of Las |
Vegas, as lands on the grant unoccu- |,
pied will doubtless he placed In the !.
hands of n commission to he improved |
and sold for the benefit of nil con
ccrned.
Work on the Goose creek dam of the /
Denver Union Water Company has |
been started and the company intends
rapidly TO push the work on new
reservoir on this site. II Is to be com |
pleted within year md to have n on.
pncity of 2J,OO0.OOO,OOO gallons, With |
the now reSnrYnir the InInn u,nIa.