Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-24

hhlslr,i his abstract Of the assessment
roll OF Eiiisn county. showing III. to-
ini valuation In II. 81 l!;fti;,,i, an In
crras. of Ssnt.iTI over ia. rOii of is;'s.
II has bs-n decided at Grand June
tion To add on" more dny than usual I"
this years i's.a-ii bay. September
i:th. 18th. iith Hnd 18th ar- officially
announced as the dates for the sT"it
festival.
tn. Porter Fuel Company. ih- lar
s''st cuai operator in In i'inin county.
has resumed work. Alnui seventy oil
cmploycs Were put on. ahi ih" num-
iser Will b- Increased from day 10 day
until all an" employed.
g. l.. Wellington will surcc"d T.. J.
Flynn NJ chairman Of the Colorado"
i.in-s Terminal Association. joint
agent ot III. Western Passenger .Nsso'
-iation. joint agent Of the Beaver iIu'
rs.u of Coal Statistics nni the snriun.
other I.osiiIons In which Mr. Flynn has
served the railroads Of tile state.
John u. Tiiotn. superintendent Of the
Los Angeles min. ON Buii hill. fell
frum the isLfoat level I. the irsttom
of tile shafi. u distance of niSut II"
feet. nh.i was instantly Killed. u"
was badly mansi.,l. ThF'- miners
wcr" working IN iii- bottom of III"
shaft aud Ills i-,dy was only prevent
-i frnn striking them by falling
against the bucket hanging above I'll"
men.
". T.. Kirkpatrick. the Durango iisii
King. las given III" stat. .vp.'sS young
trout. Thomas Holland. state super
Inirn,irn' of ilaicirFi"S. has r"n" Ia
Durango 4. look after the fish. which
will H., distributed nibnut tile state. The
siatc will get .J.pDD trout MS" NJ the
l.GpD.p1 given the government 10y VIII
liam i:n,lci!fr. ~ Delta county. This
l. III" iirst time the United States Com
mission has ever given fish To state au'
thoriIics.
Some 1f the PARTIES Interested In til"
new company formed To build the rail-
runas from Fort Steele To Snriiu:n.
Encampmrrt nnd other points In the
copper fields. have purchased Tnnch
near Grand Enrnmpmcnt. aud IL II bc-
lirVC1l Il j. Inr town sit" purposes. Tue
construction OF tn" railroad Is cniisid.
crr,l certainty. Saratoga Ii growing
RAPIDLY. Many Denver people nr" III
icF.e.irh IN the camp AMI others arc
coming In every day.
The busy srnsnn for Game Cnmmi--
siuncr johnson has commenced. Ih"
iutcst complaint made To him sets forth
that til" M"XicnuS In the vicinity OF
Stnrcwnll are absolutely Ignoring the
.uli,r law, Word has been received
ny the commissioner that n doe had
been Killed by u party or Mexican
hunters IN that vicinity. aud that Nio-
latIons uf the law were ot almost
daily occurrence. The penalty for XIII
ing deer without horns II n fine Of $500
or six months Imprisonment. Com
missioner johnson Will have the mn:.
ter investigated NJ once.
Batteries \ and II. j'tam artillery.
arrived ut Salt Lake from san Fran
cisco on the 18Th. The soldiers were
given II hearty welcome at tine depot.
The various military organizations
aud civic societies escorted them
through the gaily decorated streets Ia
Callcr's park. where the governor and
other state officials delivered addresses
OF welcome. RESPONSES were made by
Majors =. W. Young and j.. \. Grant.
Artrr distributing the state badges 10
all the state volunteers. mn elegant
lunch was served in the park. All
business was suspended for the day.
and thousands of people concrcGat"d
all along the the line Of march.
Captain Ewing Il. Booth of Company
G., First Colorado volunteers. reached
Pueblo Sunday evening. he having
come OH from SAN Francisco immcdi-
ately after the landing of the rcgi-
mrnt. Captain Booth Is ton three
months sick leave. he having suffered
considerably from II severe attack OF
dysen:cry. lie will remain In Pueblo
about twenty-five days and after Il
few short side trips will return 10 the
Philippines to assume command of a
company in one of the new volunteer
regiments organized there In which he
was commissioned shortly before the
First Colorado left the islands. He re-
ports II pleasant voyage and says that
the men are generally in good health.
What may terminate in n double kill
ing occurred soon after noon Sunday
on n ranch six miles east of Wray.
One young man, Harry Stniningor. is
dead, and another. Frank MurdOck. is
thought to he mortaily wounded rs the
result of the Zcclous guardianship cX-
crciscd over small patch of watcrmcl
ons by Henry Bartholmus. 1t Is pre-
sumcd that the two boys. who are
wade Il watermelon patch belonging to
Bartholmus. hut while they We're in
the public road and yet short dis
tancc from the coveted melons. Bar
tholmus jumped out of the tall grass
where had been concealed and fired on
the boys with a doublc-bnrrclcd shot
gun. Bartholmus gave himself up.
The state convention of the Young
Mems Christian Association, which
was in session ut Glen Park last week,
was one of the best that has been held
In the state. The best addresses were
given by c. NJ. Hobbs. president OF the
Denver Association, on 'Thc Source of
Power" in which he emphasized the
spiritual side of association work as all
essential: "Biblc Study" by General
Secretary G. G. Huntington Of Pueblo,
nnd "Evangellstic Meetings" by +. Il.
Smith of Chicago. In the evening ses-