Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-09-28

| year. The agreement go ~. 20
instance OF the State Boara .SsEo..
uoh July :tth last, hut apparent. Ica/
men DO not consider II binding. =
week ago w. 4. Triplett. president Of
the Miners Union At Baldwin. and Lee
pcckcr, member OF the union and n
miner. assaulted Joint Hardy in a stord
at Baldwin. Hardy. Is said 10 have
been frightfuliy beaten by them. They
were discharged Thursduy and Friday
the miners demanded that they be rein.
| stated This wHs refused nnd Satur.
| day the men struck. The company I'm,
shut up the mine aud state that II will!
not be rc'opcned. .-.,....-.. II
J.. y. I.ii,lciicld of Slatsr, Routt com.
~. says the assessor OF the county In,
taxed his -'lonic~iicnicL elk rs cattle.
\ and when Artfrcw jackson. cider game
warden OF district No. .. wanted him
IN take ont llcsnsc for game park. lie
| refused under the contention that his
animals cannot he taxed twice. Stat.
Gam. Commissioner johnson hns been
appealed to nni Will decide whether, o.
no, Mr.. LIiilcfcli Is entitled 10 Keep
elk ,coniine,l on his premises without
iakln: out license for n park. Til,
law is 40 constructed stiiat n park ns,
be construed TO mean place where
even one game animal Is kept. Mr.. Lit
tl.iisia- has written 10 the commission
cr that he u ac,ing uI,o,.. iiis mel, ler-ol
'nn attorney III icci!ning TO take ou, "a
license.
Manager ". ". Gleason Of tho wnr.
rcn Live Stoct Company Inns retari,cti
To Cheyenne from Stcrltis. Coiornsio
!whcrc he caused tlir arrest OF four
iipsn. who me Charged with having
rafd-,l o;fc 'cS thu company's sheer
camps. near Sterling. last week. Mr
Slcnsoi, states that no isi6nc will b.
N-fcit unsurr.i In rf effort To have the
cnlp.iis severely. punished for their
outlnwry. wliicl, Included nm assault
nion n ,icricr and Ill. stealing Of n
baud OF sixty shy-.p. Detectives will
iE employed. who VIII ride the ranges
and gather Information against III.
marnuicrs. Mr. Gleason states that his
company is gtasirg its sheep on IT.
own land. or land leased by tho com.
pany. and VIII rcsis, nil efforts to drive
them out Of the country.
For some time Agent Nasc of the II.
& II, q. nj Canon City. has hccn- try.
Ing 10 get nicn TO work on the Steel
rnng. tu, i,ns met with little success
J, Saturday several ears OF steel We're -ri
! out for tho Canon City X Cripple Crr.G
road. which II was necessary 10 un
load nt nrcc. Nagc says tScrc were ITO
,ntn u ils..iai 10 vn.aiuiltlc steel ani
80 reported to Superintendent Burns.
sWar,lcn ti-yt pct q forec VI conricu
ut the worsr ana the Pcicrsi l.ahr
Union raised objections, The Leaders
cin'sii!ns that they could furnish MI
the Ei,Ni necessary at the stipulated,
price OF Si.I5 per day, The union kl.k
wus made to hold, and at noon Wi..
den ucyt withdrew his forces and the
tf:iion leader appeared on. gthc rcc'a'
VIII hfty men. Agent .SDsa selected
sixiccn OF the number and the WORK
pruccctlcd without delay. In an in;rs,
View Warden lloyt said nc WAS actirc
only In obedience ofsul friendly fr.ling
I've. has for Superintendent Burns.
whom he holds In high esteem.
The ". G. 4. u. closed its Stl,ree days
session OF the state convention friday
evening. The attendance throughout
has been good. The. most Interesting
part tsof the CLOSING lays report was
the paper N Mrs. Iikehs on the rescue
work, dealing especially with tho Cot
tagc Home. The fact that nearly IO0
girls have been taken into It's doors.
cared for. niirscd ani won hack to.lives
of responsibility. speaks well for Its
mana gCmrntnnd for the women Of the
W. c. r. iU..l wirp have, stood byttt for
tho twelve years OF f'its existence. Tie
afternoon exercises were lively and full
of Interest. The Cottage Home consti-
tuition was slightly altered. The fol.
lowing officers We're elected for the en-.
suing year: president. Mrs Antdrntttei
A. Hawlcy, i,Dcnvcr: vice president.
Mrs. NJ, Al MnG Del Notte:l tcorte
spending scctetpry. Miss, Lepaa y.
Dwight. Boulder: recording secretary,
Josephine c. Hicks: trcnsusr. Mrs. NJ.
II. .Sprng,ie: secretary of branch.
Miss Alice l.. 1ialderlice of Pueblo;
secretary l. branch. Miss NJ. A. Nlchen.
bach; editor ofaAfessengcr. Mrs. Laura
Berry.
In reference to the eviction Of squat.
tcrs from the Colorado portion OF the.
Maxwell land grant. one OF the com
pany's officials makes the following
statement: Since the confirmation or
the title OF the Maxwell land grant hy
the Supreme Court OF the United
States some thirteen years ago all
! means have been employed looking TO
n ncnccnt,lc solution OF the sIuniter
problem Thousands of dollars hnlr
rbecn spanttly tlic company In parchna'
ing the improvements OF settlers. 'lie
settlers In each case agreeing TO move
an the grant: but in most cases the
.Ii,nttcd in new place. In many
cases the suuatters bought their claims
of the grant company Mt small price.
the result of which generally was that
Tho mon who made such settlement
had :. their. improvements burnef and
their lives threatened. thus intimidnt-
in. others who wanted TO settle', The
compnny's agent has been unable, TO
.fintrl through this country wittout re-
,,.,I. vS,tf
icncc. Seeing that III 'cfforts to settle
tlefmattcr, apiicaDly had been Hhaust-
c,l,, The company decided to ask posses,
sion Of their ,lands from IntheeN unhted
states authorities. The taxes on these
ionds 1iate iigNTiys been paid by tn"
nomphny,I SlSorI many yenrs pnst the
company ]hhs been heavy loser
through dcprcdations upon their cnt-
tin and timber. No trouble is nntic'
,nntrd 3by the company in the efforts
now Icing made by the United States
authorities to give them possession CT