Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-19
WESTERN { NOTES.


crabss business of Importance was
.DcvelopmentsNin Denver and ouray
throw y new and SENSATIONAL light on
tho life and death of The man Adams.
Who heir~dSio hold up the sncsY.!s
stage coach near Ouruy inbt week. and
who wns rctortsvi tn have been killed
by q deputy sheriff nj Piac-ryIile last
Tuesday evening. II turns cut that
his rial name IL Walter Adams in-
stead OF John Carter or ''Kii" Adams.
aud that he committed suicide instead
af meeting his death al III. hands. of
nn officer OF the law. ms Was reported.
Further than this. he was q member
OF a pioneer. wcli.io-do and highly re-
- - =. Adams. the well known cat.
~ Thomson Of the Colorado
Court OF Appeals rr6nkes iiic.;itimaic
securing OF testimony In cases brought
by the pcopic. in an opinion he gives
In the case OF H.k. Braisscd OF Delta.
Illegally. The town attorney hired .
woman to go TO his place and Illegal.
ly purchase liquor In order that he
might have evidence. The court dis
missed the case against the druggist
and scored the town attorney for using
the tactics by which hc secured con.
vicstou. Tbe opinion says that the net
Of the town attorney was against pub.
lie morals. which viii not permit OF
unlawful acts bcink insiisntcd by the
ofiiccrs Of the people.
Tha Midland Terminal and the Flor
ence 4 Cripple Creek railroads will
consolidate about Novcmbcr LIST and
thus form q new railroad. which VIII
bear the name OF the Denver & South
western. In this consolidation other
properties OF great Importance In the
Cripple Greek district will also be con-
ccrncd. The newly completed plant
Of the Ia Bella Mil. Water & Power
Company at Goidncld will bc part OF
the ofgan!Iation. ms will also the Colo
rndo Trading & Transfer Company. a
thrcc-fourths interest In the Metallic
Extraction Company's cyanide plant
near Florence. The plan embraces NIL
the steam railroads running Into the
Cripple Greek district. controlling vast
terTiry. There will bc embraced In
the new system 1lS miles Of railroad
bcsideS valuable terminals ana fran
chiscs. together with the other proper
= c-sc-"ss's ~ a.sia -
Two men on horseback held up the
stage from Snciiics nt . o'clock Mon.
dny afternoon about three miles south
OF Ourny. up the mountain road. nt the
second watering trough. n place well
fitted for such n deed. The men pre-.
scntcd revolvcrs at the four occupants
OF the open stage and cndcacorcd TO
get out the iron safe. hut could not
brcnk the fastcnings. The bandits
a i,u Ir,,,fvltf slnx,+p
daily from the Camp Bird mine. but
wee unaware that the bags are al
ways placed In nm iron safe with nn
armed guard to protect II. 4 telephone
message from Snciiles shows that the
men kept up on the road and passed
through Sncnics. Sheriff Edgar is u.s.
Ing the wires and will dispatch n posse
to endcavor to capture the highway
men. The occupants Of the stage were
not molcsted and no property was TAX
on from the stage. which carries the
United States mail.
The farmers OF Colorado will make
more money this year than ever be-
fore out OF the manufacture of cheese
and other dairy products. Where five
years ago the state produced about
100000 pounds OF cheese. 2.OOO.OO0
pound will be tarncd out by Its fac
tOrlcS IN JSgv. ncSc HEuTes were
given yesterday by J. A. Ross. one OF
the members OF n firm that controls
several of the largest cheese factories
In Colorado. He said that the farmers
OF Colorado are coming to appreciate
the Importance OF this industry to the
stnte. All they have to do Is to breed
their cattle along lines that produce
the largest amount OF butter fat. The
stock Is already in the state and the
kinds wanted for this purpose nre kept
principally by owners Of small
ranches. A few districts are now dc.
voted entirely to dairymen. Some Of
these make in clear profit several hun
dred dollars a month with compare
lively small facilities, besides being
able to raise crops. .. ..|
Bias Lucero. 1t is reported. was muir
dered near Chapcrito, New Mexico.
Saturday night, presumably by the
Mcxicnns, that murdered Florcntino
Gonzales and badly wounded his 49,
ycnr-old boy the preceding Thursday.
Lucero had seen and fired upon the
band Of outlaws when they committed
a robbery recently Mt Chaperito. and 1t
is supposed that the gang desired to
get rid of him in order TO avoid indenti-
Ncntion in case any OF them were
cnught, Both Lucero and the man
Gonzales, who was murdered Mt Cora
zon, were well-to-do, peaceable and
highly respected citizens. Donicinno
Lopez, a well-to-do sheep man, was
murdered at Puertocito de Pecos, near
Iacuesta. New Mexico, thirty miles
south Of Las Vegas, last Friday. Sher-
In Montana received message from
Ribera, New Mexico, to go down and
arrest the murderers. The sheriff re-
turned Monday morning, having In Gus
tody Miguel Archuleta, n boy 1S years
Of age, who has made full confession
Of the crime to the sheriff. 1t seems
that Archuleta and companion came
upon Lopez. who was herding sheep,
and asked for n division Of the flock.
Lopez refusing, n quarrel ensued and
Lopez was shot and killed and buried
near by. The following day the body