Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-09-14

a dispatch from Chcyenn. says for
est fires are now burning In the Lara
mie Peak timber district, In northern
Albany county, and along Muddy
mountain, abuut twenty-five miles
southeast of Casper. Special Agent Ab-
bott OF IA" Interior Department. VIII"
went out 10 Investigate nni pu, oui
the fires. II possible. has II force uf
men working In the Laramie Peak dis
| trict and hopes To overcome ihr ilnmcS
| within n few days. Nothing could bc
done toward fighting the Muddy noun
/ tain fire on account OI the dense smoke.
and II will bc allowed to burn itself
| out. During the fore part Of this week
the worst forest fire In the history nf
northern Wyoming ragged In ih. noun
tains between the north and south
forks OF Tongue river. west of Shcgi-
dan. -Four townships wcrr burned over
and the town OF lockwood was wiped
| out. The tie camp Of McShnnc 4 Co.
/ together with n number Of saw mills
and n large quantity Of railroad Ties
nnd lumber. We're destroyed. When til"
fire was first discovered the superin-
tcndcnt Of forest reserves. Garbui'.
sent riders Into the timber To notify til.
choppers. This proved To b. n wise
move. for the tie cutters barely had
time 10 escape.
The Territorial Fair Association ut
Albuquerque has signed contract
with Professor Van Swan. the most
noted geoiogIst and nrrharoio1isi IN
New Mexico. In which he agrees 10
give an almost perfect initiation OF u"
cruptions OF vcsuvius and other his.
toric volcanoes. In the chain of old vol.
canoes, situated ON mn cirv tiion. about
! II. AlItpttTFsluss a unI
plainly visible from here. Professor
Van Swan has ALREADY ordered 5000
pounds Of material and VIII bc prc-
pared to give on. bis eruption every
night OF the carnival. which occurs
. September 10 to -. inclusive. Cover
nor Oicro hnS agreed To liz present
!. Tuesday. September n. and touch the
. button In the 'Sir-c's of Cairo" which
shall start the most magnificent pro-
!. gram Of amuscmcnis ever Witnessed
!, In any city Ia tho southwest. Reports
from New Mexico and Arizona indicate
mn outside Attendance OF la!upO people
/, from III. Two territories alone. Texas
: and Colorado arr also expected TO send
:, large delegations. The tents Of the
!. New Mexico National Guard will bc
secured ani pitched on the foothills In
!. the eastern part of tile town Tor the
!, accommodation Of III. overflow. Al
UNVusftluss WIN " p'fhs's
than .DUD II now prepared To tur-
!, nIsh food ani shelter TO over :p!"p WIS.,
, itors.
u A meeting was held ut Riac the other
day To arrange for the second lion hunt
on the Weston SLOPE. About nfiy rep
=. r-scntntivc citizens. runchm"n. fnil'
/. road men. were present. II was dccih'
~ ci to hold the hunt this year earlier.
..uNl
\, for deer nni elk. The dates decided
N on were Thursday. Friday and Sa,ur'
- day. October .,;,h. 9th and 18th. Thr
!, opening OF the elk season being Octo
>. her 18th. Il il expected that many oi
:. the visitors Mt the lion hunt Will take
IA advantage Of the opportunity to 20 NJ
=, ter elk Immediately after the lion hunt
rx II being during Ill" time the dccr arc
/, In the nci.hborhood Of Rifle. The par
ties In charge of the hunt feel war
rnn,cd In guaranteeing every visitor
,c his deer. besides mn opportunity 10 par
III ticipaic In the hunt after lion and bear
n. The citizens of l,inc arranged for NJ
Vi interesting program Saturday. October
IN 18th. including trap shooting. rif,
10 shooting. horse racing. etc. The hotel.
n. and restaurants Of Iiifr arc arranging
u. TO serve n great dinner for the visitors
p- the menu to b. game exclusively. In
us
10 rcls. grouse. etc. The arrangements nj
in Rife are in charge OF George Clark
n. son. chairman. and W. \. Kennedy ol
10 the Rifle Rcvcillc, secretary. The rail
.. roads will give low rates from all state
<. points for the occasion.
A dipatch from Cheyenne to tho
Denver Republican says: Joseph
m O'Ncil. secretary OF the Duran,
-
10 ncstlay by Chief OF Police Proctor
IN charged with incrndiarism. O'Scil
o, confessed to setting fire to the Conroy
g property tn" night OF September !.
|. and to the Phillips house about n
Il month ago. lie says he was under the
1. influence Of liquor when he committed
c the crimes and had no particular mo.
Il tive. He said he had been kept "dopc,l"
n with whisky by q crowd of young men
:. In the city and II was while in this
IS condition that he set fire TO the prop.
n crty named. II Is believed by the chief
Is of police that in O'Scil the authorities
g have the person who has caused n
q large number OF the numerous incend.
c inry fires which have occurred In the
l. city during the past three years, includ-
ing over fifty fires Of suspicious origin.
About a year ago these fires were OF
n such frequency that n special meeting
;. OF the city council was held and n
q reward OF one hundred dollars offered
( for the apprehension Of the guilty
T party. The police department tried
g bioodhounds in the attempt TO capture
4 the incendinrics. but without success.
c Last Sunday night the sheds and barn
r of Charles Conroy were set on iirs and
] destroyed. Chief OF Police Proctor
$ found n piece OF burned carpet near
:. where the buildings had been. which
} had evidently been soaked in oil and
4 used to start the fire. He located
. O'Neil ms the owner OF the carpet and
= this. with some other circumstnntinl
evidence. led to his arrest AL confess
I sion. O'Ncii has been nm acfivc menu
ber OF one of the city volunteer fire
companies md attended every fire. He
, has been employed ns n painter In the
/. Union Pacific slops here His ttnrcnts