Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12

City. The stir on the streets OF Canon
City Is increasing to something like the
early days of the great gold strike at
the Dawson mine. Groups of men con-
gregate OH the corners Of the streets
discussing and examining rock taken
from the various prospect holes In the
Greenhorn range. Many are here await
Ing assay returns, but us the local as
sayer is overrun 1t may be many
days before their wishes will be real
lied. Little Information regarding
mining matters has been obtainable
from Dawson, owing to the heavy fall
of snow. In reality there has been but
little prospecting for more than n
week. Now that the weather has mod
Grated work IL commencing again, and
reports Of strikes are rife.
Retiring State Auditor John w. low.
ell, In his biennial report made to Gov
ernOr Adams uses rather vigorous Ian
guage with reference to the condition
OF the state revenues. The auditor
pays his respects to the various county
assessors whose small assessments of
property he believes to be responsible
for the shortage In the funds due the
state. ut IL evident" says the report,
that the trainers Of the constitution
Intended that the General Assembly
should have control Of the finances OF
the state, but the result shows that
when the statute Of 1891 was passed
the General Assembly nbdicated Its au-
thority and delegates 1t to the county
assessOrs" Mr.. Lowell says the laws
should be amended.
A special from Provo, Utah. says:
Sheriff StOrrs returned this evening
from GOuveneur. New York, with Mrs.
Jennie Wright. wife OF George II.
Wright. Wright Is believed to be the
man who killed the three young men
ut Pelican Point, Utah, In February,
1895, for which crime Harry Hayes Is
now suffering life Imprisonment, and
Mrs. Wright's knowledge Of her hus-
bands habits will materially aid Sher-
iH Storrs In effecting his capture, and
her knowledge of the case Will also aid
Mr.. Hayes attorneys, 1t is thought. in
showing Hayes innocence SO clearly
that he will be released. Mrs. Wright
Ii thoroughly convinced Of her hus-
bands guilt. Shortly after the mur.
ders were committed Wright was ar
rested for cattle stealing and went to
Colorado, Mrs. Wright going to her
mother In New York, where she was
located by Sheriff Storrs.
Not dismayed for moment by the
comparatively poor success OF Its first
venture in the way of wild animal
hunt, the Western Slope Hunting Asso-
citation has determined to engineer Il
second undertaking similar to that OF
last month. this one to occur next
March or April. 1t Is thought that mt
that time the heavy SHOWS upon the
mesas which surround Debeque will
have driven the mountain lions from
their highland haunts to the more shell
tered hooks to be found along the beds
of the streams that seam the mesa land
where they will be easily accessible to
the dauntless huntsmen. To further
Insure the success Of its second venture
In the way of lion hunt, the associa-
tiOn has negotiated for the purchase OF
Il pack of thirty trained fox hounds to be
divided up among the different parties
radiating from Debequc. The deal for
the purchase of these valuable adjuncts
to n hunt may be closed at any time.
and 1t Is likely that the association will
conclude to make the investment with
in day or two.
A beet sugar factory for Grand June.
tion seems assured. Incorporation
papers of n new company have been
filed at Denver with the secretary of
as the Colorado Sugar Manufacturing
Company. The incorporators are John
+. Campion, j. B. McKinnie, Charles
Boettcher, Oscar II. Cox, Charles Z.
Mitchell and George w. Trimble. The
list contains the names of some of the
wcalthiest men of Colorado. The board
of directors consists Of Eben Smith,
Charles Boettcher, ]. i. Cnmpion. J.
J. Brown and J. Il. McKinnie. The
sugar manufacturing company Is capi-
talized at $75O.O0O, and will proceed
without delay in erecting Its plant in
Mesa county. Representatives of one
Of the largest manufacturing firms of
the country have been in conference
with the promoters of the enterprise,
and no time will be lost In breaking
ground and erecting n factory capable
of handling $50 to 800 tons OF beets
daily for II period of three months each
year. The citizens Of Grand Junction
liberalIy donated for the enterprise
800 acres of land near the city,
valued ut $4,000. The farmers, 26O
in number, signed pledges to cultivate
3, 800 acres in beets for minimum
period of three years. the bects to be
delivered nt the factory and the sugar
to pay S4.25 per ton for the
same. Farmers Mt n long distance from
the factory will pay freight ut the rate
of 80 cents Il ton. The contracts for
coal, coke and limestone, all necessary
for the success of the plant. are upon
n basis which proves the railroads and
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
are friendly to the new enterprise.
The buildings for the plant will cover
n large area, and the main structure
will contain the intricate and costly
which is to be used in the
of beet sugar. The main
cost of the plant is in the machinery.
The construction company guarantees
that the plant will be completed and
ready for operation in eight months.
and the beet season will not begin I'M
til after the end of September. The
factory will be the means of dlstribu-