Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-11-09

The value OF building permits Issued
during the month OF October WIS $751;
so5. as against sl,si,11J for the sam"
month last year. an increase OF s..si.-
155.
The Colorado h Southern has just Is
sued its financial statement for Sep
TENDER. The gross earnings ar- S.tss.-
| 1Gs. nnd the expenses S..,., s:s... The net
| earnings nr- Sl:1,.,EsD. Dc,luctinc Si5.-
| 81, on taxes, III. real earnings arr
Sil3,11..
An innovation that means much IN
the way OF cSI-liiin. business In pub
| lie offices was Introduced this week nt
the state house by Secretary OF state
Ecckwlih. The plan consists In the
! withholding OF the salaries OF clerks
until they hav. accomplished certain
amount of work. and its operation NO
far has been marvellous.
The State Land Board Is prcparln:
TO issue coiorci maps Of the various
/ counties showing III. location OF all the
government lands transferred to the
| state for the benefit OF the school. in-
tcrnai Improvement md other funds.
This Is job that Will require nt least
six months. The advantage Will ec TO
cItixchs desiring 10 examine locations.
The broadway Temple Association
OF this city which listened 10 Rev.
Myron Reeds preaching for several
years hns engaged Rev. II. \. Maynard
10 take his place. Mr.. Maynard Is
Unitarian. He was In charger OF the
Unitarian church ut Salt Lake until
last September. when he resigned,
coming to this city soon afterwards.
His work has always been indcpcnd-
cnt and lie proposes. should he remain
| here. TO follow somewhat the lead OF
Mr.. Reed, with the addition OF club
and class work In literature. In this
he will bc assisted by his wife. who
is known rs lecturer on Industrial
and classical subjects.
The Volunteers Relatives Union and
the Colorado Society OF Veterans OF the
Spanish American War urc Interesting
themselves In an enterprise which bids
fair TO bc n success. At the regular
bi.monthly meeting OF the latter organ
ization last night committee from
the union brought a request that the
veterans assist the union In securing
burial plot for soldiers OF the recent
war. The plot Is to bc the resting
place OF nli members OF the First Colo
RADIO and other soldiers. and the space
for ffty graves which makes UP the
plot Is TO he reserved for such ns pass
away In the future. The Idea was
discussed and the society, voted TO do
all II could TO further the project.
More mistakes are brought TO light
every day In the Journals OF the last
House and Senate. The House journal
nowhere contains u list OF the commit
tees which served all through the last
session. The journal reads: "Thc fol-
IL
pointed by the Speaker. and then
there is n blank page. An appropr!a-
ton OF 800 was made for the clerk
OF the House to remain after sine die
adjournment and fix up the records.
hut the secretary of states office has
done most OF this work. 4 list Of the
committees will probably bc inserted
In the journal rs they were recognized
and never contested during the session.
The error was merely n clerical one.
The trouble between the adjutant
general and his assistant. Colonel +. Il.
Crawford. has been -"anicnbly" set
tied by the transfer ofrthc assistant ad-
jutant general to the office OF state ar
morcr. Colonel Crawford was too pop
ular to be shut out altogether. so gen.
cral transfer was made all along the
line. and in three changes in positions
made Wednesday no, one will be af-
fected rs to salary. The assistant ad-
jutant general was made state armorer.
the state armorcr was made head clerk
In the office of the adjutant general
and the head clerk. W. Il. Orman. was
| moved up n peg TO Colonel Crawford's
old position. Each of the three will re-
ccivc. rs in the past. S1.2O0 n year. The
position which Colonel Crawford now
has will be considered just as good as
the one he left when the new armory
Is built. But even now II Is looked up
on as practically as good as the place
directly under Ovcrmcyer. Ii is so re-
garded because there is just as much
salary and practically nothing to do.
Rumors that David II. Mofrat was
| about to withdraw from certain of his
important interests in Cripple Creek
have at last been nuthoritativcly con-
trmed. 1t is now certain that lie will
rclinuuish his control in the Florence X
Cripple Greek and Golden Circle rail
roads. the In Belle Water and Power
| Company and the Metallic Extraction
Company. These holdings are almost
| completely taken over by W. IL. Gill
| lett. and one or two eastern capitalists.
Mr. Moffat and others who are in these
projects win him have taken advan-
tage of the reorganization of the two
| roads with the commercial enterprises.
| and the consolidation into the Denver
| 4 Southwestern to make their exit. 1t
is understood that the figure given for
| Mr.. Moffat's share was in the vicinity
| of S3.5OO.O0O. Sylvester +. Smith. the
second largest holder in the MofIat
! syndicate properties: Eben' Smith.
George Ross-Lcwin and Thomas Kccly
| also withdraw from the three enter
prises in which they were associated
with Mr.. Moffat. Mr.. Moffat Is now in
the East arranging for the transfer of
his interests to Mr.. Gillctt and others.
Wolves and coyotes are doing great
damage to sheep and cattle on the
ranges this year The stockmen are
| making extra effofts to kill on the