Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-14
DENVER GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE
STATE CAPITOL.

Captain Francis W. Tuppcr. clerk OF
the United States District Court, died
on the 10th.
Governor Thomas has accepted the
Invitation OF the Washington Board OF
Trade to attend the banquet Of tho
board December 2ist.
Time Is being taken by the forelock
this year by stockmcn. says the liepub-
llcnn. TO prevent the ravagcs OF wolves
during the winter on sheep and cattle
ranges. From Wyoming and New Mex
leo word has been sent stock owners
living In this city that both wolves and
coyotes are beginning to appear out OF
the hills In unusually large numbers.
The absence OF severe weather has
kept the stock In the mountains later
than usual. The most successful meth
oil used by s;ockmcn To drive or
wolves Is To put trained dogs ON the
range md keep the packs moving from
place 10 place as the wolves appear. l..
y. Lacey recently made arrangements
10 take several hounds TO Wyoming.
Lions Will receive attention and Lacey
expects TO rid the Wyoming ranges
OF these pests. Dogs will bc selected
that have the quality not only TO fol-
low aud capture but TO kill the quarry.
Governor Thomas thinks the federal
government should grant each state
and territory the arid government lands
within It's borders. lie will advocate
this proposal before the coming rubcr-
Material conference In Salt Lake City
next week. Governor Thomas says:
IF the federal government acts ns
have suggested. the principal condition
should b. that the states should carry
on the homestead feature ON their own
account. In ihi. state arr fully .3.-
Gpp.Up mere. of arid land. II owned by
the state these lands could L. rented
for rraxin: nni other purposes and as
least the regular rental OF , cents per
nnnum p~r acr- could H. secured for
them. Tint rrn'ai would bring Into
the state treasury si...DDpJ n year.
ON some Of the land a higher rental
might b. secured which would equal.
is- the non, ,r,n;ai Of other lands. if
the government arid lands nrc ETnnici
TO th. states ani territories the au"s.
ton Of irrigation will very rapidly work
itself out."
II IL said to bc a strong probability
thu, the next Legislature viii H. called
upon 10 enact law looking 10 the In.
PRODUCTION OF civil service rules In the
state land o.'icc. \ condition Of affairs
has b-cn discovered hy pT. Chipi-y.
tho pn-.cnt register. that dii little less
than siartl- the members Of the tonrd
a, their regular mc-iinE with refer
cscr TO the fil-. nad the siipshoi man.
nrr In which lenses have t-'-n allowed
for years TO eo without proper stI-r-
vision. The doctor made n report In
response to rs~Iu--t by Governor
Thoma. in which he called attention
10 the jumblci condition OF The rcr-
or,is aud the difficulty In entering into
the history Of coal. mineral AMI SrnE-
Ing leases. After the meeting Register
Chipicy said the change OF aimigisira-
tion aud clerical for'c every two years
was undoubtedly the cause Of the trou-
bic. the system OF the Office bcinc 50
COMPLICATED that II required a great
mari of mn officials term to get in
touch with IL. The business OF one nd-
mjpj.,ratiuu was. therefore. seldom
ra..c,i on to another with precision
and cicarucs- that the Importance OF
the matters demanded. lnridcnial 10
,hi. particular ease Register Chiplcy
reported In q general way upon the
condition OF the leases. lie showed
that thcrr wCrc only twelve coal
leases in the state that were alive nc-
ror,linr to the records. NIL others hav-
ing been forfeited. aud that there were
.cyru stiri leases on oil. iirr clay and
atone lands. The doctor Informed the
board that as rapidly ns possible lie
would present similar figures ON graz
Ing ani agricultural and nctnilifcrous
lands. so as To- show the members Just
where they stood.
Cnptniu Cecil \. ncanc. custodian Uf
the war rclic department at the state
capitol. who recently returned from
further government surveys In south.
western Colorado ani northern New
Mexico. received yesterday n large
1uanti,y NJ prehistoric relics which he
collected rn his trip. Some are of a
character never before discovered in
that part ot the county. Tie lower
half Of human jaw having two rows
OF double teeth and found In an old
grave is one OF the most curious sItCCi-
mems. lIut iiIcrr l. ore piece in the
collection which leads Captain Diane
To- iplicyr that 1t Is possible that tic
cliir jewellers had household goods
which they buried with the dead who
formerly owned them. This Is n leg
aud foot which may have been part of
an idol. Among the morc valuable
relies are n ,loublC.t,ittcd stone nv, u
mcta,c or hand corn mill which has an
cbiong depression work by grinding.
q circular stone mCiaic weighing sew
cnty.iiyc pounds. sixteen inches in Ill.
nmetcr and having u central dcprcs-
sion of four by nine inches. This Kind
Of primitive hand drill is very rare. \
stone jar ON which are painted two
rattiesnakcs was found south OF the
san Juan river in an old tomb. Ey a
small bowl in an old grave OIL the Ia
Clnta and buried five feet below the
present surface. Captain pcanc found
n dressed stone. 1UN1O inches. which
plainly shows the marks uf the stone
tools. and is In the shape OF the key
stone Of an arch. Then there are ears
of corn which by some chemical nc-
tion have been changed to stone. Hut
the objects OF the greatest interest are
several large pieces of clay which have