Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-05-25
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

than his share of the water. Newly
was irrigating In the afternoon and
Cnlkins was looking after his share
OF the water that was running into the
lake. The men first had words In re-
gard to the water, and then came to
blows.
The annual convention of the District
Grand Lodge No. ., Independent Or
der B'nai Birth, embracing the states
of Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky,
Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico,
convened In Louisville, Ky, on the
Dist. Fully 100 delegates are in attend
ance, and much important business is
to be transacted. A question OF great
moment and general interest through
out the country to be considered by the
convention Is that of purchasing or tax
ing hold of handsome hospital build.
ing near Denver, erected mt a cost OF
$5O. 600, and making II free hospital
for consumptives. The Colorado dele
cation Is energetic in this movement,
and will endeavor to push 1t through.
The third disastrous iire to visit
Jerome, Arizonn, within the last
eighteen months swept large part
Of the business portion Of that town
on the 10th. The fire had its origin IN
the office Of the Leland hotel. which
was n twenty-rOom twO-story frame
building. 1t spread rapidly until 800
buildings had been destroyed. From
the Leland hotel the fire spread two
squares, destroying the Ryan house,
Scott & Moore's livery stable and ten
dwellings, stopping within ten feet OF
the Reporters office. West Of the Le-
land a business section where large
| ,,,r,t,nr NJ hnto1o voGfn Urn MIA and
looms were located. were destroyed,
within space Of twenty-five minutes:
The estimated value of the destroyed
buildings Is 100000.
1t has heen officially announced that
not q single property holder in Santa
Fc owns one foot of ground nor has
the city title to the streets or the
plaza. The courts have decided that
the Santa Fe grant Is illegal and that
the city and township are situated on
government land and that the city has
no right to collect taxes levied on
lands. A mass meeting will be held
and the surveyor general Will be re-
quested to eXpend a 5000 appropria-
| ton. He Is about to return to Wash
ington, D. c.. for survey Of the
township. and the land office will he
asked to issue small holding titles to
lands occupied by settlers. Under the
present law, however, the city cannot
acquire title TO the streets and the
plaza, and the courts will be asked to
set the law aside.
The snow fighters are still at work
with dynamite and shovel on two
branches Of the mountain system OF
the Colorado and Southern road. Above
Breckenridge. In the direction OF Lead
| vile, two gangs Of men are hammer
ing away on avalanches which left
twenty-five feet of ice and snow In
their track. Two gangs are also ham,
mering at great snow bnnks In the re-
gion Of Alpine pass. The difficulties
are 80 great that the report Of one day
this week showed only twenty-five feet
progress as the result of the entire
days operations. Without the aid OF
dynamite It Is claimed the banks would
| not disappear before the Fourth OF
July, so hard have they become. Ad-
vices last evening gave encouragement
thnt the line between Como ana Gun-
| nIson would be open for traffic to-mor-
row. Officers OF the railway are max.
ing no promises. 1t Is probable mat
steel snow sheds will be erected before
| the snow files In the fail. Insurance
companies refuse to insure WOODEN
sheds.
W. n. Wiley. manager Of the Great
Plains Land and Storage Company,
with headquarters at Lamar, says:
"In all my experience Of the Arkan-
sas valley. I have never seen " look
more prosperous, During the last year
we hive got n large number of thrifty,
prudent settlers, who have come TO
make their homes in the valley. None
of them brought less than $1,000 and
| the majority greater sums. some as
much MS 5000. Their quality Is best
pnured by the splendid farming they
are doing and by the Intense earnest'
ness with which they nccomphsn ev'
erything connected with their farms:
They are energetic and INDUSTRIOUS anu
nre turning the prairie into n smiling
garden, The people are helping 10
build n canning factory Mt Holly, ana
nm expert in the raising of celery, let
tuce and other garden truck Is IN
structing them in this branch OF iarin-
ing. Everything In the valley Is bloom.
| ing. Winter wheat Is doing finely ana
we look for, the biggest yield OF az
kinds Of crops that we have ever had.'
Every mine In the Occur d'Alene dis
trIct closed down Thursday except the
Eunker Hill. which employs non-union
miners. It Is expected that the new
rrIson will be completed Saturday ana
in II will be confined 395 prisoners who
nre now herded In an improyised cor
rnl. Two hundred union miners left
Wallace to-day, as with the present
temper of the district attorney ana
military It Is hopeless for union miners
to expect work In Occur d'Alene. Gen.
ernl Merriam's order requires that any
miner working after today must Sc.
cure a permit. To obtain this permit
he must renounce allegiance 70 tne
un,on. Only 100 men now working at
the Bunker Hill mine have taken out
these permits. Other mine owners
have not exacted permits; in fact, they
seem to be very lukewarm In the anti
union crusade. The result Is that 10.
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