Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02

ufrtDle snow storms IN the vicinity Vi
Como and Breckenridge.
John Nicholson and Esn Salmela
were killed in the Smuggler-un
mine by drilling into missed shot.
The Wyoming Legislature, on the
24th, elected G. ID. Clark as senator Tor
the term commencing the Attn OF
next March.
The plans ana arrangements are now
well in hand for the carnival to take
place In Casper, Wyoming. April l4th'
18th and 10th.
The Roaring Fork Is frozen from
bank to bank at Glenwood Springs, Il
condition which has not existed with
In the memory of the 'oldest inhapi-
tant"
The coal land contest involving the
famous Monroe mine in Rio Arripa
county, New Mexico. has been settled
In favor of George w, Kutz, the orig
lnal purchaser.
Nellie Dalton alias big May" Muir
ray, who has been under arrest nj
Denver. will be taken back to New
York. where she will have to race
charges OF grand larceny.
Greeley's Indebtedness, amounting TO
$4,000, has been refunded and new
Ioan made at four and n half per cent.
per annum. The rate of interest on the
former loan was six per cent.
President f. T. Jeffery of the Denver
4 Rio Grande has contracted while in
the East, with the Brooks locomotive
works for the ten large locomotives
which are needed by the railway. The
uew locomotives are to be delivered IN
April.
A special to the Salt Lake Tribune
from Cokevillc. Wyoming, says: a
snowside 4 mile long occurred on the
Both. burying several men and teams.
All the men We're taken out alive with
the exception of Burt Handy, VINO was
lead when found.
The other morning when Fred Haincs
Of Rocky Ford went TO the feeding
pens of Swink & Haines he found for
ty sheep dead and almost 100 more
wounded. This destruction was caused
by dogs, probably four of the worthless
animals doing all the mischief.
Ceriilos people are stirred up over
newly discovered silver leads Of unus-
ually high assays and fine smelling
properties. This will largely aid in
starting the proposed new smelter
there aud cut of the shipments to El
Paso.
The District Court at Denver has
decided that Charles 4. Atkins Is en-
titled to certificate of graduation as
n mining engineer from the School of
Mines. The trustees will appeal. He
was refused diploma at the time of
graduation.
1t is reported that the Crystal River
Railroad Company will place 100000
trout fry in the Crystal this spring rs
n preliminary to making the river one
of the best trout streams in the state
thus attracting tourists and creating
business for the new road.
The Douglas, Wyoming, oil fields are
the scene Of great activity. Over 700
oil locations have been filed in the
Office of the county clerk this MONTH
The receipts to the county amount TO
over $1,000 from this source alone.
The Pusey-H oil syndicates have
secured most of the locations.
Charles Anderson and Nils Berg
dahl have been arrested at Telluride
charged with stealing ore valued Mt
$1,000. One of the men has been EN-
ployed as an ore sorter ut the Snug
gler Union mines for several years.
The manager of the msne thinks that
n great deal of stealing is being done.
The Ice crop of Palmer Lake in reg
ulnr figures shows that $4,000 tons of
ice was cut, 1900 tons loaded in cars
for shipment and 6,OO0 tons packed in
the ice houses at that place. -Four
teams were employed and about forty
men assisted. How the boys in Ma
Mia would like n job of working in the
ice
The New Mexico pepitentiary library
is assuming large proportions, and II
new and large library case has been
set up in the office Of the institution.
celIcnt, and there is n fine opportunity
there for the prisoners to equip their
minds with the best standard litera-
ture.
Tho sum of $4,000, instead OF S2I.-
600. the amount of the last appropria-
tion, has been agreed upon for wolf and
coyote bounties by the Wyoming Leg
islnturc. The bounty ON wolf pups has
been increased to 81. If the ratio of
the past two years Is maintained dur
ing the next, between G,000 and 1000
wolves and 10000 coyotes will be
killed.
Mrs. William Rudolph nnG two
children were buried beneath n snow
slide and killed Sunday morning, ut
Apex, in the Pine Greek district. An
other child of Mrs Rudolph was also
caught beneath the slide. brt was not
dangerously injured. This snowslide
is said TO be the first ever, known in
Gilpn county. at least the first hay
Ing disastrous results.
The members of the local branch of
the Reorganized Church OF Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints at Salt Lake have
taken n vigorous stand against the
seating of Congressmnn-Elect Roberts
of Utah. Their protest has for its basis
the charge of polygamy against Rob
crtS, and in no uncertain voice have
they defined their attitude and contrib
uted their influence against the eleva-
tion of a polygamist to congressional
station.