Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-26

Joseph Metzlngcr, prominent busi-
ness man OF Albuquerque. was tried In
the district court on n charge Of murder
and acquitted. Last winter Mrs. Juan
Candclaria died from the effect OF a
gunshot wound received from n sprin:
gun set In the door OF Mctzineer's tool
house rs n protection against burglars.
The gun was set ~ the charge would
strike below III. knees any person NJ,
tcinptlif: TO cnrcr. but the woman IN
question was sitting down with her
back To the door. Judg" Crunp,lcEcT
ruled that the charge OF murder could
not l.. sustained. aud ordered the jury
to bring In u verdict OF not guilty.
The commissioners OF Douglas coun-
| ~ have begun taking n hand In the
controversy between the Colorado \
Southern railroad and the Denver Pow
cr nnd Irrigation Company over tilt
| right OF way through South Platte
canon. The dlspui" has become itI'
ansuiar affair FOR the reason that the
commissioners contend Tint the rail.
road Il laying its tracks over mn old
county highway. nnd before III. inaii--
IL finally ndjuticntrd the Rio Grnni.' II
likely TO bc Involved In the difficulty
by virtue of its having formerly sur
/ rcy.>i route over the same roadway.
| The Douglas county board In. ordered
I John WnnIc. road oycrs.-r of the El-vH
cn,h district. To- go To Sym-~ and bs.sIn
rcmo,InI the so,caiici ''otsifuciIoEs''
which the Colorado 4 Southern has
placed. The railroad company has sTni
u forcr of men Z" protect; their track.
Il. LitiicH-id. the elk raiser Of Snake
river. nnd itouti County. Colorado.
will ship next year to the Chicago mar
kcf carioad Of elk .,-cr.. ilrr -,s
irrr-. ranging frum 'hrrc to seven
year. old aud weighing out an average
af loo pounds. Mr. fLiiirt.id tas
now mn elk h-r,i siSty.ii,- strong aud
expect. nj the close Of the next nr- ct
six year. to count on his enclosed
range. 1000 elk. The elk sirs.r In. na
horns aud is as srnil, ani readily hHnl
died n. q sh-~p. lie fnsicns quickly.
making n shipper with minimum
sbFinkaE-. lie .o-s no; stray. ani u
by nny nl.chancr h- tna- himself
without his range cnciosurr never r-~;.
until he /. hack nEnin. II has hrrn
found that elk milk produces a ch-rsr
OF peculiar and -xcrii-n, character.
and the dairy viii douh'icss play an
imporinn; factor In Ill" development of
the elk inirs;ry.
sinc- the Wyoming smelling and re.
I fininr Company took Charge .t tile iron
large amount Of work has i--'n done.
4 new incline has i---n run TO n depth
Of fIG feet. wlrf- q soiii i-,,iy of the
hcs; kind Of rel h-unntitr Irun or, hnR
hc-n uncovered. The orr lies under n
hanging wall. the iip Of the win i-'iuE
about u degrees. The foot wall hHs
not yet been icnun,Cry,i. go IL Is Itii.
possible to say how thick the lcai is.
but enough development work has
a.
mcnsc tc-iy Of solid or, that will nv
craEc ~ trr Crut. ir,n aud siish, trace
OF gold. Chief Engineer tlrrry of ,h'
Union Pacific and other authorities
who have visited the miurs say that
with the present development 1900 raT-
loads OF orr eau H. taken from ihr$r
mines The or, runs ~ lpCr Crut. nui
is sold In Denver for $50 i'cT ton.
As n elimination of a long series Of
l-po,iIr operations at Grand Junction.
tending to the purchase 81 the old
water plant. Aldermen Starr AMI Me
Kinney wcrc arrested and charged
with attempting To- bribc an alderman
to vote for purchase of the water plant
A trial was had in the District Court.
resulting in n verdict Of guilty. Las;
Saturday Judge Theron Stevens passed
sentence. placing the punishment Mt
~ Jail. a fine uf SiS ani cus's. which
amount to several hundred dollars. 4
lccuiiarity Of the statutes uf ihis state
is that aldermen arr not Included in
the law against bribery. aud the alder
men were convicted un'ler the CuIn
mon law. which makes the ohcns" a
mis,icm-anur. while the statute thnkcs
II n felony. The sentence imposed was
|, the extent To which the court could 80.
/. r,r .tufssFYftumtz FftHfg.s
, Stevens made n very imrrcssiv" talk
on the evils of corruption In oiiicC.
, What promises TO lIr one Of the most
|, extensive and Systematic Eases uf
r coun,crfci,ing railway tickets las ~
, Gently bcpn discovered hy 'hc rasscn.
ger department uf the Colorado Ntl
land railroad. !. H. Wicrlnlurn. chief
clerk In GENERAL Passenger Agent liai.
ley. Office. with several other mem
hers Of the forc,'. has i-scn working uii
the ease for n nuntrr Of weeks nni
have Mt last obtained conclusive rvi-
iencc Of the fact OF the forgery aud
specimens of the CcuntcrfcitSi tickets.
The extent Of the issue has not rs yet
been fully determined. II was larlc
, enough to excite suspicion some time
. ago. hut the Imitation was 50 rlcvCriy
made. and the method Of issue 50 In
gcnious. nni SO In accordance with tn
regular railway methods. that most ~
the tickets passed through the Cunduc
tors and even the main offices vithuu
being detected. They have been huu
orcd whenever presented. and the c'"<
est vigilance was necessary to bring 4"
light the wholesale fraudulent isST'
; which has been going on for several
months. What the monetary value ui
. the tickets Is, aud how much luSs "
will mean to the rad upon which tiCy
were issued. can not ns W., ir rnlCt'
lated. As the tickets were as n r'il,
made out to points In the east. some J.
the Atlantic coast. tile total Will ur.is