Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-31
WESTERN NOTES,

A one legged man, using crutchcs,
up Pixies peak In eight hours
'ccently.
As q result Of the striking Of coal
Ill near Trinidad number OF new
have entered the field to
prospect.
An ex-convict OF Utah tried to get
wen with the judge and warden by
ending them boxes OF dynamite. but
hey were not exploded.
The horse purchasing board which
bns been buying horses for cavalry pur-
poses at Cheyenne met with cxtraor-
dinary success and a line. lot OF anI-
nails was submitted TO them for sclcc-
(ton than at any other market In the
yest. Over % per cent. OF the horses
admitted were bought.
Permits for grazing sheep Oh the tim
br reserves south OF the thirteenth
nndard parallel. excepting Clear
rrcs. Piney and Ten Sleep lake coun-
-. Wyoming. have been granted TO
scniy-four nockmastcrs. The hockx
fill range In numbers from 1000 to
quo. and In all l59.jOO will bc driven
George Curry. sheriff OF Otcro coun-
4. New Mexico. aud n former captain
Rooscveit's Rough Riders. has been
ppointcd a lieutenant Of the Elevcnth
vnlry. now forming In the Philip
Ines, and has accepted. His appoint.
lcnt was secured through the infiu-
ncc OF Governors otcro and poosc.
|elt.
Tho district attorney has had war
ents issued Tor the arrest q II. u. Pen
iston. cashier. and J. d. Mabcn.
Fcsidctt OF the insoivcnt bank OF
rccdc. The charge is hank wrcrkinE.
pd acccptin. bank deposits wken the
ank was known TO be .insoivcnt. Tho
hnr.cs will impiicnic number Of
pckholdcrs. The amount will rcach
c.O00.
rhc Annuai Corn Roast at Lovcland.
III be held this year on Labor Day.
fptcmlcr I. These corn roaSiS have
comc so popular that a large attend.
bee IL assured. particularly as the
atc falls on q holiday. The Colorado
ond will make extraordinarily low
Dtrs TO tovcinnd and return for this
lccasion and is making preparations TO
handle very large number OF people.
! a forest Grc has broken out on the
puutnins below Morrison. Tho dry
Dcs on one OF the lower ridges caught
I1nday. probably from some campfire.
I'D sccm 10 be burning steadily. Tho
ecks OF dry weather particularly on
p eastern ridge OF the mountains has
70 the timber rs dry rs chips. and for
Dar Of a destructive blaze campers
vc been warned TO cS,inguish their
es.
Tic size Of the iron works nt Pueblo
10 bc Increased. For year or more
most clnbosnic alterations have
IN under way. and only within the
4 siS months Inns the output been
Shed forward in earnest. Hundreds
thousands OF dollars have been cx-
employment OF n vast army OF new
b. but still the contracts are away
ind.
he Bcsscmcr City hotel. n three.
RS brick structure OF twcniy.scvcn
b,ns. was totally destroyed Monday
Int by n iirc which originated In the
rhcn at $50 o'clock. The loss Is
900: Insurance. $4,000. Inside of
rty minutes from the time the fire
= discovered the entire structure
y cnvclopcd In flames. and owing
the lnck OF water pressure. they
ned remarkable hcadway.
gorge Craddock. Joseph 1nmnn::
hi Crpnin. Alexander Wills. and
krick Adiudci. and three others. un-
Indictment for the murder OF Smith
Chcync In the warincr riot OF
nj Inst. escaped from the stockadc
war,lncr the other night. One OF
soldier guards is also missing. The
nty II thoroughly aroused and every
nibjc effort is being made for their
capture. The manner of the escape
unknown. but no one doubts that
bcry played nm important part.
brgcous and spectacular will be the
ems parade and triumphnl march
10 Festival Of Mountain and Plain.
br held In Denver September 25th
9TH, attended by the King Of the
ntnins and escorted by outriders.
HERS and the military. She will
! from her mountain home In n
ed coach drawn by twelve white
)cs and be crowned by her loving
ects beneath n blaze Of light and
pundcd by her maids Of honor. In
presence OF thousands. 1t Will bc n
n TO remember.
be Of the finest forests Of pine and
lcc In eastern Wyoming Is report
10 be OH fire. The report comes TO
ycnnc that two large fires are
hing brilliantly n few miles souta,
laramie peak. and they are ~.
btctily within the old Fort Laramie
d reservation. which embraces n
OF sixty.four square miles. As
crow aics. this reservation Is about
nty.flve miles north. northwest OF
rcnne. The fires are said to nave
burning for the past ten days:
have destroyed large quantity OF
able timber. Special Agent Ab-
will Mt once make an effort 10
them cxtinguishcd. although II Is
I'd that they have obtained such
way that this will be Impossible
Is the region is visited by rain.
lllnce Barnes left his home near
Morgan Saturday TO hunt horses. So.
evening his horse returned 80 .nc
b riierlcss. and n brother OF u's
ing man spent the night ana ~, o, o,
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