Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-05-11
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

George S. Malone of Colorado
Springs has been elected president OF
the Sons Of Veterans.
The presence of Edwin Boice OF
Idaho, president of the Western Fed
Grafton OF Miners. will be II feature of
the fourth annual convention of the
State Federation OF Labor, which Will
be held IN Denver June 9th next.
a force of fifty miners has been add
ED to the working roll Of the Diamond
willie, Wyoming, mines during the past
week. bringing the total number en-
ployed up to 500. Three thousand tons
of coal per day are being shipped. and
s the demand is much greater than
This the capacity Of the mines will be
btiil further Increased.
a terrible tragedy occurred Mt Fow-
Ter. Colorado. on the 9th. Frank Bo-
hnnan shot his father to death as the
result OF quarrel over wages due to
he son. A posse started after the muir
ierer at once and his capture seemed
certain. The guilty man is one of the
Two brothers who gained notOriety by
killing n deputy sheriff who was try
Ing to arrest them ut Leadville.
Ex-Senntor Carey has returned from
kWyOming station on the Union Pacific.
where he has been perfecting the de-
nils for the building of the great Lar
lmie river reservoir. The big steel
luice gates are ready and the work
pf building the reservoir will soon be-
lin. The preference In all work upon
he big dam is to be given to the resi-
lent users of the water at Whentlnnd.
Six hundred and Eve thousand
bounds of wool have been sold by
Rawlins sheepmen during. the past
week mt prices ranging from 10 to IL
kents per pound. The practice of con-
igning the product to Boston and 9th
kr eastern houses for storage and sub
bequent sale is being abandoned. the
Producers preferrlng the certainty OF II
lirect sale to the uncertainty of future
prices.
Colorado can produce bects contain
ng greater percentage OF sugar than
nm be grown In New York. Tests
nade with u carload of sugar beets
nised mt Grand Junction showed that
he Colorado beets yielded 10 T-1O SUI
Inr. of 50 purity. The result obtained
rom tests made Mt the experimental
bllege In New York showed percent
&c of sugar IA 2-1O of 81 purity. The
kandard of excellence In sugar beets
IL sugar and .7S purity.
The owners OF the Ferris-HnEEcrty
copper mine, near Rawlins. Wyoming.
lave refused an offer of S!pOO.OOO cash
Dr the mine made by II Wall street
zrm, representing the trust. The price
isked by the owners Is S1.OOO.OOO, and
It will not be sold for less than this
Smount. The mine has proven to be
bne of the most wonderful copper pro-
1ucers in the country. The ore Is pay
ng big profit in spite of the fact
Mat 1t has to be hauled by sled and
wagon to the railroad, seventy miles
distnnt.
This month will witness the inaugur-
ktfon of a number of important Trini-
dad enterprises. One of the most i'm
Eportant Is the extension of the branch
"a the Colorado & Southern road from
he mouth of Longs canon up the river
the beautiful Stonewall valley. and
zen over into New Mexico to the Ponll
nrk. on the Maxwell land grant, a
x ction heavily timbered. 1t is under
4 bod that corps of engineers will be-
b surveying this route next week.
III that active work of construction
Iii follow. In connection with his en-
rprise Is branch road to tap large
ody of coal lands near Stanford. The
Dnd to Ponil park Is to be built with
he ultimate intention of extending the
ne to the San Luis valley, by way of
)oseilla pass.
Sixty-five carloads of seventy-pound
heel rails, which had been gathered up
long the Wyoming division. have
nssed through Cheyenne en- route to
ershey, Nebraska. where hundreds of
arloads of rails and ties are being I'M
nded every few days. This would in
icnte that the recent trip overland in
agons made by President Burt. Gen
mi Manager Dickinson and Chief En-
ineer Berry of the Union Pacific, who
nyeled up the North Platte river to
nrtyille, then on west through the
aramie mountains to Rock creek. was
BIZ n purpose. 1t has been stated quite
lten of late that the Union Pacific
ould build line of road from the
ain line somewhere in the neighbor-
bod of sidney, up the Platte river to
He line of the Cheyenne Il Northern,
Ear Hartville.
rhe Colorado Board of Inspection
commissioners submitted its report to
e governor for the year ending April
1900. The number of cattle inspect
and shipped to and from the follow
n districts is: Denver, 50, 7S9; Omaha,
.246: Kansas City. 44,11O: Pueblo,
$50; Platteville, 1927: La Juntn.
1924; Cimarron. 1850: Alamosa. d.
b6, and Rifle. 22,O41; total OF 29s,-
b1. The receipts for the year nave
Zen S1S.3O5 and disbursements 3d.
BIZ, leaving balance in bank of 81
bO, and n receivers certificate of the
erman National Bank for 3d. .3O6 esti-
lated at the lowest cash value TO pc
orth 1888, makes the assets OF me
bard S5,455. The report recites tne
real1ing up of gang of desperate
little thieves, under Jack Fletcher. in
be southern part of the state ana .ne
rorous prosecution of cattle thieves
northern Colorado. Thanks are ex-
nded to the various railroads IN the
ate for their assistance to the 1nspec-