Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-29

right Of thvsr sites will hr limited to
thos" engaged In t.'i'ZIn=. breeding .'ilI
linhliHG i"ck. ANA will not hr nj
lowed To exceed actual necessity IN
each case. II the site Is f"T.'"h In tr
used for any other purpuHr Ihc right
to IL VIII he declared void.
New regulations for ihc rouIru! or
III" entry nf the reservoir sites on Ih'
public land will soon hr issued by the
Interior Department. The Secretary
OF the Interior has h .rn considering thl.
necessity of additions 10 the rrgulu-
tions formerly ISSUED. under the at OF
.lnnunry IL. 1888. relating to rrSrrS piIs>
for live stock. The law and the rCgU-
iHtiuns issued under II have been great.
~ abused by rrp'9i,h locations Of
those who geek to inraopOli.C the pub
lie lanfs 10 thr CNClU.!iCn Of thUs" who
want 10 lur:.t" hCmVS. In u:Ir instance,
III KANSAS. ON person iu:ii"l several
luEcrcd contiguous trauIs as reservoir
s'ics. In 81 llml:C' scctiln In one rUUIt-
~ IN Nrhrssku 5000 Ijrailuns were
made. The new T,.,i',n:iyns will lImit
III" right to these sites II those ac' Iai-
!y engaged In breeding. grazing am!
handling stock, and then TO the arGunl
necessities Of each applicant. / hey
VIII also provide that if n reservoir .ilv
II fenced or if nn attempt Is made Iu
use II fer any other than reservoir udr-
poses. the right to 1t shall he imrrrdi-
niriy cancelled.
Admiral 'hlrT applied for sea duty
shortly after lie returned rrun Porto
R!cO. where hc 81 rVrd aS - member of
the Porto l.icnn rvac;;n:ion commits
sion. AMI although there is no com
n'"nd at the present ti.:ir that cU!Id
hc given him II IL probable that there
I.. t.,
the admiral would ln ;:iad TO accent.
II iG uGssihlc that Admiral Kautz. wl!o
has just arrived IN the United Stnt.s
from Samoa. will wish 10 rcInuuish
command of the Pacific squadron. n
which event Admiral Srhlpy will prob
ably hr selected to succeed him Adj
miral i!"wisUn, who Il, in command uc
the South .\llnutic STATION. will return
to New York in his flagship. the Chi
caSo, October 9Th anl will In the ordl-
I..Ty course of CvIEiS retire Ortuhrr
l2th. This will make another very de-
S!rablc command open. and 1t seems
certain that between the two Admiral
schlry can easily he provided fer. Adj
miral Schlry. slucr his dctachmrn
from the flying squadron. has Encu
actin" Hs president Of the naval en-
anlning board. which Is considered
Oh" of the most responsible and du-
S':tb'c positions III ,Ic navy.
The report, thus far received from
rri:inynial aid post commanders con
ccrning the moral effect of clntcenS in
the army are practically unanimous in
favor of the maintenance of such in
StitutionS for til" Salr of hcCT. tobacco
and soft drinks to the soldiers. S.y-
crnl Of them show that tho habits and
the ,lisViy In" CT the troops have been
greatly improved by tl.c establishment
of cant"tns, p"r;'c larry Ic"ausr 1t has
driven away low diTcs tina; were FOR
mcrly foual In the nri.hborhuDh OF
military posts. where the soldiers not
only Gut all the poisonous liquor they
could drink. but were dragged. robbed
and som. times murdered. II is the
unanimous testimony thu. far tl!at the
soldiers prefer beer TO whisky ns II
beverage and that the use OF malt
liquors Is beneficial to their health.
The sale Is so regulated ih.:t II is I'M
possible for them to get drunk. The
hard drinkers are compelled to USE it
in moderation. and the great ma iGrity
of the enlisted men prefer II clean,
cheerful club room. where they can
play cards. checkers and other games
and read the newspapers and maga-
zines to the wrrtrhch drinliin. places
tempted them. The reports testify
that the health and the discipline as
well as the morale of the troops under
the cantccn system have greatly i'm
proved There have been fewer cases
of drunkenness. fewer court rt-mariiaIS
and fewer men on til" sick list from
alcoholism and kindred complaints.
The revival of the SHmpson-ScEiey
controversy. which hinges so fan. aS
the Santiago engagement is concerned
upon the loop which the itronklvn-~
Admiral Schl2y's fa-Ship-mndr AMI
the admirIls remarks concerning the
Texas. makes u Spanish version Of The
affair interesting 1T this timc. one
of the captains unl"r Admiral Ger
vera who WAS among the prisoners
taken from the wrecks. in discussing
the plans Of the SunniSh comma ndrl
said. shortly after the battle: "'rhcr.
was Only one chance Il slight pUSsihH.
ity thai one or Perhaps two of the vCS-
sells might escape The arrangement
of the Yankee fleet WIS favorable. Trr
lo0kuutS told IFS that the New YGrl,
had gone to the east and the HroniIyil
WAS the only slip in sight that colil,,
outSail III" sluw"st Of our vessels. Il
was the intention to ram the Rrooelyn
Immediately and sink or disable hr-
even though one of our vessels wrrr
down with her. Then it was hoped ;l.r
others could ourun the haitlrshinS
Our plan failed because we could NOT
get near enough To the Brooklyn. Sh,
did not close in ON lis Ike the Tryn;
and Oregon but stood off nj Inu.-
range. ana when the Maria TrrrsH
started for her she made II wide sweep
and ran away" Their" seems TO be- Il
determination on the part of certain
officials of the Navy department To
force Admiral Schlry hofor" Il court OF
inquiry and the prospects are now fay-
orablc to their success. Til" action pf
the department correcting the Chltl-
wick statement prepared recently by
inserting the alleged remark hy Srhlrv
HAT the Texas could take care of hr..-
self has caused considerable comment.
Tile affair is now assuming proportions
similar to the Miles -.Algcr scandal.