Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
COLORADO iTEMS.

snow slide near Telluride on the 18th,
but escaped alive.
For two weeks longer the beet sugar
factory at Grand Junction will run,
and then the work for the year will be
completed.
President Mckinley has appointed
the following Colorado postmnsters:
Charles 4. Wade. Bucna Vista: John
i. Morgan, Colorado City: William T..
Harbottlc. SalIda.
Thirty sticks OF powder exploded In
the Pillory shaft house at the Orizaba
No. l mine. Cripple Creek. at o o'clock
Monday night. Trigg rillory, the en-
Ginccr. was killed and the shaft house
was demolished.
Judge Hnilctt decided upon case IN
the United States Circuit Court the 9th
cr day, and his decision was OF such
nature ms to be OF considerable I'M
por'nncc. According 10 his mind
photograph cannot be- copyrighted I'M
less IL IL arranged In such way ns TO
show originality, In pos. or drapin: OF
the human form. or TO BE- fashioned
sroicsaucly by Photographic art from
some scene OF nature.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Is planning TO build u big hospital In
Pueblo. We are simply working on
plans" said J. \. Kchicr yesterday.
In NIL probability the building will be
built. wing ut time In order TO
avoid nny great outlay. II has been
estimated that IL vii, cost IN the neigh
borhooi OF sivp.Uru. However. IL il
difficult, To judge Of the cost Mt this
time as the cniir. scheme Is In Its in'
fancy"
A telegram received at the Santa fc
Office in Denver from the agent OF the
road nj Lamar. says that tho heavy
snow IL DRIVING thousands OF rabbits
from the plains Into alfalfa fields along
fhc Arkansas river. People OF t.nnnr
nrc preparing for hi: TING December
10Th and .ist. when the annual rabbit
hunt will br In progress. fntson tsxrli
of Denver will go To the spot nt the
head OF select party OF city officers.
who will travel in elegant style In a
private car.
~ a recent ine-tiu. o: tic Stale
Board Of Agriculture. pr. Ayicsworth
laid before the bolri n telegram from
the regents Of the Nebraska State Uni.
vcFsi'y ut Lincoln. urgently scsucs,in.
him to p-rmi, hi. name TO so before
the board as a candidate for president
-f that institution The matter ~ss
briefly discussed. aud President Ayics.
ally satisfied with present conditions
here. Mr. Ayicswosth declined the Ne
braska offer.
Representatives Of Colorado railways
met the other day and renewed the
pass agreement for another year. II
Is claimed by passenger men that a
greater number OF passes are given In
Colorado than in any other state Of the
Union In proportion to population The
RECENT smcitcr combine gave shc roads
an opportunity Of reducing the passes
by nj least nifty in nuiutcr. The list
Of those TO tc dccapiintcd has been pre-.
pared and the work Of dcrimation Will
bc at once commenced.
The Management, Of tho Florence 4
Cripple Greek railway has ordered AZ.
~ employees TO remove their families
from Florence to Canon City. prcpara.
tory to the opening OF the Canon City
< Cripple Creek brnuch. Lees than
two miles Of the road remain 10 bc
completed. and I; IT, announced from
headquarters that passenger trnip7
will bc running over the line by the Isl,
of January. Track laying IL being
pushed from 10th ends and work upon
round houses and machine shops has
been started.
II the government gains its ipjunc.
tiou suit against the Elephant Ruttc
Dam Company. and the court holds
that the river IL ma, ignhlc and that
navi-ntion will bc affected by the dam.
the people OF Colorad, who reside
along the Rio Grnntlc aud use its wa.
tcrs for irrigation pun poses will be
more or less affected by the decision.
for the government will then assume
|
will provide for an equitable distrihu.
tion Of its waters and possibly for the
building of an International dam at El
Paso. Texas.
The miners Of breckenridge for some
time past have experienced great in.
convenience on accpun; Of being un-
able TO secure ears for shipment OF orc.
While at present the majority OF the
operator. OF the camp sell their product
to the local samplers. there are some
who ship direct to the smcltcrs at Den
vcr aud Pueblo. There are now quite
| n number uf these shipments that can.
| not be made because the railroad. II is
said. will not furnish ears. Even the
local sampler is completely overrun
with ore and has 10 unload outside the
sampler in order to handle the ore re.
ccivcd. This institution would now be
working two shifts per day IL the rail.
road company could handle the ore.
The railroads have already found It
necessary TO get their snow plows out.
The Midland is putting Hanger plows
on the front of all passenger locomo-
tivcs on the mountain run. Each pass
ing train thus does It's share OF the
work OF keeping the track clean. while
q locomotive So equipped can force its
way out. II a sudden hurricane among
the peaks piles up an unexpected drift
between the train and the plow.
Hngcrmnn pass xephyrs have been
known to pile up drifting snow Mt the
rate Of two feet minute. Three OF
the pilot plows were tried last winter,
md were so successful that seven
more are now being placed In position.
The Colorado X Southern road Is de-