Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-09

Drought out the TACT thnt II any OHense
was committed. II was technical In Its
nature, and also that the Washington
department had been inexcusnbly neg
ligent. In view OF the peculiar cir
cumstnnces, the commissioner reduced
the bond to $500. The case will be
heard before Jury mt the spring ses-
sion of the court.
The expenses of Johnson county,
Wyoming. In connection with the cat
tlemen's invasion for decentralization,
of which the present State Legislature
IL asked to appropriate $4,000. us
shown by the records In the auditors
office. are itemized us follows: Fees
and interest OF Attorney Davidson,
$4.1G3.29; Of Attorney Ballard. M,-
G3.29: of Attorney Breckons. $0O4.10,
aggreIating S1O,364. %: claim of Keefe
and others for rent of hall rs quarters
for prisoners while under arrest,
$070.0': cost of Canton trial, $G.3G1.GO;
total. Si7.TO4.ss.
After thirty-twO years In the harness
as editor Of the Colorado Transcript,
published at Golden, General George
West retired from active service last
Tuesday at the age Of 40 years. He
came TO Colorado from Boston during
the Pixies Peak excitement In '59. He
aided In building the first house In
Golden and was prominent In the early
development Of the town. In the fall
of 80 he established the western
Mountaineer." one Of the first Eews-
papers In the state. In the spring OF
1862 he entered the army as captain
Of Company II. Colorado infantry, ana
served In Arkansas and the Indian Ma
ton. He served throughout the war.
The report of the treasurer OF New
Mexico for the period between Novem-
ber 30 1896. and December 3. 1888.
which has been presented to the gov
ernor. shows that the total receipts OF
expenditures $GSO,449.41. leaving Il
balance on hand OF $SS,I47.29. The
interest fund IL now In arrears $4O.-
600. and that amount will be Increased
mt the close of the present fiscal year.
March !. 1909, to $55.2i3. To provide
tax for wipIng out the deficit In the
interest fund 1t will require 3-mill
levy, and us taxation is already heavy
the treasurer suggests that a short
Let,.rs from Senator Teller and Con-
gressmen Shafroth and Bell have been
received by Adjutant General Barnum
with reference to the claims Of the state
against the government for the mobili-
LutlOu Tue SOlOTuuO Ahat
spring. Senator Teller says 1t will be
impossible to get special appropria-
tion through Congress this season. ow-
ing to the lnteness OF the date and the
press Of business. Congressman Shaf-
roth characterizes the situation as an
outrage. in view of the fnct that money
was appropriated SO literally by Con-
gress last spring. The greater part
OF the states claims hns been rejected
and the only wny the money can now
be secured Is by special act.
Governor Thomas has revived an old
law that has been In disuse for several
gubernntorIal administrations. He has
appointed II. NJ. Fosdlck, Jr., Of
Fowler. and Fields f. McAlIllen and
W.. T.. Calhoun of Undercliffe roundup
commissioners for roundup district No.
.. There Is no salary connected with
the position of roundup commissioner.
Persons bearing that title are expected
to aid the cattle inspectors by super
vising the general rOund-ups In their
districts, discovering any infringements
upon the brand law which may have
been practiced. In most parts of the
state where the cattle industry thrives
these officers of the state are left with
out an occupation, the ranchmen band
ing together and appointing roundup
foreman to suit themselves. For many
years the governors of the state have
made no appointments of roundup
commissioners.
Joseph 4. Holmes, n prOspector, was
frozen to death while wandering on
Pixies Peak Friday night. Holmes
and N. J. Thorpe started from Cripple
Creek five days ago. and were caught
in blizzard on the peak. For four
days they wandered In the snow, for
Il II,n,, to-,
two days in the gulch near the Strick-
Ter tunnel. Holmes succumbed Friday
night and sank down In the snow.
Thorpe watched over him until day
light and then found his way to n
cabin near the Strlckler tunnel. He
told the story of the wanderings of the
two men, and directed the tunnel en-
ployes to the body Of his friend. Sat
urday morning Delos Durfee, city en-
body. Mr.. Durfee informed Coroner
Hallett. who went to investigate.
Thorpe is badly frozen, but he will re-
cover.
william Wood. the insane heir of
william J. Wood, who Is represented by
Attorney +. J. Mott. gained very i'm
portnnt point in the United States cir
cult court at Denver Saturday. james
o. Wood, a brother of the insane heir,
had levied on all Of the property of
the Aspen Mining and Smelling COM
pany, and the same was authorized to |
be sold on the 7th. Attorney Mott pre-
sented the situation to the court and
asked that the execution be quashed
because of Irregularities. and further
urged that this sale was being made
under an agreement with the mining
company and would deprive the in
sane heir of his rights to have his judg-
ment paid from the property of the
mining company. Judge Hallett sus-
tanned this contention of Attorney Mott, |
ordered the execution quashed and the
Il ii.