Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-11-02

The Colorado n Southern Railroad
Company has secured an injunction re-
straining the commissioners OF Doug
las county from Interfering with their
new track up the South Platte.
The City Council has passed and
Mayor johnson has signed n bill call
Ing FOR vote OF the people on the
proposition TO construct n municipal
water plant ut cost OF Si.ioo.ccp.
The posse OF deputy United States
marshals having completed the work of
serving cJcctmcnt papers on the Stone
wall valley settlers, In charge OF pcpu'
" Marshal Davis. has returned to Den
Yer.
a committee OF the womcn's clubs OF
Colorado was In session here. begin
ming on the 22nd. Representatives OF
nil the eighteen clubs In the state were
present and the gathering was M en-
thusinsiic one. Mrs. James ii. Baker
was the efficient presiding officer. In
tcrcstlng papers and discussions were
hcani regarding practical subjects ot
the day.
The announcement was received IN
Denver yesterday that the Federal
Court OF Appeals at 81. Pau hnt
granted damages 10 the Denver y itio
Grnndc railroad In Its suit against the
Midland because Of n wreck which &C.
CURED September 10. 1s9,. on n piece
OF track operated jointly by the two
roads between New Castle and lt!nc.
The appeal was made from Judge Hal.
lcii's decision In the District, Court OF
Colorado.
County Assessor Amcs has publicly
announced that lie would not obey the
recent order Of the State Board of
Equalization increasing the value OF
taxable properly in Arnplho, county
by S.srp.osp. This stand he takes In
n letter mailed to each OF the hIiy'siS
county assessors In the state. He has
ni-p mailed n letter To- the honFd of
county commissioners nnh another Ia
Stat" Auditor Temple. each OF which ts
OF the same import.
At the last meeting Of the state mill
'nEy hosrd II was unanimously decided
/ that n new nrmuTy should bc built nj
once. Brieni-r General browning. Nd
| jutnnt General Ovcrmycr aud lnspcc'
/ tor General johnson were appointed q
i committee 10 receive bids ON rentals
! from the parties who have agreed 10
build mn nrmory and lease 1t to the
state. The estimated cosi uf the struC'
turc win br hciwCCcu $4,000 ani SI5.
co. II will bc constructed Of brick
ihr,- stories Ia height and modern In
every feature. The site In all proha
bili;y will b. within few blocks o!
III. state housr.
Warrants will i.c issued November
iith to enlisted men Of the Colorado
National Guard who served between
May ist and oh. ISIS. before being
mustered into service Of the United
States. There are aso men entitled &c
| pay FOR this time. TO whom will be dis
tributc>i Si0.SnD. In making the an
uounccmcnt OF the date Of payment &c
the different commanders Adjuian'
General OvCrmycr adds that rs Il viii
he impossible for all the men to call nj
his Office and sign the nay roll. the nc
counts may hc assigned 10 him 50 thai
he may draw the money and immcdi
ntCly forward II TO each inan by check
| Superintendent; Dunaway Of the Colo
rndo * Southern says: Never saw
/ such business. We have almost nil We
! can handle. hut Of Cutirsc wc'rc not rC,
fusinE anything. It's lucky we have
two lines 10 Pueblo. though for II we
had only one we would hc I'm the soup
old Gulf. that we repeatedly denied
two months ago. IL now made ridicu.
lous. Why. were sending more trains
over that line than ever before. or
| course you know II Il cheaper to han.
die traffic over the joint track through
Palmer Lake. bu; that line has much
more than II can take care of, and
whenever train Is ready to start from
either terminal It is sen, out over the
route that Offers the least chance OF
delay
The recent vindica;Ion OF Adjutnnt
General John e. Ovprmycr by the
State Military board was thought to
have ended the National Guard troub-
les which were revolving around the
charges against him. But there Is yet
some dissatisfaction among those OPP
posed TO tho general and an effort has
been made to secure n complete set OF
expense bills Of all military matters
since he entered office. Whether the fight
will he continued or not will largely
depend. 1t Is said. upon what these
expense bills and other data secured
in the investigation will show. The
generals friends are confident that
nothing will come Of this new attempt
to place him in n had light before the
governor. II Is claimed that under a
decision 10y the Court OF Appeals In
1897, expenditures for expenses incur
rcd outside the state are Illegal
The state capitol is so nearly finished
that the manner in which its final COM
plction will be celebrated Is now scri-
ousIy considered. Governor Th lmas says
that some sort OF celebration would be
IN order. but that there had been no cf-
fort yet TO decide upon the details. He
thinks that the building will be COM
plctcl long before his term expires.
probably In time TO hold the celebration
next Fourth OF July. That the build.
Ing will be completed by that time. the
board thinks highly probable. The last
contracts. amounting to $4,000. and
including the windows in the dome.