Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-22
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

still missing.
Amos NJ. Cooke of Colorado has been
admitted to West Point.
Polly Coats of Lcadvillc Is charged
with having deliberately murdered her
baby.
Scattering rains fell throughout New
Mexico on the 10th, being the first
in several months.
The Union Pacific lost $4,000 by II
fire mt La Sale, Colorado, which burn
ell the ore chutcs and several cars.
The city council of La Junta has or
dered n new reservoir with capacity
of 100000 gallons to be built rs an ad-
dition to the city water plant.
Two lads, named Fling and Lee, In
n hay rack. were killed by lightning
near. Monument Tuesday. The two
horses hitchcd to the wagon were
kiiicd and the wagon demolished. Two
other young men standing by the waG-
on talking to them were urlnjured.
Unless the convlc;s ut the peniten-
tlary are soon put to work and made
partly self-supporiing there will be II
shortage Mt the end of the term OF
from 100000 to $4,000, according to
G. Z. Hoyt. the warden. lie says 1t Is
not only proper but absolutely ncccs-
snry that the men be placed at work,
as IL they are allowed to remain In idle
ness the institution will find Itself head
over heels in debt.
At an adjourned meeting OF the town
trustees of Evans license was granted
| mt $1,000 per year to salocns. Three
| applicants for licenses were handed In
and granted The town voted temper
arcc by n large majority last April,
but by tho resignation of two OF the
| temperance trustees the change came
about. A petition WIZ circulated ask
Ing the board not 10 grant n license.
and WAS signed by a majority OF the
voters, but was nnhccdcd.
The Indians of San Felipe and Santo
Domingo and the Purhlos OF Brrna-
lilo county have won the cases they
| appealed to the United State; Court Of
Private Land Claims. These grants
| were confirmed by the court. but with
areas much lcss than claimed by the
| Indians. In case No. 13i the grant
ciaimcd embraced 10000 acres. In
case No. 1S4. the claim was for 5000
acres. ana In ease No. 1S5 the San Fc-
lipc Pucblos claimed over $4,000 acres.
Manager Voorhees, OF the uartvll!c
iron mines has received instructions
from the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany to close down the mines at Hart
vile, Wyoming. NJ once. THIS throws
between 100 md lao miners and ore
! haulcrs out of employment and de-
srroys n number OF good business en-
terpriscs In the Badgcr-Ifartviile Sec
| tIon. 1t Is believed that the order to
close down will also delay the building
| OF tho spur from Badger to IIIrtvillc.
work upon which was commenced
some weeks ago.
| The insurance companies have begun
their fight on the Denver & Rio Grandc
| road TO recover losses occaSioncd by
the disastrous fire mt Colorado Springs
last October. II will be remembered
| that the cause of the fire was nj
legged to have bcon due to the explosion
OF n car of powder on the Denver Il
| Rio Grandc tracks. ana suits have been
started by the small property owners
on Hucrfano street TO recover damages.
| The suit as filed Is nm exceedingly vol
luminous one. 1t involves over 100000
and others similar in nature may fol-
low 1t.
The new 1.50O class engines which
were recently sent to Cheyenne from
the East to he used between Cheyenne
| and Sidney. Nebraska. are not proving
| AS satisfactory rs was expected. 1t
| was claimed that the locomotives.
which are the largest in Use by the
Union Pacific would haul siXty-fivc
loads from Sidney to Cheyenne. but
thus far they have only been able to
haul fifty loads. Trainmcn are of the
| opinion now that the new locomotives
will rot materially affect the working
force OF train gnd encincmcn on the
| Union Pacific.
A dispatch from Chicago says: An
H., 81,
standing suit between the Colorado
| Midland and the Busk tunnel bond
holders. The tunnel bonds. amounting
| to 81 1.250.OOO. are to be exchanged for
| Colorado Midland .. 3 and i per cent.
| bonds. The tunnel bondholdcrs are al
| so to receive 4 per cent. interest. less
LEGAL expenses. FOR the period of the re-
ceivership. equal to from S1I0 to $50
per bond. The tunnel. which is located
at IIagcrmnn Pass. has been idle for
about year. OWN: to differences in
regard to rental. the Colorado Midland
in the meantime operating Its old
switchhnck track over the mountains.
Governor Richards 'Has advised by
the War Department on the 10Th TINT |
the troops at Fort Wasliaitic. in the |
Shoshonc reservation. and Yellowstone. |
in the National Park. have been placed |
at the disposal of the civil authorities |
to aid in pursuing the Union Pacific |
rohSers. Deputy Marsha. Morrison. |
with four Yellowstone scouts. cap |
turcd three men ut Riverside station.
near the west line of the park who an.
swcr the description of Curry and the |
Roberts brothers. Morrison will reach
Mammoth Hot Springs with his prison
ers Tuesday. whcr they will he ex.
nmined ..2forc Commissioner MCldrum,
Should these men not prove to be the
hold-Ips. the chase will be kept M
with vigor until the robbers are run
down and captured. The robbers were
supplied by n rtIstler friend near T..
X. Mountain. in the Holt~in-the-Wall
country. with fine riding horses and
two pack animals, plenty OF food and 4
camp outfit.