Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-26
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

was damaged by fire few days ago.
Several buildings Mt Evergreen
above Morrison, We're burned down or
the 22nd.
Victor is to have complete sewer
system. 1t will be completed by Sep
tember 1st
A vein of paraffine has been discov'
cred near Vernal, Utah. 1t Is very
valuable.
Henry C. Charpiot has been appoint
ed by the French government consular
agent at Denver.
ID. l.. Gordon lost his life in the
burning of the Cardiff shaft house
near Ward, last Friday.
The district attorneys of Colorado
met at Denver on the oath to discuss
matters of mutual interest.
The National Live Stock Association
met at Denver on the oath. Twenty
eight states and territories were rep
resented.
Officers from Ration, New Mexico,
have finally removed from the Jail at
Springer the cells that have caused SC
much contention.
Local capitalists are considering
the feasibility of building an electric
line from Fort Steele to Saratoga and
the Battle Lake mines.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany is being sued by employees who
were crippled by an explosion of
blast furnace last year.
Denver sportsmen want n change in
the game laws that will permit the
shooting Of more than twenty ducks
in n day during the open season.
The New Mexico capitol commits
sioners wish to get bill through the
Legislature authorizing the issuance of
SEQ, 600 worth of bonds with which to
complete the new copitol.
Mr.. jeff McWilliams. nn ex-sheriff
of Olney, Illinois, has arrived at Cas-
per with his family and twenty-one
greyhounds, with which he will chase
wolves and coyotes during the present
winter and spring.
At Silver City, Lizzie Weaver, ID
year-old girl, became acquainted with
James Brooks while the latter was
shut up In Jail under Indictment for
murder, and was married to him last
week.
Governor Roosevelt has written to
Ex-Governor l.. Il. Prince OF Santa Fc
that "The one place am surely going
to visit during my incumbency rs gov
crnor is New Mexico. shall be down
there this year without fail"
Ex-Governor Job A. Cooper died Mt
his home, In Denver, on the Goth. He
was only sick day. the cause OF his
denth being peritonitis. He leaves n
widow and four children. among
whom his large estate will be divided.
A bill has been introduced In the Wy
oming Legislature providing for the re-.
moval Of the state prisoners from the
present occupied pcnitentiary ut Lara
nile to the newly erected penitentiary
vt Rawlins.
Word has been received In Denver
of the death of John Knodcl, n miner,
who was caught In snowslide near
Kokomo last Friday and instantly
killed. The victim made frantic ef-
forts to escape. but the mass of snow
soon overlook him.
Governor Otcro OF New Mexico has
appointed Robert G. Rankin of Las
Vegas to be lieutenant colonel of the
First New Mexico regiment of in
fantry; also W. II. Taylor of Las We
gas, to be captain of Company l, vice
Captain W. II. Kelly, resigned.
Alfalfa seed is now shipped from
Denver to the South and East in quite
large quantities. Mr.. G. II. Root, the
cnterprising manager of the Colorado
Seed House, at Denver, says that al-
falfa is now grown quite extensively
In Texas and In some of the eastern
states.
The Colorado Agricultural College
has issued Its twentieth annual report.
Besides showing the advancement
made by the institution and detailing
Its work. It contains considerable mat
ter of interest TO farmers. The sub
jcct of irrigation receives considerable
attention.
The report of Coal Mine Inspector
Noah Young states that the tonnage of
coal produced by Wyoming for the
year ending September 30. 1898, was
slightly In excess OF 100000. The
number of fatal accidents in the mines
for the year were ten, or one for every
29i.GSi tons mined.
1t is announced ut Wallace. Idaho,
on what is seemingly fair authority.
that there will be line built from
there this summer TO connect the Ore
gon Railway X Navigation Company
with the Burlington. The latter com
pIny viii build west from Billings.
while the Oregon Railway tS Naviga-
tion Company builds eastward from
Wallace.
The Ranch Telephone Company has
been organized nt Chndron for the pur.
pose of erecting and operating n telc.
phone line of 400 or 800 miles In
length. The line will place the owners
In direct communication with the
management of their big ranches and
the thousands of their browsing herds,
while sitting in their Offices in Chad
ron. 100 and 200 miles away.
The report of the commissioners for
New Mexico to the Transmississippi
CSposition at Omaha has been filed