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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
GOOD ADVICE TO KANSAS.
Om.isi says Money shsaid ne
sp~nt In Water storage Rather Thaa
1.sa suits-

Washington. May j.-Mr. Newell.
I'll. photographic expert of the geo.
logical survey. In speaking OF the nt-
tempt OF the state of Kansas to cnjoln
Colorado farmers from apprupriating
the waters of the Arkansas river. says:
Instead III going to law about this
matter 4, would L. better for the
people OF Kansas TO u-. the same
amount of money In finding out the
facts nni solving their problem In n
b,isin-ss.iIk- way. There Is plenty Of
water In til. Arkansas river for both
Colorado and Kansas. and II they
would give rs ih. money they ARE
EolnE to si-nd In this suit we would
demonstrate how to conserve and
utilize II. The Arkansas river drains
mn AREA OF 5000 square miles of water.
shed for Its permanent supply. AMI
that AREA during hsif the year Is
covered with heavy SHOWS. Where II
leaves Colorado and crosses into Kan.
sas tn. Arkansas drains an area Of
2aI.ODn square miles.
AT Canon City. where the Arkansas
leaves the mountains. II carries nm mn.
nuni average OF .sJ.StJ acr,.fcct Of
wat-r-ihat L.. water enough to Hood
half u million acres OF land on. foot
deep. The greater part OF this water
passes down that valley In two months
May and Junc-nnd II practically
wasted. With all their irrignting sys.
i"ius the people In the Arkansas valley
hnv. the benefit of only u small per-
ccntngc OF this volume. Less than
thirty per cent. of the water that
flows In that river II utilized. consist
Ing mainly Of that which comes after
the spring rise. Nearly all the flood
How now wasted could. be- saved by
the construction Of storage reservoirs.
We have made surveys OF the head.
waters OF the Arkansas" continued
Mr.. Newell FOR series OF reservoirs
that will utilize the rain and snow
fall OF the high mountain catchmcnt
area. Such u system will cost an aver
age OF $40 per acre of the land re-
claimed. and the result will he: First.
to prevent danger from ordinary floods:
second. to insure n permanent and adc
uuntc supply OF water FOR both Colo
RADIO and Kansas: third. to Increase by
millions OF dollars the value OF lands
in the Arkansas valley: fourth. TO give
certain instead Of u speculative
value 10 all agricultural develop
mcnts.
AT Hutchinson. Kansas. for eN:
ample. the water OF the Arkansas
comes In one or two great spring
floods. which are not only useless 80
far ms agricultural purposes are con
ccrned. but are apt TO do great dam.
age.
For the remainder of the year the
people OF western Kansas have practi.
cally no river water. BY controlling
these floods. by holding back the melt
ing snow and regulating the flow. II
H..
during the dry months when II IL most
needed. When this * done that part
OF the state, and. in fact. lie entire
Arkansas valley. will not suffer from
the prevailing droughis and the usual
crOp loSsCs."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
DEWEY CAPTURES CHICAGO.
Gree, and Eathusisstie Crowds Give Hin
Cordial Welcome.

Great and Enthusiastic Crowds Give his
Cordial Welcome.
Chicago. April 3O.-Amid the boom
ing OF cannon and the cheers OF hun
dreds OF people, Admiral George Dew
ey arrived to-day. Fo. the next three
days he will be- the guest OF the city'
and the programme for his entertain
ment will take up nearly every mo-
ment OF his time until Ills departure
Thursday from Jacksonville, Illinois
The special train bearing the admiral
and Mrs. Dewey. Lieutenant Calu'
well. his secretary. and Lieutenant
Crawford, was met near South Chicn-
20 by u special trriin carrying iic gen
.ral executive committee Of thc Dew
ey celebration. aud Including Mayor
Harrison. President Charles \. PLAN
aG.lon, and the admirafs son. George
Goodwin Dewey.
An immense crowd had consrcsatcd
In the streets surrounding the station.
and had packed 10 sufrocntion the
big depot building itself. When III.
willie. .noustnched naval hero was seen
roar OF cheers went up.
The route Of the parade To the hotcl
WIS along Fifth avenue 10 jackson
boulevard. thence down Michigan ave
nuc 10 the hotel. Along those streets
FOR hour- bcfor, the arrival OF Admir-
al Dewey We're gathered crowds That
literally packed the sidewalks and that
Kept the police busy from Milling the
streets also. and the cheering started
.t the depot swept along the streets Us
the admiral and his party were slowly
driven TO their apartments, the ap-
plau-c being almost without cessation
until the admiral entered the hotel.
At 2;:.1 y. III. III. admiral wns given
"a reception by the Canndian.Aincrican
Association. which presented an inri-
taiion TO him TO visit Canada NJ his
pleasure.
Never In the history OF the great Au'
iiiorium has been within Its walls
i sight more beautiful than that sc'
vcaicd Tonight when the great hall Civ
cn In honor OF Admiral Dewey was nj
Its height.
II was a decisive suc,c-s from inst
io last Ia nil details from the lccora.
Hons on ih. walls 10 the reception pro.
per.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04

I, has been proposed In New Yevk
to prohibit by law the publication Of
seandaious matter found on the per-
sons or In the possession OF suicides or
of those who have attempted suicide.
This would be good thing to do!
Persons who take their own lives are
often insane. II not actually derangcd.
their minds are In so morbid n condi-
ton as TO unit them for calm and ac-
curatc statement. II often happens
that. with the intention of explaining
their act. they leave n letter or scrap
Of paper which reflects cruelty upon
the character OF one or more living
persons. The sensational newspapers
print the letter under glaring head
lines. and the injured person has no
redress. A mere denial counts for H.
tie. and there is no defense against
the calumnieA of the dead.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04

After all. the failure of the Amcri.
can Students League OF Chicago was
quite worth while. The organization
proposed to send teachers and STUDENT
TO the Paris fair at an expense Of 500
apiece. It collected considerable money
and spent n good deal on prelimina-
ries. Then. through no direct fault Of
the promoters, conditions changed so
that the contract could not be carried
out. This has happened to other pro-
jects-and In about nine cases out Of
ten the sponsors of the project have
charged the expenses against the col
lections. But Supt Andrews and
Profs. Rogers. French and Rowland,
who lent their names to the Students
League project, propose to pay the ex-
penses themselves and return all Of
the collections to the subscribers. The
case Is rare enough TO deserve honor
able mention.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
THREE HUNDRED DEAD.
First Report. Of the Utah Nine Disaster
Wore Not EIAggsrnted.

Salt Lake City, Utah. May 2.-1he
reports from Scofeld. Utah, up to IL
o'clock tonight, say that II In now
known that ITS are dead from the ex-
piosion, and that the estimate OF loss
will Increase rather than decrease on
further developments.
The superintendent OF the mine says
there is no record of the number OF
men that 20 In the mine from day TO
day. and thar the exact loss cannot be
known until all the bodies are taken
out.
one estimate Is that there Were Hs
men In the mine. and ON that basis
that ther. must have been AT least 100
lives lost.
The relief force is organized Into
shifts, and I'll. ore now In the mine
has iifty bodies ready to bring out.
Every hols. In the little town OF
Scoheld Is a house OF mourning. The
awful scene of yesterday had passed
away when the day iawned this morn
ing and the awful calm of despair had
taken Its place. Til. nsonizsd shrieks
OF the widows AMI til. means OF The
fatherl.ss Were no longer heard. The
stricken ones We're beyond all that and
their grief could ind no uItcrnncr.
When the removal of III. bo.iics from
the mine begun yesterday, hundreds
OF men volunteered their services. The
rcscuers came from other mines and
towns surrounding. AMI worked iiScs.
saAtly To bring out the burned and
nlangicd remains OF the dead miners.
The bodies Were taken to tn. company
buildings ms soon ns they Were brought
out OF the milne and w-r. there dressed
aud laid out preparatory To til. coron'
cr's inquest nnd for Identification.
Many of III. rrsru-rs came near los.
Ing their lives from III. fatal after
damp. but the work was continued In
the fac. Of all danger: and most Of the
bray. fellows remained nj their posts
until they were almost ready 10 drop
from physical exhaustion nnd the dead
iy effects of tn. poisonous fumes.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
Mnmcn Xnrsc Than Ellc..

New York. May IA dispatch to the
World from London says:
Frederick Trcvcs. the famous sur
g"Ou. vii" has just returned from the
war. was entertained. together with
Sir William Macc cormack. at u ball at
the Reform club Saturday night pre-
sided over by Lord Roscbcry. Mr..
Trcres took occasion to administer n
singing rrbukc to the smart" women
suffering from khaki fever. who have
gone a. alleged nurses to the front.
He said:
SO far as the sick are concerned.
there are only two plaques In South
Africa-ihc plague Of flies and the
plague Of women. The hics We get rid
OF 10y horschair wisps. and other ap.
pllances. and the tiics at least depart
at night. But the women are abso.
lut"ly and really n terror. They came
out in the guisc Of amateur nurses aft
"r having exhausted every other form
Of excitement.
Considering that we are engaged In
war. the number Of well dressed Ia
ni"s ~ Cape Town aud elsewhere Civ
ing picnics is u blot on the campaign .''
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04

Following the lean years" of the
panic hundreds OF those who had
sought homes In America returned TO
their native land. some comparatively
wealthy. and others not. This was a
most unusual condition and probably
viii not soon occur again. From pres
ent prospects there will be n Srca, rush
from Europe TO America this season.
One agent Of n steamship and immi-
grafton company estimates the num-
bcr Of those probably ncw-homc seek
ers at 10000. distributed In national.
iiy As follows: Irish. 100000: Swcdc,. e.
Danes and Norwcsians. 100000: oci-
mans. 100000: Italians. 10000: Frrprh.
10000: Poles. 10000: English. 1000:
Scotch. 1000: Greeks. 1000: Turks.
900: Swiss. 1880. The Irish stiil
lead.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
CHARGES GERMAN INTRIGUE.
s.ory That = Deal with Denmark for tn.
West Indian Island. I. on Foot.

New York. May 1.-The Times pub
fishes an elaborate article declaring
that Secretary Of War Roots address
nt the Grant dinner last Friday night.
In which lie limited at the possibility
OF war to maintain the Monroe doc.
trine, was called forth by an intrigue
concerning the Danish West India
islands. II appears that II. II. Rogers
OF the Standard OH Company made n
verbal agreement with Denmark that
IL he should negotiate n sale OF the
Islands he should receive a commission
of ten per cent. OF the purchase price.
Captain Won Christmas Dirckinck.IIo.
hcnfield has also been acting ms agent
of the Danish government. All ne
counts agree that Denmark is very
anxious to get rid of her West Indian
possessions. Mr.. Rogers and the cab
tain having uuarreled. and the former
having declared II was In his power to
defeat any negotiations that did not
recognize his rights as agent. the
captain advised Secretary Hay Of a
plan to exchange the islands with
Germany for territory In Europe. lie
states that unless Congress acts ON
the Danish West India islands matter
before June 1st. scheme will bc
carried out to exchange the islands
with Germany for the whole or n part
OF North Schlcswig. which. with Hol.
stein. was taken from Denmark by
Germany in 1S6s, and which country
II has always been the fOndcst hone
OF all Danes to recover.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
GREAT FOREST FIRES.
Michigan Tawa rraeiIr.i wip~d Ou, aud
Othsrs In Danger.


Othsrs In Danger
Marlncti,, Wis. April :.n.-forcst
iircs ragged furiotisly north OF Fisher.
Michigan. along the right OF way OF
the Wisconsin and Michigan railway,
Saturday and Sunday. The property
damage VIII bc large. The town Of
!Nmc-. Michigan. wns practically wiped
out. cnsalllnr u loss OF x:sp.UDJ or more.
Considerable cedar stock nj Nathan.
Michigan. was also destroyed. The
Wisconsin \ Michigan ran u special
train up the line Sunday To rescue the
irc.strickcn pcupl. In the small VII.
lagos along III" rad. All the inhal,it.
ant. OF the towns OF Ani,s and Nathan
were taken to Pcmbinc FOR safety.
IL II feared that the Wisconsin X
Michigan passenger which left here
last night was unable to get further
north than Fisher. Al tire latter place
only "a heroic resistance -iyrl the town.
Forest fires arr burning everywhere
north OF here. and further damage will
result unless there l. rain. The cnun.
try Is very dry aud the Hires spread rap.
Idly.
Fires arr said To tr burning along the
right OF way OF the Milwaukee road
north OF Ellis LunrLoa
Further reports are ~ the effect that
the forest fires are spreading and great
concern X felt for all towns north
Noihlnr definite II known concerning
I'll. towns along the Wisconsin \
Michigan read. hut the danger To all of
them j. increasing. 4 report from Ellis
Junction says the tire Is spreading.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
BELIEVE AGUiNALDO DEAD.
H.. Has Not been Heard From Since Last
December.

Manila. May 2.-1hc belief is grow
ing that Ag,iinalho was Killed by the
lgOrottcs. There Is no proof that he
has been alive since Major reyton &.
March of the Ihirty-third regiment
abandoned the chase after the Filipino
leader in the Bcnuuet mountains. An
inSurgcnt officer who recently sur
rendered TO General Young says that
the insurgcnt general. TinO. holds this
belief. Tino held regular communica-
tion with Aguinnldo until December
18th. since when he has heard nothing
from him, and Tlno thinks Aguinaldo
would find means 20 communicate with
him, If alive.
Major Mnrch's Information was that
there We're only half n dozen soldiers
with Aguinaldo when he fled beyond
she Bontoc wilderness. where the savu-
ges are hostile to all strangers. Friends
Of Aguinnldo's wife assert that she has
heard nothing from him since they
parted.
She Is in n delicate condition and
nearly prostratcd with worry. There
fore she has not been Informed of the
death of her child and thinks it is with
friends Mt BacoOr.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
Isocra sim A.,ix,

London. May 1.-The Beers are now
showing uncommon activity west of
hiocmfontcin. They are in force be.
tween Fourteen Streams and Kimbcr.
icy. Sunday they occupied Windsor.
Ton. west of the railway. and now
threaten TO interrupt the communica.
non OF the British force Mt Warrcnton,
to til" north.
rms. too. nt time when General
'iuiItcr ls about To start on n 2OO.milc
"iilrch FOR Mnfeking. probably with
''.bn men. To the east of Blocmroutciu
IN" Hocrs Sunday night were s,ill hold.
ing the hills near Thaba Nchu, while
"rhind them long wagon trains loadrd
WIN wheat for the Bocr army in the
north, are moving through L.adybrnnd
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04

Polite highwaymcn" who have been
robbing right and left in Chicago for
the last few days have apparently taxi
en- the niche in local criminology for
meriy occupied by the long and short
men All OF the Chesterieldian cou-
ple's victims speak highly Of their
polished courtesy and their careful
avoidance OF the knock-down and
drag-out methods adopted by too many
rude. coarse and uncultured sandbag-
gcrs-dcclarinE. in fact. that 1t is al
most a pleasure to be robbed by such
courtly highwaymen. Theosophists
and students OF the Hindoo cults will
probably assert that these Chicago
robbers are the veritable reincanation
of Dick Turpin and Jack Sheppard. but
the average citizen, ignoring the ro-
nance and the transmigration theories
will probably rejoice exceedingly when
the walls OF Joliet finally yawn for the
daring footpads and their reign OF ter
ror is abruptly ended.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04

The war department has lately pub
lished a list of the officers and men of
the United States army who have re-
ceived medals or been especially COM
mended for gallantry during the lns.
two and half years. Two of the fifty
officers whose names are mentioned.
and thirty-three of the enlisted men,
are colored. In view of the relatively
small number Of negro troops in the
army. this is record of which our
dark-skinned brother may well be
proud Evidently the color line is net
drawn at the firing line.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04

philadelphia has raised 3s.. 900 OF the
100000 Il promised for the national
republican convention. Mayor Ash
bridge is not without hopes the re-
mainder may be secured. but has given
Mr.. Hanna to understand that he Is
fortunate to &c; that much. Phiiadcl-
phia has been third OF n century
building Its new city hall and Its bus!-
ness men properly object TO being huf-
rl~d for any kind o: an enterprise.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
German Papers nnk, t,,i,,

h'riih. April aO.-ltcfcrring to the
speech of Elihu Root. United St,tns
secretary Of war. NJ the banquet of tbp
nrhht Monument association I'm Now
YORK last Friday evening. and more
particularly 10 his nllusion TO the Mon.
roe doctrine. the German papcrs to.
ua% '"hE that there is anv official In.
in Eriz.. '''o'''e'
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04

Sir Alfred Miner. speaking OF the
outcome of the present war. says that
dissimiiar and antagonIstic political
systems must no longer be tolerated
I'm the country which nature and his
tory have declared to be one" In the
main the Beers also agree with this
statement. The point which Is now
bein. argued by Dom" Paul and Lord
Roberts with considerable earnestness
IL as to which that one shall be.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04

The senator's of the University Of
Edinburg have decided to confer tho
decree OF doctor OF laws on Miss
Eleanor A. ormerod. who has won
worldwide fame as an economic en-
tomoiogist and has spent twenty-three
years In the study of insect pests. Miss
Ormerod will be the frst woman to
receive such an honor from the Uni-
vcrsIty of Edinburg.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
Four, zenith Hack Prom M,pi,,

san Fran"isco. April 30.-The first
'fitti,Ilun OF the Fourteenth infantry.
Wh''h mas been III quarantine. has
landed hi til" reserve wharf of tho PRO.
sumo. hii"r two years of almost coutin
uoNs iGhting in the Philippines. The
'H'''hilon was escorted to Its camp by
almost ih" entire force of the post. nm.
h"f command of Major Ruckrr
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04

News that an American n.'sess To
$50. 900. 600 10 TO marry a Chicago man
may be expected to have a bearish
tendency in the ranks OF European no.
bility.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
Vua0sal Notiess =

An odd custom that I
death occurs in a faIj
better class at Havana,
out OF q funeral inyitj
tious magnitude. 'rhe|
Of quarto form. six BY
by ten inches. and foui
ed heavily. perhaps an
and enclosed In an envs'
tentions and border.
within being the more
OF the announcement.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02

| STOCKS, BONDS AND SECURITIES
BOUGHT OR SOLD BY
PORTER & CHENEY,
MEMBER PRODUCERS OIL EXCHANGE
STOCK BROKERS,
$50 California Street.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02

strength against Amck will make for him instead of
Clifton for the voters of Township Two declare that they
will not be dictated by outsiders who for selfish
meddling with township they have neither
voice vote in. We warn the two prominent Democrats
from Jackson who camping Mr.. Amick's trail that
they making serious mistake The object of their u
fair work very apparent and the people will put up
with such political work Mr. Amicks canvass has been
fair and above board and the leaders of the Republican party
in this county, outside of his township have taken hand
in his fight They have kept hands off they felt duty
bound do and in all honor should do Now let the Dem
ocrac leaders do likewise prepare for chickens that will
surely come home to roost.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02
Bryans Trust Distinctions.

II want to start with the declaration
that monopoly in private hands is de-
fenseless from any standpoint, and in
tolerable. l make no exceptions to the
rule. w. ]. Bryan of Chicago Trust
Conference, Sebtember 16, 1899.
National Starch Company, 81 glory
in the courage of the Attorney General
to come to Otoe county to drive this
out of your community.
w. j. Bryan spoke thus at Nebraska
City, September 26, 1900, with refer
ence to the action instituted by Attor-
ney General Smyth against the Nation
al Starch Company, to prevent it from
doing business in Nebraska. This con-
Germ is owned by citizens of Nebraska
City, who have done much for the up
holding of Nebraska's Industries, and
who have also donated libraries and
public parks.
But several of them, gold Democrats,
like j. Sterling Morton, Secretary of
Agriculture under Cleveland and the
founder of "Arbor Day." have also in
CURED the bitter personal enmity of
Bryan on account of their opposition to
free silver.
The company pays good wages to
250 people, and practically supports
the town of Nebraska City. During
the last ten years it has paid 50, 600, 900
to farmers in the neighborhood for,
corn. 1t has made a world wide mar
ket for a Nebraska product. It has
never done anything in restraint of
trade.
PROGRESS OF THE TRUST DIsCRIMI-
NATION.
After leaving to his Attorney Cen
eral the work in which he himself
glories, of driving out of Nebraska
concern which employs labor, and in
which his political enemies are fnauci-
ally interested, and overlooking the
silver smelling trust, of Omaha, Bryan
continues his progress towards the
overthrow of trusts by travelling east
ward to the headquarters of the
Money Power" in New York, where,
subimely conscious that
The ice trust is right there
That he says is a local affair.",
He plans to talk at Madison Square
on the sa ne platform with Emperor
Dick" Croker, leading stockholder in
the Ice Ttust, at a meeting to be pre-
sided over by Edward NJ. Shepard,
who drew the Articles OF Incorpora-
tion for the Sugar Trust, and whose
entire time from one years end to the
other is absorbed in giving legal ad-
vice to that notorious monopoly.
Consistency may be golden. If so,
inconsistency, criminal inconsistency,
is silver and Bryan.