Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-08-24
COLORADO NOTES.

N'AAN'' W Wv A's'hh btr AAN
at Bessencr.
Forest fires in the ncishborhooi Of
Gl.nwood ar- driving b-ars down To-
ward the towns.
The rosioiiicc Department has order
ei the establishment ct free delivery
service September ist nj Eaton. Colo
raio.
\ t.rribi. forest lit. Is raging In the
heavy timl-r in Estes park, northwest
Of Longs p-ak. t-Jwc.n the peak and
what il known ns Sprasuc's ranch. or
Willow park.
The International typographical
Union. which has b.rn Ia session dur.
Ing the last week In Milwaukee. voted
To reimburse Denver union 10 the
amount OF <i.sp for moneys donated
NJ different times to visiting invalid
printers from other unions.
Ex-senator II. \. Mills. chairman OF
the state central committee. OF the
Peoples party. has issued call for
the ropuli.t state convention To lie
held In Denver nt the Lyc-um ih.aicr.
September 10th at II o'clock. This IL
the date set also for III. Democratic
nnd III. silver Republican state con
ycntIon-.
& Iron Company have declared diNi.
icnd OF eight per cent. on the pre-.
fcrrcd stock. payable September 9th.
In February OF this year eight per
cent. was declared. aud In April eight
per cent. The remaining nccnmulntiSc
dividends due on the stock now amount
TO twelve per cent.
''In all probability the llin School of
| Theology OF the University Of Denver
viii not h. opened for'thc next term.
says bishop Warren. lit was founded
| by Mrs. Warren and has been sustain
cd by her. She does not feel able mt the
present time TO make up the difference
between S,iO1p. which the endowment
provides. and Si5.DuS which Is the cost
| OF running the school. We have never
asked aid for the school from anyone
and nrc not now asking II. We expect.
therefore. that the school Will not open
| for the next term.
The forest fires now raging through
out the state will do damage to the cN-
tent OF SiO!Up.Ocp. They have already
l caused loss Of nearly ihrcc-fourihs OF
that amount. Those who are most like
ly 10 know how extensive the damage
will bc place the loss at this large sum.
The man who puts the loss al $lOCOp.-
I
ngcnt OF the Union Pacific road. which
owns large tracts OF land In Colorado
and other western states. In Middle
park the fires are burning 50 iicrccly
| that ranchmcn are beginning TO fear
that their homes will be- swept away
ana their properties ruined.
| Laborcrs are reported scarce by en-
ploymcnt agents who are after men for
work on western railroads. The Union
Pacific has agents hiring men In Den
yer for work along the line In Wyom.
Ing and on Friday eighty men were
sent over. many OF them coming from
farms and ranches In Colorado. The
Onion Pacific is said to be having n
hard time securing enough men. The
| Denver \ Rio Grande railroad In In the
field for men to build the Rio Grnndc
railroad out of Texas creek. The Colo
RADIO Midland wants men for an cNtcn-
sion to Newman tunnel: the Colorado
Springs Il Cripple Creek railroad Is
short of men on Its construction work.
and the Colorado X Southern cannot get
enough men. All the roads say that
there is n scarcity of men. and that the
man who Is out of work Is idle because
he wants to be.
The United oil Company of Denver
county to look over the territory for
oil. Tpon his return he reported that
he found the new field containing cv-
ery evidence of being good. and the
company Is preparing to secure leases
and sink test wells. 1t Is stated that
the formation is very similar to that
of the Pennsylvania oil region. sam
plcs of rock brought here have been eN-
nmincd by n number of oil experts
and all say they are good. When bro
ken oil ooZcs from the new surface IN
n remarkable manner. 1t is SAID that
this outcropping of oil saturated rock
is nine miles in length and Is located
npur Lone Tree springs, few miles
wcst of the Puma hills. The company
coutcmplntcs taking the matter up at
once and making thorough test of
thc territory. Thomas Robinson. the
company superintendent, states that
he believes the indications in Park
county to be as good as any FOUND In
the state.
At n recent meeting of the executive
committee of the Anti-Saloon League
ot Denver, the Rev. X. a. Chase. su-
ncriutcndent rendered his resignation,
which was accepted. DR.. o. +. Wright,
nostor of the First Methodist Church
nf Pueblo. was unanimously elected by
the committee to take Mr.. Chases
nlnce Mr.. Chase rendered his resig-
nation last December, but at the re-
1uest of the committee decided to wait
until n suitable man could be found to
carry on the leagues work. Or.
Wright has accepted his appointment,
which will undoubtedly be approved by
bishop C. II. Fowler ut the Methodist
conference to be held in Salida August
ooth and will assume the duties OF his
ot,icc on Septcmbcr 1st. DR.. Wright is
nnrticularly fitted for platform work.
iJn is one of the finest speakers In
Colorado, having a pleasing voice, good
presence and literary ability OF high
nrdcr The objects OF the Anti-Saloon
League are to enforce the liquor laws:
-. g,rIt,to tho tpmDerance question and