Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-02-22
COLORADO MOTIFS.


ted nj III. Snowd.n ranch, about iwen'
ty-nve miles southwest OF Manzanoin.
James Ford. foreman OF II sheep OutilI.
was the victim. and was probably kill
cd last Friday. Milton Trujillo. II
herder employed nj the ranch and now
In jail. has confessed that he killed
Ford.
Information from Breckenridge .ocs
To show that while the eastern heirs oi
Professor Carter have cordially acIul-
csced In the proposition that the coliec'
tion In sold To III. Denver association
FOR $1,000. they are not ready To con'
eur In III. desire OF III. naturalist that
the $1,000 b. devoted In turn To fur
thcrinI III. project for II great museum
Three men We're caught In n slide u;
the Gold King mine nt Giadston. nj
J o'clock Saturday afternoon. Anioni
Tam, by dc,p.iat. effort. managed
TO get out. George Foster and i>ouls
Avi Were carried TO the bottom and N.
hopes arr entertained Of the recovery
of either party alive. George Foster
has been married only thirty days
and the parents of both Foster and hi,
wife llv. In Durango.
Denver Il Rio Grand. passenger train
No. II. which left Denver Tor Aspen nj
H:l5 o'clock Thursday night. wa
wrecked hnif mile east Of Rock Cr,rE
near R.iicn. about u o'clock y.si-r'in! !
morning. \ broken rail caused the de
rnilmcni OF three ears. one OF which
topplcL inio the Eagle river. Six men
every one of them railroad employees,
Were Injured In the wreck. hut III. re
port Of the physician In charge OF the
victims says that non. OF them Will die
Judge Stevens OF the Seventh Judi
ciai district. who Is sitting for Iuds,
Ruckcr. has decided that the ease of
the People against ". ]. Cox. snpcrin
tcnlcnt of the Nellie Gibson mine. fui
the pollution Of the waters Of the Roar
Ing Fork river. should have beer
brought In ritkin county. as the crime
if committed. has b,.cn committed IN
that county. The Garfield county far.
mers will now commence n civil action
for damages ou account OF the polln
tion OF the water.
ON the evening OF Washington.
birthday the handsome Gold Coin ciui
house nj Victor. hull, TO replace III,
one consumed In the Hire OF Angus
:lsi. was dedicated To the use OF ihr
employees Of the Woods Investment
Company 10y reception and dance
The Gold Coin band furnished the mu
sic for the occasion. The building o.
cupics u ground space OF loxi25 fee;
II two stories In height. OF a Grcc!ar
style OF architecture. and Is without
question one OF the nncst institution.
OF It's Kind In the West.
r. u. Wight Of Trinidad will max,
the largest individual shipment OF WOO
to Boston ever sen; from the south
western country. II aggregates about
G,O.OOO pounds. and represents the en-
tire clip from his thousands Of head oi
sheep for the past ihrcc years. The
greater portion of the well is secured
I; Will he shipped over the Colorado 4
Southern TO New Orleans. thence via
the Morgan steamship line TO Its dcs
tination. The wool Will be shipped IN
eighteen ear. from Trinidad and twciv,
ears from Folsom. New Mexico. max
ing altogether thirty ears. The work
OF loading has commenced. II Is esii.
mated that the shipment will realize b.
tween SIo5.OOO and Sl3O.OO0.
The Roaring Fork and Blue River
Stock Growers Association. which mel
at Glenwood on the 18th. made formal
protest against any change In the pres
cnt land leasing system and denounced
the action OF the recent convention OF
the National Live Stock Association In
the matter. The resolutions are strong
agains. any disposition of public lands
In any way other than already provid.
ed. and protest against the state leas.
ing its lands for grazing purposes. Tn,
principal reasons advanced are that the
system of leasing gives the larger syn
dicatcs control OF the ranges. to tn,
detriment of the smaller stockmen. whc
are farmers ns well. and who hav,
their homes ut or near their ranges.
The changing Of the terminal OF tn,
Florence \ Cripple Greek railroad from
Florence to Canon City, which Is til.
practical result OF the new line just
opened into Canon City. will bring
with II the change Of all the offices oi
the road from Florence to Canon City.
1t was announced yesterday at the 10.
cal Offices that it was the Intention rs
soon rs practicable to establish the of.
fees of the superintendent. master me.
chanic. storckeeper and dispatcher AT
the latter point. which means a virtual
abandonment of Florence. making II
practically way station. The Canon
City terminals. already under construc
ton. will he rushed to completion as
soon as possible. The company has
other construction under consideration
chiefly repair shops. The shops will
include ear sheds. round houses, pal,
shops and machine houses. Pla,
have already been drawn for thcs
buildings, but have not yet been nc
copied.
What is known as the CliT Dwcllcrs
slide. at the foot of silver lake basin
and ut the top of the cliffs near Silver
ton. came down Friday afternoon. aud
four men who We're repairing the cable
on the Iowa tramway We're caught
Three were gotten out alive. but Jack
Lewis. who was taken out at 0 o'clock.
WIS dead All the men in Silver lake
basin, about $50. were working from
the time that the slide came down un.
til Lewis body was found. While Clar.
cncc Coburn, who was sick. was being
brought down from the Tiger mine on
n toboggan by six men, Il snowslidc
started in the mountain above them.