Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-08
COLORADO NOTES.

denly stricken with blindness the other
day.
The First Presbyterian church OF
Fort Collins has purchased the resi-
dence OF ex-PrcsIdcnt Alston Ellis OF
the State Agricultural College IN
parsonage.
On his way home from the Pueblo
insane asylum. William Arundaic. u
Middle Park rnnchman, was crushed
under the Silver Plume train on the
Colorado 4 Southern railroad at Elk
creek. There was no witness To his
death. The conductor. In his report.
says that Aruntinle crnwled under the
train. deliberately intending to commit
suicide. Mrs. Arundnlc Is sure II ID an
accident.
Judge StImson OF Teller county has
handed down u decision In the case
Of Aionzo u. Boyinn vs. the city OF
Victor. Judge Ssimson's ruling rein.
states Mr.. Boylan as police Judge OF
Victor and declares that the city coun-
ell had M authority TO remove him
from the Office. Some weeks age Mr.
Boylan was removed from the oniec
Of police judge upon = chars. OF mp
proprintins about $1,000 belonging To
the city io his own use.
A p~triacsi forest has been dis.
covered within six miles Of Grand
Junction J. Il. hanm. = prosp~r,or.
while doing development work on his
claims In canon GA ftnon mesa. ran
across several nnc specimens OF pr'fi'
lied wood. Members OF troop \ made
a prospecting trip through the canon
srccn,iy and discovered one tree
fully three feet In thickness They
brought back with them an- specimens
which they have on exhibition ~ sh"
state nrmory.
ahe srn,i.m-n who ioancS tho
money for the mobilization Of The nn'
Siopai guard n, the outbreak of shc
Spanish. a Am-riean war arr said TO b.
prrpnrin. To demand tho Repayment;
e the loan. Considerable difficulty
has been experienced by the state Ia
securing the money from the govern
m~nt. Alpu; S.ns0 Of the cinitn hns
been allowed and the rrmainirF 10 cS'
p-cicd soon. Hut none Of this money
has b-cn Paid to the citizen. who ud'
pancri the FUND. for the mobilization
Hcncc they ar- kicking.
Mrs. II. +. Jay. corresponding .~crcs
tary Of the Woman. Club Of Grand
Junction. has a letter from Andrew
Carnegie. who donated 5000 Go III"
club for the establishment Of . u.
brniy. saying he is r-aay tn ray all
vouchers sent him for the cpns'Fuc'
zion ef tho building. The building -"''i'
mittrr will nt once select the plans
lct the contract .cr a liisary building
AMI push the work to completion. ."
that before the close Of the summer
Grand Junction will b. the proud pos
SCISSOR Of a handsome public library.
Sam Strong has iil~i his answer In
the suit alleging bT,,ach Of promis"
brought aEaiust him by Nellie Lewis.
The smo,.nt Of damages asked by the
plaintiff wa. s.ibpsp. Strung denies
ever having promised to marry her nT
,ha, she ever requested him to marry
her. lie denies the allegation Of the
plaintiff that he promised 'n marry
her while on their trip tn New York.
either thrrr or on their rcturu to this
city. but In hi. answer admits having
had immoral rria,ions with the plain
til.
The Denver & Rio GTanic has dc.
cidci TO do away with narrow raug"
trains on the first division. beginning
Sunday nish; train No. IL. which
leaves at pIs o'clock In the evening
will br made up entirely OF standard.
gauge ears. II will l., split at Pueblo.
part Of IL making connections with the
Marshall pass narrow.raiec train. SO.
Ing wcs; by way Of Salida. and part OF
1t going over La Ncta pass to Alamosa.
connecting n, that point with the ipu.
rnngo narrow gauge train. Train No.
H. which will now bc on the broad.
gauge rails, will leave Salida at 1U:l.
n. M. and arrive in Denver at o'clock
the following morning. No other
rh n r,s contaminated.
There /. n rumor that the Denver &
Rio Grandc railroad has entered the
Platte canon controversy in earnest.
thereby compiicntinE more than ever
the dispute between the Colorado &
Southern Railway Company and the
Denver Power 4 Irrigation Company.
The Rio Grandc surveyors have return.
cd recently from the canon. where they
have n line over the route which tho
Power company has asked the Colo
RADIO & Southern to select. The pur-
pose Of the survey IL not given out. but
railroad men say that should the Rio
Grandc company file on II. and the
Colorado & Southern road he defeated
In Its rirh, OF way through the rcscr.
voir site. the Cripple Greek short line
would prove expensive to build.
The !. G. Teller railroad tic case tina.
has recently occupied the attention OF
the courts in Wyoming has now
reached the Federal Circuit Court Of
Denver. The United States. through
District Attorney Greeley Whitford. on
the instruction Of the attorney general.
has filed suit against John c. Teller
and the Union Pacific road for the
value of the ties said to have bcen
chopped from the public domain near
Fort steele on the North Platte and on
Nullin creek. MIR. Teller is defendant
In n petition FOR Judgment OF Si1.-
sI3os. and the Union Pacific railroad
Is sued for S2G.Ug2..p. The petition sets
forth contract which Mr.. Teller is
said TO have entered into agreeing to
abide by the decision OF Special Agent
George II. Abbott OF the general land
office. with reference To the number of
ties in the disputed batch that be