Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-30
DUlNGS AZ ULNNE Err.
items af Intsr--t FROM the City aud this
state Capitol.

bcnN"r's cable ciirs will soon hc Il
thing OF I'll. past. AZ result oi III"
passage Of mn ordinance granting the
privilege. the Tramwny Company IL
changing III" line To electric ana thls
work Ii being rushed.
The new officers of III" Woman's Re-
lief Corps nr. MrS. Minnie l., Kings
ford OF itawlins, Wyoming. depart
mcnt president: senior Vice. Mr-- Jcn-
ME Paddock OF i..a,ivIIic: junior Vice.
Mr-. Sarah Tucker of Pueblo.
A person convicted OF II crime less
than "a capital offcnsc may nave re-
course to only one writ of error, says
the supreme Court. This statement "
mad. In connection with the refusal by
the court To consider the cas-. OF I'D
ward cayIncss. The crime OF cavlnc-s
WIS murder In ..,- second degree. ~
his counsel applied FOR writ of error
u year ago. then refused To- prosecute
II. the court denied Him privilege OF
again attempting "A similar action.
Snow which remained nnmci'.d In
the mountains all last winter ana last
summer VIII aid In saving the stale
from u watcr famine this year. THIS
IL one Of the facts which appears from
the report of James !. Armstrong.
superintendent nf irrigation. The ir-
reports received from all the coInn'i--
sioncrs In this district. thinks til" out
look FOR the year very cncourusins
when the poor condition OF Few
weeks ago are taken Into c"nsId-ra-
tion.
TIL g new department commander.
Harper NJ. Oruhno.l. hns Just Hnnounc-
cd his appointments aHd guIrivrina--
ter Baker u superseded. lie lias ~rrv-
rd two terms. AMI II was thought there
SHOULD bc u change. ~ Commander
OrnhOod appointed Marshall :. trnw-
ford. secretary of the q. y. u. Memo"
rial Association. To he IuatI-rinastcr
In Bakers place. 7. ]. f"utc was cho-
sen nSsistar, uuarirrtnnsicr OF the lie.
partmcni. Knk"f refused To- turn over
this oiiicr TO the new npl,nintc-. but II
Is hoped that lie will charge his mind.
The tweniy.ir>i annual cncampmcpt
OF the q. 4. H.. Department OF Colo
RADIO aud Wyoming. was concluded
yesterday afternoon. when the officers
were publicly Installed NJ Windsor
hall. The list Of officers elected was
~ follows: Department commando.
Harper VI. Orahooi. Denver: senior
vice commander. NJ, J. Ho:arty.
t:rcci,:,: Junior vice. 4. =. Artist.
Cheyenne: chaplain. John l.. Boyd.
Denver: medical director. Dr. Gcorr"
". Curfmnn. Denver: council OF nd-
ministrition. !. NJ. ESsingiOn. :. II.
Fisher. T.. T.. litkin. III. =. Vaughn
and q. X. Carson of Evans. Colorado.
Authoritative advice was received
from rrcsIdcn, I;istinc Of the Midland
railway Monday that the pending deal
has been closed. Onc.half the sccurt-
ties OF the Midland will lie owned by
tile Rio ETindc Western Construction
Company and onc-hnlf 10y the moncycd
men who control the Colorado \ South
rru. The Rio Grandc Western rail-
way and the Colorado y southern rail-
way do not appear officially IN the
transaction. but the practical working
will he the same as II each line owned
onc.half OF the Midland. The present
Midland voting trust was created To
run till 1901 and can only he dissolved
by consent. The consent has been Oh
tanned. and 1t IL likely that new
voting trust will he created by the
new owners OF the stock. IL was also
announced that tiIc construction of
the Cripplc Creek short line 10 Denver
by way of the canon OF the South
Platte river will he built with the least
possible delay and that II Is expected
10 he In operation In one year from
date. The short line Will he standard
gauge and will make the terminus of
the Midland at Denver instead OF at
Colorado Springs. though the short
line viii he constructed by n separate
company controlled by til" men be-
hind the other corporations. The Mid
land, the Colorado y Southern and the
Rio Graudc Western VIII continue ~
separate corporations. but with close
relations.
T. O. rapcnoc. owner Of the Topeka
Copital. was in the city Monday. In
an interview about Mr.. Shcldon's news
pnpcr experiment. he said: "onc of the
results will be that II great Christian
daily viii be started In some city like
New York or Chicago-but not right
away. /, will take time. as ! do not
think Sheldon will lend hi,nsclf 10 such
II work permanently. He desired only
to mark the path In which others
should follow. But know that today
II he should signify his willingness Ia
stand at the head OF such an enterprise
and agree to he managing editor Of
such II periodical for II year or more,
that 81 ,OOo. 900 could hc raised easily
to support such newspaper. But the
greatest good result of the movement
lust cndrd-iust commenced. If the
right view is taken Of the nffnir-will
he in making newspaper owners think
twice hereafter rs to what goes into
their paper in the way of advertise
mcnts and what goes in as news:
making those who enter the newspaper
husiucss more dcsirous of seeing more
rood come of their work. Sheldon will
soon 20 to England. where he will de
liver Il series Of lectures. some of which
will he for the purpose of inducing men
to enter journalism as they would en-
Ter the ministry-for the principal Oh
icct of clrvnting mankind. II Sheldon
had another chance to do the same
work he would conduct it, so he has
assured me. on Il little more liberal
lines as to the use of news. But the
great idcn is the same and unchanged.
A Christian daily. one which frowns
upon yellow Journalism will come. 1t
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