Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-02-22
NO. 80.
DOl.ee zes, s.r DENVER.
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state IaS al.

not bc checked. This means that tcl.-
scopes uni bundles must h. sealed. "t'
secured In some manner to conform 1"
checking regulations. Claims for heavy
LOSSES ur. the causes "t llils decision
The Stat. supreme Court viii l.. ask
ed To decide whether stud, MS III the
State School OF Mines nr. rLtl;i-d I"
vote In Golden. The Iu,lsiiOn comes Z"
the court through III" contest In icf-
ferson county bctw-en wIilinm II. Bar
rick and John Nichols for tile office of
sheriff.
AdjuianI General OyrTm"y-r nnd
the whole forr. of his office hnv. been
mailing To all parts OF the world
bronz. medals and certificates uI S.g-
vicr io soldiers that served In the First
Coior.,l. regiment und other "rguniz:I-
tions ENLISTED In this state Tor The span
isli-Am-ri'Tn war. Nearly i.lp uf
.nch Were mailed. aud ~ many more
remain to H. sent out Iis soon n the en-
gravcr~ have completed their work.
one OF III. most disastrous lrrs In
the history Of Denver u7'nrr"'l In III"
Bocttchcr block. Nos. i:sEs iil3 Wnzc''
street early Saturday morning. causing
u damage estimated nj fnIn 81 iO.,sS io
xisD.SD The greater paii NJ this loss
- E-aN
who wcrc ON u ladder sixty ar seventy
feet from III. ground iiad u nnTruw rs-
cape from instant death WHEN u huge
piece Of galvanized irun cuTnlc' with
about ihr,- feet OF hrl-l wall fcli up
on the ladder. smashing u III Two
places. The men escaped iy SpTin.ihs
into windows, from which smoke and
hnmcs were pouring.
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tlon io I'll. Republican, says: kiinnpc'l
10y four ,ic-pcra,io.-- whu forced her
husband in Keep quiet Icy ion'lng u gun
In his face nnd drpv. her two children
Into their wagon at the point of a r'-
volv-r. Rescued after u har,i ride OF
sixty miles over rough roads. with III"
stolen horses most of tile time on III"
run. This Is. la brief. the experience
OF Mrs. John Cooper. wife Of n ranch
man living near Bovine. Mesa county.
Not u shot was fired. either nt the KID.
napin. or In the capture NJ the four
icspcra,iocs who tried to break up the
Cooper family. They are believed To
bc members OF the gang cf robbers who
have been operating In the In Sal
mountains.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
grand Jury declared last week thai til.
gambling and saloon laws mr.. not rio-
lated. the district attorney has iblcd In
formations against u large number OF
men for breaking the law. aud says
that he has ampi. evidence io convict.
Gamblers are charged with operating
In some ~ the hi. office blocks anil
largest hotels Evidence against them
wis secured 10y Rev. II. \. Chase AMI
other officers OF the Auti-Saioon
League. II l. now charged that one or
more OF the grand Irrymcn are Inter
csictl In saloons or own buildings oc-
cupicd by them. The general feeling
that some oT I'll" jurym"n violated their
oaths In voting against indictments
was evidently SHARED 10y Judge Butler.
who made some sarcastic remarks To
the Jury when It reported. Nearly ev-
cry minister in the city preached upon
the subject last Sunday.
\ petition to Congress asking that u
tract of public land ie set aside sufii
cicni to reimburse the state for Beech
cr Island and the surrounding lands
required hy the Rccchcr Island Me-
mortal Association will h. sent To Wash
ington this week. The State Land
Board has agreed to deed the land re-
uuircd hy the association. provided Con
grcss will give II like tric, of public
land tn the slate. Representative
Shafruth will Introduce the bill In
congress. IL is the purpose To create
n park and erect on the little sand is.
land in the Arickarcc river in the east
end Of Arapahor county u monument
In memory of General George \. For
syth and his fifty followers, who. In
September. 1860. witnstuod Tor eight
days the siege Of chief Roman Nose
and nearly one thousand braves.
From September 18th to 26th
the white men held in check
the army OF savage warriors. There
was inccsSant lighting, during which
only five NJ the hcsicgrd white men
We're killed. although they inflicted
heavy lnsssrS upon the Indians. The
Indians had been gathering in the
country for several weeks. Their de
urc,laiionS were directed against the
settlers on The plains. aud General For
syth learned that lO3 settlers had
been mnsSacrrd. when lie set out with
II company uf nifty scouts To drive the
Indians out of the country. He had
Eudrre>;iina;rd the strength of Chief
Roman Nose. and before he could re-
treat to Fort Wallace was surrounded.
Rcach;,g the little island in Arckaree
river. he formed II breastw0rk of the
horses. pickrting them To form Il hollow
s1,,arr. within which his men took ref
ugr firing from under the animals But
the horses were soon shot down. when
the men dug holes in the sand, burying
themselves 10 their arm pits. and in
that position fired and held back the
savagcs. They lived on the flesh of
their horses finding water by digging
in the sand. Two men succeeded one
night in escaping through the Indian
lines and made their way to Fort Wal
lnce. where help WIS secured. and Col
oncl Carpenter. with n coEipany of sol
dicrs. came to the rescue. driving back
the Indians and believing General For
syths little band on the eighth day.
One of the men killed on the island
was Lieutenant Fred ii. Bcecher. n
nephew of the illustrous Rev. Henry
Ward Bccchcr. and for him the island
Mns nnmnl SeNcrnl of those TINT took