Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-08
DUlNuS AT DENVER.
items of Interest From tho City and ths
state Capitol.

The State Land Board at Its last
meeting decided upon u new set OF
rules and regulations FOR the govern
ment of the board. They ure til. result
OF successful attempts made by lease
hoiders To avoid giving proper rcmnn-
eratlon 10 the stat. for lands leased for
mineral PURPOSES and for NIL kinds of
land.
J. II. Crowley aud David brothers,
members OF the State Board OF Horii-
culture. hav. signit-d their Intention
OF rcsigninr from I'll. board unless Mrs.
Martha 4. Shut. was d-poscd from the
Office Of secretary. u place which Sh.
stIii claims to hold. The last meeting
Of the board Resulted In mn agreed
statement Of facts. and til. agreement
by all parties concerned to send this
statement to the attorney general
through I'll. governor nnd abide by his
decision In the matter. Governor
Thomas announced last evening ihnt
when the pap-rs came TO him he would
| send them to the attorney general.
The grievance committee Of the en-.
pioy.s OF the Colorado 4 Southern road
IL In session daily at the Columbia io-
tel. 4 schedule Of wages IL under con
| siirfatlon. and n .opu ns q schedule
has been drafted the cummiii~c viii
NEE, Superintendent Dyer Of the road.
The values OF unirrirai-,i lands In
northern t.arimrr county have received
nm upward imi-'ius on account OF the
| struggle h-tw~-n the local rutilrm-n
ani the warrrn Live Stork Company
of Wyoming. with Ii- immense bands
| Of sheep. The Warren company has
leased sotn- immense ar-as OF land In
this vicinity. nni has h-Fi-d its sh'rp
up1n them aud the n-iEhborinr public
iani.. The sa''i-m-n are pow-sless Z"
prevent this. Thi. spring many OF the
lenses Hf- expiring. ani the cai'i-m-n
arr -n,i-a,ofins to resume control of
tile range hy i-asins the lands Of ,h.
Colorado Mortgage and Investment
COMPANY and the Safthrfu financr
| ranpany, 10th Of which af- large
owner. of rpner lands which wsr~
| taken in at the iim. that Carter Cot
tons plans promised .. bring water "a
iFFisa,- them. arr likely TO mud their
properties productive. after ten years
"f waiting. as a fcsui, OF the spirited
bidding Of the rivals Tot the range.
II 1. for q Jury to decide whether OF
not n inan when entering danscfou.
employment do. not aCrrp; Possible
consequences. aud ls not therefore &C.
io;I-i frun, s-vurins damages Tor
injuries rrV-ir-i b3 au accident In scr
vir-. Thi. is tho opinion OF the Su.
PRIME Court expressed IN it. dcy'i.ion
in the ca.- Of Patrick o'sulliraa
against the Holy cFoss Gold Minins &
Milling Comapuy. In the Arapaho-
District Court O'Suliivau ottain-d 81.
sss damages f.t the injuries TrrcivcJ
In au accident In the mine. The Holy
Cruss COMPANY appealed tSr'ausr. u ~.
serted. tlai O'sulIivan wa. guilty "f
CnnirihuioTy ncslisvucs. The supreme
Court sent the ease back TO the lower
,DuTts. holding that the District judge
was wrong in rrfu.ins to charge tn.
jury that u should determine whether
the aCri,l-nt was the result ot n defect
n", dis,Dvrrablr by ordinary care. or
whether II was due To- the negligence
I Uf the defendant or whether an rtii.
playc did not assume all risk. In enter.
ing dangerous employment.
An absolute ,Iivnryr was granted
Mrs. Frances ". wolrpit from unitC,i
| States Senator T.. u. wOlrott in Iuds,'
Aliens division uf the District CouES
Monday nficruCpus Although the action
had hcCn anticipated aud all necessary
! papers had l-rCu drawn Jp by the at.
/ ,oTurys, they wCrC not fled with the
I clerk Of the District Court until Mon.
,lay. The complaint Of Mrs. wolCui'
sets forth that she married. the senator
May II. iSqH. She charges iCscTtiun
without cause from February q. is:E'.
until the present date. Henry 7. Rce-
rrs was counsel for the plaintiff. After
/ the complaint hail lpeu fled. Joel =.
vaiic. for the defendant. Hlri an an.
swcr denying the charge. There were
| three witnesses for the ylaintin. Mrs.
| wolCutt AMI br. MCtCalf Of Buffalo.
New York. her brother. testified as To
the facts Of the dc<Crtiou. Theodore
| Holland. nn attorney. was called as a
witness to establish her Residence. No
evidence was introduced by the de-
fcnsc. In the absence cf senator VOL
sutt. his interests wcr,r looked after by
MIR. yaiic. a verdict was returned foT
the plaintiff and the dcCTsss' was issued.
II provides that Mrs. WOlcott shall ~
| ceive $3.50 year alimony.
The state Of Colorado is going into
| the business Of making bricks. II Is
now In the general business Of mining
coal. coke and precious metals. and in
tends through the state Land Board 'o
enlarge its field. Ia every mineral
lease. including the coal leases uf state
school lands. the land board has In.
serted a clause whereby IL receives a
percentage of the output over and
above a certain amount in addition tn
the regular rental per annun. ON
this same basis II will now go into the
brick business. At the meeting OF the
board Wednesday proposition was re-
ccivc,l from John he Scllcrn and j. NJ
Gunklc to lease ten acres ON the other
side OF the City park for brick yard.
! The ten acres are next to- the land de
sired by the driving club and are de-
srrihed as the northwest quarter of
the northeast quarter of the northeast
quarter Of section ~. township 2. range
| GS" The proposition made to the board
was that rental of $50 n year would
I've paid. and In addition 10 that amount
u royalty OF i2is cents would I've paid
on each 1860 bricks made after an an
uual output OF iOO.CNp bricks. The