Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-02-08
COLORADO NOTES.

Colorado penitcntlnry.
Colorado railroads are having so lit
tie trouble with snow that they are
likely to show good profits on tho sea-
sons business.
Owing to the fact that during the
past two months there have been two
engineers blown up and killed by
thawing powder by the boiler, Engi.
neers' Union, No. 75, OF Cripple Greek,
passed u resolution forbldding Its mem
bers from allowing any powder to be
thawed around any boiler Of which
they have charge.
Weaver & Co.. {: new oil company op-
Grating In the Florence field. started Its
| first well pumping on Friday evening.
II has been pumped long enough 10
| determine the permanent flow OF the
well, the owners placing II at 100 bar
| rels per day. This IL the most impor-
tant oil strike made In this district for
year. and causes rejoicing through
out the oil field.
The final act In the construction OF
the Canon City extension OF the Flor
ence 4 Cripple Greek railway, prior TO
| opening the line for business, was per-
formed on the Iih. when the transfer
tracks We're put In connecting the road
with the Denver 4 Rio Grnnde at
Nnhoh SHy. yalh
room nj this terminus for over 5000
cars. and are laying the yard tracks
rs rapidly as possible.
The beet raising Industry In Mesa
county Is to bc given u substantial
boom by the addition to the farmers Of
Quaker colony In Bucks county,
Pennsylvania. who win come to this
country TO grow up with the bccIs.
The beet tonnage for the past year var
led according to the ability or nttrn-
tIon to business Of the farmers. many
or whom undertook 80 large nm acre
age that they could not devote proper
attention TO III. speciality. and the su.
.nr beet company ut Grand Junction
IN making every effort To add to the till
crs OF the soil In thaf section who will
devote their entire time to bccts.
Public gambling ut Lcadviiic ceased
Mt noon Monday. due to orders issued
out Of the District Court. For six
months Lcndviilc has been wide
open town. AMI Il il said that several
hundred gamblers have been making
the town their stamping ground. The
CITY Council took the matter up nnd dc.
cidcd that these people must 20. When
the District Court convened Monday
Attorney Jones wus delegated by the
court To ss-c that the laws In relation
TO gambling were enforced. aud every.
thing was closed up tightly by noon.
There hns ir-n stron. agitation here
Tor several weeks asninst public gam.
bling. nni this last move has apparent.
iy ended the matter. Mt least FOR sons
time to come.
Following the r-c-ni concessions oh.
tnincd for Denver through the asiin'
ton OF I'll. kini-ii ease before the In.
! tEratlf.. NfatuHt.F.... ias.
est In the establishment OF a staic rail.
way commission il rrriyins among 10.
cnl shippers. Talk In the crowds oui.
side OF the oiiiccs Of freight agents Of
late tended TO an enthusiastic iutiorsr.
tnrnt OF the establishment OF such a
commission. and the feeling seemed 10
t'~ that. the time was rips for forward.
Ing such proposition. and for obtain.
Ing. In a measure. the slm- protection
FOR the mountain towns. and the asri.
cultural settlements on the eastern
and western slope. as had been Oh.
iaincd for Denver.
In the chase after tb. escaped con.
rict. Wasoncr. the six guards who
have BEEN securing the Beaver Greek
country separated Friday morning.
e,ich division iakin. n different course.
but MI working south. Ono division
followed the Hnrdscrabblc 10 its
source and reported from oucrc,ia
this afternoon that IL was following n
strong trail. aud u was believed Wgs.
oncr was only n few miles in tho lead,
Another division took n route siraish,
FOR Trinidad. and the third Startrt 10.
ward Colorado Springs. but returned
this afternoon. Warden 1Ioyt sent n
man TO Trinidad tonight with iustruc.
lions to take n horse aud patrol the
country north. In the hope OF heading
the convict or.
The Insurance companies that paid
the losses resulting from the Auilcr.
ire at Colorado Springs in iS.S bav.
ilcd suit In court charging the Denver
" lilo Grundc Railroad COMPANY with
criminal negligence in leaving ,nmbtis.
iblc material about the DEPOT. and
bringing powder into the city. There
are two suits pcnding and the total
Judgment asked is little murr than
S-l".uNb. There Is formidable list
OF insurance companies named as
plaintiffs in both suits. There ar, four
causes Of action mentioned in the rnn.
plnini. NIL charging negligence ON The
part OF the defendant. The ulnintifYs
nave asked settlement form the Den.
Ner X Rio Grandc hut were refused.
The Colorado Springs Hotel Company
""' ~ ~ bAElbW. trustee. nrp also
mentioned with the tcfcndaut in m,
second suit because tlsy refuse tn ioin
with the plaintiffs. Mr. Rarnc,t in
the first suit Is placed with the Don.
yer n Rio Grandc ns co-,lcfcnlnut hc.
cause he also refused to join the nlnin.
tlns. This case promises TO br nur nf
the hcrccst legal battles ever wnrpJ.
on account OF the large interests in
yolvcL.
A large majority Of the organized In.
boring mcf Of this state believe ihn,
the labor vote should he cast for Ial,or
canhldhtes nominated 10y labor con.
vcntions. The executive rnnn,i,,,,, -
the State Federation Of Labor has NJ.
iicially canvasscd the votes east hy nli
the unions under its control. ON tho
questions: shall the Federation OF In.
Dor call convention Of delegates from
labor organizations to Nominate an in
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