Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
cJLO7ND 'iOreS.

| NiiIe, nearly lost his life In u snOwsllue
last week. After being buried eighteen
hours he was rescued. and none too
soon to save his life.
The Home Mining Company OF Lead
vile on May LIST paid II dividend OF
SJU,OOO. II II announced that another
dividend OF $4,000 will be paid on
June !. III" future policy as regards
dividends has not yet been an.
nounccd.
The Agricultural Experiment Station
has Just ISSUED bulletin ~ on straw
berries" This gives directions In re-
gard to the mana cement of plantations,
irrigation. cultivation. and general care.
ms well as description Of the various
varieties which have been tested at
the experiment station. The bulletin
may he obtained free by addressing the
Director OF the Experiment Station,
Fort Collins. Colorado.
Deputy Game Warden ". II. I... Of
the Third district. says the deer are
now leaving their winter feeding
grounds In dr"vc-. iindins their way Ia
the White river plateau. where they
:, feed during the summer. Streams
throughout the district arr aiiv. with
trout. hc said. and the sport will bs
plentiful. and IhcF- n every indication
thnt thcr- Will bc mnrc sruus. than
usual. Mr.. L.-'s dl.tric; Includes the
Flat Tops rnd the Trupi-rs' lake cnun.
try. the Drst game districts IN the
state.
Dr. Giiiin Of boulder. who made .
post norton rSnmlnation an the rc-
mains of late Postmaster Thomas Hall
OF Wall Street. In that county. found
that some time ago the man had swai.
II IL.
In u dcpnr.slan ni the lower part Of
the stomach. and immediately across
the ois,ninE Into the bowels. As no
food could pass out OF the stomach.
the man starved to death. The ptin~
seed had br-n Ia the stomach long
enough for the moisture 10 cuu-- the
seed To- burst.
The Colorado s-iaSi of Mines will
turn out this year twenty seven .nEi'
nccrs. the largest In the history of the
Institution. or the seventy boys who
entered the ..rhcoi n. freshmen four
year. age. ih-r- arr left only fifteen in
rvyrie- si-srs..s. thi. i-ing about the
usual per crn; tim, makes the course.
\ few left voluntarily. hut the majority
were thcs- who aunk-i out under the
rigorous cuur.c that ha. given tho ins
s,i;utior -i's fame y. ono of the most
I tt-sf"AkH tetR' W. VS.
Twelve uf the present -is.. were r--
cci,~,i IN advance standing.
| Practical Instruction in mine. and
n,in-taIosy. undertaken by eastern uni
vctsiii-s. will result iir-ctif .. the t.-n.
-ft nf Colorado. The University Of
Minnesota hns inausuTai-i the method
! of instruction by --niinr .ui an entire
class In min-sni"Ty. under rcf. Apple
/ by. To- sIprnd several weeks In Colornd.
mining camps. whrr,' their Instructor
/ will H. the miner himself. The pr.frs.
sor heads class uf thirty. all young
mrt. each with u pip-. 'w. suit ras-s
| sni specimen haxs. This I,'rsanai lug
/ gage was of such extent that they ~.
l IuiTyj y special ear.
4 icst case to iricrmin- the right q.
I tax deposits ani capital stock of build.
I Ing aui loan associations was decided
ut Denver Monday hy Judge Butlrr .f
the District Ccttg. II was the sui; NJ
I the Fidelity Savings Association Of
Denver against the liaari " County
I Commissioners. Hud the association
was victorious. Last summer the ~.
,icliiy Savings Association in 'i;s tax
return tn Assessor Nmrs mruti.nr,i an
! item uf ss..,,. cash On hand. Mr.. Nmrs
holding that tlr association was really
q hank aud should H. tnS-i ~ such.
| eliminated the Fash on hand item
aud Htl,iy,l tu tile schedule SSgs,.;,iJ to
cover deposits. capital stock AMI the
like. The association asked the roun.
ty Enati uf Equalization tn strike on
this item ON the zr,uud that II was
really n debt. This T-r'ition was denied
hy the county Board Of Equalization.
Ncrnrtiinsly the Ease was appealed to
the District Court. In his opinion Ju,lec
Butler decided that building anj loan
institutions arr hni to- ic ssscSss,l like
hanks.
\ dispatch from Sterling ir tho Don.
yer Republican un the ,ni says: Of
all the fiJb,ls which ever prursi down
the Platte valley. ut least within the
memory II living men. none has nh.
pr,ayhr'i in magnitude ani duration
the irvmrn,iuu< fow NJ to-day. For
ten days tile river has i-srn ut tho Ian.
gCr Iniut. NJ $Duucr would .lI- wa.
trr~ ip'giu To- -ul,Si,lC than the rains
wouli set in neain nnd augment the
How Ever ~iuCp noon yesterday. when
the word came down the river that the
I'lH,tC had rxr,-,i-,I lis hanks ni,ov-
IInrIin. tile p,oplc herr have ls,Cn cN.
psCtant Tlv river l-rgan I" rise
stVp,lily in the evening. This morning
in many plnJ7s~ I, WIS uut of ii< banks
anu ~lllfF NW'N " iNS El~f'N ~lNNANs l"F- ]
hnr< i've or sin inches in ten hours. |
The burlington train frrm the East |
was y little late. Nt STALLS pace II |
CROSSED the river. thc tinl'crs sway |
ing ani trembling under lis weight. |
S,nt,rly twenty minutes aftcrc It's |
massage u span of sixty feet at the 1
east cnd uf the trrstlc CAV" way under |
th- irresistible forCc NJ the water. The |
piling had been washed ont beneath 1t.
From M the line come reports of /
widespread destruction. II reports arr
To- Ir rrliC'l upon. five miles of Union
Pacific track between Bnlzac aud Sny
der. twenty miles up the ruah. have
been rendered useless by the dirt wash.
ing from under the rails. \ force Of
men, with the pile driver aud other
necessary machinery. went up this
....r,,i,,s IInusas n.or 4h. riyyr ,rr