Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-01-18
DENVER GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM TINS
STATE CAPITOL.

proved Monday night thn, for the first
time since lie was shot by w. w. An
derson mis- doctors thought II safe to
leave him. and only the nurses and
his family Were In attendance upon
the wounded man after the early even
Ing. DIR. Charles \. Hart assured Mr..
Bonfils' family that the crisis had
PASSED AMI there was no immediate
danger. He expressed not only hope
OF ultimate recovery, but his words
wcr. so encouraging ns To lead the
family TO believe that the sufferer was
practically out OF danger. II. II. Tau
men. the other owner of the Evening
Post. who also received two Of Mr..
Andcrson's bullets, Is pronounced out
Of danger.
The Suprcm" Court has denied TO
Judge Moses iiaiici, n rchcarins OF his
tax suit against the assessor Of !trup-
ahoc county. The amount involved IL
$4,000. as mn assessment upon notes
and credits" and the judge win nov la
expected 10 pay the tax upon II. Last
fear Assessor Amcs fixed the vnluc OF
Judge llnll.tt's notcH and credits Mt
x:.S.6p. ana this year the assessment :
Is Ss-D.OsI. The protests on the latter
two assessments nrc still pending. The
reason given by the assessor for nam.
Ing these amounts was that Judge Hal
lett made no r'turn on his tax schedule
opposite the denomination moneys.
notes ana credits" lie snid the law
gave him the right 10 supply omissions
In the schedules to the best Of his
knowledge.
The Colorado q Southern road no
longer owns lis own telegraph lines.
At midnight the title In the property
was Transferred So the Western Union
company. under whose management Il
viii h- operated. The status OF the
Operators. ~ fur as their difficulty
with the railroad company il con.
c-rn-'i. viii not L. affected as they Will
continue Ia the roads employ ns b.,.
fore. While the Western Union viii
own the lines nni keep shctn in repair.
the railroad company will opcFutc
them under joint 'raf!ic agreement
under which the tolls on all messages
viii 80 cniirriy TO the telegraph com.
pany. ~ FAR rs the employee. are con-
crruri ihrrc viii II. no dlrcr-ncc cS.
c-p' in the foEmaii,y Of reports aud
checking business.
Tho United States Land Court Ia
about to undertake one Of the most
important land ease. ever heard by
the tribunal. The ease Involves the
ownership OF not less than f..sn.s
acres OF land. n rr,nt portion OF which
lies In the southern part Of San i.uis
valley. The tract !. known IN south.
crn Colorado ~ the Valdez grant. u
dates back rs far a. lSri. when the
governor Of New Mexico presented a
princciy Tift of rial estate to several
OF his friends and admirers. OF whom
Caledonia Valdez was the leader. The
ARA in controversy IL anywhere he.
tween i.5Sp.sS anJ :.rpn.HD acres nnd
cover. some highly tnincruliscd tracts
ns well rs great tpdic. Of grazing land.
The ease Is In many respects similar
to that OF the Trin-hcra grant. and
the latter terminated favorabiy for the
contestants. II will require many
months to take the voluminous tcs,i.
mouy. In the meantime the progress
Of tile ease VIII bc uots,i with great
interest by thousands OF residents OF
southern Colorado. Thi. Is the last
OF the large land grant case. affecting
the southern par, OF this state.
The holder. of leases on mining land
owned by the state may breathe free
~ awhile. The State Land Board. at
its meeting Monday. practically gave
up its crusade against alleged viola.
tor. of these leases 80 far a past trans.
ev-siuns arr cnuc-rucl. The board
decided several days ago ihn; II could
not cancel the lease. Of miners under
what arr known a- 'oid leases" that
i.. twcnty-yrar leases. hut II went
further. aud in the matter Of the short
leases. or cight.yrar leases and the
coal leases. into which the iuvc<tigI.
ton was first begun. It decided that
owing to variance uf Views ON the mat
ter II would not attempt to cancel any
Of them. II ordered the register To
notify holders uf cieit.ycar leases that
sr,rx= xxEa,t1I rN.N F,ftnxys.y.I Nnrfl
list next TO bcgin improvements re
uuircd by the leases. The question Of
improvements iuC< not enter into the
twcuty-yCar leases. and the only clrsc
for which they can lc cancelled Is Tor
nun.pnyncnt VI rental. None were
Cancelled ON this crouni Monday. al
though some may bc recalled on this
ground at the next meeting. At this
meeting the report of Mining Inspector
Lee will tc taken up.
The machine shops Of the +. VI. Ia.
Wis Iron Works Company. at Eighth
and 1.lrinIcr streets. were destroyed by
fire early Wednesday evening. The
total loss. including buildings and
material is roughly estimated by Man.
agcr W. e. Davis at Sl3O.OoO. This
damage is fully covered by Insurance.
The iirc originated in the boiicr room.
ani spread with great rapiJlity. a
larg. iwo.s;ory brick building. uSed as
n machine shop AMI pattern roo n ana
u story aud half brick building used
as foundry room are the buildings
burned. The main foundry. however.
is separate building in the rear which
was untouched by the flames. Man.
agcr W. q. Davis snid that he thought
$4,000 u conservative estimate of thc
value OF the destroyed wooden patterns
of machinery. some OF which present
the labor OF iifty or sixty men for
twenty years. The company has draw
ings of most Of these patterns. how
ever, and can replace them. The build
ing MIR. Davis values nj SJO.OOO. and
the machinery and other fixtures at
s:So.cO. In consequence of the fire 300