Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-01


Colorado has raised the $I0.GDo re-
quired to run the Institution until the
Legislature meets.
Ralph q. Lister OF Colorado, has
passed a successful examination for
second lieurcnantcy In the regular ser.
vice. He WIS second lieutenant OF
Company Il. First Colorado volunteers,
In the Philippines.
Commissioners has appropriated 81. 800
for the Colorado Paris Exposition
commissioners, To In utilized In defray-
in4 the expenses of making display
OF the mineral rcsour,c~ OF Colorado.
and advertising the same.
The bodies OF the following Colo
RADIO soldiers have reached San Fran.
cisco from Manila: Privates George
W. Warrington. y. T.. SprinIstcad.
Charles Lille. Cass white. Harry J.
Reisig. Harry l. Doxsec and Charles
Phcnix.
The engineer OF the Union Pacific
express was sIgnnicd to stop at
lonely spot near Sterling. but seeing
that three armed men were waiting TO
board the train h. pulled open the
throttle and sped by them to avoid a
train robbery.
]. Il. Gale. agent FOR the Maxwell
Land Grant Company nj Trinidad.
says many Of the settlers have leased
ranches they have been living on. from
the land grant company. and others
Will do so. This action Is In accord.
ancc with the agreement between the
company and the settlers made last
fall.
Former Assistant Cashier J. N. Jar
din. OF the First National bank OF Tel.
luridc has been placed under arrest by
United States Deputy Marshal Crock
cr on the charge OF cmbrzzlcmcnt anu
making false entries In the books OF
the bank for the purpose OF dcccivlnI
the national bank examiner and the
officers and directors OF the institution.
A petition has been forwarded by
members OF ii Company. &. y. q. OF
Boulder. to infantry headquarters In
Denver. asking FOR the resignation OF
| Captain Walsh. II il stated by u non.
commissioned officer that the petition
has thirty sirncrs ont OF forty active
members Of the company. The officer
/ further states that the action Is not
prompted by malice or personal dislike.
| hut on account OF the incfiicicncy OF
! the captain. lie said that the petition
was started because Captain Walsh
was lacking In tactics and executive
ability.
! A dispatch from Aspen 'says. N.ws
was received here Tuesday that Harry
wysc. Ed. Robinson and Tom McDcr-
mItt. miners. working at the Enter
| prise group. In the Taylor river coun-
| try, were buried In snowslidc two or
/ three days ago. and their bodies were
dug out yesterday by friends who had
missed them. The remains are being
! brought over the range to Aspen. The
4 scene OF the accident Is some twenty
I live or thirty miles from this place. and
there IL no tclcgraphic communication
/ with that place. All three OF the men
were old.iimcrs here and were unmar-
| ricd. In the same section and ut nbout
/ the same time James Bickford was
caught In n snowslide and killed.
Two men armed with revolvers and
wearing black masks over their faces.
went into John L. Olson's saloon at
| Telluride about l o'clock "Wednesday
morning. One OF them placed the muz-
| zle OF his gun against Mr.. Olson's
breast and told him TO hand over M
the money In the cash register and to
| open the safe 1ir. Olson told them to
| help themselves to the money in the
register. but said they might Kill him
before he would open the safe. which
they had threatened 10 10 If lie did not
comply. There was only $50 In the
register. and after taking this the
hold ups walked out and disappeared.
Mr.. Olson VIZ alone in the saloon. sc
| there was no one TO give the alarm at
n time when the robbers might have
been unprecedented. There is no clue &c
their identity.
The Spring Gulch coal mine of the
| Colorado Fuel and Iron Company neal
Glenwood Is OH fire. and 1t Is feared
the property viii he wholly destroyed.
Fortunately 10 lives We're lost. The
fire originated Mt the pump house II,
the very bottom of the mine and rapid.
| ly followed the air courses to the sur
face. burning both coal and timhcrs.
At midnight the flames We're stu
raging and there is small hope that
any portion of the mine will escape
damage The origin Of the fire is
mystery. All the surface openings
have been sealed for the purpose of
smothcrng the fire and the manage
ment says II will be ut least three
months before work can be resumed.
The entire force of 200 men are laid
OF. The superintendent has been in.
structcd to send all the men to Placita
that can be used there. as the COM
pany viii make an effort to supply the
30 coke ovens ut Cardin from that
point.
The ball and banquet given by the
Gilpin county pioneers in the new court
house at Central City on the o2Gd. was
an event that will long be cherished in
the memories of the large crowd that
was present. The building was bril-
linntly lighted with over 12J electric
bulbs. and the white walls OF hand
somcly carved and vanished wood
work presented a most cheerful ap.
pcarancc. The crowd began arriving
at $50. but the grand march did not
take place until $3.50. the people spend
ing the time Intervening in making an
inspection of the building from
basement TO roof, aud many We're the
expressions of delight made at the fact
-, oil IL. iial in