Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-07-13
COLORADO NOTES.


In Yuma county OF II disease much like
hydrophobla.
Some Colorado Springs people are
planning To organic. IA company TO bore
Tor sas and oil.
The slopes OF Pixies Peak near the
summit are said To bc covered with
billions OF ca,.rpillars, which make
walking almost Impossible and chok.
up the mountain streams.
Truck gardeners In the vicinity OF
Pueblo report that the army worm has
done great damage To NIL sorts OF gar
icn produce In the last month or six
weeks. A. u result the crops Will bc
exceedingly small this year.
Tile Union Pacific has opened u
rrnr"iplt near Granger. making three
pits In op-Tntion-thc other two being
ON Sherman hill. One steam shower
has been placed and the gravel wiz of
used IN iIaiinsiine tn. >ut-on- br'wccn
Green River nni Ogden. There IL u"
limit 10 the supply OF gravel. anu IN"
pit Will L. Operated NIL summer.
\ wlol. shift employed ON the santa
Rita mine has b.'-n discharged bc-
rausc Of tile disappearance OF some
hish srai. orr. The management was
Ntf' kANN'Ns AH' 's'"
fore made the Wholesale discharge.
hoping To inciud. III. guilty parties 10
the i.:. II IL said TINT I'll. orr hns i-rh
/ traced to mn assay o'iicr IN Victor fuf-
iicr Developments nr- expected.
Fiarvnc- l. to hnv- an electric street
railway ~.-on. The incorporation pa
l-rs OF THE Florence Electric street
hallway Company iiav" h--n prepared
sni VIII is' hi.'i Ia u Few days. Cap
i,ni stock viii l.. s:ss.usr. Thomas
linhinson. wlio hoi,is the franchise Tor
the r1ad. state. tim, the matter IL pro
sr-.sins nir,.iy. nni that work VIII t'-
Gin as sSan ns the n-c~ssnFy arrange
nirnts cnu H. nia'i-.
There will l., a meeting IL Silver.
Republican .-iiIaT. of Colorado inIn-.
iiiai-iy utpnu the conclusion of ih"
meeting II the state Editorial Asso-tn'
tia,i, which l. sTiils,i sn meet n, suTny
luis iS.suh Preliminary Arrange.
ui-nis w-T. mn,i- fer tii- meeting at a
.rs.inn of the silver. Republican r'ii'
tors in Denver ntstut i've mouths ago.
II 1. hnis-.i that all editors 81 that -.
ii,irii faith IN Colorado will meet Hi
the time Indicated.
Th. State Sanitary aud Veterinary
ttaari met at tbs. stale capitol Sa'ur-
ttny aft-TuI-,n and discussed the c'u.
,litlon. Of sts-L in the state. Dr. y.
iIa.k. the state veterinarian. TCtsoTt.si
that throughout the -n'ir- state NJ he
knew for the ui.-i part hy personal IN.
S-.iisntisn. tl-r,' wn. M epidemic OF
any kind among the stock. The only
sickness Mt thi. ,iHt-. he said was
among the cattle in Yuma county.
snin- of which died "f impaction OF
rrt,. for -uc,,ss.fui year for cnt'ic'
men w-rv l--tt-r than for n long time.
The state ioari Of Charities nni
| Corrections through its ..yr'tnry. =. l.
s,nnak-r. has prepared report OF th"
irbpulatinn Of the vnriuu. state in-;iius
lions. In the State Home for Depend.
cnt Children arr hfty-'wo malcs aud
twenty eight females: In the Boys In
iustriai Schooi Mt Golden. i6l: IN The
State Home ani Industrial School for
Girls. foy,y.,hrrc: in the School for
Deaf Mute. ut Colorado Springs. III.
In the State Rcformatury. i1n: in the
Insane Asylum. :Iis males and -. fc.
males: in the I'-nit-piiary ihrrc females
and 80, males.
The crop prospects In the country ai.
jaccnt to Greeley were never ict'-r
than at the present time. small grain
/ will soon II, harvested anL the yield
promise. unusually well. barring ncci-
den, from hail or other unforeseen
cause, and the farmers will realize
Handsomely. The first cutting OF nj.
fnIfa was n splendid crop aud forttin.
atciy was well preserved. The second
cutting is now well along. with spicn.
did PROSPECTS. So that IL may rca>onn'
bly h. predicted that sheep feeding
will i,c carric,i ON To- n greater extent
than ever has been done in the county
before.
According to the reports of fishermen
/ from the UuuniSpu river. that fine
s,rram will soon H. ruined for trout
fishing. unless something IL d"nc to
! prcycpt its pollution by the placer
1 mines, The protest Of the fishermen
IN REGARD to this abuse Is beginning to
lie strongly seconded hy the people OF
the town of Gunuison. who have here
ioforc been very apaihctic in the mat
ter. hut now realize that the admirable
suitability OF the stream for big trout.
| and many Of them. will bc seriously
IMPAIRED. aud that the placer mines are
doing that section little or comparative
ly no good.
Water 1. being taken from the Crown
| Point anu NWEihiH. HHt '"nh" Spi"te
Mt the rate Of ipp.ID gallons every
twcnty-four hours. and miners are now
/ tn lp, mt ON the JsD-foot level. The
i nr,v shpgyc frame has been completed.
II is 10 feet high and Is one Of the
fines, in the country. The intention is
TO erect the building enclosing the
shaft, shcavc frame and ore bins. eight
feet higher than the frame. and this
! character Of building Is modelled after
some of the buildings ut the mines In
coppcr districts Of Michigan. When
tue ore Is brought UP from the shaft
/ IL will bc dumped onto a floor over the
ore bins. then handled over grizzlies
into the ore bins Of which thcrc are
| five. in stage OF part completion. each
/ holding e. tons. The subsequent hand
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