Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Grand Junction suffered from a $l0.-
GOO fire on the 10th.
Sugar City is TO expend 100000 Tor
water works Rt once.
Hanford Reed. an old citizen OF
Greeley. died on the 18th.
A crusade against gamblers has been
commenced at Colorado Springs.
Four Denver posts OF the G. A. II.
are about to consolidate owing TO thih-
ning OF their ranks by death
| A fire In the simpson coal mine at
Lafayette nearly caused the death OF
the night shift, but as the result OF
heroic work on the part OF their Fellow
miners all were rescued.
Last Sunday two big mass meetings
were held simultaneously at Colorado
Springs to protest against the pardon
Ing OF the convicted gamblers now In
the I'll Paso county jail.
District Judge w. T.. Seeds has or
dered Sherifr Robertson To destroy by
,, fire all the gambling paraphernaiia.
valued Mt about $1,000. now stored In
the basement Of the county jail al
Cripple Greek.
w. W. Whine. who has been secre-
tary OF the Leadyiiie Y. n. c. A. for
the past year, has Just received the APP
pointment OF secretary of the Prospect
Park branch Of the Brooklyn. New
York. Y. N. c. A.
Because she would not stop laughing
when requested. Fred Shcckler shot
and Instantly killed Ella Callifore.
Both are eoiored. The shooting oc-
CURED at 6 o'clock this evening at
Chandler. n coal mining camp in Ere
mont county.
Officers OF the SEIugsier-Union Min
Ing Company ran n special train To
Pandora bearing Mrs. Collins and
three surgeons to the bedside OF Ar
thus l.. Collins. who was shot by nn
assassin. The time made was very
fnst-thirt.en hours and eight minutes
for AZ miles.
II cost approximately So. 900 to pub
llsh the fve constitutional amendments
that were voted on Mt the recent cleo
tion. The secretary OF states force has
just finished tabuiating the accounts
for the publication OF these amend
ments and ind that the sum will go n
little above this amount. Publication
in the daily newspapers cost $4,000
and In the wcckiles $io.s00.
Nearly n ton OF powder was burned
in firc which Destroyed the magazine
of the Golden Cycle Mining Company.
near Goldncid. II there had been giant
powder caps stored In the place there
would have been an explosion which
would have destroyed the town of
Goidncid. ON the edge OF which Ii bull,
the magazine. and which would have
shaken the town OF Victor consider
ably.
Tax Agent Corey OF the d. & Il. q.
appeared before the Board Of County
commissioners Of Gunnison county To
rcctrc n reduction OF taxes. The COM
pany's tax for 1901 wns $4,000. an In
crease Of SIS 600 over 1900. The com
pany refused to pay the same and
made the commissioners nn offer OF
s?s. .OJ0. which was accepted by the
board after long consultation with
'eadin. taxpayers.
An agreement has been entered Into
between Manager J. n. Herbert of the
Rio Grandc railroad system and tho
brotherhood of Railroad Trainmcn. by
which the members of that order who
are employed ms switchmcn In the VA
rious yards of the company nrc granted
nm increase of pay. based on the Chi
cngo schedule. which was recently
adopted. The Increase amounts TO
and I cents per hour.
The stage which carries mail be-
tween waiscnburg and Pictou was held
up last Saturday night shortly before
reaching Pictou. The highwnymnn was
negro. He stopped the stage and
searched the driver. v. A. Hardy. and
the one passenger on the stage. Mrs
Johnson OF Pictou. but did not secure
any booty. The mail sacks were not
touched. The negro was subsequently,
arrested and Identified.
Concerted action to test the existing
tax laws will be taken by the trcasur-
ers OF Pueblo. Prowcrs. Bent. Doug
las. otcro and Las Animas counties.
The courts will be asked to compel. II
possible. the Santa Fc road to pay
the taxes levied against II for the cur
rent year. A meeting OF the treasur-
ers and attorneys OF the six counties
named was held Thursday at Pueblo.
at which the matter was thoroughly
gone over and the above decision
reached.
The state OF Colorado will take steps
to compel the Stratton estate to pay
the inheritance tax. Attorney General
c, C. Post is much dissatisfied with the
present appraiscment on the estate.
which he declares to be too low. The
personally estate Is valued at n little
less than s5,OO0.0O0 and the attorney
general believes II to be much larger.
a petition will probably be filed with
the El Paso County Court for second
appraiscmcnt. on which the inhcri-
tance tax will be paid. The tax will
probably reach 100000.
The biennial report OF the State
Board of Pardons, now being prepared
by Secretary Stonaker. will show in
tabulated form the work accomplished
by the board during the last two years.
1t will contain tables which show that
800 cases have been considered by the
board In the biennial period, 154 in
1901 and l76 in 1902. In 1901 there were
were eighty-five applications refused.
six pardons recommended. fifteen COM
mutations and forty-eight cases post
poned. In 1902. up to date. 101 appli-
cations have been refused. 10 pardons
granted, 90 combinations and 81 cases
postponed The number of cases filed
in 1901 was los. and in 1902. $50.
The well-known mining authority.
Ores and Metals. has been sold by Mr.
p. A. Leonard to Messrs. Atkins and
Silversparre. Mr.. Atkins has until re-
Gently been one of the owners and the
editor OF the Cripple Creek Times-Cit-
izen and Ia one of the best known