Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-03-14
COLORADO BRIEFS.

oi Husts~s ot thr statO SNH"Sa "-
Mines.
No attempt se-lns 10 have beeh made
TO Arrest rhe assassins who shot one
Gsii-jos. . Mexican sheepman. from
ambush. in the east eni OF lilo Grsnd-
county. some weeks aso.
Inability Ia E-aiiz. on premium noie.
ani a srrairr ioss than anticipated
among ia. sioek insured. has forced
the Western Mutual Sleek Insurance
Company of Dshyrr To- the wall.
Ext.nsiy. improvements are being
made at Wagon wh--i Gap hot springs
by Gsbsrsl Palmer. who owns 'hr
prVt-rty. III. old hath house viii i~
rspia..-i lay Inosi.In structure ana tie
hotel greatly improved.
Frank 4. Mniian-y. the sni0f warden
who killed ". \. wonack at the
Grand Mesa lakes. will have To re-
main Ia the peniteniiary. The snpF.iii-
Court has i.si.d his application for
writ Of hab.as corpus
The farmers and property owners Nv
ing under the Ol-ro ditch. near Ia
Junia. have organized an association.
with J. 4. tus,.r. II. sayas. and \. y.
Hest as dirsciors. III. deb, on the
canal will H. paid and bonds issn.d.
James y. K-nrns. who wns arrested
In Cripple Greek on tli.- charge OF The
murder OF Martin Gleason. tile si:p-Fia'
t~n.i-nt OF the Wild iiorsc Hiin- on
Hull hill. had his band reduced from,
$1,000 to 5000 ani Was released
from jail
A live stock show il assured sos
Drawer next year. An enthusiastic
in--tins of the siockmen who have
bc-n attending tho cattle convention
appointed u committee OF arrangements
aud several thousand dollars Nsr~
pledged for EXPENSES.
The San Miguel mine near Telluride
wa. visited by two SHOW slides Thurs
.iay morning. The damage was -cafc--
Is $50 u. Go.,tins.r nnd Isaac John.
son w.r. carried over loo feet. One
escaped entirely unhnrmcd nni tie
other with bruises ani his scalp gone.
Ons-tcnih OF the fund necessary 10
provide u suitable Eift for the cruiser
Denver hns been raised. Yesterday
Mayor Wright. treasurer OF the funj.
received four responses Z" tie invita-
lions sent out by the committee. swell.
Ing the total amount 'o date Z" si."'
Constable Rogers OF Marble brought,
In ". II. Brown OF that place anu
lodged him In the Gunnison county jail
on the charge of violating tho hsli law.
brown. who IL accused Of iyramitins
fish In the Crystal river. was bound
over IN the sum of $1,000 to the Dis
irlct Court.
The union brickinycrs Of Florence
hny. notified the building contractors
tins hereafter they VIII not work for
less than 50 for mn clsht-hour shin.
The union has also passed n resolution
Imposing u line OF 81 upon any OF Its
members who paironiZc u Chlnnmnn.
when there are Americans In the same
business.
\ fire wrecked the burlington depot
Mt Akron. Colorado. Friday afternoon.
Just after the passing OF the Chicago
Denver train. The depot was hand
some structure. The operators barely
escaped. the fire burning iicrccly In the
strong wind that made all Efforts TO
save the building fr,iiless. j. +.
Stokes. the agent. walked thirteen miles
to Otis. the station To the east. TO send
wire OF the fire TO Omaha.
One OF the largest trees ever handled
by n sawmill In this part OF the state
was recently cut FOR a. a. Nust's mill
by Fred Russell and Pat Lucy, says
the Dolores Star. II contained seven
logs as follows: The butt-cut was siN-
teen feet long and contained 200 feet
OF lumber: the second cut was also six
teen feet long with 1.Si0 feet of luip.
Der. the other five logs were each
twelve feet long and scaled respective.
~ loo. Si2. S11. I6J and 2I1 feet.
The total length Of that part OF the tree
available for lumber was ninety-two
feet and the total scale 1.OJI feet.
T.. G. Burton and A. NJ. Sniff. ranch
men of Decrtrail. presented two large
sacks OF coyote and wolf scalps to the
county treasurer yesterday. and re.
ceivcd in exchange warrants for boun-
ties of 81 each on the coyotes and 81
on the wolves. Mr.. Sniff had 121 coy
ote scalps. one timber wolf. and one
gray wolf scalp. His warrant called
for S125. Mr.. Burton had fifty-two coy
ote scalps, two gray and one timber
wolf, and received S5S Both ranchmen
prOfessed to be out money on the sea-
sons labor. The one timber wolf. for
whose scalp Mr.. sniff received 50.
snapped It's teeth on the legs of two
valuable dogs. and in each case the
hound had to be shot.
Two bodies were found near Tellu-
ride Wednesday that no one knew We're
dead. Their names are Reddin Bough-
er and John Nixon. The report came to
town that n cabin opposite the Thomas
in Bear creek basin was missing and
that It was known that two men were
living there. All that could be seen OF
the cabin was the end of board
sticking up above the snow. There
was nearly eight feet of snow over the
building. which was completely wreck
ed Nixon was 45 years of age and
was to have been married In short
time. He has n brother living in
Ouray. who is the only known relative
BOUCHER was 3S years of age and sin
gle.
The state hoard of pardOns took the
following action on the cases consid-
cred mt its meeting last week: Post
vnn IN