Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-08-08
coL0RADo's CAPITAL.

radios early governors now adorns the
room OF the governors private cham. |
her. The picture OF Edwin ~. Mc-
Cook has been added. largely through
the efforts OF Major J. ~. Thompson.
who was his private secretary. Me'
Cook was territorial governor from
1874 To 1915. Those executives whose
pictures have not yet been placed In
the governors room are y. IL. Elbert.
John l.. Rout. a. W. Mclntirc. J. u.
Grant and G. 5. Thomas.
State Dairy Commissioner Monson
does not agree with the courts ns TO
the construction OF the new olco law.
The new law taxes all buffers, artir'
cialiy colorcd, 10 cents pound. but
nothing Is said about ''oico" that has
been colorcd yellow by III. Use OF
natural yellow butter. The makers OF
oieo have discovered this ana are using
yellow butter to color their product.
The question has been raised by fed
cral authorities and VIII bc argued III
the United States Supreme Court with
in n short time. The dairy commis.
sIon.r Will next week begin n tour OF
the stat. To examine colOrcd buffers
and detect. II possible. any infringe
nIcnts OF the law. lie viii. however.
bc guided largely 10y his Interpretation
OF the statutes, and probably VIII not
object to ''oieo" that has been coiorcI
by the use OF natural buttcr.-pcnrer
News.
More bufralocs are roaming wild In
the mountains of Colorado than In any
other state. SO says pioneer David n.
Baker OF Park county. Mr.. Baker
gave this Information to Game Wnracn
Harris yesterday. says the Denver
News OF July 3pth. and declares that
there are twenty-five wild buffalo UP
In Lost and Middle parks. Game War
den Harris heard the news with Inter
est, but did not appear at all surprised,
for he Is himself cogniznnt OF certain
small herds OF Wild game Of which
the sportsmcn know nothing. Mr..
Baker called to see the game warden
and tell OF the bufaiocs because he
was inccnscd ut reports that Colorado
had no buffnlocs left. These buffalo
are In Lost park" he said. Last fni
n herd Of more than twenty-five were
seen over there. The people In that
community are very proud OF this
herd, proud to have the buffalo siiil
running Wild there. and " any one
were to kill one OF these Few remaining
specimens OF noble race lie would bc
iynciicd." The game warden and Mr..
Baker discussed the care OF bison III
Yellowstone park. agreeing that the
winters We're too cold for the proper
development OF the young.
Register G. -. Ford Of the United
States land Office has issued official
notice OF the withdrawal from public
entry OF land In Larimcr and Morgan
counties. upon direction Of Bingcr
Hermann. commissioner Of the general
land office. The withdrawal OF AZ
square miles OF Colorado land COM
priscs the territory reserved by the
government In the land to be incor-
poratcd In the Medicine Bow forest
reserve. II the irrigation projects along
the Platte are determined upon. 3ss
miles OF land are involved. No bona
fIdc settlement or claim will be affected
10y the withdrawal. In Morgan county
forty.four miles are withdrawn while
n decision IL reached In regard TO es-
tablIsbing reservoir there. This
temporary withdrawal or any pcrinn-
ncnt reservation which may follow
will not affect any bona fidc settle
mcnt or claim on the lands which IN
properly Initiated prior to the date
hereof and duly OF record within the
statutory period" concludes the direc-
tIons from Commissioner Hermann.
The government has also ordered with
drawal from public entry large tract
OF land on the Western slope. The reg
lister and receiver Of the land Office at
Montrosc have been ordered by Om-
missioner Hermann to withdraw 5o.-
600 acres Of land situated In Montrosc
nnd Delta counties. The directions
from Washington are taken to indicate
that the government has decided to
officially investigate the Gunnison tun.
mel project.
A question Of considerable import.
ance to the state Is discussed us fol-
lows by the Denver News Of July 31st:
"One Vaughn was found guilty, on his
own confession, Of murder In the sec
ond degree, and was sentenced by
Judge stevens to n term of fourteen to
twenty years in the state penitentiary,
the sentence being given under the In
dcterminate sentence law. On tho
ground that the crime was committed
before the law went into effect, and
that the sentence should have been
imposed under the old law and for n
fixed term, Judge Mullins granted nn
application for writ OF hnbcns
corpus. and Vaughn was released from
custody. He has left Denver and Of
f,cers are now following him in order
to rearrest him. On this same ground
five other prisoners have been re-
Iensed on writs of habens corpus
three by Judge Palmer and two by
Judge Mullins. Other dis,ric; judges
have refused to release prisoners on
the grounds which Judges Palmer and
Mullins found sufficient In the six
cnses referred to. The other Judges
have held that the prisoners should
serve at least the minimum term fixed
in the indetermnnte sentence. which in
the case of Vaughn would .be fourteen
years. All six of the eases were
brought to the two Arapahoe county
Judges. we believe. from districts out
side of this county. At n meeting of
the district attorneys Of the state a
few days ago strong protest against
the action of Judges Palmer and Null
lins was formally adopted. The dis
trict attorneys suggested that the
Judges of ArapahOe county might well
remain satisfied with attending to
matters Of their own district. without
releasing from the penitentinry prison.
ers convicted and sentenced In other
districts. There are said to he between
forty and sixty prisoners In the peni-
tentiary who were sentenced to inde.
terminate terms for crimes committed
before the indetermlnate sentence law
went into effect, and the district nttor-
neys naturally object TO Jail deliv-
ery of so many criminals on technical