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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
Points In Judging Sheep.

As with beef cattle. there Is GER
tain parallciogram for shape that one
looks for In the mutton sheep. inc
Judge will probably take this into
consideration by sizing the sheep In
his eye before any handling whatever.
An ideal mutton sheep Ii never
without good legs that come to the
ground squareiy and give every indi.
cation OF possessing power anu
strength to support the body. Inc
sheep with legs short, stocky ana set
well apart will invariably attract the
attention OF the Judge OF good NUT
ton sheep. says the Drovcrs' Journal.
The mutton sheep with nnc zone
seldom finds favor with the judge.
He In inclined to interpret such indi'
cations as lack Of vi.or and hardness
and Indifferent response To good iced
Ing.
The long. narrow face is never con.
sidercd anything but weakness
among the mutton types. Instead. one
desires To see the short nose ana
broad face. Indicating heavy confor-
nation.
A mutton sheep with "cwe mock"
In about ns much out Of place M
dairy COW without the pronounced
wedge shape formation. The drop In
the neck In front OF the shoulders
called "cwc neck" Ia invariably avoid.
cd nlmos, instinctivcly by both Judge
and experienced feeder.
A mutton sheep In never without
good depth from the top Of tho shoul'
der and n point midway between the
fore legs. An equally essential fca.
turc and which follows chest depth In
close correlation Is girth Of heart. II
IN hard to ind = mutton sheep TOO
stronS In either OF these two points.
A prominent backbone or spine is
avoided. ms II In n sure indication OF
n deficiency OF flesh along the back
and loin. II In OF some considerable
importance tina, good mutton sheep
be close coupicd-that Is. the distance
between the last rib and the hip joints
I be comparatively short.
Among mutton sheep the wool is OF
minor consequence. though II must be
considered In connection with the
other points Of the carcass.
The Judge OF n mutton sheep never
fails to pay little attention at least
to the thigh. There Is certain law
of correlation OF parts existing
throughout the whole conformation.
One never secs poor thigh on n
firstclnss mutton body.
There arc numerous other points
that Judges will invariably run over
In Judging n good mutton carcass. and
these are but few OF the most dis.
tinct. but will give glimpse OF some
of the more prominent features.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
POWER COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED

Pueblo. Colo, Nov. c0.-Consoiida-
tion OF the Pueblo Lighting and Trac-
ton Company and the Pixies Peak
Power Company was effected to-day.
The capitalization of the new concern
Is S3,5OO.0 900 and the directors for the
first year are NJ. ID. Thatcher, John F.
Vail. II. Il. Woods. T. II. Devinc. +. NJ.
Woods and Warren Woods.
The deal Is the outcome OF ncgotia-
tions that have been In progress for
some time between the Woods Invest
ment Company of Colorado Springs
and Victor and the traction company
of this city. Articles of incorporation
were filed in Denver to-day and with
the county clerk in this city. The
new concern will be known as the Pu-
eblo and Suburban Traction and
Lighting Company.
by the amalgamation of the two
companies power will be furnished for
operating the street railway and light
ing the city from the big power plant
of the Pixies Peak Power Company at
Beaver Creek. thirty-fve miles from
this city and n few miles east of Vic
tor. Surveyors and linemen Will be
put to work at once constructing
line from Pueblo to Beaver Creek over
which to transmit the power and the
work OF Improvement begun some time
ago by the traction company will pro-
ceed.
One OF the principal difficulties en-
countcred by the traction company
was n shortage OF power. which could
not be overcome without large out
lay of capital. This will be done away
with by the transmission of power
from Beaver Creek. the plant at this
at fnrpiqhipU towns
in the Cripple Creek district with
power and there Is more than enough
in addition to supply the city of Pu-
eblo.
The charter permits the new consol-
idation o. the partnership company to
operate in Otero and Fremont coun-
ties. showing that it is designed to
greatly extend its operations up and
down the river.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
THE ovATeMALAN VOLCANO.
Further Reports Of Great Damage
DONG to Plantations.

San Francisco. Nov. 2i.-Thc first OF
the refugees from the devastated lands
Of Guatemala arrived to-day by
steamer. They came from tho districts
far inland from the sea and Travelled
over a country laid waste by sand.
ashes and pumicc before rcachin. n
railway station. Thence they made
the journey by rail to Chnmpcrico and
there took tho steamer to san Hran-
cisco. They sailed November 1ih.
when tho volcano was still smokin.
and rumbiings of thunder and flashes
of lightning gave evidence OF more
eruptions to come.
These people ficd from their plnntn.
lions In fear for their iIvcS. They cs-
capped to the seaside with little moro
than the clothing they wore. transpor-
tntion being No difficult as to preclude
the carryin. OF baggage.
The refugees confirm stories OF loss
of life. They say that the victims arc
for the most part Indians. They had
not heard OF any white people being
lost. Thousands of Indians were ns-
iphyxIntcd or buried In the sand. Miles
OF plantations are under ashes and alb
solutc ruin In the lot of many planters.
whose all was invested In the Fincas.
Word had been received from Mazat-
,cnango. on the outskirts Of the ruined
territory. stating that October 2tth. ut
about 8 o'clock In the evening. Santa
Maria opened crater on the west side
near Its base and not far from Hclvc-
tia, and nli that night II belched forth
volumes OF ashes and lava over Fol-
lhutz and Costa Cuca. Saturday morn
Ing II was noted that several more era
tiers In the ncighborhood of the noun
tain had opened up. and they nre NIL
spouting volcanic debris over the plan
tations OF the district.
These fresh cratcrs were further to
the west and for over twcnty-four
hours they were In constant eruption.
The earth was In continual commo-
tion. shaking down buildings and caus-
ing much destruction from the quak-
ing. All the territory about Palmar
San Felipe. Pueblo Nuevo and Retail
hulcn was buried under ashes. Many
of the plantations were buried under
from five to seven feet OF debris. and
all hope of ever rcclaiming them had
been given up. The whole neighbor-
hood for miles was n burning wilder
ness.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
GOVERNORS PRIVATE sEcRE.
TARY.
John N. Maxwell Of Lcadviile u
Selected.


Denver. Nov. 21.-John NJ. Maxwell
of Leadville. n prominent attorney and
one of the leaders of the Republican
party in Colorado. will be Governor
Peabody's private secretary. The an.
nouncement of his appointment was
made last night by Mr.. Peabody
through State Chairman Farley. Mr..
Maxwell will begin his work within n
few days and will help and advise
Governor Peabody in the trying days
of the establishment of the admins
tration.
Mr.. Maxwell was invited by Mr..
Peabody to take the position before
the election and made the offer any
thing but conditional, and Mr.. Max.
well was not able to decide until yes.
terday whether he would accept.
John NJ. Maxwell was born in 1si9.
at Mansfield. Ohio, and is fifty-three
years old. He came to Colorado In
1876 and located at Leadville in the
early days. building up good practice
there He has been a leader in his
party locally for the last twenty years
and is always figure at state conven-
tons. He is a strong personal friend
of Governor Peabody, n Mason and
favorite socially.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
HITCH IN PANAMA
CANAL NEGOTIATIONS

Washington. Nov. 2i.-Thc check In
the negotiations with Colombia rela-
tive to the Panama canal has given
great encouragement TO the friends OF
the Nicaraguan project. and the first
evidence of renewed activity on their
part was the appearance at the Stnto
Department to-day OF Senior Corea.
Nicaraguan minister to Washington.
Secretary Hay has several times
called the attention OF the Colombian
government to the fact that under sec
tion of the Sponcr act, II he Is unable
to obtain control of the necessary ter
ritory In Colombia by treaty. then he
is to obtain such territory from Costa
Rica and Nicaragua.
II is now said to be probable that to
emphasize his repeated declaration
that the action OF Congress in tho
passage of the Spooner amendment did
not finally commit the United States
20 the acceptance Of the Panama route.
Secretary Hay may proceed to c-aw
up n treaty with Nicaragun and Costa
Rica and submit It to the Seantc. along
with such n treaty with Colombia AZ
he may he able to conclude. In this
way the Senate itself might decide
whether or not the Colombian treaty
is satisfactory. and II 1t should decide
in the negative, then 1t will have at
hand the Nicaraguan Costa Rican
treaties. SO that there will be no ex-
cuse for delay in the canal project.
As for the Colombian negotiations it
can be stated that the United States
has now gone to the practical end OF
4 t., TO, ,,,ly
The Colombian minister here has been
notified of the decision reached and Is
expected to make further reply either
accepting or rejecting our last propo-
sition. One of the objections lodged
by Colombia is the difference over the
tenure of the United States in the ca
nal strip.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28

Oakland. Cal. Nov. 2i.-Firc de-
stroycd the ferry building Mt the Ala
media mole early this morning and
nine men who were asleep In the bunk
house narrowly escaped with their
lives. Forty-Bevcn passenger coaches
were burned.
Tho frc started on tho north side
Of the building and almost two hears
later Il hnd burned to the waters
edge. A portion OF the floor. held up
evidently by the network of tracks.
stiii remains, and upon these tricks
are the warped and twisted Iron work
Of the passenger coaches which were
destroyed.
or the forty-scycn coaches that were
lost, sixteen were broad gauge and
thirty-onc narrow gnugc.
1t is estimated that the loss. includ-
in. coaches and buildings. Will amount
to 100000.
The building was erected In 1883 and
cost originally $4,000. Three years
later II passed into the hands OF the
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
A Further Triumph for Mareoni.

North Sydney. Nova Scotia, Nov. 90.
From Cornwall to Nova Scotia the
Carlo Alberto. an Italian cruiser. made
the Transatlantic voyage without once
breaking communication with the
shore. Wireless signals were ex-
changed from midocean with both the
new and old worlds. Finally signals
were exchanged between the Marconi
stations at Poldhu. Cornwall. and
Tablehead, Nova Scotia.
Messages of congratulatlon have
been received by Marconi from all
over the world, and he has sent to
the king of Italy message announc-
ing what has been accomplished and
compliment!ng hfis majesty upon the
part Italy has played in the undertake
ing.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
CORNER STONE Uf STRATTON
HALL DEDICATED AT GOLDEN

Denver, Junior grand warden: W. y.
Benedict OF uolden. deputy grand
treasurer: W. ID. Todd OF Denver. dep
uty grand secretary: Andrew Arm
strong. grand chaplain: u. L. Foste-.
senior grand deacon. and Arthur T.
Jones. junior grand deacon.
The ceremony commenced with an
Invocation by Grand Chaplain Arm
strong. At the conclusion OF the r1tu-
alistic work DIR. ralmer. president of
the faculty. after explaining what tho
new building wal mean to the School
OF Mines and the credit due tho lat"
W. s. S,rntton Ior his sift that made
Its construction possible mt this time.
introduced Governor Orman. The gov
ernor said
1T gives me great pleasure to bo
present ut the laying OF the corner
stone OF the new building for the state
School OF Mines. I am proud OF all
our state institutions and this school
is one OF the best. want to consratu-
late President Palmer. the board OF
trustees and the entire faculty for tho
work they are doing"
.yr. BuchteI was then introduced and
spoke.
,, .,c Invited guests tncn adjourned to
the chemical laboratory OF the school
where collation. wns served. IL wnA
n strictly informal affair. greatly en-
loyed by all who partook. and Presi-
dent Palmer and his associates OF tho
faculty made their guests feel FREQ and
perfectly Mt home.
The new Stratton Hall OF .,c,nllurgy
and Engineering will be n finc s'ruc-
ture when completed and will cost
about $4,000. II will be G5xlo0 feet ON
the ground. The basement will bo
twenty feet deep with two full stories
above this. AL tho walls. including
partitions. are to he OF pressed brick.
Walter Atchison OF Colorado Sprinxn
has tho contract for ;hc work and ia to
have II completed by June !. 1903. Tho
buiidin. was made possible by the late
W. s. Strntton. who. before his death.
gave tho school $4,000.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
FARMING MATTERS.

The Nuckolls Packing Company OF
Pueblo has purchased the entire oit-
put OF beet pulp at the Sugar City fac
tory and will feed 5000 head OF beeves
on II during the winter. The first run
OF 800 head put In two weeks ago are
now about ready for full-feeding and
others will follow.
A Utah specuiator last week pr.-
chased 800 head OF mixed native cattle
ut the following prices: Calves. Sio;
ycarlings. SIC; two-ycar-oids. s.o;
three year-olds. S23: cows and calves.
s25. The cattlemen are feeling some
what dispirited over the outlook and
some OF them are strongly Inclined 10
go out Of the cattle business. In GER
tain sections there IL no range iced
and with hay at from So to ss Ton.
feeding cattle Is a losing proposition
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28

Golden. Colo. Nov. eo.-For the sec
ond time In the history OF Golden. the
corner stone OF n public building has
been laid with Masonic ceremonies. the
first being In 1877. when N. w. Grand
Master Harper NJ. oranood laid the
corner stone OF the Jefferson county
court house. The second was this af-
ternoon. when the corner stone OF the
stratton Hall OF Metallursy and Ensi-
neering WAS put In position with the
beautiful ceremonies In the Masonic
ritual. The ceremony was performed
by the grand .o.ge OF Colorado. but all
arrangements were perfected by Gold
en- Lodge No. l. A. +. a A. NJ. which
Is the oldest Masonic lodge in the
to perfection under the direction Of
". T.. Benedict and his associates on
the committee.
A large number Of people. including
more than 100 Masons. came up from
Denver ON the special train which ar
rived here mt o'clock. The Masons
proceeded to their hall. where the
Most worshipful Grand Lodge was
opened In regular form for the third
time In Golden. the inst session OF the
grand lodge of Colorado having been
hc,u here In the early COS In what Is
now known as the Nancy X. Smith
building.
Inc procession formed In front OF
Masonic hall at e:t5 o'clock and
marched to the site Of the new build
Ing. led by the Golden City Hand. I'm
Gle Johnny" Churches. aged cighty-onc
years. being tho oldest member of the
lodge. carried the Bible at the head OF
the grand officers. lie had the honor
OF performing the sane ceremony mt
the laying OF the corner stoEc OF the
Masonic Tempe In beaver.
The grand o...ccrs who performed
tho ceremony were Mnrahnil II. Dean.
grand master OF Colorado: James Il.
k.ilian OF Denver. deputy grand mas
ter: George r. Soopcr OF Amethyst.
senior grand warden: II. l. James OF
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
READY TO LAY
PACIFIC CABLE

Washington. Nov. 2i.-Ciarence ".
Mackay. president OF the Commercial
Cable Company: George q. Ward. vice
prcsidont, and William W. Cook. gen.
erai counsel for the company. had an
Interview to-day with the attorney
general with respect to the conditions
prescribed by President Roosevelt for
constructing a trans-Pacihc cable.
These conditions were approved by the
President In July last. since which
time the Pacific Gable Company has
not officially notified the government
OF Its Intention or willingness to ac-
cept them.
To-day. however. Mr.. Mackay ex-
planned to the attorney general that
the delay was caused by protracted ne
eotiations which have only been
brought to conclusion within the last
few days. to secure landing place In
China to comply with the Presidents
condition that an Independent Ameri-
ran line should he constructed from
Manila to Hong Kong. thus giving an
ali-Amcrlcan through line to the Ash
attic continent. II was this condition
that was supposed to be the one that
the cable company would be unwilling
or unable tc comply with. II now an-
nounces It's ability and intention 10
construct line from Manila to Shans-
bni. n distance OF about Loo miles.
thd to have the same completed with
in a year.
Owing to the claim by the Pacific
cable people that. as they read one oil
the other conditions. II will practically
prevent the necessary relations with
cxistin. lines In China to secure tho
transmission OF American messages to
Interior points. that provision Is bein.
rccnst to obvintc misnnderstnndinSs
and will be submitted to the President
In modified form within few days.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
ALAMEDA MOLE DESTROYED
WITH FORTY.SEVEN COACHES

Southern Pacific company. with tho
entire road. and since then many I'm
proycmcnts have been made. Within
the last six months the company has
built another slip and added improve
mcnts to the extent Of 1900.
The origin OF the blaze is n mystery.
Superintendent worthing,on says ho
hns not the siigh;cst Idea how II start
ed, bn, said the matter would be thor
oughiy Investigated. He admitted that
a coal oil lamp wns left burning on tho
north side of the building. near whcro
the flames were first seen.
II In the theory of the employees OF
the road that this lamp exploded.
thereby causing the disastrous con-
nagration.
other theories. however. are that n
lighted cigarette or cigar stump
thrown by passenger on the last
train mny have lain smouidcring until
the oily woodwork burst Into flames.
A theory that the blaze was OF In
cend:ary origin Ia not considered ser
iousiy by the railroad officials.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
eunhoa. Crew In Irons.

Washington, Nov. 21.-The Isla De
Luzon. one of the Spanish gunboats
captured at Manila by Admiral Dewey,
is en- route to New York with forty
eight of her men in irons.
The vessel. which has been doing
guard duty In the Philippines for about
three years, started recently for New
FORK. proceeding from Manila via
Singapore. Advices received at the
war department indicate that on the
trip to Singapore some of the machin-
cry on the boat shifted badly, causing
pSnic among the crew and causing
substantial mutiny. The result was
the placing of forty-eight of her crew
in irons.
After her capture. the Luzon was re-
paired at Hong Kong and 1t is said
that the repairs were not properly
uade.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
Feeding Sugar Beet Pulp.

Sugar beet pulp IL very watcry
food, containing olly about 200 pounds
OF dry matter In one ton OF pulp. En-
sliced pulp contains little more dry
matter than when fresh and all cxpe.
rience teaches that after being ensi.
loed for one or two months. or longer.
II makes much better cattle feed.
This Is an additional reason for. as
far rs possible. hauling the pulp In the
fall and storing 1t. At the Utah sta
tion we have rs yet fed pulp to lambs
only. but there Is considerable expcr.
imental data in regard to Its use as
food for steers and several expert.
ments have been conducted with cows
with pulp as a part of the ration. Ex.
perience seems to Indicate that the
pulp, like skim milk. has n feeding
value greater than It's dry matter
would seem to indicate when fed in
combination with other folders. To
get the largest returns from its use,
however. the pulp must be fed as n
supplement to n full ration of grain
and hay, giving the animals all the
pulp they will eat. This Is especially
true on ranch where all the crops
raised are fed to stock and the farmer
wishes to get the largest possible re-
turns from feeding his hay and grain.
When the folders and grains have to
pc purchased and are expensive. 1t
may pay to feed larger proportion
of pulp. especially when close to
factory. In feeding lambs we have
found that with ration of alfalfa.
grain and all the pulp they would eat,
the lambs gained nearly two-fifths
more than those fed on grain and al
falfa without the pulp. However,
sh,, ha ,pf pf III ,t,pg tal
to fifty pounds day the gains were
very much less and only little in
excess of the grain and alfalfa, ration.
The lambs fed on alfalfa and pulp
made very good gains, but the in
crease seemed to be In growth rather
than fattening. Considering the econ.
omy of growth. the lambs on the al.
falfa. grain and full pulp ration pro-
duced n pound of gain for every five
and one-sixth pounds of dry matter in
the food. 1t required eight pounds OF
dry matter for one pound of gain with
a ration of alfalfa and pulp and eight
and four.hundrcdths pounds with ra-
'tion of alfalfa and grain. In this test
not more than an average of three
and one-half pounds OF pulp daily were
fed to each lamb and not more than
seven pounds day at any time in the
test Other experiments in feeding
sheep and lambs are confirmatory of
the results we have obtained. Lambs
and wethers fed sugar beet pulp with
a ration of hay and grain in every
case gained more rapidly than those
fed on dry feed only. Sugar beet pulp
has proven an excellent feed for fat
tening steers. Last winter two steers
were weighed at the beginning of the
feeding and weighed again at the end
of two months. They gained each
nearly three pounds daily during that
time. They received II good ration of
and Farm.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
Resolutions by the National Grange.

Lansing, Mich. Nov. 1S.-At to
days session of the National Grange
the committee on legislation reported
favoring the extension of the rural
mail system, postal savings bank,
early completion of the Nicaragua ca
nal. the building of canal to connect
the Mississippi, great lakes and Allan
tic; election of United States senators
by popular vote; improved pure food
laws, a constitutional amendment CIV
ing Congress the power to regulate
and control all corporations and com,
binations Of capital of monopolistic
nature. thus preventing the use Of
their corporate power to restrain
trade or to arbitrarily fix prices, and
additional powers for the interstate
commerce commission.
The passage of the ship subsidy bill
Is opposed. The report of Grand Lee.
turer Bachelor favors the teaching
Of agriculture in rural schools.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
Left Fortune to Charity.

Walla Walla. Wash. Nov. 2l.-By
the provisions OF the will of the late
Joseph l.. Stubbleheld the bulk of his
estate is to be invested and the income
derived therefrom set aside for the
maintenance of an orphans home. to
be located in or near this city.
The clause of the will relating to the
inmates of the home says: For the
support of a home for the fatherless
or motherless and INDECENT children.
residents of the states of Oregon and
Washington, and worthy elderly indi-
gent widows, residents of Oregon and
Washington. and to their maintenance
and to the giving of common school
education and the teaching of some
useful trade or occupation to the chill
dren inmates"
The estate Is valued at about
100000.