Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-08-28

Governor Peabody celebrated his
fifty -nrxt birthday August :ist. and for
one day state business had to yield nrst
place TO private enjoyment.
Mrs. Martha Shutc. secretary OF the
State Board Of Horticulture. recently
received n letter from the secretary OF
the irrigation congress. to be held In
Utah from September 18th to 18th.
asking that she serve ns Judge OF the
horticultural exhibit. which will be
feature of the congress. Owing TO the
fact that the Pueblo fair is to bc> held
nj the same time Mrs. Shutc said that
she would not be able to be present Mt
the congress In Ogden.
State Game Commissioner woodard
issued twenty hunting licenses on Au-
gust Goth. He stated that the demand
for licenses has been large since the
dove season opened. II is now the
closed season on everything but doves
and II the number OF licenses taken out
for the purpose of killing doves Is any
indication OF the slaughter OF the birds
It Is probable that they will be exter-
minated this season. The season for
grouse opens the first OF September.
Adjutant General Sherman NJ. Bell
stated few days ago that the people
OF the state were paying the military
poll tax rapidly. I'VE expect to real
izc." said General Bell. something in
the neighborhood OF $4,000 from this
and the state will be put on n good
basis financially as far rs the National
Guard is concerned. This ought to
have been attended 80 before. and II II
had been done the, guard would have
had n good surplus at this time. We
expect to have this tax collected to the
last dollar 1t must be paid"
The State Land Board has granted
| the request of II. b. Overhold. presi-
dent OF the Maybelle Ditch Company.
| for an opportunity to purchase forty
acres under the ditch in Routt county.
| The land will be auctioned and Mr..
Overhold will probably buy 1t in at the
sale When the big ditch was built. II
was with the understanding that each
stockholder should have an opportun-
ity to purchase forty acres for home
stead. MIR. Overhold is president OF the
company that built the ditch. Every
other man obtained his portion OF land
except Mr.. Overhold. however. and he
has been trying to get his for some
time. A long inspection of the records
was necessary before the sale could be
ordered.
That the life of a game and fish war
| den is no sinecure is evident from a
report received yesterday from COM
missioner Woodward from Chief Dep
uty Fred A. Gordon at Glenwood
Springs. Last Wednesday Mr.. Gordon
| finished an inspection of the White
river districts and was returning to
Parrote's ranch, when his horse STUN
/ bled into hole on the trail and threw
| t...x lit In,r S,,pt nj, q l..
knee. Mr.. Gordon was miles from the
nearest habitation. and he was COM
| pelltd to remourt his horse. and, with
the fractured bone cutting through the
| flesh. ride for nearly six hours until he
| reached the Parrotte ranch. He was
! then in fainting condition, and when
he was removed was nearly dead with
pain and exhaustion. He was placed in
a carriage and then taken nearly thirty
miles more to Glenwood Springs. the
nearest place where he could obtain
medical attendance and treatment. Ac-
cording to the report received yester-
day, 1t will be several weeks before he
will be able even to stand again.-Den-
yer News, August 10Th.
Governor Peabody has received an
open letter from William Howells.
president of District 10, United Mine
Workers of America. in which the
president takes occason to call the at
tention of the executive of the state to
the condition of labor in the Middle
| West. He claims in the letter that the
mine workers of the country ought to
have larger liberties. and ought to
have fairer conditions. He states that
the American people fought for inde-
pendence in 1776, and 1t is the same
principle that the United Mine Work.
ers are fighting for at this time.