Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-09-25


probability Of a typhoid fever epidemic
In Denver seem TO have little sounea-
tion IN fact The records OF the health
orice shows less than ffty per cent. as
many cases last month as In August OF
1909. There were only nifty cases from
July Is; 70 Sept LIST
The Eve district Judges. sitting en-
sanc. AZ Denver on the i1,h Inst. broke
the deadlock heretofore existing over
the appointment OF an examiner OF
titles undc= the TorEeas land law. pass
81 by the resent legislature. and Henry
c. Vidal received the appointment.
Vidal vas elected oniy after the break
Tag Of deadlock. which lasted for sew
sral months.
In order &c save the county the eI-
pense OF ear.as for lars. family.
JadEs Johnson Of the district court
has asked Governor Peabody 10 par
don Mike BF!eazE. ROW serving term
IA the county jail for killing a man IN
a quarrel ~ the city markets some
months ago The prisoner has nye
children. on. oi which vas born while
be vas ia jail. and the family has bsen
cared fer by the county.
II. September term o. the eon=; OF
appeals opened At Denver Sept. isth.
apd seycfa. decisions were handed
doEu. AmonE the important opinions
vas oEe involving the gossessioa o:
OIL land under lease from the state.
Il Vas decided that uaiess 4 party vso
leased land worked IL be VAS no; en-
uticd 80 continue as owner Of the
lease. The case Is entitled th. Flor.
.nre OIL & Refining Company. sppsil-
ant. against James u. o.rnan ot al.
L. to-
the state. and David ,. How.
The board appointed 10 examine
candidates for the once OF coal mine
Inspector has made It's report 70 Gov.
ernor Peabody. David J. Grimih re-
ceiyed a standing OF &c per cent. WI.
liam Lewis 55.5 per cent and William
N. Morris 5i.1 per cett. The low
standing OF the candidates IL due to
the fac. that the examinations were
too long OF the frst day and the can
dldates became excited when they saw
the amount Of work they had 10 do In
n xiyen time. These candidates now
constitute what IL known as the ell
sibie list and in case the position IL
lef; vacant one OF these men will be
appointed TO the place. The laws OF
the state require that this exarlina.
Ito be held AZ least once In four
years. percentage Of 15 per cent
must be attained In order for tae can
didate 20 pass.
State Senator ". a. Bailinger. who
has been consistently opposed to the
State Board of Equalization and Re
ductiors In the assessment of the rail-
roads Of the state. appeared before the
board Sept 18th. He stated that he
thought the assessment Of the Colo
A 81,
ton TO the assessment on other roads,
Of the state. He said that the next
road which had been assessed higher
than conditions warranted was the
Colorado 4 Southern. He made plain
the fact that he did not appear before
the beard in the capacity Of an attor-
ney. but simply to give the members of
the board his opinion in regard to the
matter He continued by saying
that be believed that the railroads
Of the state should be assessed on the
value of their stocks and bonds and
/ that the assessment ought to be distri-
I buted over the entire mileage Of the
/ roads.
Superintendent Of IRRIGATION James
| :. Armstrong has dismissed the COM
/ plant against Water Commissioner
| Samuel p Couch in District No. s.
water division No. !. The action was
brought by Horace @. Clark ct. al.
] charging that Mr. Couch had been
| guilty uf neglect Of duty in permitting
/ the High Line Canal to use water 10
| which 81 was not entitled. The opinion
/ OF Superintendent Armstrong. after re-
| citing the case says: There is moth
l ing in all Che testimony which shows a
neglect Of duty on the part of Commits
Eioner Couch. The contention Of
counsel for the complainant. that the
| commissioner should personally close
gates rather than order It done by tele-
phone or otherwise will not be con
sidered as the transmission Of orders
By such means Is in general practice
by the officers Of the irrigation de-
partment all over the state and is con.
sidcrcd necessary"
Cattle mango which has been -four
ishinE 10 some extent during the past
few months in Colorado is now on the
decline. and there is only about one
fourth as much OF the dread disease
now as formerly. according 10 Dr.
Charles Lamb of the Stock Inspection
Board This Is due.' the doctor says
to the fact that the board has enlist
/ ad the efforts of the counties Of the
state. These counties have been CO.
/ operating with this board until now we
have the disease pretty well checked in
many parts OF the state. This is es-
Decially SO with tine eastern counties.
where the disease has been most
prevalent