Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-04

SecFttaTy IiltcHCock HHS TeHucsteu
an appropriation Of $4,000 from Con.
gress with which to run down and
prosecute persons running liquor
stores on Indian reservations.
Representative Hogg has introduced
bill giving certain sections or land
In tho neighborhood of Durango to
that city for the purpose OF water
storage. laying OF pipes. etc.
The Senate has confirmed Charles
Cameron Forbes OF Massachusetts to
be a member OF the Philippine com
mission and to succeed ms secretary
OF the Department OF Commerce and
police. Luke L. Wright.
A bill has passed the House provid-
Ing for an additional assIsting Justice
for the Supreme Court OF New Mexico.
Also bill setting apart tract OF
land In Arizona as "A public park to
be known AS the Petrihed Forest Ma
tional Park.
Representative Bonynge Will extend
to the House committee on pubic
buildings the invitation OF the Denver
Chamber of Commerce to visit Denver
at the close OF the present session to
investigate the. needs OF Denver for
federal building.
The right to construct an aerial
tramway over the grand canon OF the
Colorado. desired by W. ". Bass OF
Conconino. Arizona. and granted by
legislation pending before the House
committee on public lands. is to be
Investigated by a subcommittee.
Representative Van Duscr OF Nevada
Introduced a bill for the free and un.
limited coinage OF silver. This bill
should have been referred to the com
mlttcc on coinage. weights and meas
urtS. but party leaders are taking
no chances even ON the remote pos
sibIlIty OF the silver issue again stir.
ring debate and referred the measure
To the ways and means committee. this
committee being used as morsue for
such measures.
At the request of Representative
Moudcll the secretary of war has made
a supplemental recommendation to the
House appropriations committee Tor
$4,000 additional To the 100000 nj
ready recommended for the improve
mcat of roads In and lcadin. to the
Yellowstone National Park for the
coming year. II the amount asked for
ID granted. 1t will permit further work
ON roads south and east Of tho park
and leading Into II.
An effort II to he made by President
Roosevelt TO prevent the wnnion de-
Structiun OF elk In this country. Con
grcHA. probably informally. VIII be
asked to enact stringent laws loukln.
To the preservation OF the great AMI
mails. State game gardens In the
OiympIEn mountains In Washington
found carcaHncs recently Of eleven elk
In one place and eight In another. All
had been killed lii.sali. for two teeth
GaN.
bicms by the order Of Eiks. The car
caEEcH remain where they fell.
Both hourcs have passed the bill TO
icsaiIsc applications aud hnai proofs
for entering public lands In cases
whcT. papers were executed before Of
te.sa outside Of the land districts
DO entered were located. This
Law will arord relief TO num-
cfous settlers upon public lands
who through inadvCr'cncc have no;
complied with the technical provisions
of the statute requiring all papers re-
la,Ing to entries TO be executed In the
land district containing the land.
Tn. House on February g5,h de.
voted nearly the entire Ecsslon 10 tho
passage OF 2G3 private pension bills.
Mr.. Adams ,Rcp. Pal entered a pro
test because pension bills Introduced
by him had not been considered and
intimatcd that unless his district was
treated the same as other districts he
would block consideration Of pension
bills in the House. Mr.. Siaydon tDcm.
TrSaH) said that he had not received
the same notice as other members In
regard to pension bills. and Speaker
Cannon said he would take the gen
tlcman's prutcst under consideration.
The engineering supervisor OF In
dian schools. MIR. PrinEle. recently at
Pennington. New Mexico. invcstigat
ins the water and sewerage for the
proposed new indian school at San
Juan. has completed his work there
and has been ordered to Grand juno
tIop, Colorado. At Grand Junction he
il to investigate the situation as to
needs for new heating and ycntilat.
ing system for the Indian school
buildings ut that point The Indian
bureau has to its credit $500 to in.
stall a now heating and vcntilating
plant at Grand Junction.
The census bureau has issued a pre-.
liminary report ON the production OF
crude petroleum in the United States
during the calendar year 1902. II
shows a total product OF Sg.2I5. .302
barrels of furty.two Gallons each. val
ucd at sTl. .3g7 .I3a. against 35,i63 .5l3
barrels, valued at s2G.e63 .3i0. as re.
ported by the eleventh census which
covered the year 1889. The report
shows that in 1909 there were 11S.6I1
wells. q. .522 operators. 3.035 salaTicd
employees drawing an aggregate of 81
as6.16S and 1859 wage earncrs.
drawing sI3.2i2.36i. The cost of sup
niles and materials was sl7.TS1 .5l2.
miscellaneous expenses. sl5.sl1.I26
and cost Of contract work si2.e36,63i.
The report Of the special commission
appointed by the President on Septem-
hcr 10th last to investigate the condi-
tious existing nt tho Ellis Island i'm.