Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-25
WESTERN NEWS.

Shippers should remember that euh' |
der the new western freight classiti-
cation rules old marks must be re-
-moyed--er. effaced- before packages,
bundles. or pieces will be, accepted ior
transportation. 4 u Il
Experts appointed by the attorney
general to investigate a shortage OF j
s35 900 in the San Francisco CITY
treasury have reported that the tota!
amount of the shortage is $60,OOo, OF I,
which $l4, 900 belonged to the state. o.,
sJ,tHalwood OF Lexington, Ky. pas
sold to Ed Alyery iofs Louisville. I'm;
kola. the famous derby winner. for S6'-
600. and Friend Harry, by Orlando tor
Ss, s,60O.S The latter is a half brother OF
jeff Bernstein, for which horse large
offers have been refusedc2 f''"
Property valued at almost II .eoo.9oo
was destroyed in Chicago Friday oy a
| fire which consumed the international
Salt Company's docks. the onfces Oh
the Eigin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
and ti.ty freight cars at One Hundred
and Third street and Casamet river.
Mrs. w, =. Tucker, who came from
Washington to Chicago to prosecute
her husband, Col. w. F. Tucker, on
the charge OF wife abandonment. has
become convinced that he is now In MS
1 last illness and has returned with ner
mother. Mrs. John A. Logan. to WASH
ington. :,
The United States Circuit Court
St. Louis refused to issue an injunc-
ton restraining r.. t:..ygtcnstsfe-0nm'
i .ss...ssa with fomenting a revolu.
uon on United States soil against n
friendly nation. Preciliano g. Silva am
Lecardio Trevino were found guilty by
Jury In the United States Court at
FL Paso Friday. Benjamin Silva and
Jose Maria Ramiriz were acquitted on
the same charge. -.
1t Is reported at Tacoma, Wash. that
an enormous whale In the west pass.
age OF the Sound upset a rowboat in
which there were three duck hunters
and all were drowned. 1t Is said the
men began firing with shotguns upon
the mammal when It rose to blow,
and that the maddened leviathan at
tackled their boat. ~
By direction OF the surgeon general
OF the marine hospital service, the
quarantine that has been maintained
IN all ports against vessels leaving San
Francisco harbor has been completely
removed. and the ocean-going craft
VIII be able for the first time in four
teen months. to come and go without
the use Of rat guards. dock tenders
and periodical fumisations.
There have- been so many incendiary
hres OF late In aud around Baker City,
Oregon. that the people are at last
aroused. and the mayor has issued the
following order. ITO the People .of
Baker City: Believing that the many
recent fires ARE of fiincendiaryi origin,
any and all officers and good citizens
are hereby instructed to shoot on the
spot any person caught setting fire 10
any building"
The transcontinental freight bureau
has Just issued a bulletin cancellinc
through rates to Asiatic ports. The
contention of the big roads with Pa. |
cinc steamship connections is that the |
compulsory publication OF these ex.
port rates gave Japanese merchants |
the advantage of undertaking the
Americans and their ships plying be-
tween the Pacific coast and Oriental
ports were in a position to control the
commercial situation. The railroads
are preparing campaign in next Con-
Sress TO secure an amendment to the
law or modification by ruling of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.