Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

Fire at la Plata. Missouri. destroyed
ten buildings and caused loss OF $780,
JOO
The Union Pacific has awarded con
tracts for $50 new locomotives for
freight and passenger service. to be
delivered In time for the fall businef.'.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota will
deliver the address OF welcome nj the
annual meeting Of the National Associ'
alton OF Fire Insurance Agents at st.
Paul August iith TO 18Th.
The jury ut Topeka In the case Oi
II. II. Tucker. Jr.. charging him VITA
usinS the mails In scheme to de-
fraud In promoting the Uncle sam OH
COMPANY. brought In a verdict OF not
guilty.
The Denver 4 Rio Grande March
report shows a total income OF $32l.'
s55. decrease OF $l52.a3i. and n sur
plus OF $s3s .i6e. a decrease Of siii.'
295. From July LIST the surplus was
s2.Gsa.ilG u decrease OF 3i1?.t5..
The Colorado a. Southern March re.
port shows gross earnings OF Si.o55.'
1876 against $l.l0s.b9i for the CORE
spending month OF last year: and net
earnings OF s:77.5G5. against f33o.ssp
for March OF 1907.
The Oklahoma state board OF equal.
ization has completed It's working esti-
mates on the valuation OF the railroad
property In the state subject To taxa
iion, fixing the total at $i12.is9.eio.
which In more than twelve times as
high M last year.
Two thousand employees OF the ST.
Louis a San francisco railroad shops
Mt Springfield. Missouri. were laid OIL
on the 5th inst. for an indefinite per
lod. The reason assigned by the com
pany for the shutdown is financial de-
preston.
The American Mining Congress viii
hold Its annual meeting early In DC.
tobcr or late In November at Colum'
bus, Ohio. The date Will be set so as
not TO Interfere with the presidential
election and an unusually large at;en.
dance Is expected.
To call the attention OF the govern
mcnt TO what they believe Is dciib-
crate attempt to rob them OF lands. "a
dcpu,ation OF Indian chiefs. represent.
Ing cvc-y tribe of British Columbia
coast Indians. Will leave Vancouver for
Ottawa on May 2Gth. to Interview Sir
Wilfrid Lauricr.
A fire In San Francisco on the 18th
Inst. which started In the Mentonc res
taurant on Gcary street. between
Kearney and Grant avenue. consumed
about fifteen stores In the block bound.
cd by Market. Gcary, kcarney ana
Grant avenue. II is estimated the loss
will be 100000.
The Atlantic battlcship fleet
steamed through the Golden Gate into
the herbor OF San Francisco on
Wednesday,. the 9Th. Rear Admiral
Evans was In command and his pen.
nant flew from the flagship Connec.
ticut. 1t seemed rs II the whole pop.
ulation OF California lined the shores
and docks. The decorations were pro-
fuse and officers and men were enter
tanned In true San Francisco style.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Straus OF the department of com
merce and labor have approved the re.
port of the committee appointed by
Secretary Straus to inquire into the
statistical work of the department Of
commerce and labor. II is proposed
that each of the executive departments
OF the government and the interstate
commerce commission appoint statis-
teal expert, the several appointees
10 constitute an inter.departmental
statistical committee. This committee
will have general charge OF all the sta.
tIstical work of the government.