Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-22


ti,millionaire New Yorker. and her sis
ter. Mrs. Sun You. wife Of San Fran.
cisco Chinaman. and devoted to slum
work on tho coasts. were bequeathed
81 each by the will OF their father.
Solomon Perry Siemens. Just filed ut
Pittsburs. Pennsylvania.
CONGRESS AND THE CAPITAL
The eradication Of mosquitoes on
the Potomac hats has greatly decreased
the death rate In Washington.
President Roosevelt has accepted the
presidency oil the International Con
Hrcss Of tuberculosis which will be
held In Washington City In tho autumn.
The House committee on public
lands hns reported n bill extending
the acreage Limitation OF the Carey
land act to :.O00.o0o acres In the state
Of Idaho.
\ bill authorizing the appointment.
rs an addition to the regular military
establishment. Of nifty captains to com
mand the Philippine scouts was passed
In the House.
The endowment Of schools OF mines
and mining from proceeds OF public
land sales outside the irrigation states
Is provided for by bill passed by the
Senate. e
After n brief debate the House
passed tho Mondci. dry farm bill. per
mitting che homcstcadin. Of not TO cx'
coed $50 acres Of non'irriIablc. non
mineral and non'timbcrcd public
lands.
Senator Clark Of Wyoming secured
the incorporation Of nm amendment In
the civil appropriation bill Increasing
fees OF witnesses In United States
courts In Colorado. Wyoming and
other Western states 10 " day.
Returns Indicate that there will be no
difiieulty In securing the G.o0o recruits
wanted by the Navy Department. The
good times that the boys on the Allan.
,ic feet arc having on their Ion. cruise
may have something to do with this.
According TO n reported interview
with Representative Townsend OF
Michigan, President Roosevelt will not
insist upon anti.injunction and Shcr.
man antitrust Law amendments In tho
present ncHsion OF Congress. and there
will be no such legislation.
The Senate adopted the Gnggcnhcim
amendment to tho postofiicc approprin.
iion bill. giving railway mail clerks OK.
pcnHcs not to exceed ono dollar per day
while absent from home on postofficc
business. The bill carries an appropri.
alton Of 81. 100000 to meet this charge.
The forcs, service has announced
the following appointments on Colo.
rado national forests: John II. Cam.
mon. forest guard Gunnison national
forest; J. A. Peterson. q. X. Munscli
and Edgar ]. f1txhush. forrs, guards
San Juan national forest.
senator Teller secured an amend.
mcnt In tho Sunday civil appropriation
bill by which Colorado In to be In.
Guided In the provision which was
placed In tho bill n, the instance OF
Senator Warren. granting the states OF
Wyoming ard Idaho an additional l.
0V0. 900 acrIs of land under the Carey
desert land act.
Three members of the United States
Senate have received letters from Pres.
idcnt Roosevelt within the past few
days declaring his supremacy as com.
mandcr.in chief. in all matters referring
to the control of the army and navy. He
denies that he was under any obliga-
,ions to give the discharged soldiers
| or Colonel Stewart a court Of inquiry.
Mrs. Sarah PlattDcckcr of Denver
has been appointed member of the
executive committee of the National
| Civic federation. Among other mem.
bcrs are Mira. Andrew Carnegie. Mrs.
Murray Crane. Mrs. Frederick Dent
I.Grant. Mrs. George Westinghouse. Mrs.
John ID. Rockefeller aud Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth.
Senator Guggenheim has received
kilograms o. protest from many con.
stituents against permitting the en-.
largcd hom, stead bill to go through
with that part of Colorado east of
Meridian 10s eliminated from its pro-
visions. On the strength of Senator
GugEcnhcin,'s representations the con.
ference committee probabl, will
amend the ill SO as TO include the
entire area Of Colorado within It's
scope.
In the senate Senator Warren Sc.
cured the incorporation in the sundry
civil appropriation bill of an amend.
ment adding 100000 acres to the
| grant of the state Of Wyoming under
the Carey land act. His bill for this
purpose previously passed the Senate,
but was defeated in the House.
Senator Guggenhcim secured the in.
corporation In the sundry civil appro.
priation bill of an amendment appro.
| priatinE $4,000 for the transmission of
silver dollars by registered mail or
otherwise and free transmission where
an equal amount has been deposited by
the applicant.
BY the action of the Senate and
House conference committee the sal.
aries Of surveyors general will be in.
creased from $4,000 TO $1,000 in Cali.
fornia, Colorado. Idaho, Montana, Ore.
gon. Utah. Wyoming and Washington
and to $500 In Arizona, Nevada and
New Mexico.