Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-05
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,

WESTERN NEWS.
The Oregon Legislature has passed
a law prohibiting the wearing of hat
pins more than ten inches long.
The local option bill has passed the
klaho House by A to 9. and it is ex-
pected the action will be concurred in
by the Senate.
]. w. Gilluly, treasurer Of the Den
yer & Rio Grande Railroad Company.
has been in New York signing the new
issue OF bonds of the railroad, aggre-
eating $1O2 100000. ...
The quartermaster generals office
at Washington has awarded a contract
for barracks construction and other
army buildings at Fort D. A. Russell.
Wyo.. the work representing 100000.
The Western Fraternal Congress. In
session at Kansas City. passed reso-
luton declaring against the bills In
troduced in various legislatures to pro
vide minimum rate for fraternal life
insurance.
In q letter to the Cheyenne Indus
trial Club. Congressman Mondell ex-
presses the opinion that II will be i'm
possible to get an appropriation from
the present Congress for the improve
ment OF roads In Yellowstone park.
Farmers In the Greeley. Colo, dis
trict are happy over the advanced
price OF potatoes. the highest for sew
eral seasons. with rurals quoted at 20
cents and Pearls at so. Shipments are
eighty cars a day, many going to Cali
fornia.
The shaft Of the Copper Belt COM
pany's mine, near Lusk. is down go
feet. and the owners claim 1t Is the
deepest shaft In the state. The ore
chute. which was lost at a depth of
200 feet, was encountered again at 600
feet
E. Stenger. general superintendent
Of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad.
with offices at Salt Lake City. has re.
8igned that position and will be made
either general manager or general su-
perintendent OF the Western Pacific
railroad. Is a report from Denver.
Announcement was made in New
York Wednesday OF the completion of
the Copper River railroad. which is
Jointly owned by J. P. Morgan & Com
pany. and the Guggenheim interests.
from Cordova to a point above the
Abercrombie rapids on the Copper riv'
er, in southwestern Alaska
Bakersfield. Calf. business men
have offered James J. Jeffries purse
OF 1000 to fight Jack johnson. there
the Fourth of July. next. They have
posted $1,000 to show their good faith.
The plan is a cooperative one. the diff
ferent business men. agreeing to assist
In making up the deficit should the
fight lose money, and sharing in the
profit II II, is success.
The conditions resulting from the
fire in the Sutro tunnel at Virginia
City. are greatly improved. The pump
ing plants now are running steadily
and the air circulating freely. The
management states that there are no
signs of fire anywhere in the workings.
Men have been put at work wetting
down the smouldering timbers and II
is expected that the work Of repair.
ing the tunnel will soon begin.
Probably the largest land deal
ever made IN leNaS was ciosSu ~ Do
nSprings on the goth ult.. when Wa
serloo, Ia, company purchased for col.
ohization a 200 .O0O. .000-acre ranch be.
longing to c. C. Slaughter, which
is located in Howard. Martin,
Dawson and Borden counties.
The price was 100000. Only
the land and improvements were
transferred. Slaughter retains posses
sion Of 40, 900 head Of cattle.
It is learned from an official source
that the Missouri Pacific Railroad COM
pany has begun the expenditure OF
large sum Of money on its lines be-
tween Pueblo and st. Louis, In prepar-
alton for the reception Of the large
traffic that It will be expected to han
die with the completion Of the West
ern Pacific from Salt Lake to San
Francisco this summer. Both the West.
ern Pacific and Missouri Pacific are
Gould lines, and the Denver & Rio
Grande will form the Denver-Salt Lake
line that will Join the two together.
GENERAL NEWS.