Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-03-11
NEWS FROM WARRINGTON.


ed the Interior Department 10 restore
to entry lands In Grand county. Colo
RADIO. withdrawn on account Of sup
posed value as coal lands.
The tariff commission IL receiving
protests from manufacturers against
the low tariff on baseballs. Il Is
claimed that the Japanese manufsc-
ture baseballs and undersell the Amer
leans on their own market
After . brief general discussion the
Senate passed the bill authorizing the
issuance Of S3o.o00.0o worth OF certi.
ficates of indebtedness for the compile.
ton Of irrigation projects already un.
der way. ~
After q dinner given by President
Taft to Speaker Cannon In the White
House. At which there was dancing.
the two dignitaries are said to have
Joined in an old.fashioned. hoe down"
Both were putting when they finished.
Representative Mondell secured the
adoption In the House Of an amend
ment to the postoffiee appropriation
bill. adding 100000 to the amount car
ried by the bill for maintaining star
route service. raising the amount from
S6.o60.000 to 36.16o.ooo.
The date Of opening the Cour d'Alens
lands in Idaho and the Flat Head lands
In Montana has been changed from
April 1 to May 2. The classification
and appraisement Of the Couer d'Aleus
lands was not completed in time for
the opening on April /.
Senator Gallinger has introduced .
bill to incorporate the Rockefeller
foundation for general philanthropic
work on all lines. The incorporators
named in the bill are John d. Rookie.
feller, John d. Rockefeller, Jr.. Fred
T. Gates. Starr J. Murphy and Charles
O. Heydt, are authorized to select as
sociates, not to exceed twenty-five. and
it is provided that there shall not be
at any time less than five.
One Of the most picturesque chief
tains OF the Indian race, and his
nephew. both members OF the Chippe-
va tribe in Minnesota. were found
dead in a Washington hotel few
days since. the victims Of asphyxia-
ton. The dead chief was Pay-Baum-
we-Che- -waish-Kung. more than nine
ty.fiye years old, and his unfortunate
companion was A.Ne-way-Way-Aush.
It is believed one Of the red men blew
out the gas.
Representative Rucker has present
ed petitions from Colorado citizens IA
vorins legislation for the elimination
of stock gambling and the establish
ment Of the parcels post. Also res
olution from Irving Hale camp Of Den
yer, u. 8. W. ". favoring legislation
for raising the Maine. and . memorial
from Denver Council Loyal Associa-
ton. favoring legislation to allow fra
ternal publications to carry advertise
ments.
President Taft has instructed the
| American ambassador at ST. Peters
burg, Mr.. Rockhill. to make strong
representations to the Russian gov
ernment looking to the inviolaoility OF
American passports in that country.
Mr.. .lockhiIl, 1t Is stated. will take the
mater up personally with the EN-
peror. The Jews Of this country want
action that will give American citi-
zens freedom from political arrest in
Russia.
Reforms put into effect at the Phil
adelphia mint partly by the introduc.
ton of automatic machinery also are
to be supplied to the mints ut Denver.
San Francisco and New Orleans. At
Philadelphia the machines will dis
place seventy-nine people.
Senator jeff Davis of Arkansas was
denied the privilege Of striking from
the Record statement in his testimo-
ny before the House committee on
public lands in advocacy Of the Ar.
kansas sunk lands" bill. that he would
receive n large legal fee II tho bill
were passed