Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-29
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoINos, ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERiNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN.

Denver will try to secure both the
Republican and Democratic national
conventions of 1912.
Bisbee. Ariz.. was swept by a de-
structive flood. eight or ten people be-
ing reported drowned and a portion OF
the city greatly damaged.
Affiliation of the Western Federation
Of Miners with the American Fedora
tion OF Labor is practically assured, ac-
cording to statements made by promi-
nent officers of the former organiza-
ton. y
Chairman Burke OF the House com
fled that there will be no attempt to
open the Rosebud and Pine Ridge
lands in South Dakota before next
spring.
With five Republicans. one Demo
cIat, one Prohibitionist and one Social
is in the race for nomination for Gov
ernor, the entries for California's first
election under the direct primary law
has closed.
The biggest mining excitement for
years In Colorado has been occasioned
at the new camp OF Beshear. near
Georgetown. where 500 locations have
been made In ten days. One property
has $3.50 ore.
Crop conditions in the far Western
states. including Colorado. are sc per
cent below those Of year ago. and
4.3 per cent below the average. ac-
cording to an estimate made by the
United States Department Of Agricul.
ture.
The Western Pacific Railroad Com.
pany has made q deal with the Togo
Kisen Kaishn, one OF the leading Jap
anese steamship companies. whereby
the Western. In company with the Den.
yer & Rio Grande and other Gould rail.
roads, will receive the freight OF the
steamship line at San Francisco for
trans.shipment across the continent.
President Taft has approved the ap.
pointment by the interior department
| Of ]. A. Ockerson af St. Louis to inves.
tigate conditions in Imperial valley,
California, where serious damage Is
threatened by the Colorado river
breaking its banks. Whether he will
be retained to take charge Of the en-
gineerins work involved in controlling
the river. for which Congress appropri
ated $1,000. 900. depends. 1t is said. on
his report to the President.
The census bureau has announced
the population OF Pueblo to be 1895
an increase Of 1928 since the census oi
1900. or a gain of SIT per cent. Pueblo
county shows a total population Of 81.
223. an increase of.17.755 for ten years
most OF the increase. however. being In
the city. II Colorado shows general
increases In population corresponding
with this one county. 1t will have five
and possibly six members in the House
Of Representatives after the new ap
poruonment is made.
A dispatch from Kalispell. Mont.
says: THE forest fire situation Is
growing worse. No sooner Is one fire
gotten under control than two others
are reported. The smoke in the city
Wednesday has been worse than be
fore and the mountains have not been
sen for weeks. The sheriff has a large
force Of deputies fighting the fires on
the state timber lands and he has
made call on the state board for more
funds to hire fire fighters as the fire
area appears to be spreading. The
only hope OF quenching the flames ap
pears to be of rain, and there Is nc
present indication of that.
| Perhaps the greatest suit under the
anti-boycott law yet to be fully tested
will soon be brought by the Western
Federation of Miners against the
homestake Mining Company Of South
Dakota. Friday a committee on Pres
ident Meyers report reported back ir
favor OF his recommendation that the
best legal talent obtainable be engaged
to bring suit against the Homestakt
Company. II suit is brought 1t will bt
based on the grounds that severa
months ago the mining company CLOSED
its property to union men and com
PEELED all miners employed afterward.
to sign a card stating they did not be
long to any labor union and In consid
Grafton of the employment not to joir
any union labor organization. The
Western Federation of Miners believes
this is violation of the constitutional
rights of free speech and assembly
granted to every citizen of the United
States.