Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-23
coIoeADo CONDENSED.

Golden.
A big wolf hunt is to be held near
Longmont on the 1Ith.
Bouldcr's new Masonic hall will be
dedicated on January 3oth.
| l.. A. Watkins. an old-tlme resident
of Denver. died on the 1lth.
Governor McIntIre visited the Lead
vile Ice Palace on the 10th.
Homer Dutton was killed on the llth
by falling down well that he was
sinking near Elbert.
Steve Rose was instantly killed Dy
falling down the Brooklyn smart III
Giipin county Monday.
Robbers broke into the Plattevilie
creamery the other night and carried
| of go pounds of butter.
Three boys. while coasting at Glen
wood Springs. ran into n bop,sleu uhu
suffered broken ribs, legs ana arhs'
Active preparations are being made
| for the next session OF the Western
| Slope Congress which is to be heid ~
Delta.
Three thousand men attended the
funeral OF James Hancock, one OF the
| victims of the Anna Lee mine disaster
at Victor.
The reported shortage Of the treasur
er, of Douglas county. has been naue
good, and he continues In otilce Win
the same bondsmen.
Receiver Trumbull has gone to chi
cago to confer with the santa Fe OF
ficials and the rate trouble Will prop
ably be patched up.
A Chinnman named Fong Don eloped
with n fourteen-year-old Chinese girl
from Denver the other day. They were
married Mt Trinidad.
The Colorado Mirror is the name OF
n handsome new eight-page paper, pup
lished at Rocky Ford. 1t Is devoted 10
the fruit-growing industry and Is Is
sued monthly.
| Game Warden Gordon Land has sue
ceedcd in coIiS icting Bartholf, VINO IL
legally killed game in northwestern
| Colorado. Twenty thousand pounds oi
ycnison were contiscated.
| The Commercial group of mines III
| Saw Pit gulch, the property OF A. 5
| Blake. but bonded to George Craw.
| ford. has been sold to a syndicate OF
wealthy New Workers for considera'
ton of 100000.
Ben b. Taylor, Oldest son of Q. h
| Taylor. formerly president OF the Colo
RADIO Mining Stock Exchange. is lying
at st. Luke's hospital, paralyzed from
the waist down. expecting death. lie
was crushed in mine In the Gunnison
| district.
, In the district court at Denver there
| Is n contest between the judges ana tne
sheriff over the appointment OF baillns.
A big mass meeting was held In Den.
yer last Tuesday to protest against
gambling.
The killing by supposed tramps oil
| George s. Bolton, n San Miguel conn'
ty mining man, near Telluride, on Jan
uary IL, has created so much feeling
among the people of that vicinity that
they propose war upon tramps ana vag'
abonds in general.
1t is expected that work on the pre-
liminary survey for the short line IRON
Denver to Cripple Creek will be start
cd ut once and be pushed with al
speed Those having the important
subject in charge will be able to make
up much valuable data from the sur
vey.
John Driscol. pump man. while
working In the shaft of the Mammoth
mine at Central City, slipped through
trap door and fell Il distance OF
about forty-five feet. Fortunately
however, there was about six feet o
of water in the pump at the time ant
he was not seriously hurt.
The auditorium project which is be
ing pushed by committee of the Els
teddfod association at Denver. hal
reached point where the committee
feels assured of its success and an
nounces that the auditorium will b'
built and completed in time for the BIZ
Welsh festival which takes place II
September.
A most cowardly. and brutal murde
was committed on the Marshall Bash
trail. about mile and half from Tel
luride Saturday night. George Boltol
was shot and killed by highwaymel
as he was returning from town in com
pany with Ed. Huff. The two had con
siderable money on their persons
Huff was robbed but not shot Ther'
was no clue to the murderers.
On the 18th Representatives of th
State Land Board sold n large tract o
land near Monte Vista. The proceed
from the land bid in amounted to abou
$4,000 Part of the big tract brough
| us nigh as s-.b.-c pei titlt. hlS va
exclusive of water rights and improve
ments Attendance at the sale wa
most encouraging and the bidding spir
tied all the way through. This is tn,
same land the previous sale of whicl
: was declared off.
: Under instructions from the state
, board of construction, State Engineer
Sumner has drawn up specifications fol
the Strengthening and widening of VIII
low creek. which runs through Creede
; rather tortuously. flooding the district
regularly in the freshet season. Last
winter an appropriation of $4,000 was
made by the Legislature to do the work
Engineer Summers specifications pro
vide that the reformed creek shall run
straight, be four feet deep, eighteen fee,
wide and cribbed on both sides with
logs for three-Quarters of mile. Bids
, on the contract are being advertised for
Meandro Martinez and Pedro Baca
the two young Mexican desperadocs
: who pleaded guilty to murder in the
second degree for the killing of Charles
Allen at Starkville last July. have been
each sentenced by Judge Northcutt of
the district court to forty-five years in
the penitentiary. While the sentence is
a heavy one in the face of plea of
guilty, it gives general satisfaction, as
! the men, though young. were known I'd
be desperate, and the people of the com.
l m itN- ~ lad 10, 81,