Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-06-10
COLORADO BRIEFS.
Monte Vista has n curfcw law.

Johh Al1reu mas Dccn appointed postmaster
at Leadyile.
town OH the LIST. s.,
Victor Is to have n new electric power
plant to cost $1O.000.'
More rain fell at Denver during last May
than In amy year since 1850.
The city authorities at Aspen have ordered
the gamblers to quit business.
factory for the manufacture of bicycle
| saddles has been started In Denver.
The Annual meeting Of the American Wa
| ter Works Association met ut Denver on the
| Sth. arf l. H.r
The State Federation of Labor will attack
| the constitutionnlty OF the new law against
| bOycotting.
Some miscrcant tried to destroy with dyu-
| nmlte the flag pole ut Colorado College the
| other night.
| break in nn lrrlgatlng ditch washed out
| some track on the Rio Grande near Mont
rose few days ago.
William G. Daniels has purchased from
| the estate of w. q. Fisher all interest In the
| firm OF Daniels u Fisher Mt Denver and will
conduct the business himself hereafter.
Weld county's commissioners have offered
80 reward for the bodies OF man. woman
and child. supposed to have been murdered
and thrown into the Poudre river, May 10th.
State Dairy Commissioner Canon is now
| enjoying n slight rest from his duties. owing
| to the fact that no JlcOmarIarine Is being
| sold because Of the chcapncss OF butter.
| Butter can now lie obtained ut Il less price
| than Olconurgnrnc. and there Is no object
for any one to violate the law.
The report of the Soldiers Home for May
shows: Total attendance, l3S; twenty dis.
charged. one dead and thirteen absent with
leave, making n total present on June LIST OF
lO4. This Is the Lowest attendance reported
for some time and shows nm effort on the
| part OF the management to reduce the num-
Der OF Inmates to u point where they can be
cared for within the appropriation.
County Fruit Inspector Milllson Of Arapa-
hoe has reported TO Secretary Shute Of the
State Board Of Horticulture that the Rus
sian thistle is increasing with alarming
rapidity In Arapahoe county. He says that
| II 1t Is not checked within a short time II
will do thousands of dollars worth of dam
age. Mrs. Shutc Is now trying to Induce the
county to appoint two deputy horticultural
Inspectors, as the work II too ar,luous for
Mr.. Millison 10 attend to without assistance.
Game Warden Swan has received n report
from Special Deputy Game Warden Murphy.
stationed at Kit Carson. to the effect that II
number of men from outside the state are
engaged In capturing young antelope
throughout Kit Carson county and Its VI
cinity. The mnraudcrs lind little difficulty
In taking the animals, which are now mere
calves The captured antelope are shipped
alive to points In the East, presumably for
exhibition In clrcuscs. dime museums, etc.
The Florence & Cripple Creek Railway
Company Is to build n handsome depot nt
| Victor. The plans are completed for a hand
some pressed. brick building to contain wait.
Ing rooms. baggage room. express office and
all minor accessories. The site for the new
depot Is In the center OF the city. and Is the
most convenient location that could possibly
be selected. The Midland Terminal has n
brick depot In process Of erection one block
north on the same street. When these
structures are completed the dcj,ots Of Vie
tor Will he equal to those OF any town OF
similar size In the state.
The cooperative commonwealth van left
Denver on the :'r,l To mike n tour OF the
state In the Interests Of Eugene V. Dcbs'
scheme for the tnhlshincnt Of u cooper.
ntivc commonwealth on n large scale. II Il
Dcbs' Idea to coionizc all the socialists he
can In somc one state. and by prcpondcrnncc
| Of numbers control the elections and revise
the state constitution on socialistlc lines.
80 that cooperation In Its fuiincss may be
established. This will bc the work Of two OF
the missionaries. James Hogan and y. l..
Gricsi: the other, william Holmes. will cs.
tnblish labor exchanges. They expect the
tour to last six months.
The officers Of the State Agricultural Col.
icgc have made cut In the salaries Of the
professors In that Institution. Outside Of
the Instructors ard assistants every mem.
| her Of the faculty was cut In his or her year
| iy stipend to the tune Of 500 nnd 500 nc.
cording To their respective grades the only
| one to escape being President Aiston Ellis.
Ills salary was reduced from 5000 n year to
| $500 about four weeks ngu. The salaries
! Of the professors now stand nt 81 zoo In.
stead Of si.aso. II Is supposed that one
| motive for the cut In salaries lay In the fact
that there Il u debt Of $1,000 on the partly
constructed laboratory Of the college which
the b"nrl hopes To meet In part by Its move
OF rc,rcnchmcnt.
Martha A. Shu'c. secretary Of the State
noarl Of Horticulture. Is troubled about the
! fruit Hhow next fall. says the Denver Rcpui,-
| lean. The show last year was turned over
| to the Chamber OF Commerce aud 1t was a
sad failure. partly on account Of its being
| held during the Festival of Mountain and
Plain. Canon City has made u hid for the
show. offering to pay all the premiums. The
| sentiment Of the majority nf fruit growers
however is In favor Of holding It In Denver.
But the troublesome question l.. where to
| get the money tu pay the premiums. Mrs.
| Shuic says that II cannot be held here unless
the city Council and County Commissioners
| appropriate money TO pay the premiums
She called on the mayor who told her he
would do all IN his power to have the show
| held In Denver.
| Notwithstanding the failure Of the las,
| Legislature to make an appropriation to
| pay scalp bonntlcs and the announcement
| OF the auditor that none could l,c pnii for
| the next two years. nearly every day n fresh
| batch uf claims arrive from some Of the
| back counties. and are flcd away In the
| vaults to await the time that the state will
| hr able To redeem them over $50, 900 worth
| OF this kind of paper Is filed away now and
| II Is growing daily. Some OF the back com.
| ties threaten to send In the scnlps Of the lie.
| funct cnyotcs. mountain lions and other
| wild animals. ani II this threat IL carried
| out. the auditor will require more storage
| room. II is understood TINT Rio Elanco and
| Routt counties fnvc determined to take all
| vantage Of the new law, which permits
| counties to pay bountiCs on their own ac-
count hut as the coyote nuisance amounts
| to but little In the eastern counties. It IL
| hardly probable that they will go into the
| bounty business. Denver News.
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| A London cable TO the sun says: fort.
| uirhtscn everybody awaited with confidence