Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-07-27
ROCKY FORD, COLORADO,
COLORADO NOTES.

rhn'r ifumrs stealing ri'ie on the
Hork Island passenger train wcr.
Killed AT EcIlnn. last SUNDAY.
Congressman Champ Clark Of Mis-
s"nri lectures Al the Ii"uidcr Chauiau-
aun "n Ihc 9Th. and all x.MI.sSurians
ia Colorado ar" expected 10 la there 10
welcome him.
Tile reptiles nnd :ish must h. placed
In jnrs or bottles containing three parts
Of nlculiol nnh onc part Of water. The
society cannot pay for tli'sc things.
but tile donors will ret credit for what
they send.
Tile Colorado t-i-ph1n. line lins been
extended To the liulbrook cornity.
distance ~ about ten miles trnm In
Iunin. II II proposed To extend the
lite io Las Anlmns, twenty niles east
of La Junin.
All the skilled labor.rs. Including the
barrel. ronst-r. cunccntritor and pre-
cIpiintins men. employed AT III. plant
Of the National Gold Extraction tom.
iany OF Flurrnc, have just received a
ten per cent. rais. OF wages. The rt.is.
affects about hfiy employees.
Tbs governor In a few days will ap-
point the seven members Of I'll. com.
mission to draft bills TO revise the rev.
"nu- laws OF ,h. state. This commits.
sion Tor the present VIII bc unsalaric'i.
bus II j. expected that the next I.ri-.
lniurc VIII provide pay for the mem.
beers. Among those who VIII he asked
To- serve arc Clay II. whltford. state
senator from this county: C.J. Hughes.
4. NJ. Patterson and T.. 7. Wells. Sen.
ntor W. :. buckley of san Miguel co'in-
a. 4.
bcr.
The Society Of the Army of the Phil.
lpplnc- Il rr-parin. to hold n cclchrn-
iion ON August i:IIh. the anniversary OF
I'll. fall OF Manila. This viii bc the
opening day OF the iirst reunion OF the
Eighth army corps. which VIII lie HELD
In Denver. There viii bc military sport
aud addresses 10y prominent men. Gen
cral Hale has appointed committees TO
take Charge of the reunions OF the
Eighth army corps. nnd these already
are at work. The matter Will bc one Of
the principal entertainments for the
guests. and an elaborate program has
been arranged.
As an added attraction for the state
Historical Society. Curator Fcrril
wants to make collection OF Colorado
flowers and reptiles. fish and creeping
things. The curator will ask the citi-
gems OF the state to assist him In max
Ing these collections. For the botani-
cal show lie wants flowers and plants
Of every kind. from The prairics. where
there are flowers peculiar To the sew
cr,il sections Of the state. and from
the river valleys and the mountains.
lie wants not only the flower. but tho
plants pulled up by the roots. III they
are pulled up. placed between sheets
of newspapers and allowed to dry.
they can he mailed To the society's Of
flee In the capitol mt little cost.
While V. II. Shocks was giving
kinctoscopc exhibition from the front
parlor of the GlcEwood hotel. the eel.
luloid film came In contact with one of
the electric wires which furnished llgh,
for the machine. An explosion follow.
ed. cnvcloping the room In flames ana
setting fire to u number of heavy lace
curtains In the room. The porch of the
hotel both on the first and second floors
was crowded with people. mostly wo.
men and children. At the first sound
of the explosion and Hash of fire. many
of the women tainted. None was IN
jurc,l. however. and owing TO the
prompt and splendid service Of the ho
tel fire department the flames were
checked inside the room. MIR. Snooks.
the operator. was quite badly burned
nbout the face. His machine Is Il total
wreck, The escape of the hotel and the
many people there is almost miracu
lous.
A commission has been appointed by
Governor Thomas to represent Colo
rado at the Pannmcricnn congress To
be held Mt Buffalo. New York, In l9ol.
The commission will comprise w. a.
Rice, Il. s. Smith and Thomas ii. Kane.
The governor also appointed William
NJ. Bates as Colorndo's representative
at the Farmers congress, which meets
ut Colorado Springs this september.
The Colorado Editorial Association,
while nj Ouray. visited the Camp Bird
mine. and were served with u royal
BANQUET by Manager Benson In behalf
of Thomns Il. Walsh. Lieutenant Gov.
crnor Carney acted ns toastmnster. ana
rcsponscs were made by Judge Theron
stevens, Mayor George A. Scott, DIR.
II q. Aylcsworth. Howard Russell OF
Fort Collins as president. and l. n
Runtinr of the Grand Junction Scnti-
mel. MS vice president. The party were
shown through the mine and mills and
nt night Il grand ball and banquet was
given ut the opera house.
Tho sugar beet prospects in the VI
cinitv of Rocky Ford. over 1000 acres,
is snid to be the finest ever known
Inv the American Beet Sugar Company.
which has factories in Il number of
states. This company has had a corps
of experienced men in the field, edu-
eating the farmer to grow beets. The
outIook is SO good at present that the
company is advancing the farmers all
thc money they need to take care OF
the CROP. and they express themselves
MS being satisfied that the Arkansas
.,nun,. con raise n sugar beet with the
,argcst percentagc of sugar of any
,I,co so far tried in the United States.
'rhc company has offered one farmer
ca 900 for his crop of thirty acres. Re-
norts are coming in of the size of the
hects Mt the present time. one man