Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-16
coLoRAoo NOTES.


The Civil Service Commission VIII
hold an examination In Denver and
Pueblo some time In the spring TO Sc
lect clerks for the local land offices.
These examinations will lie general
throughout the country. The dates nf
examinations have not been set.
A political convention called by tho
labor unions OF the state met nj Pu'
.blo on the 18th. The iirst days session
WIS stormy one. developing the prcs-
cnce OF two factions and resulted IN u
split. II appeared Ia bc contest b"
tween the Denver men aud delegates
from the rest OF I'll. state. the Denver
contingent being opposed Ia putting np
an independent state ticket next fnl.
They were out voicd and boited.
An attempt was made To wreck the
Kansas City locai on the Union Ia
ellie bttwcen Magnolia and Watkins
Saturday morning hy pilins iIcs ON the
irack. The engine was damaged and
the train delayed several hours. Soiiic
time ago rail was raised near thu
same place and an accident narrowly
avcrisd. a sruds. against the COLI
pany seems ,n L. the cause. ns u Rock
Island train hnd PASSED over the road
u few minutes before.
Colombo College has lately been "i.
f-r,-i &-D.US toward the endowment OF
u science building. pr"yids-i xtb.ssD for
building PURPOSES h-' -'r,if,-a hy Arrii
LIST. The nncSIEri,tin-s- of the on"r
and tho shurines. OF the time Will ne.
c-..itntr .rcat aud increasing efforts
ou the part ot the college Ia meet tile
conditions. .-ncrai rnim-r has given
! s2:.ust. Mr.. iiowi-ri s...:ss'. nnd Other
/ gifts bring the total up To- nearly <sl'.'
ss ~ there rruinlns x.i!sS 10 bc
raised In twu weeks.
wha, npp-ars ia have b-cn u ia.
tnr,iiy attempt to hnrn the ]. ]. Mailer
Mercantile ,ompany's building ani
Masonic hall. At ontay. was made last
Tuesday niEhi. hy placing sack .a'n'
rated with krTus-n- in some boxes uh'
.i-r the r,nr stairway ani settling Lrr
Iu II. Aipni sixty ladi.. OF the uE'i-r
of i,cb-Lnh wcr. holding banquet ~
Ili- lodge rsBin. ani they d'scos"s'TI
tli- iirc IN time in avert cnias'r"ph,'
| The constable of the precinct was gr'
rested .n suspicion ni midnight.
The National Hsci sugar Company.
now crytlns half million dollar
susnr factory. nf,y miles -n-' "f 1'u-i,'
H. nn ths. Missouri Pacific railroad.
have :sS m~ni NJ work and expect Z"
,ompia'r the frciury hy octot-'r i-i.
( This eeiaIafy ,.riIo-.-- I. raise Its osn
i-'-is. aud has pp'iancj about i.'S'
acI-s II ground fer this years crop.
| Two trainIna,is of experienced l--t
srnw-r- will leave April ist for Sugar
riiy. With their arrival viii br Gin
/ the planting of tile first i--'f sugar crop
in ot'Tu county.
The Arkansas Valley t'r,-s. .N.socis.
ton aprnr,i its third annual convention
AT trinidad nr the nth. l,ctrotis of OF.
iicrrs show the organization to L. IN
r.po.l condition. iut-rS sting papers
w-rr rad by various ,tliinr-. II was
| decided To- hold mn aui tmu session n,
Z ttiriiln September .Ir,i.' Hni the next
annual session at Sali'in. The new Of
tjp-r- arr: \. II. Gop,lnl-. trinidad.
president: Otto y. Thuu. Pueblo. scc'
rrtnry: !. 7. i.awicss. Lamar. ;rca-ur.
-r. Saturday was devoted to- sighiscs'.
ing and in the evening ai,uu, thirty
1 mctul-rs started nn tour "f Texas.
II ,vps decided ut r,s,-nt meeting ~
tbs. tunur,, committee OF the boar! NJ
ttu.;rvS uf Colorado College to- make
an npIWal To- the people uf the city Tor
I S.ppsi which stim Il necessary t.
make VI, the Stn.nsr required III order
tu s,-s,iT,, S.n.,ss mur- donated by =
.
,li,jnu that nu equal amount; u" Raised.
This S:I.U'p must hr raised hy April
i.t. in addition to the ssu.'ss already
Sut,Srril-ti Half the money raised by
| tbi. method will go for the erection
~ y scientific building and the other
SJnUsI il placed ns an endowment;
tuui fur scientific work.
The Denver 4 Rio Grnndc has lie.
cidcd iu du away with narrow gnug'
trains OH the first division. EcEtnning
SUNDAY night train No. IL. which
leaves Mt pI5 o'clock in the evening
, will ltr made up entirely OF standard
rntIEC cars. II will tc split Mt Pueblo.
part nf II making connections with the
Marshall pass narrow gauge train. 60.
iut. west by way uf Salidn. and part NJ
1t going over La N-ta pass tu Nlnmnsa,
connecting ut that point with the l,u.
r,urn narrow gauge train. Train No.
IH which will nov hC OH the broad.
gauge rails. will leave Snlihn at 1919
~ M. and arrive in Denver at o'clock
the following morning. No other
changes are contemplated
The Denver Republican says: Grand
function will lr SuluniZ,'J hy Nor
mons. An Influx " families from the
city uT the saints Is now certain. For.
IN families have already made arrange.
mCnts tu take M In tile Colorado beet
sugar town. Many other families OF
the same faith arr said tu have dccid.
cd to follow tile forty now on the way
TO Grand Junction. nnd that Grand
Junction will soon bc so largely popu.
lated hy Morinons that they may u"
able io control its politics Ia now
thought to l~ highly probable. Tie
Grand junction sugar-bcct factory is
preparing to jo a much larger business
This wear than last. Grand junction
citizens who were In Denver ycstcr-
,ny cxprcss the fear that too large an
Influx Of Mormous would take the 20.
Ijticnl control of affairs out of The
hands of those who have lived IN
,;rnnd Junction for years. An effor,
will bc made to guard against this.
The Mormon culonists Will bc directly