Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-08-17
COLORADO NOTES.

fractions. The new dat. decided upon
is Thursday and Friday. August ~ ana
81.
Rey. u. y. Coyis. -. D.. OF San
Francisco has accepted the call OF the
Central Presbyterian Church OF Den
yer. and will occupy the pulpit the nrst
Sunday in October and thereafter. pf'
coyie has had II very successful pas
tornte In San Francisco.
w. !. Weaver 4 Co.. "a new oil com
pany In Florence. on well No. :. NJ z
depth Of over ..Os0 feet. struck prof
liable how Of oil. II will liz n day os
two before pumping can II. started.
but IL promises To liz on- OF the biggest
producers about Florence.
The directors Of the Colorado Fuel
& Iron Company have declared a diri-
dend OF eight per cent. GU the pre-
ferr~d stock. paynbi. September ON.
In February Of this year eight Per
cent. was declared. and In April eight
per cent. The remaining accumuiahSe
dividends due on the stock now amount
TO twelve per cent.
Tho stale attorney will nie suit
against the Pullman Car Company Tor
Sil.OoO on claims due for Incorporation
fees The company IL Incorporated III
than la Colorado. The rrincorporatiou
law requires them To fii- papers here
with the full amount Of capital Of the
home company. The company refused
to do this and the state wus obliged TO
bring suit.
Discoveries have been made by Pro-
fcssor Riggs Of the Field museum Of
Chicago. ON the banks Of the Gunnisou.
nnd are attracting much attention. The
bones Of dinosaur have been un-
carthcd by the professor and his men.
One bone il nine feet Ion. and others
arr 80 large that one mnn ID unable to
lift them. Alout onc-half Of the tnon-
sicr's isonr~ have niryady been taken
out OF the bad In which they have been
discovered and they will ic shipped 10
Chicago In few days and mounted.
The Chicago 4 Alton will. II Is re-
ported. Ia runnin. Into Denver before
tho nr-t of next year ON Its own tracks.
Negotiations nrc reported To bc pend
Ing for the sale to the company of the
Kansas pacidc branch Of the Union Pa.
ellie. thu acquisition Of which would
give the Alton direct line from Chica-
go and Kansas City TO Denver. via
Kansas City. The directors OF the Al.
ton and the Union Pacific will. II is
reported. meet In New York City the
LIST OF September and conclude ncro-
tintions for the transfer.
John NJ. Sinhi. secretary OF the Farm.
crs' National CongrSs. says that the
attendance nt the annual meeting TO be
held at Colorado Springs. August 10Th
and 18th. Will bc the largest In the his.
tory Of the congress. Delegates from
the New England and middle states
l..I
them TO Colorado Springs. Among the
subjects to I've discussed ARE the rcln-
ton Of farming TO manufacture and
merchant marine. inter-
canal. taxation. irrigation and
good roads. Among the speakers is
Baron Hermann. agricultural nttnche
of the German embassy nt Washing
ton.
Henry Van Loon. n cattleman living
miles south OF Aroyn, on
Rush creek. lost three boys. aged six.
eight and ten years, by suffocntion In
the sand. II IL. not known Just what
time the accident occurred. as the boys
left the home about 10 o'clock to play
In the sand some distance from tie
house. When they did not return by
noon the mother went In search OF
them. but could not lind them. Then
the father went To where they had
been iunncling In the sand and found
their shovel lying near where the sand
had caved In. Upon digging around he
found the dead bodies OF his three boys
buried deeply In the sand.
The work OF oad.gauging the en-
tire Mineral Belt system ut Leadville
Of the Colorado 4 Southern will begin
nj an early day. In fact start has
I.. a., sl,t
Bon Air and Bohn properties. In n day
or two the Colorado Midland connec-
lion with the Colorado l. Southern will
have been made near the Bon Air, ard
the completion Of the oad-gnuging
Will be quite an event In local railroad
history. 1t will mean that all of the
mines of the silverlead area will be
reached by n broad-gauge line, which
will do awdy with the necessity Of any
OF the ore, once II Ia loaded
on the cars. Under the old system the
ore from the narrow gauges had to
be reloaded into broad gauge cars, In
additional expense. The con
nection made by the Midland gives that
road an opportunity to compete on an
equal footing for ore, and furnishes
the Colorado 4 Southern an important
outlet.
Although Congress at the recent ses.
sion authorized the purchase of com
plete set of minting machinery for the
Denver mint. and made n partial an
preparation for the same. the Treasury
department has as yet taken no stems
toward letting the contract. The su.
pervisinS architect says that at the
present rate the mint building should
gs @ unuer roof not later than October.
The interior finish will then be com.
pleted In about twelve months, so that
the finished building should be turned
over to the government by November
or December of next year. At the of.
hce Of the director of, the mint II is
stated that when the building has been
placed under roof. a contract will he
made for building and setting nm tho
minting machinery. The officials claim
that this machinery can be supnlied