Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-15
COLORADO NOTES.

Ken into ana foDDcl OF Spoo oa inc o'h'
The Denver mint has received u
supposed gold brick which was found
to be pure copper, worth about 50 In
stead of $4,000. II was bought by
William Kerr, president OF bank Mt
Hastings, Nebraska. Kerr paid II
slick sharper $4,000 for 1t.
The State Federation OF Labor In
session at Cripple Greek elected the fol
lowing officers: President. ID. q.
Coates. Pueblo; vice president, Il. Z.
Campbell, Cripple Greek; second Vice
president, II. j. Bowdcn, Sllverion:
secretary. J. X. Robinson. Denver;
treasurer. Joy Pollard. Altman: eSecu'
tive board. ii. l.. Garman. Denver. and
+. g. Anderson. Colorado Springs.
George. the nIne-year-old son OF J..
Bull. a ranchcr living about eight miles
west OF Carbondalc. was thrown from
n broncho. His foot caught In the
stirrup and he was killed by being
dragged by the frightened pony. The
boy had been sent to a neighborinG
ranch on an errand and was about 10
return home when the pony became
frightened ana started on on Its wild
run. When caught. the boys life
was extinct. The body Will bc taken
TO the former home OF the parents at
Lcndvilie for interment.
The Cassagrandc brothers were ar
rested near Ouray on the 10th for
stealing ore. They had two sacks OF
the Camp Bird ore In their possession
mt the time. Several months ago they
were ARRESTED In Telluride on u sim
liar charge. and under similar condi'
tions. and after getting out OF the
trouble they Immediately went TO Ou'
ray. They are Aus,rians. The dis,
trict Is infested with n well organized
gang OF ore thieves. who have been
operating FOR months. Officers think
their fence Is In ouray. and that dis.
gulsed shipments arc made from that
point They hope TO unearth the
whole scheme.
The city OF Lcadvlllc has given Its
ultimatum TO the water company rcla'
tive 60 the proposed rate offered by the
company FOR furnishing the city and
the residents OF Lcadvilic with water.
Recently the aldermen found many
things to change. and believing that
they could erect municipal water
plant for about S2OJ.ODp. they mad. u
new schedule OF rates. which was pre-
scntcd TO the water company. This
demand from the city asks for u mum.
her OF changes and also material ~
duction In general on water rates.
The city gives the water company ten
days In which TO give It's inal answer.
and. In case the demand Is not com.
piled with. preparations VIII bc made
Tor erecting municipal water plant.
The United oil Company OF Florence
has been engaged for some time put.
ting down oil well No. I'D. about three
miles east Of the developed territory.
In which several OF the oldest produc.
lea. Ii L. -.
OF the new well was completed and
pumping began n day or two ago at u
rate OF about 100 barrels. II IL hold.
Ing UP TO this quantity yot pretty close
iy. The company Is much pleased nj
the results, as they Indicate an cxtcn.
sion OF good oil territory further east
In the field than has yet been dcvcl.
opcd. Active preparations arc going
on. and n number OF good strikes are
expected soon The Florence Refining
Company IL now pumping two new
wells northwest Of the city and just
across the river near Cyanide. one OF
them il pumping a large quantity OF
oil. while the other. In which oil was
struck recently. Is an average pro-
ducer.
Quite number OF delegates who oh
5ccted to the action OF the State Fed.
met Mt Cripple Creek after the final
adjournment Of the convention and re-.
solved themselves In the United Ia.
Dor party. Organization was perfect
cd by clccting W. W. Ferguson of Vic
tor chairman OF the state committee
and w. a. Gibson of Lcadvilic secrc-
tary. An executive committee consist.
ing OF :. Il. LAWRENCE OF Teller. Thom.
as Andrews OF FL Paso, w. +. Cy-
piers OF Arapahoc. W. a. Gibson OF
Lake. Charles Kane OF Pueblo was Sc
lcctcd. \ chairman in each county
will be selected and organization at.
tempted In every county in the state.
The ticket selected by the referendum
Of the State Federation was nominated
and motion adopted that there
should be no trading or indorsing OF
other candidates. The plan of action
| and procedure provided by the COM
\ mittce of the State Federation was
adopted as was also the platform turn.
ed down by that body.
Between o and 9:30 o'clock Thursday
citizens of Georgetown were aroused
| by the ringing Of the fire bells and the
| blowing of almost every whistle in
| town. The cause was the breaking Of
the lcvec just above town which turns
| Clear creek around the town. As n re-
suit the whole eastern part of George
| town below Sixth street and between
| Eighth and Main streets Is under at
| least three feet of water and at least
| twenty-five families are homeless.
| Many more We're surrounded by wa
ter. The general damage will amount
to between $4,000 and $4,000. Clear
creek has had an immense amount Of
water this year. in fact more than ever
| before III its history. and, for the past
week watchers have been stationed all
along the creek bank and ut the reser-
vOir above to give the alarm IL there
should be break. Just above town
under the high bridge of the loop IL
the DEVILS Gate. furnishing power to
the mines and light to the city. This
gave way, sending wall of water ten
| foot hlnh down on thu tnNNn N.hiL.h