Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01
COLORADO NOTES.

institute Raspberry Day ns local hol'
iday. TO which visitors will he invited.
Warden Hoyt. in response TO the rec
ommendatlon OF the Board OF Penltcn'
tiary. Commissioners that he be re
moved. hi,S asked for an Investigation
OF Ills conduct OF the institution.
The county assessors In the south
eastern counties OF the state nr" about
TO make n test case Of the attempts
OF cnttlemcn to escape taxation. Near
ly 5000 head OF southern cattle have
been imported since May lst. and he
fore May LIST. 1901. they VIII have bcen
marketed. thus escaping taxation. .f
l.. 4. Thompson. editor AMI publisher
OF tho Weld County Republican. has
received n telegram from Washington
from A. W. Nachcn. superintendent o'
the rural delivery system, stating that
lie has been appointed. upon the RECON-
incndntion OF Senator l.. u. Wolcoit.
special agent OF rural free delivery.
At q meeting Of the Retail Mcr.
chants Association OF the Cripple
Greek district. u resolution was adopt
cL rtntinI that In View NJ the fact that
o'clock closin: had not hccn made
universal throughout the district IN.
members OF the association Will hcfcat-
ter keep their stores open until \ y. III.
The Clerks Union has attempted 10 en-
force THE early closin: movement Tor
the pust week. hut without success
Mrs. J. \. Hayes Of Colorad" Springs
VIII bc the new daughter Of the Coli
fc,icrucy. taking tile place In the hearts
OF the Souihcrncrs mndc vacant by thu
death or her sister. Miss Winnie Davis.
Mrs. Hayes Is the eldest daughter of
tho former president of the confci"r-
ate states 4 special ear was sent 10
take Mrs. Hayes To Chicago. from
whence she VIII start on n rinmphnl
tonr To Louisville. The Confederate
veterans are holding their reunion
there. -. #H4lI fH
The complete program for s,rawbrr.
ry bay exercises. Juno iIth. Ut Glen
wood Il being pubiislic-i. II embraces
entertainment FOR NIL classes OF people.
ard M attractive feature II that every
thing viii bc FREE. The management
has decided io have u mrsk carnival
from 3 to Z o'clock u. m. dnrin. which
the mayor Inns proclaimed that all per-
SONS must bc merry. Two grand balls
VII! bc In progress all night. cbmmcnc-
Ing ut = o'clock. one ~ the Opcrn house
and the other In the Public sluar. and
under the starry sky. \ fr,. hath In
The mammoth pool ard all the l@rrics
and cream that one can eat VIII be
| features. as In former years.
According To u story told 10y c. l..
| Stonakcr. SECRETARY OF the state hoard
| Of s:,,nris H.s and corrections. a prupcsi-
ton was presented to the national con
ference OF charities atiL corrections
which closed recently 1T Topeka. for
the formation OF u matrimonial bureau
whereby the surplus OF innrrinIcabic
daughters OF Massachusetts. might bc
welded to the Industrious but bashful
Kansas and Colorado farmer boys.
This question was discussed In all ser
iousncss by the conference" says Mr..
Stonakcr ''Tlic discussion followed
Prof. +. W. Blackmnr OF the Kansas
University. gn Social Dcgcncracy In
Rural Distritts.'"
Lake county can. by absolutely idcn.
Trying tho funding bonds issued In cS'
cess Of the constitutional Indebtedness.
rcpudiatc them except there he clause
on the face OF the bonds siipuln ting
that the bonds avc not issued In excess
OF the limitations. This is the ruling
Judge ltincr made in the federal court
yesterday In the case N Flora Y. Lucas
against the county commissioners ana
involving about $4,000 OF the bonds In
dispute. which reach total OF half
million dollars, about SjS,OOO OF which
are legal. The ruling of Judge Riner
seems to reverse that Judge Marshall
made several weeks ago from the same
bench affecting bonds Of the same issue
and under the same circumstances.
But there Is a great difference In inc
value OF the evidence submitted nnd
affecting the vital point
Joseph Decovi, an Italian miner. had
n horrible experience at Ourny the other
day. Dccovi is employed nj thc Reve-
nue. mine, and. while at work near the
shaft. stumbled and fell hcadlong into
the opening. The rope cable. attached
TO the windlass above, was swayinG IN
the shaft, and Dccovi, in falling. by
the mcrest chance. caught hold OF ~.
But It only partially impcdcd his fall.
The rope, rapidly passing through his
hands, tore and burned the flesh In n
shocking manner. But Dccovt mndiy
hung on. and In a few seconds reached
the bottom of the shaft. more uend
tlinn alive, having slid down the cable
n distance of 800 feet Dccovi was un.
conscious when found. The fcsh OF
his hands was nearly torn on, ana
what was left was burned 10 crisp
exposing the bones.
At n mcetlnK Oh inc S'"" .,',
School Board of Greeley on the som
the following business was TRANSACTED:
Professor G. Il. Work resigned to take
charge of the Department OF Manual
Training OF the San Francisco schools
at a salary of S2.7O0 "A year. DIR. y. q.
Dexter resigned to take charge OF the
Department OF Pedagogy OF the Uni
ycrsity Of Illinois: Professor n. n.
Freeman sewers his connection Win
thc state Normal School and goes to
thc Chicago University to take charge
of the field work of geology ana sur
ycying carried on by the university.
and at the same time he does work Tor
his Goctors degree. DR.. j. w. Hall re-
signs and goes to the university at CO.
lumbtis. Ohio. ms a fellow In the teach
crs college. Professor L. q. Butcher
r,,o,iync tho cbuir Of Modern Lam