Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-07-06
COLORADO NOTES.

great mining Doom.
7. A. Barrackman. OF Brighton. was
shot by tramp last Saturday.
With the exception OF 1881 last
month was the hottest June on record.
The town OF Nederland in Boulder
county had disastrous fire few days
ago.
General John Pierce. the man who
built the first house In Denver. died
last week.
A Colorado Springs boy died of by.
drophobla the other day. the result Of
the bite of dog.
The Tcxns.C Colorado Chautauqun has
opened ut Boulder under the most hap
py auspices. A list OF attractions has
been secured that Will doubtless draw
Immense crowds.
Professor Charles $. Crandnil OF the
department Of botany and horticulture
nj the State Agricultural College. has
resigned TO accept position In the sec
ton OF forestry department Of asri.
culture nt Washington. d. G.
All Of the coal miners at the Union
mine. sixteen miles above 6lcnwood OH
the Cardir branch Of the Midland.
went ON strike Monday. The cause up-
an Increase OF twenty cents per car for
digging and minor grievances. Fifty
men are involved.
Rumors nrc again rife concerning the
building OF a railroad from Florence
into Custer county. 4 few days ago
II was announced that the Denver 4
Rio Grnrdc directors had voted $780,
600 TO build line from Texas crcck
or Cotopaxi. This Inns stirred the Flor
cncc Southern Company. which four
years ago completed survey for
line 60 Silver Clin.
\ whole shift employed on the Santa
Rita mine has been discharged BE-
cause OF the disappearance OF some
high grade ore. The management was
unable to dctcc; III. thieves. and there
fore made the Wholesale discharge.
hoping to include the guilty parties In
the lot. II II said that the ore hns been
traced To- an assay oiiicr In Victor. Fur
thcr Developments are expected.
The potato crop. which il an import.
ant one In Lnrlmcr county. Is coming
on finely. Onions and cnbbaE,--. both
Of which arr largely cultivated In the
Poudrc valley. arr showing finc
growth and promise large yield.
Strawberries nnd other small fruits
arc bearing abundaniiy. Home grown
Strawberries have been on the market
for the past two weeks and are large
and luscious. Cherries viii be ripe
mex; week and will produce heavily.
The people east OF Bcrthoud are re.
Joicing over the fact that they are I"
have rural free delivery of mall. For
some time they have been clamorinr
for the establishment Of a mail route.
and their efforts to secure the same
have been rewarded. The route covers
the territory east Of Bcrihoud only. cS.
tending about nine miles east and GOV.
cring a distance OF about twcnty-six
miles. To establish the route 100
namcs-1OD families had to bc secured.
but the service viii benefit perhaps Zoo
people.
Friday morning II became known
that work had begun on the grade for
the Florence Southern. Upon invcsti.
gntion 1t was learned that upon In.
structions received from headquarters
at Denver. Frank Ruby put a dozen
men TO work ON the company's survey
parnilciing the Rio Grundc around
Vinegar hill. In extension OF the work
done several years ago on Railroad
street. The men worked all night and
had completed considerable grading
Mt daybrcak. When Mr.. Ruby was
nskcd by reporter about the work
being done mt this time on the Florence
Southern. he replied that II was sim.
ply done TO hold It's right Of wny In
view OF early developments pertaining
to the construction OF the line into Gus
ter county.
For some time trouble has been brew
Ing between the tcamstcrs of Lyons
and the owners OF the toll road between
there and Estes park. The climax was
reached the other day when John
Walker and Norman Billings attempted
to pass the gate without paying toll.
The company had placed in charge OF
the gate Charles Knapp OF Longmont,
who claims he has instructions TO col
iect toll or keep parties from going over
the rond. even should he be compelled
TO kill them ut the gate. When Walker
mud Billings made an attempt to pass
the gntc. Knapp promptly presented n
cooked revolver. and leveling IL at
Walker told him that he would certain
ly kill him IL he attempted to pass with
out paving toll. The argument en-.
forced by the gun was convincing and
Toll was promptly paid. However. the
end is far from being reached ns yet
That nm attempt will probably be
made TO force the road open by deter
mined men.
What within comparatively short
time will be the largest coke plant In
the West is now In Its infancy mt Red
stone, Pitsin county. according TO
Henry Dcnmnn. state coal mine In
spcctor, Near Rcdstonc. Pitkin coun.
ty. he found n new mine. the Coal
basin, in operation under the propric.
torship of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company. Some development work
was done on this property about -four
years ngo. but the mine was nban.
doncd. The Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company prospcctcd the ground later
and found that 1t produced n fine uunl.
ity OF bituminous coal. especially |
nG,nted for the manufacture of coke. !
Rcccntly the company began taking |
Int s.,..Iatl, 4l,aa aiial alli:,.. :.