Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30
COLORADO NOTES.

| statement OF slecIiOn expenses, whieh
shows that his reelection cost HIN
Sl.iiO.
Til. new Odd Fellows building AZ
Ward Was destroyed by iir. November
:ith. IL WAS me building ana cost
about sio.oc
Former State Treasurer Harry T..
MuiniN is seriously III with Iyphoid
fever in Denyer. lie was removed from
his resiiene. 10 NJ, Lnkeis hospital.
\ reward OF si6o is offered by the
Modern Wooimen for the recovery OF
the Remains OF John q. Riley, who ten
Into wers-nham's lake. near ifouid.f'
The tirst SHOW piows called into use
in Colorado this year w-E. sent TO Al
pine pass on the -Jsh inst. by the Colo.
rEido 4 Southern road, -Four tee1 OF
snow was reported in places
John II. Bennett. deputy clerk OF
Clear Cnr.k county. died al Denver No
yeint-r ..5th. Mr.. ii-hnstl had b--n
sick for but n short tim. ani WAS IN
Denver for treatment.
The tirst issue OF the Pueblo Even
Ing Journal made its appearance. u
takes III. piae- OF the former Pueblo
Press. which plant was purchased by
the stock company lssnihs the Journal
Thomas =. Walsh, owner OF the Camp
Blrd mine. made but short stay III
Colorado and may not F-turn again ,ill
next spring. Mr.. Walsh and his VII.
icfr Denver for Chicago few days
ago.
In the case OF Airs. John Andrews.
who sur,i the city OF Golden for sio.-
GO damages for Injuries allrsci 10
hav. been received by falling OF n
bridge ia is;Si. the jury brought In a
verdict In favor Of the city.
II j. positively asserted In Denver
that W. =. Siration proposes TO build
nm Immense business block next spring
on the corner OF Seventeenth and Wei
ton streets ni n cost appEoxlmaiins 81.
OSp.npS
An alteration about wages led To a
shooting nfrFay nj Eldorn on the 18th
inst. in which Manager Bailey OF the
Enterprise min- WIS shot In the arm
by one oi the miners who had come III
body to demand their pay.
The Boulder Fruit Growers Associ'
alton has ordered a carload of berry
boxes FOR next years use. to Ia dcliv-
erred in D-crml-r. Two and perhaps
three additional carloads will bc dcliS-
erred later on.
Herbert K-mpton. Socialist Labor
candidate for rcsrn, of the State Uni.
vcrslty. has iiicd u statement showing
that hI~ entire campaign expenses
amounted to only y, cents. and adds:
And icponcnt saith. not one cent
more"
While with a group Of children
around bonfire OF dead leaves at the
corner OF Eighth and Platte streets. a
few days ago. the dress OF four-ycar-
old Mary Bauer took fire and the little
one was burned 81 that she died OF her
Injuries.
The secretary Of the interior has de-
MED the motion for "A review OF the de-
partmcntal decision Cancclling Walter
=. Cheeseman's entry OF the Miller
placer claim. In the Denver land dis
trict. This claim il from thirty to nifty
feet wide and three miles long.
Aionzo Wclty. the pioneer livcryman
OF Cripple Creek. died November 2Gth
from the effects OF injuries received by
him In n runaway on October 9TH. His
wife suffered mortal injuries Mt the
same time and expired on the same
day that the accident occurred.
A stranger by the name OF Smith.
who had arrived only the night before.
fell into the big hot spring at Pagosa
Springs on the plight OF November
2:srd and was foul dead in the spring
the next morning. II Is thought possi-
blc thnt II was n case OF suicide.
Thomas +. Walsh of Colorado was
elected president OF the National Irriga.
ton Congress at Chicago. Two meet.
ings will be held next year. the first ut
Colorado Springs. Coloi, do. either just
before or just after the Transmissis-
sippi Congress. and the second at Buff
falo in October, during the Pan-Amer-
lean Exposition in that city.
The Denver News says: Boulder
people are wondering what is the prop
er basis for calculating population
since equal suffrage came into the
state. Is half the population OF such
II county as Boulder entitled to vote
or was the recent federal census n hol-
low mockery? The registration of the
county was 1O.2JO. and of this number
9.1GG voted November 9th. The pop
ulation of the county is given at 21,-
JII."
In his report on the public building
operations in the West the supervising
architect of the treasury says: THE
site Of the Leadvillc postofice has been
selected. but further progress looking
to the erection of the building is held
up awaiting an opinion from the attor-
ncy general as to the validity of title.
Twelve thousand dollars is now coy-
cred by contract liabilities, leaving
S12910 actually available for interior
finish. There has been total .expendi-
ture on the Pueblo postoilicc of S292.-
2S6 and the available balance now on
hand is ST,31O.
Employment agents for the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company are trying n
new experiment in the matter of en-
ployes at the steel works, says the Pu-
eblo Chieftain. They have recently
put twcnty-cight Greeks to work there.
and If they turn out to be good men n
large number will probably be brought
to Pueblo and given situations. The
Greeks are Il new addition to Pucblo's
population. and besides those NOW oil