Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-22
COLORADO NOTES.


order to extend its business
Seven thousand people awaited them
selves OF the Invitation Ia eat straw
berries AT Glenwood Springs on the
10Th. The weather WAS fine and cv-
erything passed on pleasantly.
The Salvation Army colony near
Rocky Ford will engage Ia the dairy
business. II ID Ia "a prosperous con,
iition. Two additional sections of
land will be secured for the colony.
A second trainload OF German farm
ers from Nebraska have arrived nj SUI
gar City TO engage In raising b-ets. All
are experienced beet growers. The beei
crop II Ia line condition. with an .N'
ecptionaiiy good stand.
II was decided at a mass meeting Of
Pueblo citizens to send the children
remaining in the Fries Orphan Home
TO the Grays home On the mesa. pend
ing the result OF the work of the com
nitte- in establishing "a permanent
home for orphan children.
A iniiy-ho containing number Of
wives. friends aud daughters of the
druggists who have been holdin. their
annual meetin. in Mnnitou. was over
turned at the corner OF Cascade avenue
and 81. Nrnin streets. Colorado Springs
Al OF III. occupants Of the vehicle
were mow or i.ss injured. but none
seriously.
During an electrical storm AT Ber-
thoui Calvin wray. one OF the oldest
farmers In that section. was struck by
lightning while stacking hay. lie Is
still alive. but his recovery IL doubtful.
The bolt struck him ia the forehead.
took q downward course over his chest
and right i-.. tearing his clothing and
taking the shoe entirely OF the righ;
fopt. \ dark red line marked the course
OF the current across wray's body.
What may result In a fatal accident
occurred nj the wni-cn mine NJ Wal.
s-nburs ON tile 18th. Sallic Mckinxic.
about fourteen ycnrs of nsc. set firr TO
n cnn Of coal oil while using u to kin.
die firr. Before ussistnncr could ar.
rive her cloihc. were completely
burned OF. Al present she is resting
quietly. but there II little hope for her
recovery. An aged lady. while tryln:
To cxtinsulsh tho flames. was also
burned about the hands and face.
George. the nine y-ar.oid son OF +.
Hull. rnnchcr living about eight miles
west OF Carbondnir. was thrown from
broncho. His foot caught In the
siirrup and he was killed by being
dragged by the frightened pony. The
hoy had been sent to q ncIghborinr
ranch on mn crrand and was about TO
return home when the pony became
frightened aud started on ON Its wild
run. When caught. the boys life
was extinct. The body VIII b. taken
10 the former home OF the parents ai
Lcadvlllc for in,crmcnt.
The annual rcadJu.tmcnt Of pos,mas-
"a.
In Colorado nm Increase. commencing
July I. 1900. of <lUO per nnnum: Ala.
mosa. Bucnn Vista. Cripple Greek.
Florence. Gicnwood. t.cndviilc. Ourny.
Canon City. Fort Collins. Rocky Ford.
Black Hawk. Colorado Springs. Den.
yer. Fort Morgan. Grand Junction,
Mnnitou. Salitia The following will
he advanced 500: Telluride. Amc-
thyst. Del Nortc. I.onImont. walscn.
burg. Goldhcid will he Increased siD.
There will be- no decreases In the state.
The Egcrin Park Siockgrowcrs' Pro
tcctivc Association. mt Its meeting held
on the OH instant. strongly condemned
the action OF the land department In
asking Congress for permission to lease
the various forest reserves for grazing
purposes. The meeting voted to joiu
the Western Range Stockgrowcrs' As
ISOLATION. organized TO fight the leasing
OF the public domain. and levied n lib.
eral assessment to further the interests
of the organization. The settlers In
this section OF tho state nrc determined
to leave no stone unturncd in their cf.
forts to preserve the status quo of the
range industry.
Extensive improvements are being
made OH the Colorado division of the
Al x..tst In ha
boundaries OF the state IN being put In
good shape. and improvements are be.
ing made upon the roadbcd that will
make 1t as good rs any In the country.
Disintcgrnted granite ballast is being
used, making the track smooth ana
practically dustless. On fifty miles of
trnck In the Julesburg division an nj.
most entirely new roadbed Is being
made. Dirt ballast is being replaced
by stone, and all bridges are being re.
placed by stone culvcrts or small steel
bridges. on the Kansas Pacific branch
several gangs are putting in six-foot
stone culverts. Over the small stream
Mt Lowlands fifty-foot girler bridge
will be put in place shortly. The piling
for the stone abutmcnts Is being driven
and the big steel plate girders have
been unloaded on the spot.
n fatal fire occurred In Leadvilie OH
the 10th. 1t occurred shortly before
0:3O o'clock ut the Children's Mission
Home Mt 800 East Fifth street. and
through which thirty homeless ones
narrowly escaped with their lives,
while four were burned TO death while
endeavoring to escape. The four dead
are between the ages OF five and eight
years. They are Walter Bauman, Ar
thur Bauman. Eddie Turnipseed and
Frances Murphy. Mr.. and Mrs. G. A.
Thomas, who have charge of the home
In Lcadville. are both absent from the
city. Mrs. Thomas is in the East on n
vacation. while Mr.. Thomas was spend
ing the day in Glenwood Springs. The
home was In charge of two nurses. Hell.
en- and Rose Smith. The building was