Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-08-03
COLORADO NOTES.

creiise IN tourist business this summer
is fully thirty per cent. over last year.
At Victor last Tuesday mornin. n
heavy rain fell. accompanied by an
electrical display that n.ccssitated
shutting down the power houses.
Rural free delivery service viii he
established In Colorado. August 18th.
ns follows: La Junia. Otero county.
one carrier. area covered hfty-iwo
square miles. population served. 725;
carrier. Paul Baker. l.onsmont, Boul.
der county, one carrier. area covered
foriy.four square miles. population
served. 40; carrier. X. n. Titus.
William Baxter. u ranchlnan. unniar.
ried. living IN itoutt county. shot and
Instantly killed william Polmcar. Ills
nci.hlor. The murdered man leaves
widow aud family Of small chIi.
drcn. The troubl. II said To have orig.
mated over stories circulated by BaS-
ter. nnd that when Il. WIS called down
10y I'olmcar. who is a small man aud
was unarin.i. Baxter shot him.
The SECRETARY OF state collected
x2..6k5'rb gu the :s;th Ia fees for incor.
poriiions. The S.sDHD mark will soon
hcrcacic'i. TIL. ivincipai firm incorpor.
nic'i is the Siraiion Cripple Greek Min.
Ing aud Development Company capi.
taiix-d nt xi0GsiOS. aud paid fcc of
S1.Jp2. The company l. Wyomin.
corporation. Of which Winfield y. STRAIT.
ton is the Colorado agent. Its Coloru,l"
oific- will bc In Colorado Springs. The
inrorl,orutors In Wyoming arr ". y.
Stratton. ". 4. Nnms-y. ". 4. Bal,i.
win. The shares arr of the par value
Of ~ CENTS each. and thcrc Will lc ~.
ssb.sD of them. 4 i,narsi ii i've trtis-
tees will manage affairs. The trustees
for the first year arr ". =. Stratton.
". \. Ramsey. ". 4. baldwin. 1aincs
II. Emerson ani u. II. iticc. business
viii l.. carried ON ih Utah. Idaho. Mon.
t.na. Oregon. Washington. California.
Nevada. Arizona. New Mexico and oiL
M-Nico.
The q. \. u. department council of
administration met ub The 18th NJ III,
state capital An appropriation Of S.ssi
was v.l,-i to ,i-fTny the EXPENSES of
the department commander aud hi. ad.
Juttui. an their trip To Chicago io til.
national cncamln-nt August 9Th. The
Important bu-in,... III the injecting.
however. was 10 hx the date nni place
for the next department cnc1inpuicni.
There was considerable rivalry Tor the
honor of having the ~ncainptncnt ot
nsst. ~ wn- trrids-i tc meet In t'urs,'
io. April 10Th. iith aad 18th. iiDi.
Apsil 18th is the last clay Of the next
department ciicampnirnt. which Will IL
the anniversary of the surrender of
Fort Sumpt-r. rucbio'- claim. were
presented by Upton Post nni Relief
.urp., The council IL 10 excellent II
nap-ial cpidition ani ordered that x.ssi
II. invested In government lrrn,ls. Al.
ready niorr than si.Ssb has ts~n thus
Invested nnd ihcr- l. still NOR" than
si..S Ia cash In the treasury.
Game and Fish day will L. celebrated
at Steamboat Springs September 18Th
aud ftsh. The executive committee
having IN charge the celebration IL com.
to..i uf James IL. Crawford. chair.
man: q. II. t.sckcbby. secretary: J. y.
McN'iiiian<. y. \. Mcicnlf and H. L..
jefferson. They have succcs-lci in
raising hy subscription u large amount
.f money anL fully St.SSo will H. eN.
I-,i,lcd in giving the visitors good
time The principal feature. of course.
will i,,. the wild game barbecue. and
arrangements arr bcinr male I" make
this feature even norr -,icccs-ful than
last year. The hunting will l- III
charge Of the St.ami,cat Springs .uii
Club. in which ar- some Of the crack
shots ~ the state. The lsnrhsr,ic VIII
consist uf hear. dc-r. elk. fcaih-rcd
game and fish. Preparations viii tr
mad, Z. feed 5000 people. The gath.
crins of the meat will i- n hir job.
but will b,, done In strict accordance
with the law. outside sportsmcn will
l-, utilized. ut least such n wish 4"
i,ju in the hunt under the direction of
LEGAL guides.
\ meeting Of the mayors Of the diff
fcr,nt cities and towns In the Cripple
Creek district was held in Cripple
Greek ON the 9Th inst. Among the
things which came before the meeting
w,rc the following resolutions. offered
by Nny,r W. Z. punnclly of Victor.
which were unanimously adopted. The
resolutions. which were given out to.
,iny. ar, as follows: Resolved. that
,h,. MAYORS Of the different cities aud
towns whose names arr hcrcunt" Hp-
ucn,,,,I, viz. Cripple Creek. Victor. An
n.np,ln. Gnl,Iticii. Altman. Cameron
ppJ I;iIlrtt. use every means IN iIicir
powrr tu enforce the laws of the state
,f Colorado and the orlinnnccs OF their
respective cities and towns with refer
rpcc To gambling and gaines Of Glance;
and b, II further resolved. that the un-
,l,rsirpy,I MS mayors of the cities anu
,n,,ns wbns, names follow their sigma.
lures. instruct the city ana town mar.
sbpls OF their respective cities and
towns To- notify all owners of games OF
chance and gambling devices. also all
r,rs,us I'm any way connected with or
interested in such games OF chance, or
gambling devices. that Oh and after the
bour Of midnight on the fourth day of
August, \. u. 1900. all gambling slnli
cease. and that any games OF chance
,r Gambling devices found In operation.
ar gambling devices OF any nature
found In the possession OF any person
whatsoever. on and utter the above
mentioned date, shall he seized anu
Jr,Ii with according to law" The de-
termination Of the officials IN the diner.
ont towns Of the district TO close All
the gambling houses was sren, SUI
,,.,,n n, tb, prorrictors OF those places.
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