Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-12-28
COLORADO NOTES.

Susht thr,ofS nj lprhNcf.
4 movement Is on foo, nt Gicnwood
Springs Ia organize n home company
and run prospecting tunnel Into one
OF the mountains near the city.
The Teller County lar Association
gave n banquet In the National hotel
In Cripple Greek on the night OF DE
ccmbcr End. Covers were laid for loo.
The stats engineers report shows
III. Taylor state road Will b. great
bcne..t To the state when completed.
Alrcauy 900 hns been spent on TINS
thoroushinn-.
The Eaton school has opened again,
after b-ins closed week ON account
OF scarlet fever. There are no new
eases in the district. and the Few cases
were of mild form.
Teller county paid out during the
past year <l..ri0 Tor kccicy cure !"
drunknri.. making n total expenditure
for poor OF SS,vsi.i2 LAX. county,
biil was <i3....iJ.5 and Morgan *sssss''
Th. Hoffman Milling Company Is
erecting u new luSsnck merchant
iiourin: mill In Fort Collins. II Is To-
Gated thr.c.fourths OF u mile south
east of the postoiiicc and will bc drir'
en- by water power.
Florence men hnv. Incorporated In
III. oiiic- OF III. secretary of state. The
Florence Labor Mon iiuil,iinr Asso.
clation. The capital is $4,000. ani
the building viii h. used for hcndpunr'
tiers OF all labor unions Of Florence.
John Matthews. the man who nt-
TEMPTED To rob the iioss saloon on East
Rrnu-i, avenue. Cripple Creek. last
III aI...s l.af fsFn ls.F
been sentenced by In,ir. Harris To MI
ln,ic,crinInnt- term In the Bucna Vista
rcforinaiory To not exceed fifteen years.
In the criminal court nj Denver yes
t,r,iny the ease OF william w. Andcr'
son. who shot Fred Boniiis and IL. ii.
Tammcn. propriciofs Of the Post. came
m on the 10Th Inst. for II. second trial.
hut on motion of defendants counsel u
postponcmcnt was taken until the next
term.
The Rev. Thomas \. Uzzch. who
has for years done u magnificent work
In the slums OF Denver. appeals to the
public for funds to complete his new
tabernacle ON which S:I..aS has NJ
ready been expended. tn. sum OF S'.'
go is needed 10 complete present con-
tracts.
The contract for building twenty-five
miles OF railway from Trinidad uP thr
Purgatoirc river was awarded by the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Ia
the firm OF Ormnn \ Crook. OF wnich
the rovcrnor-cicct is member. The
road Is mainly built for the transpor'
tation OF lumber.
The Supreme Court has sustained the
right OF the state TO assess the cars OF
foreign corporations doing business III
this state. and thus upheld the state
Board OF Equalization. which has as
sumcd To take the action questioned py
the American Refrigerator 1rnihsi'
Company n a test suit.
George NJ. uuskins. FOR twelve years
associated with Frank &. Goudy In the
conduct OF the affairs OF the Rio
Grnndc Valley Land Company and Kin.
Jrcd companies. and who had served
MS treasurer and deputy clerk In Mesa
county and deputy auditor OF state
died in Denver December 1'th. OF con
sumption. lie leaves wife and five
children.
At Lake City. on the night Of De
ccmlrr nth. Jim Harrison got into an
alteration in n saloon with Dick l'rice
coInr,d. whom lie accused OF setIling
nroyisions from n cabin. Harrison
stabbed Price in the breast and arm
and when the city marshal. u. W.
Smcltzcr. tried to arrest Harrison the
latter stabbed Smcltzer five times IN
the abdomen. Harrison was arrested.
The report of State Engineer a. j,
NcCunc shows that 100000 acres OF
land are under ditch in this state and
are now being irrigated and that WITH
the bitches now in existence l,op,oo,
more acres can be irrigated than n,
present. a total of 10000 miles oi
bitches Is to be found In Colorado
which is just double the mileage oil
six years ago. This shows wonder
full advance in the work OF irrisatioi
in Colorado.
II is said that Joseph Lcsler Will cs
toblish his mint for the making OF ms
referendum souvenirs In Denver II inc
federal government VIII allow MN
TO coin his octagonnl money. he mas
rcfcrrcd the matter to District Attor
nov Greeley w. Whitford and expects
nIso ,o hear from Secretary Lyman
C,go The coinage of the money,
,,.hicb contains $50 grains of sterling
silver. may be intcrdictcd, but 1t mas
attracted great attention.
II N Henderson. the abscondinG
| ,ssist,nt cnshicr of the First Nnlonnl
Rank of Greeley. was captured in
imniI town eight miles from FL 1'nso
,rny,s Monday evening. December
iGtH % and City Marshal David Camp OF
greeley left for the southern city to
bring back the fugitive. since len lien
',,rsnn's disappearance on July lSth
last thc directors of the bank nave
lon. M A diligcnt search for him
Ticnndcrson's dcfalcation amounts to
about 100000.
Wages paid for work at the Besse, use.
stoo, works at Pueblo during the
,morth of November established an
ntEnr ,,'T new record in the history of the
nlnnt the total disbursements fSacnlnI r, mn,
rIii oGo ~. mn increase over the pay
-, car Ortohcr which, in turn, was
80 I 900 greater than any previous rec rec.
TarI %aU,IjT in The history of the mill. The
o,nn,oycs were paid one week carrier