Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-12-20
COLORADO NOTES.

Hog cholera has recently carried OF
q good many hogs In the. Arkansas val
ley near Florence.
By q quit-claim deed from other heirs,
Admiral Dewey has become the owner
Of q lot In Denver.
Colorado Springs capitalists talk of
building summer concert hall ut La
Vergne. new suburb just south OF
Colorado City.
The Brighton Vegetable Growers
Association has been organized by the
gardeners living In the Platte valley
near Brighton.
Michael Ambro. aged eighty four.
was struck by a freight train and In
stantly killed ut Colorado Springs on
the 18th instant
Holyoke people now ''hello" on new
telephone line which they hope TO have
connected with the long distance line
before long.
Hosea Townsend Of Colorado has
been reappointed Judge OF the United
States Court (Southcrn district of In
dian Territory.
The City Council Of Victor refused
to grant n license for saloon In the
Richilieu hotel on account Of II being
close to church.
Tho butchers OF Florence have or
Gnnixed to combat an alleged traffic In
horse flesh, which. Il Is asserted. IL be-
ing sold by peddlers ms beef.
Judge J. L. Scmmcs, adjutant OF rhe
department Of Colorado. Pntriarchs
Militant. j. o. o. f.. died suddenly ut
Colorado Spr'ugs on the 18th Instant
Of heart failure.
The Railway Mems Cooperative
Supply Association will start coop
erative store In Denver with cash
capital OF $4,000. G. NJ. Hubert 10
president OF the association.
The enrolment Of students at tho
State Agricultural College. Fort Col
Inns, hns reached i2S. This Is the larH-
est number registered at single
term in the history Of the institution.
Tho Colorado Telephone Company
has just completed nm extension Of Its
lines from Livcrmore. I.arimer county.
to 81. Cloud, distance OF twenty
miles, where Il reaches mn important
cattle section.
Thomas Preston Brooke. q Chicago
man. IL said TO he plannin. a telescope
that will. he prcdicts. bring the moon
to an apparent distance Of only eight
miles from the earth. He proposes to
build au observatory for Il on the top
OF Gny's peak. Colorado.
Lawrence Hex. a negro. ON trial at
Pueblo for the murder Of Lizzie Alley
and William White. both colored. waa
found guilty by the jury. who also
agreed upon the death penalty. His
was the drst murder trial In the Pueblo
courts since the enactment Of the capi-
tai punishmcnt law. ~ II
McmbcM Of thc Denver Restaurant
Keeper Association have devised q
scheme to buy farm and raise onions
on cooperative plan for USE In their
restaurants. The farm. Il II said. will
soon bc purchased. Every kind OF tn
bic dclicacy that may como under tho
head Of Vegetables will b. raised.
A. r. Gumaicr. purchaser Of the For
ter stock OF thoroughbred horses in
Denver. last week. II preparing to
build race track on his land south Of
Flogcncc and will also put up finc sta
biea He has already fenced in several
thousand acres. The animals will ar-
rive soon. They wcrc purchased at
cost ot $35.OO.
ans nj Canon City hns attracted con-
efees"cs' Ss'osth sAtobkhouh aAsC
state. Mr.. Adams wns eighty. four
years Of age and established the Hap
list church In Fort Bcnt. Lavctn aud
Durango. He travelled all over tho
southwestern part Of the state In the
carly days. bcforc thcrc wcrc nuy
roads. making his trips In the saddle.
The Colorado State Grunge. Of the or.
der Of the Patrons Of Husbnndry. will
meet in Twcnty.ciIhih annual session
In Lincoln hall. No. f5l5 1.nrimcr
street. Denver. on Tuesday. January
14th. At 10 o'clock q. m. and continue
In ecssion three days or until the bust.
hess Of the meeting shall be concluded.
The Hfth and sixth degrees OF the or
der will be conferred Wednesday even.
ing. January 18th.
A party OF distinguished steel mag.
nntcs visited Pueblo on the 18th in.
stnnt, among whom were John W.
Gates Of Chicago. Colonel John Lam.
bert. Chairman ]. Q. Osgood OF the
board Of directors: President ]. A.
kcblcr. ]. ]. Mitchell. president OF tho
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank,
and J. r. Hutchlns OF the Illinois Loan
and Trust Company. They refused TO
be interviewed on subjects pertaining
to tho G. +. & !. Company.
The Colorado Fur and Feather As
ISOLATION has secured Coliseum hall.
Denver. in which to hold its annual
exhibition. January 1918, 1907. Tho
exhibit will consist Of all varieties Of
poultry. cats. pigeons. canarics. rabbits
pass even the large display of last
year. Entries nrc being made from nil
portions Of the state. The association
pays cxprcssngc both ways upon ali
state entries amounting to $3.50 or
over.
A telegram has been received Mt
Cripple Creek by Secretary Arthur
Francis OF the Trnnsmississippi Con.
grcss from Governor Prince OF New
Mexico. chairman OF the congressional
committee of the congress. announcing