Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-19
COLORADO NOTES.

Inc new Antlers hotel NJ Colorado
springs VIII he run strictly on the
European plan.
y correspondent estimates tile pEol,a-
Die value OF the beet sugar crop uf
heht county this year nt $4,000.
Thomas Thompson. IA weil,kHown resi-
d"ht OF Gold lin In Boulder county,
recently became insane and was taken
to the asylum at Pueblo.
The board OF trustees of Eaton lav.
passed oE,linnnc-s FOR I'll. issuance Of
tohd> to ibc amount OF <2JsS for put
iins In water works and 5000 for .lec-
tric lights.
Colorado IL ovcrilowIng with iniclicc,
this month. ClIau,auura assemblies,
teachers Institutes nnd summer schools
being all In full blast In various parts
Of the state.
4 large working model OF Cripple
Greek lins been proposed as one nf the
chief exhibits of this stale nj the ~.
Louis Worlds Fair In 1893.
The directory publishers who have
Just finished u new directory for luci'-
10. estimate the population nt 1900
The census OF 1860 gave Pueblo I'oi'-
nlniion of :s.I5'.
Til. committee on u new club build.
Ing for the Woman's Club Of Denver
announce $1,000 ON hand In the treas
ury Of the club and 5000 pledged on
subscriptions.
An automatic feeding headlight for
locomotives. Invented aud patented by
". T.. Wai,lfon OF Colorado Springs.
lias been successfully tested on the
local sir'ct railways.
Superintendent OF Fish lin'chcri.'s
Holland recently went To Estes park to
put o5.Sp young trout In the brooks of
that section. The fish were hatchcd III
the Denver hatchery.
The county commissioners OF Bent
county have appointed committee OF
ten TO arrange FOR u county fair TO bc
he'll at Las Aninns In September.
liberal appropriation was also made.
The Northern Colorado Produce AZ
.ociatiou met In Greeley and elected
the following directors for the ensuing
year: John Rankin. A. =. Muinrer.
Dan Wallace. y. y. Lester. John Hop
kins.
c, ". James OF Denver has been
chosen general secretary oi tie l. NJ.
c. a. ut Pueblo. after having made re-
markaliy successful record ns depart
ment secretary OF the Denver nssocih-
tion.
Everett Burton. serving niBciy.day
sentence In the county jail nj Trinidad
for adultery. made his escape ON the
sth Instant. lie fcigncd Illness ana
was placed in the sick ward. From
there he made his escape.
The committee In charge OF the hor.
tIculturc show NJ the Festival OF
Mountain and Plain ut Denver has de-
cI,lcd to divide the state into tile six
horticultural districts for the purpose
Of offering sweep stake prizes.
Arapal,oc county will take n few Sc
lcct boar,lcrs. 1t has agreed with Shcr-
In Adm Putnam OF Elbert county 10
keep In the Arapahoc county Jail such
prisoners as he cannot care for nt home
ut cost of 30 cents day each.
Five new street ears patterned after
the convertible open and closed ear.
which recently won grand prize nt
the Paris exposition. have been ordered
for the Colorado Springs railway ana
will probably be In operation by Sep
tcmbcr 1st.
Two terrible accidents occurred on
the same day Mt Pueblo on the 10th ill.,
stnut, from attempting to start 11rcs
with kerosene oil. Mrs. Francisco Nid-
man died Mt the Sisters hospital ana
Mrs. Snycrco Deldondo was taken to
the Pueblo hospital In apparently n dy-
Ing condition.
On. of the results OF the building of
,hr Short Line from Colorado Springs
Inns bcrn TO bring about u large III.
crrose IN tourist travel to the Cripple
Creek disf rict. Among the visitors
have bccn a larcg number OF Epwortll
League delegates on their way to Call
fornia.
pcu,h day ut Grand Junction will be
hold earlier than usual this year and
the celebration will last for three days,
wednesday. Thursday and Friday. Au-
r,s; oStl, 10Th and 3Oth. There Will
he horse races. baseball games ana
other sports TO give variety to the en-
tcrtainncnt.
A largely signed petition was recciv-
,,i nv ,l, Fort Lyons Canal Company,
directors while in session at Las AMI
mas n few DAYS ago. requesting that
.ui, br Instituted against the Anity
canal and the oxford Farmers canal
IN determine their rights to the use of
,v,trr MS against the rights of the Fort
Lyons canal. ......
Henry Oxnard. vice president of the
American Sugar Beet Company. csti-
mates that the total yield of beet sll.
gnr in Colorado for the year 1901 VIII
he 800. 600 sacks of 100 pounds cacn or
within lD.GNO sacks of s'tiicleht
,,,,,r,jty IN meet the entire demand OF
Colorado for sugar during twelve
months.
rh. Woman's Club of Boulder has
r.nucstcd that sewing be introduced
intn the sixth. seventh ana eighth
"r,drs of the public schools. that the
s,i,i. of these grades be required TO
,,kr instruction in this branch for one
homr pcr week and that some regular
,onchcr be engaged to give this in
struction.
Robert Weldon. representative from
I nrimrr county in the Thirteenth Gen
So, Issnmbly. was drowned on the ev-
',,,;rr or Julv 18th in the Big Thomp-