Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-06
COLORADO NOTES.

tue Ihll campaign.
The frohlbItionsts OF Colorado are
Preparing 10 agitate the submission
Vi temperance amendment.
Three thousand dollars has been
raised lE subscriptions for the forma-
uoh OF polo club In Colorado Springs.
On his short private visit TO Boulder
August 18th, ". ]. Bryan spoke To n
small impromtu gathering in the court
room.
Normal Institutes throughout the
state this year report large attend
ance aud good work done. The profess
hlonhl spirit In teachers seems 10 be ln'
crcaslng.
Francis Truth. the so-called "hcalc-,"
VINO has been operating In Denver and
who was arrested ON several charges,
has agreed To 90 out OF the business in
Denver and cndcayor 10 get heelcd In
some other vocation.
Mrs, Matte Wilson has been appoint
ed county superintendent OF schools by
the county commissioners OF Fremont
county. She succeeds the late super.
intcndcnt. ]. VI. Hanks. who died re-
Gently, and Is sister OF Mr.. Hanks.
Governor Ormnn has issued q rclul-
s!tlon on the governor OF Oregon for
the return to Fort Collins OF Mike Bcr-
ry. the bicycle thief. who made his cs-
cape from the Fort Collins jail some
days ago, and Il now under arrest In
that state.
"a grocery, boarding tent. n book
store and poStoilicc. n church. and
nearly go families living In tents I'LL.
cd with several hundreds of people" IL
the inventory morning paper gives OF
the Seventh Day AdvcniiSts' camp
meeting In Denver.
II satisfactory arrangements can be
made with the American Sugar Beet
nui Irrigated Land Company for 9,up
acres Of land under the reservoirs north
OF Lamar. II colony Of so families
from the eastern and central states VIII
be located there at once.
Richard Humphrey. nn old resident
OF Coal Greek. committed suicide Au-
gust aGth. by shooting himself through
the heart. lie was siNty.onc years OF
age and leaves a wife and several
children. He had been suffering from
IN abccSs In the brain caused by in-
jurics received In a mine.
August was the heaviest month or
| tourist travel Colorado has ever known,
| It the baggage records at the union de-
| not In Denver are correct Index. Thc
| number OF pieces handled was 113,5bs,
| while for July II was but lop'Sip rms
Is also an Increase over August OF last
year OF 1880 pieces.
The Beaver Greek Reservoir Com
pany has been Incorporated at Fort
Collins with Philip Wilson. l.. j. Greg
ory and Charles \. Button as incor-
porntors. The purpose OF the corpora
ton is 90 construct and maintain SIX
reservoirs above the source OF BeaS-
or creek In Larimcr county.
d. F. Rockafcliow, proprietor OF the
Fruitmcrc farm, recently sent boS
of npplcs to Secretary Shutc OF the
state Horticultural Board. After she
had selected dozen for preservation
purposes. she sent the remainder TO
NIL the offices in the capitol building.
And when the woman had given them
apples they all ate.
John Bradford and Brick Price. cat
tlemcn living six miles OF Erie, en-
gagged In an argument a rev DAYS
since. They exchanged blows ana
finally rcsortcd TO firearms. y couple
of shots were exchanged but no hhrm
was done. Bradford Is the man whose
cabin was riddlcd by bullets some two
months ago by unknown parties.
Mancos dispatch TO the Denver
News. dated August 26th, says: Az
II 30 this morning an electric Dolt
killed n valuable horse ridden by Ar
thur Spencer and Spencer hinseii Is at
,hn point of death. Hyde Fielding,
who was riding beside him, was
stunned and thrown from MS morse.
The accident occurred about one mic
east of town.
A Colorado Springs dispatch says:
Definite plans have been finished FOR
tho new $4,000 hotel TO be erected by
Werner Reed Of this city nt Grand
Junction. and the contract VIII soon DC
Iet Mr.. Reed is now III Europe ana
will return about November. Inc no
tel will be two stories high ana coht'in
nftv rooms. 1t will be punt OF prlck.
The beet industry In Grand JUNCTION
ia attracting local capital, many
snr,m"s mon being heavily Interested.
Roth Mr. Reed and J. X. Mchihh'e
have large interests.
At o'clock in the morning, August
ooth tho cabin of sam Lecks, just pc
Ia,,, ,ho dump of the Eagles mine on
Rull. hill at Victor was blown up WIN
n charge of dynamite and completely
SomoIished. The ruins caught fire ana
were consumed. The escape from
deotb of Lccks. who was asleep III the
ooi;n nt the time. was almost miracu,
Ions The dynamite had been placed
honeoth his bed and he was thrown
Considerable distance with the mat
trnSs which undoubtedly saved ms
~ NJ. Thc explosion is believed to have
hnen @ the work of an enemy.
A negro about fifty years OF age was n
,.r,,ck by d. II Il. G. freight NO. oI'
81 snomt % one mile above Granite. Septem-
no,. % 1st and was instantly killed. me
uNnn uv, W. was walking down the track read
in~ , novel and was on very snhrp
IrS n,,,.va so that he was not observed Dy
Gu, tha " engineer until too late to preveht
.ho .no accident. He was fairly Wen
,rossnd sro and besides watch and cnaih
uaII uaJ $40 in money in his pocket tosesn-
nnu nn ,r,tb fif n ticlsst from Chicago to u
,,e, az wy" A small catholic prayer book wus
To fomrd in his pocket in which was @ VII, VIII.
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