Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-08-09
COLORADO NOTES.

Charles II, simpson. who drew ioo
ncr"s in Ihe land lottery al i.awton.
has lived in Pueblo for somewhat over
year.
The Pueblo Y. NJ. e. 4. has added
my members ia three weeks since the
accession VI th. new secretary. Mr. &.
". James.
III" nfti",h annual meeting Of the
American Association for the Advance
ihrht OF sciencc VIII convene in Den
Yer August .sI,h.
Contracts are To d. let soon for the
construction 0T new Steel bTldsr
across Clear crr'E ON the Middle I'aEk
Foai nj Idaho Springs.
In DcRV-F 1n August I'll Carl Mcns
shot aud proisibiy fatally wounded HI,
n-Si'ioar acishbor. ". ID. Hogan. af
I'll" result II n family quarrel.
tn. death penalty law wcnt into cf.
'"rt ni midnight : isust isi, according
Ia an opiHion rendered by Assistant
Attorney General George Post.
The bcnv-r Eye. the principal sub
urban weekly paper of Denver. has
bcrn purchased from the estate OF J.
u. Garrison OF l.. y. LnllnEcr.
Delays IN the construction Of equip.
m-ni for the nrw telephone exchange
a' Colorado City will postpone III.
oprnlns for three weeks. About s5.upJ
Will L. cSi-ndetI.
fr-i Jcirri.s was killed n, Black
Hawk on the night Of the III instant
by taking hold of live electric win.
lie was the only sou of widow on
whom She was largely dependent for
support.
Ticket sales last month Mt the union
depot In Denver were 10000 greater
Than for July of the year before and
their was mn inCnrasc Of .D.IHi In the
number of pis,',s of baggage handled.
Colorado has b".n full Of tourists.
The Reed Investment, Company Of
Colorado Springs hns decided 10 i.niol-
ish the old brunswick hotel building
at Grand Junction and erect on the
site nrst-cinss modern hotel TO I've
called '''rh. Reed" II Will cost s.5.cDp
AMI will contain nifty rooms.
In the Telluride Journals voting
contest for the most popular young
lady In san Miguel county. Miss Min
ME Tosh. assistant postmaster. won
iirst prize. n "trip TO the Buffalo Expo.
sition. and Miss Gcncvicvc Mcleod Of
the telephone station. second. u trip TO
the Mountain and Plain Festival.
The Grand Junction city council has
voted To give the Peach Day committee
the benefit Of the license thnt may bc
assessed against shows, etc. during
th. tlirrc days celebration. August
18th. 18th and J0th. The committee
hope In this way to raise several hun.
drri dollars more toward the big cclc-
braiion.
Orvillc Wilson. who was brought
from Durango TO Salida by Sheriff An
klc ON charge Of being implicated In
the death OF Eta Fowler. was taken
before the coroncr's Jury and made his
statement to that body. He was taken
to the county jail ut Bucna Vista and
the preliminary trial WIS set for Au-
gust 10th.
Thomas Conway. recently returned
from the philippines, was Instantly
Killed at Anaconda on the night OF the
Ith instant by taking hold OF n live
wire. Conway was about twenty-five
wears OF age and his father ut one time
was superintendent OF bridges on the
Florence \ Cripple Creek railway.
He has two brothers who reside at Du-
range.
Lightning struck the dome Of the
federal postoflicc building In Denver
on the afternoon OF August 18th, tear
ing patch OF plaster on the wall.
breaking an electric light globe and set
ting fire to pile of rubbish. The fire
was quickly quenched and no real
harm was done. Weather Forecaster
Brandcnburg and Guard Virgins felt
the shock but were not hurt.
Weather conditions for August in
Colorado for the past thirty years
were summarized by the weather de-
nartmcnt ut Denver August lst. Most
striking in the report was the indica-
tion that Colorado is getting less rain
NOW than formerly. The greatest pre-
cpltation was 2.SI, just ten years ago.
The least monthly precipitation was In
August of last year. or course. TINS
does not apply to every section OF the
state.
Mrs. Jane Fish. who figured in one
of thr most sensational murder trials
this state has ever experienced, was
locked up in Denver few days ago on
tho charge Of disturbance. Mrs. Flsh
was arrested for murder of her hus-
band. Gaylord Fish. at Georgetown,
December :. 1897. Her present trouble
was brought HUOul ny At 'luaii'i WIN
RAYMOND Kirchcr, her granddaugh-
tcrs husband. with whom she has
hreu living. and whom she accuses of
shooting mt her. 1t is very unsavory
family quarrel.
I H. Crowley of Rocky Ford. Colo
RADIO, member of the state board of
horticulture and owner of the Fair
yinw fruit farm. lays claim to the
honor of having the most productive
acre of cherry trees In Colorado. lie
Inns written Secretary Shute of the
Lo,rd that his acre has 16o Wragg
cherry % trees upon it. five years old,
which this year will yield him $500.
rThr records of the society fail to re-
veal another acre of cherry trees III
the state which has ever made such
record.
secretary Stonakcr of the State
ponrd of Charities and Correction Is
said TO be opposed to Ralph Fields
methods Mt the Brightside School ior
~ I,,nynt. Under the law the