Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1901-05-10
COLORADO NOTES.

1 WIS DIbtutu VIII ~ bu
the night OF May LIST.
| Herman Darling recently made Ill
ines nj the Montrose land office pre-
paratory 10 opening UP two large saw
mills.
The Stubs capital punishment bill
did not contain an emergency clause
and hence does not go into effect until
July LIST.
In the list OF births during he
month Of April. filed with the city
| health commissioner OF Denver, the
girl babies outnumber the boys two 10
one.
/ Leo Vincent, clerk Of the District
Court nj Boulder. says IL cost the coun-
" over 5000 To prosecute the case
against the Eliora men accused OF kill
ing y. II, Bailey.
Wee President Roosevelt; is TO be- In
yiicd TO visit I'll. Festival OF Mountain
aud Plain In Denver, October list, :nd
and :ir,i. quite Informally. "incosnlto.'
nv they say In Europe.
General Irving Hale and Henry 4.
Rogers will represent Denver Unfair
ians nj III. annual meeting OF the
| American Unitarian Association in
Boston the last week In May.
Denver building permits for the first
quarter OF 1901 aggregate us buildings
TO cost Si,i5i. i:si, which Is gain OF
S;iiJ.J's' over the same period last
year. This looks like "a building boom.
According to the reports which they
have He'd with the city clerk. the Re-
publican city committee spent S2D..13
ON the late city elections In Denver.
and the Democratic city committee
spent S.o.i...
John e. Henry. who died nj Denver
May :ir,l. 4. claimed To have been the
Inventor OF I'll. overhead trolley for
electric railways, which was first used
In Kansas City In 1881. lie made a
fortune out OF his inventions.
u. e. Crawford. who was the iirs;
auditor OF the stale OF Colorado. died in
Denver May LIST. lie was formerly
manager Of III. Crawford house nj
Colorado Springs and the tlndcll no.
Tel In Denver.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Thomas +. Walsh are
preparing to return to Colorado from
Washington early In May. They Will
entertain President Mckinley and the
presidential party when they reach
Glcnwooi Springs.
4 roper, TINT mn association OF liquor
dealers had decided 10 raise the price
OF beer To 10 cents glass and whisky
To IL cents straight. caused great con-
sicrnntIon In Denver n few days ago.
But the calamity was avcricd.
Hereafter Denver people who happen
to he down town nj noon can get the
absolutely correct time. AT exactly l:
o'clock TO the fraction OF u second.
large hall will drop from a tall steel
shaft over the Office OF the Denver
Post.
II. $. Ncwiani. lately appointed dep
uiy dairy Inspector. has arrived from
Victor and taken charge OF his desk Mt
the capitol In Denver. ]. +. James,
his predecessor. Is now acting rs In
spector OF foods FOR the State Board OF
Health.
Parson uzz.ii OF the Denver Tabcr-
naclc has arranged with the manage
mcnt Of the Lovcinnd beet sugar fac
tory to supply several hundred work
crs from his congregation for cmcrs-
cncy labor In the beet fields this SUM-
mcr.
The recent heavy rains caused sew
eral large rock slides on the track OF
the Denver X Rio Grandc railroad
along the Grand river near Glcnwood
Springs. The water In the river was
also Mt very high point, occasioning
n good deal OF anxiety.
With the recent orders secured for
steel rails from the Colorado Midland
road, there N enough work on hand
to keep the rail mill ut Bcsscmer busy
throughout the summer. At present
work Is being done on n large order OF
eighty.iivc-pound rails for the Santa
Fc road.
The school census just completed Mt
Central City shows II school population
OF LIE. as against go in 1900. This
puts Central City In the list of first
class districts and entities 1t to school
board numbering five instead of three.
but no change will take place till next
year.
Minister Congcr passed through Den
yer April Both on his return from Chi.
ma, aud was given quite an ovation.
In the party We're Mr.. and Mrs. Con-
ger. Miss Congcr and Miss Mary Con-
ger Pierce, his niece. who shared with
his family the tcrrors of the Pckin
siege.
The Colorado Human Society has ap-
pointed these agents: John ii. Van
Dcrpool. Dcbcpuc; Mrs. Ada i. Han
ma, Victor: Henry Abel. Airing Wilson
and Ralph Ward. Denver. and Horac.
Park, Greeley. An agent will be ap-
pointed in Routt county for the cX-
IRENE northwestern part of the state.
who will have charge of a vast area Of
country. The nearest postotiicc In
Colorado in his district is sixty miles
away. and the nearest In Utah. twenty
five miles away. There are now 400
agents of the society in the state.
State Game and Fish Commissioner
Harris has appointed II. S. Crooks SUI
pcrintcndcnt of the fish lintcherics at
Gunnson. and w. II. Crane assistant.
Mr. Crane Mt present Is superintendent
ana Mr.. Crooks the assistant. On be-
ing Interview n few days since in re
gard to this hatchery, Mr.. Crane said:
Ihcrc Is great amount of water In
the streams and much snow on the