Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1901-04-19
COLORADO NOTES.

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Farm. 10 writing navel.
Rural FREE delivery ai Fort Collins
has hE"u iurTr7assri hy on. carrier, who
VIII serve Population OF ,;5-
The fTst l .ssJ feet of the nnai iscins
huilt hy th- RiTrcnc- Eicctslr STREET
hallway comIauy las b'cn coirl''rs-
al.
Ex-senator w0leott is expected To
nrTiv" IN Denver within n few days
To- remain ia Colorado during the sut:i'
mcr.
New pos'aIiir,-s have i,srn ~stnh.
iisii-i nj Iirirr ani White. Lincoln
county, with sI-rciai s-rrie. fronh
Hugo.
John y. Farley. p-nv-r's veteran
chief OF I'oiic-. resigned his i.1.iiion OF
III" advent Of the new fIr- aud foiic.
board.
Colonel William II. Grove Of Colo,
rIio has bc"n appointed captain anh
assistant comnissary Of Subsistence
IN the regular army.
Til. S-whousr tunnel mt Idaho
Springs WIS driven .....r, feet In hard
rock last month. which IL regarded y.
n remarkable achievement.
III. Cripple Creek womHnss Club
recently held u very succrs-fui hnii
for the b-n-iit of the public library
fund. clearing upwards OF SpS.
Til. Boulder Ci:y Council has r.
sc!nicd Its ori-r requiring NIL pupils
To bc Taccinat-i before entering
schools. ns th.r. IL now no ease Of
smallpox In III" school district.
Einrnon King. bartender for ]. y.
finlan ne Snlinn. In BOULDER county.
was fohicd of SSi'i:D OF the saloons
MONEY on the night Of the 18th insian;
by u nas.c'l man with n gun"
Libel suits come high: but Senator
Patterson OF the News and Crawford
lin 0f the Denver Republican have
plenty OF money and can perhaps af-
ford To do n little advertising.
During th" snows,orm on the 1iih
Inst. there We're more or less serious
collisions On several Colorado rail.
roads. though fortunately without loss
OF life.
Lori Lyuiph O:livic. son OF the Earl
Of .Nirlic and formerly a wcll.knowa
ranchmnn Of Colorado. has returned
from South Africa. where he served
In the British army against III" Beers.
Bert Cassidy. formerly the popular
cartoonist of the Denver Republican.
comniit,d suicide In Chicago few
days ago. shooting himself through
the breast In the reporters room OF
the Chicago News.
IL Is reported that the pending con-
soliintion OF Colorado railroad lines
will result In the abandonment by the
Colorado and Southern OF Its proposed
short line from Denver TO Cripple
Creek via the Platte valley.
ON the 11ih and 18th the Denver
dailics published column after column
of kilograms from different places In
the STATE along the front range and
east OF II. telling OF u heavy and long
continued snowfall. The plains got n
thorough wctting down.
The Colorado grand lodge Of the An
cient Order of United Workmcn. bet
ter known simply ms the \. o. U. W.,
ut its session In Central City. April
11th. adopted the classified plan OF as
scssments. which has been under con-
sidcration for several years.
On the 18th instant It was decided
by the public authorities Of Fort Nor
gan to close the schools and churches
and prohibit all public gatherings Cor
the period of two weeks on account OF
the prevalence of scarlet fever. al
though no fatalities were reported.
The town of st. Vrnin. in Boulder
county. which was plated in June.
1887. by W. ID. Suydam OF Denver.
will he rcconvcrted into n farm. Out
of 7GS lots perhaps less than n dozen
were sold and no houses were built.
HcucefOrth 1t will exist only AS Il
memory of II "bustcd' boom.
Colorado is TO have an ostrich farm.
w. $. Belficld of California has Sc
cured n ten-year lease on tract of
five acres of land near Manitou and
is fencing In the ground for an ostrich
farm. In n short time fifty ostrich,s
will arrive from South Pasadena. Cali
fornia. coming from Bcliields ostrich
farm there.
The Rev. Camden NJ. Cobcrn has re-
signed the pastoratc OF Trinity NJ. Il.
Church, Denver. where he has labored
for the past five years. and says he
cannot consider n rcappointmcnt. lie
is not decided as to where he Will go.
but will probably quit preaching Tor
Il time and seek lower altitude on nc-
count of his family.
The Colorado State Fair Association
completed organization at Pueblo.
,April 18th. with capitalization of
S5O.OOO. The grounds have already
been secured. on which buildings will
be erected and track laid out. The
Driving Association will hold races in
the latter part of March. and the
State Fair will be held in the fall
Under the provisions of the new rev
enuc law It is the duty of the city and
county clerks to collect $50 from each
and every liquor dealer in Colorado
who wishes to continue business for
another year. The law is now in CT.
feet and there is n penalty of 500 for
each day the law is violated. This
should put good deal of money in
the state treasury.
Only one battalion of the Thirtictb
infantry will be organized at Fort lo.
rnn. near Denver. The first and sec
oud battalions of the regiment have
assembled ut San Francisco and will
rnil fnr tlc pnilinnincS ut nm CArlN