Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-04-05
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COLORADO NOTES.

organized effort To induce Pre-s.cnt
Mckinley TO visit the great gold camp.
\ big apartment house to he built In
Denver VIII have telephone to each OF
the apartments, Of which there VIII be
iwcnty-four.
Nearly 100 acres OF sugar bcets have
been contracted FOR In the vicinity OF
Fowler. being large incrcase over the
acreage OF last year.
The Rio Grandc saloon Mt Cripple
Creek WAS held up at ! 10 q. m. ON
March 18th and robbed OF S:I. Five
men wer. In the place NJ the time.
President Packard OF Ihc Denver
Baseball Club II gathering In the mem
bcrs OF the team and expects To have
them all together before April 10Th. the
day set for them to meet
The loss of stock by the recent
storms IN eastern Colorado IL cstimnt-
ei In different sections nj from one to
thr', per cent. II Il generally reported
To- h" mostly young calves.
The agricultural department Of the
State Agricultural College hn- received
very line microscope for hacicriolos.
icni work. and also u Two AMI half
horse power gasoline engine.
\ cane mad. from I'll. historic Char.
ter Oak nj Hartford. Connecticut. has
h'-'n placed In the state museum OF
war relies In the capitol building at
Beaver 10y William \. Fuller.
Th. valuation attached To Denver
building pcrmif. for III. month of
March. 1891. was the sim nf >isi.ss.-
~. u great inCras. over III" year li'p.
when the valuation was only SaT.i'".
\ short time a.o IL was announced
that the mncaronI factory nj Coal
Creek. near fior-nc-. would '.- moved
to- Pueblo. hut the Operators decided
that the plant should remain where u
IL.
The lamar BuiiiInE and Loan As
socin,ion has been Incorporated with
capital stock Of SssS.sS by q: }.
Garvln. Morton Strain. q. Z. iiuiiic.'
ton. |. l.. Maxwell. 4. l.. iIcn'. ]. IL.
Myers nnd ". ]. Johnston.
H.naJnh =. Phelps of Colorado
Springs celebrated his ioist birthday
March 9th. lie l. In very good health
nni l. believed To H. the only person
In the state who has lived In III.
eighteenth. ninciccnih and twentieth
centuries.
Mayor johnson Of Denver Inns signed
nu ordinance passed by the City Coun-
ell prohibiting sinrck.cpcrs from cs'
changing candy. cigarettes. -ic.- Tor
milk, brad. yeast and c4ir tickets. post.
nE,, stamps Hni other articles oHcrsSi
as barter hs children.
ATi-r hclns out iwcniy.fntir hours
the jury IN the Nannlil ~. Thompson
attempted murder ease Mt NoniFus.
wn. dismissed nni the prisoner bound
over To I'll" next term uf court. IN"
Jury ronli not agree. sinndin. ten Tor
conviction nni two for ncluiithl.
In a T,,ir-cnd collision between two
fright trains Dn ih" liin .Enndc near
NuacIir, fnrty.dv- mile. south OF fucb'
L.. March 10th. ut psc, T.. M. IN h-rcc
snow storm. Head brakeman Edward
Miller was killed outright ani condnc-
tor ,:ooLIDw Of train No. ~. was in'
jur,,i.
Professor BENJAMIN II. Gnss. q
urnu,jnrnt Denver teacher nhd prin.
,.ipal of the Hyde Park school. ,iicI
March 18th nj the age OF >iStS-i"ur
years. Before coming 10 Denver FRO
rrsSpr Gass taught for some time NJ
Durango aud was we'll known through.
out ;hc state.
an. r,rrints at the United States Gus.
tom house in Denver from duties on
Unmarried goods wcir twice as much
for IN. month lust closed rs for March.
ippD. The greater part of the revenues
come from taxes on whisky aud tobac.
90. nnL the rest mainly ON SILKS anu
other articles Of luxury.
/. I, Reynolds. the biEnmis'.rrcach'
.r of Green Mountain Falls was sen.
fenced to six months in the county 1nii
nv Judge Hnllctt in the United states
court nj Denver March .Ith. lie plead
cd guilty to the charge OF cmbczIlinG
the money order funds In the postoiiicc
In that town five years ago.
4, re- reported that W. :. Strntton
b,s made an offer to Colorado College
Mt Colorado Springs to pay that lhsu-
tution $4,000 in cash In return Tor tnc
RICH, TO build n line OF the RAPID
Trnnsi, system through the college
reservation. This would make the lc-
ion street line continue straight hntun
across the college campus instead Oh
turning OF TO Nevada avenue.
The Florence field seems to bc going
right ahead with its production with.
ont any fear of losing ITS position AT
,hc b,ad of the list Of oil producing
s,s.,;nns in Colorado. The field Is grad
r,lIy extending. A few days ago
new we'll was struck about three miles
.nuth,nst OF Florence and on the ex-
,rrmc limit OF the developed Held. IL
nrrdurrs $50 barrels day and was
.trurk mt u depth OF 2.1Up feet.
A large cheese factory Is being erect
,,i Mt n point ten miles north OF Pcy-
,np in The center OF one OF the richest
ogrirr,;urnl sections Of III 1'aso coun-
~ /. will he known as the Bijou Ba-
IL chorsn Factory and will cost from
81 600 10 sG,coo. Tue plant will have
!, cannrity Of handling leo gallons
"f milk and will turn out COO pounds
of chrcsc each day. Francis Capcll OF
Colorado Springs is the proprietor.
Cur,tor Ferril Of the state Historical!
society and Museum. at the capitol
,;.,inrtion mt the hands of the st.
ouis napcrs. which give him the credit
for tho first suggestion OF not only the
ccn,cnninI celebration Of the Louisiana