Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-08-02
COLORADO NOTES.

recently burned, Will be rebuilt imme
llatcly.
The Sal. Lake Tribune says that the
accounting department of the lilo
6rnndc Western railroad Will lie
moved from Salt Lake TO Denver Oc-
i0bcr LIST.
The comptroller OF the currency has
extended the corporate existence oi
the Western National Bank of Pueblo
Colorado. until the close of business
July ~. 1871.
The hail aui wind storm In the vlcin.
ity of Rocky Ford on the night of July
2ith did n good deal of damage To can
irlOupcs End fruit. hut fortunately ON.
" hit u limited district.
The executive committee OF the
Transmisslsslppi congress ut Cripple
Creek awarded the iifsst prize OF so In
cash FOR III" best decorated building Ia
the hTr boys or station No. l.
All the county prisoners have been
removed from the Cripple Creek city
jail 10 til" county jail. The new jail
has II capacity to hold 100 prisoners
aud cost Teller county S.5.op.
ON the night Of July a.ird at Grand
Junction safe blowers wrecked the
safe OF III. Book ciin railroad depot
aud another In the feed sior- of ]. W.
Osborn. The amounts taken were not
large.
As Otto Mcnrs hns long been known
~ III" Wizard OF the san Juan hc'
Ciiisr of his wonderful road building
achievements. 80 Thomas i. Walsh
bids fair so b- styled the san Juan
Monte cristo.
The chiorInniion plant of the III fnso
Milling Company nj Florence was com
plrtcly destroyed by iirr on the morn
linz of July :2s...i between ! nni . o'clock.
Til. loss IL estimated mt s2,,D.OpJ: In
snranc-. ss'.vOo.
An eastern automobile ilrm Is said
io l." considering the project ~ cs'nb-
lishln: an automobile service mt Colo.
RADIO Springs aud Mnniion io carry
tourists io the Garden Of the Gods ahd
other points of interest.
TIL" agent OF tire state land oiiicc
who went To- look after tile iirr on MI.
Evans i-icplIuuci thai, u was cN-
iiugiIislird. II Il tile opinion of state
officials that the rains will put stop
iu tir iir-s ilin; hay" been reported -"
frequently of late.
Extensive forest fires arr reported In
rnrk anh jefferson counties. 4 great
firr has been spreading on Mount Ev.
ans, destroying hundreds of acres of
pine. Another rr'at iifc has been dcr-
a-tatinE the mnIiatlin forests Liwrcn
Evergreen and Pine Grove.
4 Toledo. Ohio. dispatch says that
". T.. Musrs. the land script dealer OF
q. .N3.E.. t.. N.aaNa ID
lands near the mouth Of the Mnumcr
river. The islands are valued nt
Si.B.pp and are ROW claimed by the
state under tire swamp act of 1870.
The rccrn, opening with appropriate
ceremonies of the public lihrury given
iy Thomas +. Walsh TO the people "i
Ouray. which with the building cost
S.nDsp. was notable event III INC
history of the state. Other wealthy
men may well emulate his example III
the way Of giving.
!, T.. Carney. foreman OF tile pipe
line construction gang. frccntIy
brought to Iuyclnnd - skeleton which
was uncovered near n big dam west OF
J,oy,lnnd. The skull and jawboncs in'
,IIcntc that II was an Indian. n s'ir-
rup aud hridlr bit were found IN per.
feet state Of preservation.
The Second reunion Of the National
Society OF the Army Of the philippines
will br held in Salt Lake city August
IL 1901. the anniversary OF the cap.
,ur, Of Manila. aud the Denver X Rio
Grnnd. will run u special train IRON
Colorado Mt one fare FOR the rouhu
,riu. leaving Denver at y. III. August
llih.
\,nut thirty nun.uniou miners left
IrndviIIr July 9th for Rossland. Brit.
ish columbia. where they viii take
the ulnccs Of striking miners. Tile
,gcnt for the company had consider
ALI, difficulty in getting the men away
fr,m town. hut when the train ilhlIy
miIl,d out there was no dcinoistrn-
tlon.
rh, Denver Republican correspond.
on nt Florence writes that the apple
cr,n Of Fremont county WIS never
I,r,,,r Than will he the ease this year.
hriuy fully onc.tlird greater than that
M last yrnr, The country for miles Is
rnyrrcd with fruit trees loaded down.
owing to tile weight o: the fruit upon
them.
~ n Reid and W. I. Durham.
,,.h., rrr,n,Iy started to make an auto
,,,nl,iIr trip from Denver to Cheyenne
nnI lack, ran into rain storm twch.
ty.fIyc miles south Of Cheyenne ana
,,,, ,n thoroughly wet that they con
tI,,,,c,I ,o return 10y rail. They aver
o""d sixteen miles an hour while run
ming.
Eastern capitalists from Canton
min announce their iniCntion TO cs'
,nhIish IN Pueblo a large plan, for the
,"a,,urnrturc Of brick. Tie plant viii
,,i,, yitrificd brick. which h now
m,,,,, made in the East. They viii also
,n"Srrncturr w,S terra Gotta work ANA
innings. Work is expected to COM
mCnCC sOOu.
4 Denver paper says: Special Agent
~ ormshy Of the rural free deiiv-
-. .,.irr who has been acting ns
m .Gcnt in charge of Denver for the rast
,oI. left yesterday afternoon for
iowa. Agent ormsby, inv, invcstiTnteu ,,;,,,,l
'"'S ~, i,n,illpr and Pine. He has