Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-08-16
COLORADO NOTES.

\ 500 belt will he offered for the
best exhibition OF rough riding at the
approaching Denver festival.
The Gcnticmcn'S Driving Park Asso-
cisIion, recently formed NJ Greeley,
park near the city.
The horse show nj Colorado Springs
August 10th TO End. IL expected TO u.
one OF the finest affairs Of the KIND
ever held In the state.
The drill corps OF Colorado Command
cry. No. ]. Knights Templar, Of Den
Yer, VIII compete for prizes nj the iri-
cnnIai cnuclavc III Louisville, August
.'Ith TO 18th.
'''rh. sishtsccr who comes to Colo
rado and does not take in Cripple
Creek has missed half the show" In
what Kentucky editor says OF the
great gold camp.
The firm OF \. 4. Lewis 4 CO.. Den
yer. have offered u $50 diamond ring
to be- swarci 10y lot to one OF the duly
elected maids of honor attending tile
festival OF 1901.
The old Tabor opera house at Lead
willie. erected 10y II. \. W. Tabor dur
Ing the paliny days OF the camp. has
been purchased by th" Lcadvilic Lodge
OF ElEs and VIII Ia greatly Improved.
Colonel Phil Trouns,Inc died nt Den
yer OH the 10Th instant of hcmorrhnsc
OF ihc bowels. lie was buried on Tues
day. August 18th from his late r'-i.
icncc. the ceremonies being conducted
by the Grand Army Of the iepublic.
The Rio Grandc Southern Tor the
fourth week In July earned sit.i1,. nm
Increase Of SiIi over the corresponding
week OF last year. For the month u
earned Si3.aS1. mn Increase OF sl.ito
over the same month OF last year.
The coiorcd people OF Fremont aud
Pueblo counties celebrated Emancli,n'
tion Day n, Florence. August 9TH.
There was mn excursion train from fu.
chlo which brought several carloads OF
visitors. accompanied by tie Pheasant
Groy. Band.
Captain c. II. Hilton. Jr., who served
during the war with spain nnd durins
III. rhiilppin. insurrcction VIII fh-
Colorado regiment nnd the Thirty.
ninth infantry, United States yolun.
i..rs, has received notice OF his np-
poinimcnt ns first lieutenant In the ar
iillcry branch OF the regular army.
The Denver & Rio Grandc proper. for
the fourth week In July. shows mel
earnings amounting to S.si1.Wb', an ii'
crease OF S2i.IOp over the samc week
OF the preceding year. For the mouth
uf July the earnings were Sl."-i.N"
nm Increase OF Sioi. .:'oO over the sninc
month of last year.
At the meeting OF the Scientific nsso.
cIation In Denver this month curator
Fcrrll Of the State Historical and Nat
urnl History Society. Will cndcavor 10
call attention to the necessity for the
publication Of an up-to.dntc botanical
work for the Rocky mountain ana
western plains region.
Louis II. Enrich has offered the
Chamber OF Commerce the Use OF his
extensive lawn and grounds for the en-
,crioIumcnt OF the American Associa-
,ion for the Advancement OF Science,
which meets Mt Denver. August 2ith.
should that body accept the Invitation
to visit Colorado Springs.
Al last reports II. Il. Palmer. the
gunner who was dangerously injured
In firing n salute mt the Boulder Quar-
to.Ccntcnnial celebration. was doing
well In the hospital at Boulder, ana
likely to recover. He has lost one
arm and three fingers OF the othcr
hand and Is in danger OF losing one
eye.
Three prisoners escaped from the
Inrimcr county Jail nj Fort Collins on
saturday, August 10th. They We're
Mike Berry, Charles ldcs and Ed. Mon
roe. all OF them awaiting trial for bur
rlnry. A fourth prisoner. Jake lnom-
ms. awaiting trial for horse stealing.
was bound and gagged by them anu lett
In the prison.
n V. Hiddlc. living on the Bculnh
r,,J ,bnut six miles southwest Of Pu-
chlo. was killed by n bolt of lightning
that come down the chimney OF his
housc. on the afternoon OF August
1Oth. His wife. infant daughter ana
rricud visiting at the time. were
stunned by the shock but were other
wise not injured.
within few weeks an attempt VIII
he made to telegraph ana telephone
from the top of the Equitable building
in pcnyrr to the summit OF likcs
pcnk without the aid OF Intervening
,yirrs The American Wireless Tclc-
,yrnnh and Telephone Company, which
hns recently invaded the West, viii
conduct the experiment.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the second annual fair OF the
colorado New Mexico FAIR Associh-
lion. which will he held at Durango
tho second week in October. Tie fnir
will last four days, one day being de;
vntpi TO Indian sports. IL is expected
that there will be several hundred
Ites and Navnjos present.
The Mnntou City Council has passed
an ordnance 10 the effect that ailcr
suuIown all burros which are Kept
for hire shall be bnnishcd from the
civ, 10 remain in exile until morning.
Thc ordinance applies as well to dogs.
cats. parrots or any other beast OF
hird thnt may become troublesome
Jmrinr the night time by reason of un-
earthly noises.
If is estimated that between 10000
and II. 900 people participated in the
..Ior rollings at Boulder saturday.