Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-12
COLORADO NOTES.

The new Antlers hotel nj Colorado
Springs will be run strictly Oh the
European plan.
Late reports from many sources In
dicnfe II heavy cantnioupc crop in the
Arkansas valley.
NTH sub'sintion OF the Denver
posioiiicc IL To be established. located
ON Capitol hili. and three new carriers
added To the force.
B.nJnmln P.tting.li OF Denver
claims To have Invented method by
which nitro, slyc-rinr cnn la safely
Hired from n cannon.
William II. Snii-r, one Of the own
en- of the Mnniiou Grand Caycrns.
died nj Manitou Oh the 9th instant. at
the ase Of ffiy.thrc-.
Samuel Moffai. the oldest brother OF
David III. Moflat. the Denver banker.
died u Few days since nj Goshen, New
York. aged ciIhiy-,wo.
Denver hotels arr reported full 10
ovcrfiowing with tourists. The Brown
Palace. after placing many cots. was
compelled Ia turn people away.
In -Scavaiin; for the basement OF
new building at the corner OF Four
i.cnih aud Lawrence streets, Denver.
I'll. woTkmcn found the tooth OF -
mnsio.ion.
There was n very large attendance
nj the oI.cnIng Of Ill. ciinutnulun !As-
scmbiy nt Honii-r. July iii. The ora
tion was delivered 10y Father Malone
Of Denver.
The new law permitting the infiic-
tion of th. death penalty for murder
went Into effect July I. hut the quo.
tations do not show any rise In tito
price OF hemp.
Al Ouray. ON the Fourth. In the min-
crs' double. hand drilling. contest.
liupp- and tinduuist drilled In tho
regulation contest time :9,t Inches IN
Gunnison granite.
The club women Of Denver are con.
sidctins the erection Of handsome
building for club purposes. with an
auditorium In II To seat In the neigh
boriiood OF i.uIS people.
W. +. Bailey. formerly general pas
scngcr agent OF the Colorado Midland,
has been appointed manager OF the
railroad department Of Rand. McNnliy
x Co.. publishers OF Chicago.
The American Microscoplcni Society
will meet In Denver at the same time
with the American Association for the
advancement Of Science. One hundred
members are expected to bc present.
The Glen Park Chnu'nuIun nj Pal.
m.r Lake was opened July 9th. lrcsi.
dent Main OF Iowa College delivering
the opening address. Present condi-
lions indicate nm exceptionally success
ful assembly.
There were iifty.ninc cases OF diph.
iberia in Denver during the month Of
June. as compared with fourteen the
year previous. and the health commits
sIoncr has Instituted an investigation
to try to find out the causes.
Pretty four-ycar.old Esther Oliver
OF Denver was killed Instantly on the
9th instant, by n dynamite torpedo.
which had been carclcssly dropped In
the yard the day before by Fourth OF
July ccicbrators. 1t exploded In her
mouth.
Chancellor II. A. Buchtcl OF the uni
versity OF Denver reports that the uni
vcrsity had SIS students last year In
all departments, gain Of 2iS over
the preceding year. He says the at-
tendance will easily reach LOO this
fall.
From all parts of the state come the
usual reports of Fourth Of July acci.
dents. 1f all the victims could be
gathered In one crowd It would furnish
m appalling object lesson, for there
would be fully 100 sufferers, some very
seriously hurt.
IL. Cassidy was shot and killed on
the 7th instant while trying to escape
from Policeman J. ]. Mcdonnell. Cas-
sidy had injured Howard Fisher In n
s:aoon quarrel and was arrested by
Mcdonnell. who fired at him when he
tried 10 run away.
President Mckinley has signed the
following Colorado commissions: Per
nv Hobkirk. receiver of public moneys
ut Del Norte: David G. Fleming, reg
lister of the land office at Sterling ire
appointcD: Charles u. Timbcrlake, re.
ccivcr of public moneys ut Sterling (rc-
appointcd).
Judge Northcutt of the District
Court ut Lamar ovcrruled the de-
murrer of the attorneys of Prowcrs
county 30 the complaint filed by the
attorney generals office. in the suit to
compel the payment of interest collect
ed on delinquent state taxes by the
county.
on Sunday, the 7th instant. prac-
tically the whole clergy of Denver de-
nounced Judge Palmer. who had few
days before publicly rcprimandcd two
of their number for contempt of court
in criticising his injunction in favor
of Sunday liquor selling in restaurants
and permitting won.cn TO frequent sa-
looms.
The safe in the postoilice at Mama.
nola was blown open about o'clock
in the morning OH July 4tl and 800
stolen by robbers. who escaped. 1t
was good time for the safe blowers.
as the explosion attracted no special
attention on account of the celebration
of the day by firing guns and crackers.
A Cheyenne dispatch says: 1t is re-
ported that rich gold and copper-bear-
ing ore has been discovered near Dia-
mond Peak. just over the line in Colo
RADIO and between the headwatcrs OF
the Cache la Poudre and Big Laramie