Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-08-08
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Itockvale is calling In the last OF Its
municipal water bonds. OF which $io,-
Oo0 worth are outstanding. The water
plant was built by the city in 1888 al
cost OF S:i5,OOO.
An effort will be made to raise
fresh air fund In Denver to take poor
children into the mountains, where cot
tagers will Ike asked to care for them
for week at II time.
A wild coyote. apparently about two
months old. entered the City park IN
Denver few days ago and tried 10
get into the cage with the captive coy
otes. He was accommodated.
While walking up the stone steps at
the Loretto Academy In Santa Re, New
Mexico. July 25th. Rev. Joseph T.. Car
risan OF st. Patrick's Church la Den
Yer. fell and dislocated Ills hip.
Building permits were taken out In
Denver during the month of July Tor
the erection OF new buildings that VIII
cost SASS This Is xI0.Osi more than
the permits Of the same month last
year.
The State Association of District At.
torncys was formed ut Gicnwood
Springs July 2Ith by the election OF
Henry Trowbridge OF Cripple Crrvx
trai City secretary.
4. q. Whitney writes from Rocky
Ford to the mayor OF Trinidad that
for the sum OF $1,000 he Will produce
three inches OF rain In Trinidad within
four days by mn entirely new process
which uses neither prayer nor ex9los'
ives.
The required sum OF money has bsen
saw. sh.. l.t,ltIIutss AMI nFpn-
erty OF the Colorado womnn's Baptist
College Mt Denver. A further amount
OF $4,000 Is needed to complete the
building ready for the oIscnin. OF thc
school.
The Pueblo Gas and Fuel Company
has filed Incorporation papers with the
secretary OF state. The company Is
capitalized for $4,000. ana the dircc.
tors for the first year ARE: I. l.. Ey-
man. II. \. Cowan. j. 4. McCorklc. j..
d. Taylor and q. II. Prall OF Pueblo.
Pueblo. Canon City and Rockdnlc
arc competing for fhc nri.sian water
flow from the well drilled by the Colo
rndo Spring, oil aud Gas Company nt
Chandler creek. II II the largest nrte-
sion How ever opened In Fremont coun-
~, and Is estimated nj half u million
gallons OF water daily.
Eiwood Mead. chief OF irrigation for
the Department OF Agriculture. has
written to State Engineer McCunc that
he il coming TO Colorado Immediately
TO Join with Mr.. McCunc In u study or
drainage conditions within the state.
This work by Mr.. Mead In considered
Of especial Importance OH account or
the new law.
Shortly after midnight ON July 3lst.
ut the crossing OF Logan and Alameda
avenues In Denver. inllyho coach
containing n party Of nineteen was run
into by mn electric car and overturned.
Several OF the party were seriously In
jurcd. but NIL arc expected to recover
soon. Mr.. Lydia a. Horton was badly
cut about the head.
The Jury In the damage suit brought
In the District Court ut Denver by the
Colorado & Southern Railroad Com.
pany against the Denver Union Water
Company for 100000 for damages un
account OF the breaking OF the Chccs-
man lake dam In Platte canon In 1900
was unable to agree after dclihcratinr
for twcnty.four hours and sie case VIII
be tried again.
Great commo,ion was caused Mt Bal
ley In the Platte canon one afternoon
few days ago by the appearance Of
n large cinnamon bear and two cubs,
which took possession OF the station
for some minutes. After many bear
like antics-whilc the people Mt n safe
distance were discussing the situation
the bears quietly trotted out Of town
much to the relief Of the entire village.
W. II. Martin has Just returned to
Boulder from Washington. ID. c.,
where he closed contract with repre-
scntativcs of an Egyptian syndicate TO
drill four wells 1000 feet deep each ut
Cairo, Egypt. Mr.. Martins company
Is to receive $4,000 for this work. or
$40 foot. The average cost of drill.
ing In the Boulder belt is 81 per foot
for deep drilling. and somewhat less
than that for 1.OOO-foot wells.
Arrangements are being completed
for the erection OF the new Santa Fe
hotel ut Trinidad. The ground on
which the hotel is to he built was pur-
chased from the city by the Santa Fe
Railroad Company and Is on n tri.
angular plot north OF and adjoining
the depot. The sale was made on con-
dition that the Santa Fe should erect
| n hotel building on 1t 30 cost not less
| than 100000. The style of architecture
will be Moorish.
The Denver Republican correspond
ent says the grasshopper pest is be-
coming more and more serious in Otero
county. Farmers have already lost
from twenty-five to forty per cent. of
their crop of Mexican beans. Every
field has wide strip destroyed
around the edge. Alfalfa is still being
damaged by them. On the range they
are so numerous that they bother the
horses of the cowboys almost rs badly
as a swarm of tieas.
4. l.. Monson, state dairy commits.
sioner. is sending out the premium list
of the Colorado State Fair. which is to
be held in Pueblo from September 10th
to Goth. inclusive, to the different
creamerics and butter factories of the
state. Mr.. Monsoon is DESTROYS of hav-
ing all the factories enter some of their
products for exhibition at the fair.
There are about 200 creameAes. butter
and cheese factories and Swimming
factories in Colorado, and all of them
will be urged to take part in the fair.
According to n pamphlet issued by
the managers of the Louisiana Pur.
chase Exposition at st. Louis, Curator
| Will C. Ferril of the Colorado State
Historical Society. though not the first
to suggest the celebration, is entitled
to great credit for his efforts in behalf
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