Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-18

COLORADO BRIEFS.

sentative 0atcia or COncjOa county.
died at her home hear ConcJoa April
10th Of dropsy.
The Fort Collins Electric Company
Inns ordered new machinery for Its
plant. and after May LIST will give u
night ana day service.
The cornerstone OF the new temple
OF the First Church Of Christ. Scien-
tist. WAS laid In Denver April 10Th. II
VIII bc II large building OF beautiful
architectural design.
a flower festival will he held In the
City Park. Denver, May LIST To ttli, IN
elusive. There Will bc u tent 5Dx5O
feet long. a Maypole festival Will be
held on the opening day.
The new home OF the Denver orphan
age was dedicated by n very stylish
ball on the night OF April 10Th. Gov
crnor and Mrs. Orman were present
and helped receive the 900 people who
attended.
\ picture by the late Harvey Young.
Of Colorado Springs. has been placed
In the Corcornn art gallery nj wash
inston. This IL % deserved recognition
Of his ability by the highest authority
In America.
About 100 citizens met at the opera
house In Alamosa To organize u CON-
pany to build AMI operate np electric
iisht plant. \ plant To cost s.D."p
with u capacity OF i.OS incandcsccnt
nni hfiy arr lights win u. built.
The prc.iyi.ry Of Pueblo. which has
Just closed Its session mt Florence.
elected Ecv. Dr. Coiiman OF In Junia
commissioner to the general assembly
Of the Presbyterian church. which
meet. In New York city on May 18th.
The highest temperature ever record
ci In Denver or Colorado was i.s': III"
lowest. -, bciow IN Denver. nhd nbont
~ out In the state. These figures come
from some new government maps Just
received 10y the weather bureau In ben.
yer.
The Eik.' Lodge nj Pueblo has 80.
iccic,i site for lis building. which VIII
H. -r-ci.d nj the northeast corner OF
fifth and Court streets. nj cost of
xip.UD Plans will h. drawn at once.
4 large part of the money necessary is
already In hand.
I'll. ricc and mandolin clubs OF th"
State university returned tn souid-r
APRIL ilti, after mor- than two weeks
si-n, In "a tour of the state. They icft
Iioni,i-r March 18th nni covered a '"-
iai of i.'sSi mlics, stopping a, every
town Of Importance "n the route. a
Til. Girls Friendly club n, Denver
IL tho beneficiary Of Si.sS from Mrs.
I.awthlnn. widow of Thomas Low
than. ai one time wealthy mining
man Mt i..aisiii-. The money VIII L.
used q" build n permanent home ns an
auxiliary To- the city Temple work of
Dean I'cck.
Mayor Wright Of Denver has appoint
~i Mrs. J. y. Campion. Mrs. !. u. Mnl.
len. Airs. ii-rthi iiuii-r. Mf>. is-iin
George. E-y. J. ~. lionEiton. q. =.
Merry. a. =. Siorr~ ani Clarcnc" si"n-
aL-r delegates to- the national c"uf"r.
-nc- of charities nni corrections at
Detroit May 18th To June I'll.
At Pueblo April nth 4. e. 81. Clair
WIS ..ni.nrrd 10y IudE" Voorhees, to
not les. than seven nor monr than ten
years tn the pcnii-ntnry. nnd Z. =. Dun
can was given from three 10 I'VE years.
both for their part In conspiracy
so utter % large amount of forged pny
cheek. OF the Colorado Fuel ani lron
Company.
Among the curiositics that f.nrimcr
county hopes to- take to ~. Louis IL
section OF the siNty.foo' vein nf cpai
that has i..cn discovered In that cotin.
~. IL l. the intention IN cut through
this vein aud to r-mov" eros. section
Of IL in pieces which will i- set M In
St. Louis. showing both the chhrncNrr
of the coal aud also the wonderful
thickness.
A gold bar weighing 10, ounces has
rcacic,i Mayor wrigh; ~ Denver from
Tnoma. wni-h'- famous Camp bird
mine. to H. used In making badge
promised 10y the owner of the mine ="
lie worn ON the occasion OF the launch
Ing OF the cruiser Denver. The bar is
similar To that presented by Mr.. Walsh
for gold badge for Miss Roberta
Wright. sponsor for the vessel.
A Cheyenne correspondent, says that
the men of 1.ldnrc. u little town III the
northern part Of Rou,t county. Colofn.
do. nrc sending communications to wy
oming papers requesting notices to the
effect that Latiorc needs women. There
mr.. now ten men to one woman In the
town and surrounding country. and
half hundred mnrriaecablc young wo-
men can make tcn.sirikc 10y settling
there. Girls raised In the country are
desired.
The CplurauO Springs correspondent
of the Dcnvcrs News says: ~ synti-
cate OF capitalists whose agents are
now In this city is quietly engaged In
buying up all the available farm land
between Colorado Springs and Monu.
mcnt. with the intention OF turning the
surrounding region into an immense su.
gar beet plantation comprising approx.
imstcly 15.pCD acres. This Information
was given by one who is assisting In
conducting the negotiations. AMI may
be considered as reliable"
President Kchlcr Of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company returned to
Denver few days ago from an IN.
spcction trip OF two weeks over the
Crystal River properties OF the com
pany. the holdings in the western part
Of the state and the plant nt Pueblo.
lie said that the outlook was very
bright and business conditions entirely
satisfactory. The new additions to the
plnnt Mt Pueblo have so far progressed
that the company will be turning out
wire by July. and nails In addition. by
the carly fall.
A fight over water rights that has
been contested for years came up for
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