Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-02
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Ihrr hhii.ifrL IL TIE average huhitrf
Of bicycles stolen every month ia pen'
Yer.
J.. slitt Wilson. iiis BSt-.t socialist
lecturer. has i.r-n having in,nhrns- au-
dlene-s il ii.nses.
Raymond ani whileomb excursion
PARTIES hay. b-sun passing through
Colorado. i.ook out for lad weather.
Colorado railroads Will be given =
eiianer to exhibit nj III. ~. Louis -s-
position by the Colorado Fair coiliinis'
sion.
Ex-Goy. John l.. itSutt 10 now In
Paris. Fans-. with his family. hut eS-
i'-ets to r-tuTn to Colorado about
Junr LIST.
Seven companies OF the Eisht.-nth
infantTy have t~-n or,i-r-si Ia Fort i.o-
gan, near Beaver. They are at pr~s-i,
- Texas,
While in apparent health. Frank
shinssr. a pFOmin-nt hardware ni-f.
chant nt Cp'~,ir. suii-niy fell dead OF
heart failure on tlc morning Of April
.srh.
~ Canon City. April .Osh. it-v. ".
II. Iiishiowcr. wiisw-r. ns-si eighty
thr~- years. WAS married tn Mary
Go--iwin. widow. ns-i ststy'ihrr-
years.
tn. fund that Il t-'ins rais.s,i 10y the
capitalists Of the capital city to pur-
chase presents for tile cruiser Denver
hn. reached ssi.;ss,. II was ~ have
been xio.sp.
Captain James Reed OF iiu-ns Vista
died OF pneumonia at -. .Nnthonys
hospital. Denver. April :is;. lie was
n Grand Army man nnd seventy ono
years Of nr-.
Tie new sicci bridge across the
Platte river nj brighton IL completed.
The structure IL :pD feet ions and cos,
the county Of Arnpnho- Sis,.S. u
has two spans of lio feet each.
\. N. Iiawicy. secretary OF the state
lsaari of agriculture. has received the
appointment Of statistical nrrn, OF the
United States Department of Arricul'
iurc. lie viii collect Colorado crop
statistics NIL over the state.
\ Colorado zephyr blew Emil Strand.
the team Of four horses which he wns
driving. and n load Of timber over the
bank near the Eagle biri mine mt Sii'
YER Plume n few days n.o. Neither
team nor driver were badly injured.
The committee Of investigation ON
the books OF cx.Cliy Clerk W. IL.
Moore OF Durango has completed Its
work ani the rrpori shows Mr.. .Moorc's
shortage for the three years term TO
bc something In excess OF $i:.op.
The biii granting the city OF Colo.
ra,io Spring. the right To buy :.Db'
acres OF the forest reserve In the vicin'
ity OF Seven Lakes. where the new
water works system IL located. has
been passed by both houses Of Con
grcss.
Isabella Dayton of Pcyton. Colorado.
In the County Court OF II I'nso co,in.
~. has been granted divorce and II.
tie TO 100 acres OF land she decided To
her husband. They We're married cx-
nciiy thirty days before she filed the
complaint.
President Van Horn OF the Laramie.
uahn's Peak and Pacific Railroad has
written from the Boston office to Vice
President Miller In Laramie. Wyo-
ming. instructing the company's Of
iiccrs TO resume operations on the line
as soon ns possible.
Rabbit coursing is crime. n viola
tion OF the humane laws OF the state.
according TO the verdict OF the jury In
the West Side court Mt Denver which
tried the test case In that tribunal
the State Humane Society.
The commissioners OF Saguachc
county ut the April meeting took up
the matter of u display Mt the st. Louis
Words Fair. and decided to ask Rio
Grantic. Costilla, Concjos and Mineral
counties to join with Saguachc in n
display to bc known as the San Luis
valley exhibit.
W. II. Brown OF Marble. who was
accused OF blasting fish In the Crystal
river several weeks ago. was brought
before Judge Stevens of the District
Court Mt Gunnison for trial. He plead
ed guilty and was sentenced to not
less than six nor more than eighteen
months In the state rcformatory at
Buena Vista.
The Gem Gold Mining Company has
secured Judgment In the District Court
at Cripple Creek against the town of
Altman for $1,000. During the small
pox epidemic last year the town seized
the claim owned by the mining CON-
pany and established pest house
there. preventing mining operations
and damaging the company.
In the District Court at Mecker,
James Wallace, wealthy cattleman
of Rio Blanco county, was acquitted
on charge of cattle r.iStling. Wllllam
Farley was sentenced to eighteen
months In the penitentiary for steal
Ing n number of watches, amounting
to $500, from A. Oldland & Co. The
court adjourned to September 10Th.
Charles II. Pierson Of Idaho Springs,
n veteran Of the Civil War, who has
been trying for several years to secure
pension on account of injuries re-
ceived, has just been Informed that his
application has been granted. with
back pay to be allowed from the time
of his disability. The amount to which
Mr. Plerson is said to he entitled is
about $4,000.
Colorado City is vigorously agitat-
Ing the question of hospital for the
miners, mill men and railroad work.
ers. 1t is the only city of any rail
rond Importance in this section where
such an institution is lacking, and
many serious cases have been aggrn-
waited by the long ride to the hospitals
in Colorado Springs. The movement is
headed by DR.. II. l.. McCreery, the
new city physician.
A Colorado Springs dispatch of April
23rd to Denver paper says: Lency
Keller, the fifteen yenr-old colored girl
arrested yesterday in Eastonville upon
the charge of incendiarism, Is In the