Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-09-12
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The State Fair at Pueblo begins on
September 18th and continues for i've
days.
Duck hunters from Denver and other
large towns can now be found ut about
every lake In the state.
Seventy-five cars OF cantaloupes were
shipped from Rocky Ford on the first
two days of September.
A good deal of damage was done In
the vicinity OF Fowler by severe hail
storm ON the night OF August 31st.
The Denver thcater on Curtis street
has been renovated and remodeled and
will hereafter he known us the Curtis
theater.
A party OF Rio Grande engineers are
making new survey for the line OF
that road between Palmer Lake and
Monument.
dent Edward Boyce OF the Miners fed
Grafton will make Denver his perma-
nent home.
Professors ID. ]. Griffith of Amcs Col
lege. Iowa, Will act as coach for the AZ
ricultural College football team ut Fort
Collins this year.
Boulder business men have inaugur-
ated a crusade against street fakirs
| who make q market-place or the prin-
clpal streets OF the city.
Large forest fires are constantly In
sight from Denver and IL seems as IL
the foothills OF the Eastern range
must soon be entirely bare OF timber.
| \ party OF scientists have been max
ing n survey OF the large glacier on
Arapahoc peak In Boulder county and
will later publish full description OF
e.
The football team OF Colorado College
Mt Colorado Springs has begun practice.
II Is reported that the University OF
Denver VIII also have n team In tho
field.
The Otcro oil well near BOULDER was
shot on September Is, with sixty quarts
| OF nitrosiycerlnc. Oh rose to within 100
| feet OF the surface. Indicating a valu'
able well.
Denver fans stontiy assert that the
Denver baseball team will again win
the Western League pcnnant, though
beginning Its series OF home games AZ
fourth place.
The Gates system Of mercantile
houses. cfcamcrIcs and cheese factories.
I has innuguratcd 100 miles OF bsuicd
1 wire fence telephone line on the Divide
east OF Palmer Lake.
Several strings OF cow.ponics have
been attracted by the large purses OF.
fcr-d by the Colorado state fnlr NJ
Pueblo September 18th TO .Dsh. and the
relay races promise TO h. the bcst ever
held In the state.
i, seems likely tina, the new Lead.
Vile electric power andrailrnad scheme
will he carried through. The company
proposes to build a railroad connecting
the mines and smcii.rs OF the district,
and to furnish power 10 mining plants.
". ". rricc OF Colorado Springs and
Webb Jay OF Denver drove n fifteen.
horsepower automobile from Colorado
Spring. to Hucna Vista in nine hours
Ola Angus, 5isi.. hut wcEc delayed b--
tween Bu-na Vista and iraisilic by
the Illness OF Mr.. Jay.
Tie August rrtart of the sales Of the
United state. land o,fir. nj beaver il
a. follows: Total r,-,-ipts from sales,
sis.S:..: I'll. f-~s Of III. Office. $1,000.
~. total 81 s5i..s"p. This ls an IN.
crease Of $1,000" compared with tho
corresponding month ias, year.
Al puTny. August 18th. Judge Ste.
vrns in chambers heard a petition for
an Injunction from ci,isrns Of Grand
l Junction asking that tho school i.oaEsi
i,r E-~,rain-i from selling bonds issued
for building new school houses. The
petition was denied. District Attorney
1 McNiullip aud Attorney Caswcil repre-
scented the board.
John pyaE-r, an old settler In the VI.
entity OF T.Tt Collins. vas Instantly
/ Killed September L., by an explosion
! OF tt,s, tsoii-r Of n th,r.hjns machine On.
/ sin-. Iii. sau, Arthur bsssrr. wa. at
III. same time seriously injured. The
! machine. belonged 10 William gsy auj
wa. AT work on rsTkrr's ranch four
miles south OF Fort Collins.
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orad, sprip.. Chami-rr Of cammsrr-.
who la. Recently rr,u,u-,l fta,u a two
/ v..L.' trit, through New N..iro. Iowa.
Nansa. AMI Minnesota. rri.arts rrca,
INTEREST in the coming msriius OF the
| National Irritation Congress nj Colo.
/ ratia Striur. pctoi-rr 9TH 10 nth Thorn.
as 4. Walsh. pr,-st,icn, Of the ConErrss,
hns mai. n generous sut,srrip,ian for
,hr entertainment, of delegates,
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