Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
COLORADO BRIEFS.

abundant water supply and Increased
acreage in beets. will bring the valua-
tion of this new Weld county product
to upward OF $i.O0O.OOo.
In pursuance OF the provisions of the
national irrigation act about 800 home
| steads have been taken up under the
Pawnee reservoir near Sterling. and
| filings steadily continue.
Logan county cattle shipments this
year will exceed 20.oO0 head. mostly
one. two and three-year old feeders:
| considerable firm block range-fed beef.
however. is being SEM out.
Sugar beet day at Greeley and Eaton
ON the 30th marked an important peri
| cd In Weld cOunty's history. Thous-
| ands were In attendance to view the
factories in operation at the two towns.
Sugar making In the Poudre valley
is an enterprise which has come TO
| stay. This year the beet crop alone
vii! make the farmers richer iy S.IU.-
900. and this In u year unprecedented
for its destructive hail storms. severe
early frosts and scarcity OF water.
Stephen J. Donieayy of Denver was
presented with solid silver dinner set
by the Arapahoe county Hih-rnians on
Thursday night in recognition Of his
services rendered during the lilberni-
an national convention in Denver last
summer. AS county president he con-
tributed largely to its success.
II. W. Hawicy and shannon q. Lees
of the state engineer office have gone
on an overland trip 10 the Nebraska
state line for the purp0s" nj measuring
the seepage water Of ;hn South Platte
river. The Investigator will show
how much water returns to the river
after being used for Irrigation. and il
made every two year
a large sale OF real estate has been
made at Greeley by Herman McKeivy.
secretary of the s'al" Normal School.
who disposed OF til. Park addition to
the town Of win!sOi TO Davenport a.
Armstrong. The purchasers will
build a large hotel aad number OF
residences on this nddiIya, III. con-
sidcration is not made thlic.
Sterling bids fair 1" become one OF
the great beet sugaT ccntcrS of the
West. her sugar pros Is now includ-
Ing that Of the Gcoig" Clriincr Syndi-
cate OF Colorado Sprn factory To
be established by east, Eu capitalists.
whose personnel is aR yet withheld.
and pending deal with President ".
ID. Hoover OF the Eaton sugar Gem.
pany.
1
the Santa Fc by the Pul' an company
at cost of 81 10000. Tor tranEconti-
mental use between ago. Denver
and California. An On .'iy new s.ry-
leo will be established ss.iay. Soycm-
| her lGth with seven, ar trains. rlS
| the running time between Denver AMI
Los Angeles and be-. vccn Chicago and
Los Angeles will Il shoTtcncd more
than an hour.
More than half milton dollars has
already been invested In buildings H.
Denver this month. Mondays permits
to build brought the total 10 almost
$SS0.O0O. In view Of e, fact that the
fall usually IL n d, season among
architects and building Contractors the
Investment In phenomenal. i.an Euni-
mcr's strikes among ions engaged In
building trades are 1, One extent re-
sponsibic for the activity.
A verdict of ncquittal "a. brought In
by the jury In the case ri Mrs rr'idc
Vaiiic. Mt Fairpiay. chPr."i with be-
Ing mn nccomplicc OF J'.ly Baker. who
was convicted of the ...uTdcr OF her
husband some tine asl. ...s. Ta!i..
was little moved aah dii not seem sur
priscd by the re- II. Her sister. Mira.
Murton. thanko the Jury and the court
and then tho -'G n rush Of all tho
women I'm the luFt room to ,us. >, .atu-
late Mrs. vai'ic.
A now y hooI building OF modern
style and architecture Is TO be built
by the Siftcr- Di iyoTotto In Denver on
N site While. Is now being selected on
| CAPITOL Hill. II vii. /. used for st.
Mary's school. now loc,'ci IN the r!'
convent buiidiR, ON California street
between Fou;to-uth and Fifteenth
streets. Scvc:..l .ucal real estate firms
are securing options on desirable sites
for IT,. new school. although the new
buiiaif,- nny not be built until the old
one l. ''isposcd Of
Ciu Tabbcy, chief OF the Uintnh
Utos. as far back as the mind :! tho
Oldest inhnbi'nnt runs. died out near
White Rock agency. In Gtah. one day
last week. aged 1Oi years. He was In
,ar,y days the special friend of the
prophet. Brigham Young. and did
/ much in his time to preserve peace be-
tween his people and the whites. His
| succcssor as chief OF the uintah tribes
| has not yet been named. His son. Te-
cumsch. IL not in good favor rs the
! old chiefs successor.
Surveyor Baker with corps of
| workers and accompanied by ID. a.
! CamIield OF the South Platte Reservoir
| Company. Is at Snyder for the purpose
OF locating the site OF mammoth stor-
age reservoir in that vicinity. This
company has nearly completed its
Jackson Lake and Riverside reservoirs
and II is supposed that next year will
seee the construction Of the Snyder
| water storage basin. II IL estimated
that the Snyder water storage capa-
ity will cover 10000 acres. with prob
able construction expenditure of $780,
900.
A permanent Injunction has been
granted by Judge Mullins OF Denver to
Clint o. Heath against the town of
Evans. Heath is the owner of what is
known as the Ash Craft draw. which
runs into the Platte river near Evans.
The water in this draw is used for irri-
CATION purposes. A short time ago the
officers of the town constructed a ditch
which ran parallel with the draw. The
ditch received its water from the scep-
age from the draw. The city and its
officers were perpetually enjoined from
taking any of the water. by seepagc or
otherwise. from the Ash Craft draw.
Samuel Brown. recently agent for the
Midland Terminal railway at 1nde-
~. 81 II, Il t.t, Tot