Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-24
COLORADO BRIEFS.

elosed ~ nsidnight-
4 farger under sFyr~t at Creeds u
believed 10 t,e Fat Grove.
Gene Barn Of CEeede was aped $50
for kiitins three mountain sheep.
Dsevse seens In fair way to have
two baseball uines tho coming seasca-
Tue Legislature will convene In ex-
tFunrSanaFy sessiou on the y5sh OF Jan
uasy.
The daughter Of Major General whea.
tou " sooa In marry fretiesiek u. Nos.'
ley Of Colorado Springs
A nsw wagon road IL 10 be built BE-
tween Monument apd Palmer Lake 70
avoid the hills ON the present route.
Tte effect on tho value Of real estate
has be-n remarkable. Land has E0ue
up so pcr cent. In pFiev aud In some
Instances even more. One farm WAS
Just sold for 500 per acre.
Tue Colorado Fuel 4 Iron Company
paid e1.00000O In wages In 1901. and
turned out . product. ineiuc.ng A.OsS.-
$50 tons Of coal and s5t.ssO tons Of
coke. Of about thirteen million doliarA
The deaf mut-s Of D~uvcr arc O..
gauiuiug Q church. They viii cent
quarters for q church and employ .
skilled Instructor from che Colorado
Rprinxu College. who will pcach "
them In the sign language.
Walter A. 8tockman aud Frank Nc
uamaFn. two alleged hor<c thieves
who escaped from the jefferson county
jail. were captured by Douglas county
osacen at the Sunch Of l.. z. Stevens.
TIN miles west Of Castle Rock.
A new &SO.000 hotel and a new ma
tioual bank with capitalization OF
10000 arr assured for Grand June.
ton Tn Reed Investment Company
Of Colombo Springs h hack Of both tho
now enterprises. Work ON tho now
hose3 will he commenced at once
Excitcmcnt In the Dcbcque oil ncisis
CONTINUES unabat-d aud tho hills for
milss around town arr tillesi with pros
pcctoru and now piece Of government
land on which the locniop' stakes arc
NOT prominent IL . rarity. Prices su
real cstAtc arc rapidly advancing.
Foul air In tho May HI mine on
Gquaw mountain has added two morc
victims 10 the list Of minc casualties
In the Cripple Greek district. Tho un.
Gsetuna;c miners arr John Wanncr and
Gus petcrson. They were employed BY
Lcaeees Davis and Bentley.
A macaroui factory has been cssab-
lished At Coal Creek. The company II
composed Of Italians and the machin.
cry was imported from Italy. tho
varieties arc being made. Thc orders
alrcady arc taxing the plant.
J. W. Warren has donated 30 acres
Of valuable land two miles west OF
Lovcland to the National Benevolent
Ia - NlaSl trs.H IN
tho purpose Of establishing an induxiri.
nj homo for homeless boys Suitable
buildings will he erected BY tho asso-
citation ~ coon n possible. and the
farm put into proper condition to bc
utillxci to the best advantage In the
support OF the homo.
II has Just been learned that parties
arc taking up the coal lands at the
head Of Surface creek. near Delta.
Over 10000 acres arc now stakcd and
the men are wtill at work. While No
definite Information can bc obtained.
Il 10 thought that either the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company or the parties
who are talking Of putting In the smelt-
CT at Delta are securing the coal de-
positA s
Il 10 thought that Thomas T. Walsh
is back Of the smclter negotiations for
Delta, and that In place OF building
railroad to Pueblo from Ourny. rs he
talked Of doing some time ngo. thnt he
will build n smeiter Mt Deltn, construct
ing short road from Ouray md Tcllu-
ride to Delta. Tho parties who were
here in the interest Of the smeltcr
would not say who they represent. but
claim that Delta is the natural location
for a smelter, and that they expect to
begin operations this season.
A large and enthusiastic meeting OF
farmers and business men WINS held Mt
L>oyeland .un the 14th to discuss the
question Of tariff reduction on sugar.
There was no pre-arranged program,
but the discussion wns open to nll.
The interest taken by farmers in thP
subject was shown by the large unnk
bef who took advantage Of the oppor-
tunity Of saying few words In be-
half Of this new industry and the ne
cessity Of q protective tariff. At the
close of the meeting resolutions were
unanimously adopted and ordered for
warded to the president and to Colo
radios representatives in Congress ask
ing that no reduction in the duties be
made.
A survey has been commenced by
the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Company Of a line over the route once
defined MS the Pueblo. Gunnlson C Pa
cific. The rond MS projected will run
south from Pueblo along the foothills
Of the Greenhorn mountains to st. Ma.
ry's, after which 1t will extend along
the Huerfano to Crestone, connecting
there with a branch Of the Denver 4
Rio Grande New Mexico line from Moi.
fat. From there the line will extend
through Saguache county to Gunnison
where the rich beds Of iron ore are be
ing found. 1t is stated that the new
road will be standard guage, and thai
II Engineer J. G. Gwin makes a favor.
able report 1t will be built.
Oil excitement at Boulder increases.
At the Mckenzie well sand rock has
been pierced to the depth Of over thirty
feet. Several barrels of oil were bailed
up yesterday, but as no impression was
made on the depth of the oil, the drill
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