Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-31
COLORADO BRIEFS.

syiVahia 10 ald the strikers.
Fanny Smith. dance hall girl at
cripple Creek. attempted suicide Friday
night by taking carbolic acid.
Tho Colorado Baptist state conven-
ton opened the convention proper In
Denver at the Calvary Baptist church
last night.
William Mitchell was yesterday
knocked from the Rio Grande bridge
over TETON street In Colorado Springs
and will die.
Ground was broken In Denver Sun
day for the Catholic cathedral, which.
when completed. will be one Of the
finest church edihces in the West.
l.. F. Woodruff has been chosen
marshal OF the town OF Loveland. The
office was declared vacant about two
weeks ago. The former marshal was
T.. ID. J. Sivyer.
The controversy between the execu-
tors and administrators OF the Stratton
estate was continued In the District
Court At Colorado Springs until .
| O'Clock Saturday morning.
s. !. Hallet. who was elected senator
from Pitkin county two years ago. and
who soon afterward removed to San
Juan county. has been prevailed upon
to withdraw his resignation rs senator.
The mystery surrounding the corpse
OF the young man discovered on Mon
day near the Meivin-Kendrick ranch.
three miles from Morrison. remains un-
solved. and II Is doubtful II the identity
OF the dead man will ever be discov-
cred.
The Cripple Creek district In to have
an early-morning mail again. ar
rnngemcnts having been made by the
Postoffice Department for the mail
to be transferred from the Midland
on the Divide to fast freight on the
Midland Terminal. which will land
letters and papers there nj $3.50 n. m.
by n careful estimated table. com.
piled by the Cripple Greek Times.
there are employed In mining In tho
Cripple Greek district 6.2l7 men. The
average wages are s3.:2 day. which
means = monthly pay roll OF sS:s..
sO0.T3. This does not include men
employed In the extreme outside sec.
tons of the camp.
A suit for $4,000 damages has
been fiied against the Midland Tcrmi-
nal Railway by Paris +. frcshour OF
Cripple Greek. He alleges that April
by q Midland Terminal passenger
train and killed nj Giiir,t. and that
the company was criminaiiy rcspon-
sibic for the death.
Sterling has granted a franchise to
O. p. Sells Of Pueblo for the lighting
Of all the city by electricity for a per.
.od of twenty years. The city will
have ton arc lights placed upon the
streets at present. and probably a
number more In tho near future. as
tho city IL growing AT . rate that will
soon warrant additional lights.
A large sale Of real estate has b~cn
made AT Greeley BY Herman MckciSy.
secretary Of tho State Normal School.
Who disposed of the Park addition To
the town Of Windsor to Davenport &
ArrstronE. Tho purchasers will
bald q large hotel and = number of
residences on this addition. The con-
alteration IL not made pubiie.
A message from Pearl. North park.
10 Coroner Darmcr of Fort Collins says
that -Ad'' Moore. q vol known charae-
ter in North park. was found Friday
morning dead in bed. apparcniiy from
the esyccss Of alcoholism. Justice W.
u. n-ck~ith of waidroa. Who vas In
Pearl this morning. made the discos-
ory. Several years ago Moore killed
man In North park. and since drank al
mos, inecssansiy.
The merchants organization Of
Cripple Greek intends to push the
asht against the csorbi,ant freight
rates. A meeting will bc held In a
few days and all frcish,crs will be
asked to Join in tho combination. Mcr.
chanaisc can be hauled from Colorado
Springs to Cripple Greek by ffciehsinx
at forty per cent. less than IL now bc.
ins charged BY the railroads. The
frcishters will do their work over the
Cheyenne mountain road.
Tho corner stone Of tho Carnegie
public library a, t.cadsiIlc vas laid
Saturday under the auspices of the
Masonic lodges of that city. Dr.
Marshall II. Dean. grand master of
the Colorado oiEe. was present. The
Grafton vas delivered by John A. E~-
ine. ex-grand master. All the letters
which passed between Mr.. Carnegie
and the library committee. together
with other ranuscEip, In connection
with the new library. and a copy of
the newspapers. were placed in a box
and buried beneath the corner stone.
Coal will be advanced in price in
Denver on the FIRST of next month by
mos, Of the retail dealers Of that city.
Ignite coal. which Is being sold at ~
a ton by s1Tnc uftns. " aiH1bst t"FtAiu
TO rise in price. The Northern Coal
Company has determined to restore
i,s former price of si.ss ton on iis.
mite and to add an extra 5 cents to
this amount. making a total Of g per
ton. II Ia now selling this coal al
gi.1s. sI.Ss per ton and less. The
raise will. therefore. be 30 cents or
more a ton at the beginning OF No
vember.
AN smicabie understanding has
been reached between state and fed
crai authorities on the Gunnisou tun-
mel project" said Hydrosraphcr A. l..
Fellows. Surveys have been made
in the Grand river valley and II the
government decides to begin its work
there. an immense acreage will he af-
for,ied for cultivation" Mr.. Fellows
statement confirms news received from
Delta that a committee has been APP
pointed from among the citizens OF
the uncompahgrc valley to cooper
ate with the federal officials. The
committee is non.partisan.
The San Luis valley Is soon to have
an immense group Of reservoirs. to be
constructed by private capital inter
ested in the lands Of the district. In.
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