Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-08-29
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Fire on the 10Th instant destroyed the
old Fiyc-Mile road house NJ sand
Greek, north OF Denver.
The Garden OF the Gods Chauiauqua
at Colorado Springs closed Its first an-
nuai session August "lsi.
Judge Eibcrt q. Smith OF Greeley
was badly Injured In runaway acci'
dent on the 18th instant.
A branch Of the IIoo.IIoo was instl.
tutcd In Pueblo ON the 10th inst. with
fourteen charter members
The building trades propose to turn
ont 3,lOO strong In the Denver Labor
Day parade September 1st-
Police Magistrate Thomas has sus'
tanned the ordinance closing the barber
shops In Denver On Sunday.
Labor Day. which comes on Monday.
September LIST. viii bc largely cclcbra'-
ed in almost every county in the state.
4 small band OF Indians from New
Mexico surprised the people OF Grnna
in In prowcrs county lew days since
by an unexpected call.
Colorado City IL considering n prop.
ositIon to establish n water plant OF Its
own instead OF continuing To purchase
water from Colorado Springs.
Thomas withcrs. Jr.. OF Denver, was
one OF the successful candidates To
pass III. mental examinations at An
napoiIs for entrance To the naval ncad'
cmy. class OF 1906.
J. W. Pope. prominent business
man OF Florence. died suddenly on Tie
18th Inst. from piomninc poisoning.
supposed 10 have h. n caused by eat
In. trout affected with some disease.
Headquarters OF the new Denver,
Northwestern 4 Pacific Railroad viii
he In the new Majestic formerly Me
MurtrIcD building. at the corner OF SIX
tccnth strrct and broadway. In Den.
yer.
An Immense crop OF peaches is being
harvested In the Grand valley ara the
railroads and express companies VIII
bc uncommoniy busy In carrying the
fruit to market during the next month
or more.
A suit has been filed In the District
Court ut Grand Junction for the re-
coycfy OF $1,000 OF Mesa county funds
that were ON deposit In the Colorado
State Bank that failed last January.
Suit has also been brought against cx.
Treasurer W. q. McCurdy and his
bondsmcn.
on tho 10th instant ladies' on the
north side In Pueblo met and organized
the Pueblo Civic Improvement Asso.
ciation. There are twcnty.ciEit char.
ter members of liz. organization. the
purpose Of which y /. take mn active
interest In the work Of general city
improvements. Mrs. N. =. Noble was
elected president.
The Democratic First district con.
rrcssIonnl convention has been called
TO meet In Denver Tuesday evening.
September 9th. The representation
viii be ms follows: Arnpahoc. III dele.
gates; Boulder. II: jefferson. IL: Lari.
mcr. L.: Lake. 20: Logan. q: Morgan.
o: Park. Z: Phillips. .: ScSlgwick. .;
Washington. 9: Weld. 10; Yuma. o; to.
tal. 23J.
Benjamin Tuck, keeper OF the nni.
mails ut ElItch's Gardens In Denver,
died August 18th Of concussion OF tho
brain. Mr.. Tuck received the injury
while bathing the day before In a small
lake near the city. He divcd from a
considerable elevation into what he
supposed to bc deep water. but II
proved TO be so shallow that his head
struck violently against the bottom.
The cornerstone OF the new S11S.OO0
city hall building Mt Colorado Springs
was laid August 18th by the Elks. An
address was delivered by Hon. l. n.
Stevens. During the cxcre 'scs the
roof OF nm adjacent stone shed col.
lnpscd under load OF amateur pho.
togrnphcrs and spectators and Arnold
Ungrr. cigarmaker. and his three.
ycar.old son were injured, the former
seriously.
Two suicides and a mine accident
were one days record mt anaconda oil
the 18th instant. Abe 1'rcyIrthen. u
well.known miner at Stratton's Inde-
pcndence, shot himself through the
head. Mrs. John Ronning. aged forty.
four and the mother Of ten children,
took carbolic acid and died. Nels Mar
kinson was prccipitatcd to the bottom
OF an eighty-fve-foot shaft by defec-
tive brake and sustained fractures Of
his right kg and shoulder. while j.
Ludwing. who was with him, was
badly bruised.
The superintendent Of buildings for
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Mt Pueblo has awarded the last con-
tract for bunch OF houses of the 200
which the company announced 1t
would build some two months ago.
When this latter contract Is completed
the company will prepare plans for an
other bunch of 200. and SO continue un-
I'll 1000 buildings have been construct
ed. They are all of modern improve.
ment and cost from $1,000 to $500.
and for the greater part are rented to
employees of the steel works.
At Loveland great arrangements
have been mnup for the annual corn
roast to be held Friday. September 9TH.
One of the events scheduled is n match
race between the Star hook and ladder
team of Georgetown and the Bartholf
hose team of Loveland. This will he
GOO-fect speed race and will be for
5000 side. The corn roast committee
will also put up S22j, thus making n
purse of Si2J to the winning side.
These are the teams that were tied in
the match race Mt Idaho Springs July
4th, and much interest is felt In the
outcome.
Within the last few weeks the peo-
pie In several sections Of the state had
an opportunity to see broncho busting
as presented by Buffalo Bill" and his
Wild West Show. In such conbina-
ton the CLUSTERS" ride the same horses
night after night and naturally both
horse and rider go through their act in
a rather perfunctory manner. Such an
is wonderful to the ensterner