Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-17
COLORADO BRIEFS.


. The brotherhood of st. Andrew will
hold its national convention in Den
YER next year.
President James II. Baker of the
University OF Colorado. returned from
Europe on the Sth instant.
Colorado labor organizations are
sending large sums OF money to Penn
sylyania to aid the strikers.
Mrs, George Baldesarri. an Italian
resident of Silverton. was crushed to
death October 9th by the overturning
OF load OF baled hay.
Adjutant General Gardner says the
Colorado troops that attended the
army maneuvers In Kansas will be
benefited by the experience.
The George W. Cook Drum Corps
from the Centennial State were very
much In evidence at the national en-
campment OF the G. A. Il. In Washing
ton.
! The county commissioners OF Gum
nison county have submitted the ques-
tion OF county high school to tho.
people OF the county TO vote on next
month. :
Mrs. q. ii. Stoiber OF Silvcrton has
taken out nonresident hunters IL
an TO whom such license has been:
granted.
The Baptist convention. which meets
In Denver October Goth. will be In ses-
sion for three days. Among the things
to be considered are the plans for the
Woman's College ut Denver.
Grand county has Its fira bank. II
Is called the Bank ofGrand County and
was opened for business October LIST
at Sulphur Springs. County Judge
j. T. Wills Ii president and Frank n.
Briggs Is cashier.
Hazel cottage. the hnndsomcst
cottage On the Boulder Chnutauqun
grounds. was destroyed by fire Octo-
'ber sth. The cottage cost upward Oh
5000. and was the property OF John
Duncan OF Boulder.
The town OF Colorado City will pur-
chase for the sum OF $4,000 water
right No. 2 OF the Findlcy ranch on
Fountain creek nnd will construct n
water system OF It's own. it present
plans do not mIscnrry.
Prominent business men OF Colorado
Springs will confer with Chief Hydro
Eraphcr +. a. Newell relative to the
construction OF n reservoir on site
seven miles south Of the city. to store
the flood waters OF the Fountain.
The annual state horticultural con-
yention will be held November 10. 20
and Il ut the rooms OF tn. state hor-
ucu!turai board In the capitol build
ins at Denver. Arrangements are be-
Ing made for horticultural exhibit.
/ The University OF California. after
careful Investigation. will give fGi!
credit TO Etudcn,s for diplomas In the
following Colorado schools: North
Side hlsh school. East Denver high
school and West Side hish school OF
Denver: Pueblo high school. Pueblo.
At i,s meeting In Fort Collins oc,o-
bcr sih. the Northern Colorado lum-
bcrmcn'a Association elected the fol-
lowing officers: Prcn!dcnt. Senator W.
l.. Clayton of Greeley: vice president.
I.ambcr, Sternbcrg Of Boulder. sccrc-
iary and treasurer. l.. II. Haywood OF
Loycland.
Gam. Commissioner Harris has Bo'
far recovered from the wound resolved
In his late cucount-r with utcs That
he has left his Once In Denver and
temporarily taken up his quarters Mt
his ranch near Golden. IL may take
some timc for tho wound To become
entirely healed.
Mira. Mary L. Barry. sentenced TO
three years In tho pcnitcntiary for
stealing n house at Victor and moving
II to Cripple Creek. and who was re-
leased from the pcnitcnuary under
writ OF HupcrscdcaA and granted new
trial. has been acquitted by n jury In
the District Court at Cripple Creek.
At an election held in Sterling. Oc-'
tohcr iith. the Taxpayers voted almost
unanimously in favor Of wntcrworks
ayHtcm. and aa n result bonds amount
Ing to SCI 600 will be issued for that
purpose a reservoir Of half a mil
lion gallons capacity will he built Mt
Sprinsdaic Springs. i've miles from the
town.
The site for tho new postoiiicc In La
Junta las been selected by the depart
mcnt In Washington. The property be-
longing to J. II. SiminEton was select
cd. Tho ow ncr will erect a building
and lease IL TO the government for n
term Of years Mt stipulated sum. This
In expected to locate the postoii!cc per-
manentiy for ut least ten years.
The annual convention of the United
Mine Workers OF America for Colo
rado. Wyoming. New Mexico. ut It's
session in Colorado Springs. elected
the following officers: william How
cliH. CDal trs"K. prcHlu"nI. William
McAllister. Lafayette. vice president:
John Simpson. Agtii1ar. secretary:
William Price. Palisades. executive
board member.
Charles u. Prior Of Lovcland. prcsi-
dent of the Prior Coal. oil and Gas
Company. has large quantity of coal
samples from the company's mine In
Morgan county. lie reports shaft
down eighty-f1ve feet where an eleven
foot vein Of good quality of Ignite coal
was encountered and n drill showed
another six-foot vein thirty feet deep
or. of a much better quality.
On October 18th the Italians of Pu-
eblo celebrated the discovery of Amer
lea with elaborate ceremonies. The
Christoforo Colombo Society had the
affair in charge and made pro-
nounccd success OF IL. Hector Charit-
lione of the Federated Italian Societies
of the United States sent telegram
to President Roosevelt asking that Oc-
tober IL, the anniversary of the dis
covery of America, be named as
national holiday.
During the Grand Army encamp-
ment in Washington the Denver