Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-09-26
COLORADO BRIEFS.

hiHAhNHthNh 6tbh''s
Denver dealers report an uneommon'
ly large amount OF fruii ON the market
recently and eorrespondlnsiy low
prices.
A football game Il 10 he played on
October 4Ih an the BOULDER grounds
between III. State University AID the
University OF Nebraska.
Estes Park people hope that the
building OF the new Moffat railroad
will lead TO the speedy construction OF
branch road into the park.
The Republicans have nominated W.
:. whinery OF lake City for hoat rep
res.niatiye from the district eompris'
Ing Mineral and Hinsdale counties.
Mn. Katherine Felt Haliett, wife OF
Judge Moses iiniieti. died at Denver
September loib. Her death Was the
result OF an Illness OF several weeks.
The Denver joint labor committee
finds that III. Labor Day celebration
has nett.d about $50. which amount
will bc divided among III. different or
sanizaiions.
The Prohibltionists OF Weld county
have nominated Robert Steele and
Airs. \. Putnam for the state Lesis'
iatnre. Only four town, In III. county
have licensed saloons.
In the joint Republican senatorial
convention OF Pueblo. Teller AMI Fire
mont counties. held nt Canon City,
Louis Campbell of Cripple Creek was
nominated for float senator.
II Is probabi. that the Colorado and
Wyoming delegation to the National
Encampmcnt OF III. q. \. II. in Wash
iDston VIII make another effort 10 brini
the cncImpmcnt 10 Beaver In l'sei.
The Denver Athletic football team
has arranged to open the season with
game with Colorado College NJ Colo
rado Springs Octobc- ilth. Its next
game In the stat. viii la with iii,
School OF Mines October 18th.
a homIns pigeon liberated In Den
vse by q. N. bay OF the Adams EN'
press Company on III. itth OF August
reached I'ittsburg. Pennsylvania. on
the morning OF September :ird. having
made the trip In twenty-five days.
The trial OF the county commission
c-s OF Arapnhoc county FOR mnlfcas'
nnc- In office Ia connection with the nl'
,fs-d oy.rchars.n In the Smlth.Brook-
printing contract has b-cn postponed
aud may not coiic up until after cicc'
tion.
James 4. Scmpic. formerly promi
n-nt railroad man. died In Denver
September 18th nj the age Of seventy
seven years. lie was the father oi
Frank II. Scmpic. city passenger agent
OF the Denver Il lilo GTnndc railroad
In Denver.
In response to circular letter. John
Ilipp Of Denver. chairman of the cen
irui committee OF the Prohibition par
~. received promises from 1..Oc min
listers to deliver n sermon upon prohi
bition or temperance. Sunday, Scpiem
Der 18th.
The city officials OF Denver have
again moved Into the city hall, which
las been repaired. rcmodcicd and
greatly Improved since the big IRE oi
several months ago. II Is no more
like the old building than u parlor j,
like pig sly.
The trustees OF the State School oi
Mines met nj Golden ana passed rcso
lu,Ions dcpiorIng the death OF W. =
| Stratton. formerly member OF th'
board. whose bcnctccncc finds cNhibi
tIon In various departments OF the In
s,itution and who gave II Mt one timt
$4,000.
Dennis Nolan. aged twcnty-scvcn
was killed by a blast In the q. j. ii
mine mt Orient. near villa Grove. Sep
| tcmbcr 18th. Nolan set or three shots
| two OF which exploded. and lie went In
to the shaft aud brushed up the fus'
on the third when 1t went on, killing
him Instantly.
| The Masonic grand lodge Mt Its meet
, Ing In Denver elected the following oil
GERS: Marshall II. Dcanc OF Glenwoot
Springs. grand viastcr: james IL. HI
lian. Denver. deputy grand master
George 4. Cooper. Amethyst. senio
grand warden: Darius \. Barton. Den
yer. grand treasurer: William ID. Todd
Denver. grand secretary.
The death rate for the city OF Den
yer during August. according to til,
report OF the Board of Health, wa,
1850 per 1000. This is an increase o
Isl per 900 over August of last year
when the rate was 1i.96. The dcath'
last month numbered 21O. The in
creased mortality is attributed TO DIR,
weather. dust and consequent contnmi
nation of water.
The surveyors of the Denver & Ri,
Grandc In the field between Paine
Lake and Hustled. distance of twelv'
| miles, have not yet completed thei
work but Manager Herbert is said t.
be of the opinion that the grade of sew
enty-five feet to the mile between tn
two places will be reduced and IL neces
sary the entire twelve miles of tract
will be built anew.
Supervisor Lindquist of Denver. VIII,
was injured in the runaway acciden
last summer i'll which Alderman Kell,
was killed. has had to have his lef
leg amputated about four inches abov'
| the ankle. The accident occurred
while party of ofiiials were on thei
way to visit the new dam of the Den
YER Water Company on the south forl
of the Platte river.
The Democratic senatorial and rep
rescntative conventions of Teller. L,
Paso and Douglas counties nominated
for representatives Charles S. Sprague
ID. c. Hall and c. X. Burger from Il,
Paso county. and a. B. Bernier, Osca
Walker. both of Victor, and Henr,
King of Goldiield. Senator Il. NJ. Am
mons of Douglas county was unani
mously renominated for senator, alon,
with Frank j. Hangs of Cripple Greek
The coroncr's inquest at Glenwoo,
Springs in the case of Thomas McNul
ty, returned verdict finding that nine
year-old Martin McNulty fired the sho
which killed his father. but the jury i
unable to say whether the shooting wa
| accidental and recommends n thorough