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

The late rains had the effect Of de-
laying the opening Of the Greeley beet
| sugar refinery.
-Four new letter carriers md six
clerks Were added to the Denver post
office force October LIST.
The City Council OF Boulder has
adopted resolution providing for the
| purchase of 1G0 acres of ground to be
added to the Chautauqua tract.
The automobile Of DIR. =. +. Glldea
| OF Colorado Springs blew up II few
, days ago and set fire to the barn In
which 1t was kept, destroying the barn
and its contents.
Mrs. Helen l.. Grenfcll, state SUPER
intendent OF public instruction, who
has been seriously Ill for some time
In Denver. Is reported to be on the
way to recovery.
The Loveland beet sugar factory
opened this seasons work on Septem-
Der nth, and is expected TO refine
about 900 tons day for the next four
months or thereabouts.
The All-American and All-National
baseball teams will play series OF
exhibition games In Denver October
18th and 26th. Many OF the stars OF
the two great leagues will take part.
Manager Packard OF the Denver
baseball team OF the Western league
says that he Will retain the Denver
franchise and put the strongest team
he can secure In the Held next year.
William l.. Sweet has been chosen by
the Christian Endeayorers OF Denver
10 manage the local work In connection
with the International Christian En-
dcavor convention which meets in lou3.
i.ss l,. ,l..h - . snt
orado mountain ranges during the past
week have been surprised to ind then.
as white as II the season were midwin-
ter. An immense amount OF snow has
fallen.
On October LIST another oil producer
In the Boulder field was announced.
being that owned by the Anderson Oh
Company on the Gooding ranch. half
mile east of the Arnold. A good dow
was struck Mt 1900 feet.
Al the special election October LIST.
tho people OF Fort Morgan voted TO
erect water works and bond the town
for $4,000. Great interest was taken
In the election and the proposition car
ricd by vote OF over two to one.
Denver iR In no further danger of
water famine. The recent rains have
filled the Platte river from the noun
tRins and the Denver Union Water
Company has ordered that no NOR.
storage water be drawn from the rcscr-
yoIrs.
In trying to shoot n rntticanakr. VIII
liam ChHrwood OF Lafayette hit his lc.
near the thigh. intlietins n dangerous
wound. from which the surgeons at the
State rni.crsity extracted forty shot.
two i0.ccnt pieces and a part Of
penny.
l, seems na II tho Denver divorce
mill must be run by steam or eieciriei-
~. In Judge Mullins division Of tho
District Court a few days ago. seven
divon. eases wcr. heard and DEGREES
entered in Just ;hir'y-txo minutes.
Next
DR. =. e. Nichols has purchased lots
ahd let the contract for the eonsiric-
hon o. hospital In cFais. Tbs build
Ing will contain rooms and aceu;anp-
dations for twenty patients, IL will 10
the ars, institution q. i,s kind in
northwestern Colorado.
Til. Denver Chess. Checkers ani
Whist Club has invited III. whist
players Of all the s,ai-s adjoining Col.
Grade to meet in nCnN-F January ist
aud :ni for a whist tourney. II IL
the Intention to organize Rocky
mountain whist league.
io~ci'h Dalton. hojcaui-i. fell
nearly eighty feet from the top of the
new building of the Western Packing
Company in ElyFia. a suburb OF Den.
v-r. a few days aEa. and .scaIsc-I with.
out any broken homes. lie il expected
to set well Ia n short time.
". =. Caburu of iiuichkiSs. president,
Of the State soaTi Of Agriculture. says
Colorado is che e thr four states &c.
corded this year hy the United States
Department Of Statistics as having n
full apple crop of iup vcr cent. The
other three states are Idaho. California
aud Drszuu.
President Aaron sannctoF OF the
State Fair Association thinks that the
iass fair just closed ut rtcblo 's.em.
ons,ratcs that succrssful state fair
can L. held in Colorado AMI that
''thc fair has shown that CaiuEuto's
resources arc more varied than nCet
OF its citiEcns isciicv-i.-
CARLYLE Lamb. the famous Longs
peak guide. left Estes Park October ist
to make his home in Oregon. having
sold his hotel. the Longs Peak house.
to t:nus 4. Mills. Lamb Is one Of the
best known guides in Colorado. having
scaled Longs psak more than 200 times
in the pas, twenty years.
ON the morning OF September .ath.
iscfuTc daylight. two safes of the Mid.
land Terminal railroad. one at Victor
and one Mt Anaconda. were blown
orCn Ivy burglars. Little OF valuc was
found in the Anaconda safe. but the
ruht,crs secured sil5 in money and
numicr Of coupon fare books at Vic.
tor.
A flock Of twenty FIVE mountain sheep
frequent the Shetland ranch. Hfty
miles northwest Of Fort Collins. man.
aged by John DcavCr. In had wealth.
ar. during the spring. Mr.. DcavCr feeds
them with hay and they have lost
much Of their timijity. a large sill.
ver;ip bar also makes occasional
friendly visits.
Attorney John W. Sleeper Of Colo.
rado Springs. formerly OF Pueblo. has
announced his intention of going to
Manila 10 practice law. Attorney Sleep
| er Is an uncle Of Captain SLEEPER. who
/ went to Manila with the First Colo.
rudo. but for some time has been col.
lcctur Of internal revenue for the iIsu.
lar department.