Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-23
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The United Stntes navy recruiting
station In Denver was open for II weea
nnh secured twenty-ninr cnlistments.
Senator Patterson has made applica.
tion for the establishment OF u rural
free delivery route at Highland Lake.
Weld county.
Civil service examinations will be
held Mt Leadvlllc und Pueblo, on May
18th. for the purpose OF lilllng positions
In the postoiiiccs OF the Two elites.
Kate. the lIoness nt ElItch's Gardens
In Denver, gave birth ln three cubs On
the 9th Instant, all OF which seemed
likely TO survive the perilS Of Infancy.
Denver wants motto and Will pay
SD In gid for the hest one that
reaches the Colorado Press Bureau OF
Information before May list at p. III.
President Roosevelt has selected Da-
vId ii. Moffat To take charge OF the
contributions made In Denver for the
relief OF the sufferers from the recent
disaster In the West Indies.
Civil service cxnmina tIons will be
held In Aspen and Fort Collins on May
18th for the purpose Of iilling the posi-
tIons OF clerk and letter carrier In those
places.
The cornerstone of the new Chris.
tim church at In Junia was laid on
the 18th Inst. with appropriate ccrc-
monies. Tie church VIII bc OF brick
aud stone aud Will cost $1,000.
Postmaster l.. q. Dana OF Colorado
Springs Inns received notice from wash
ington that his request for four extra
| clerks during the summer season would
bc allowed.
The civil service commission VIII
hold an examination Mt Denver on June
ITil. 18th and 18th. FOR the purpose of
hllIng the position Of cadet In the rcvc-
nue. cutter service.
The I.cadvIlic Christian Enicavor So
cicty has appointed Its committees and
II making preparations for the four
| tccnth annual state Christian Endcav-
or convention To bc held ut Lcadvillc
July sth.
The members Of school board No. 2.
Pueblo. have accepted the offer OF the
AiinncIua Town Company To donate
| eight lots if the board would erect
$4,000 high school bsiljins within =
reasonable time.
The Santa fc has announced that II
will build the iirst modern hotel In
Trinidad TO cost about SIJ.UD. The
city has given the company lease on
q small public park In which the build.
Ing will bc erected.
A design has been accepted for the
new Catholic cnthssirni Ia tl,c erected
In Denver. The style Is pure Gothic
and II will In one of ilu, hncst church
buildings In the West. Two spires Will
rise to the height OF go feet.
In the District Court at La Junta
Scnnlnn and Hnnnahnn. the confessed
bank robbers who dynnmitcd the vault
In the hank Of Fowler and got away
with $1,000 last month. were given
from four to ten ycars each "a the pcni.
tcntiary.
II Is reported tha, Pueblo Is likely to
have a genuine "sky scrnpcr." Charles
ncnkcl, In association with New York
people. II said to bc planning the early
erection OF n tcn.story steel building
at the southeast corner OF Third nnd
Mnin street.
The bodies Of two more Telluride
anowslide victims. Fred Q. Clcmmcr.
the steward. and Wade Crow. the
School Of Mines boy. who were Killed
In the Liberty He'll snowsliic Of Feb
runry 18th. wcrc recovered from the
snow scpulchtcs on the 18th inst.
The trial Of former City Treasurer
Moses 4. Hale. at Colorado Springs.
charged with cmbczzllng $4,000 OF tho
city's funds. has been set for June 9th
before Judge Seeds OF the District
court. g. Z. Smith. an alleged nc.
complicc. will be tried on the same
day.
The Santa fe will put on new
through Colorado train for daily run.
beginning June lst. The new train
will bc composed of one composite car.
a chair car. nm observation car. two
siccpcrs and a diner. The putting on Of
this train will ncccssiintc n change In
the time card.
Was has begun nt Pueblo on cxtcn.
sivc improvements which nrc estimated
tn cost $4,000. TO bc made Mt Lake
Minncpua by the Minncpua Townsi,s
Company. The changes include the
building OF handsome pavilion and
small thcatcr, which will be operated
during the summer.
In the Joint meeting of the county
Judges and county attorneys held In
Denver on the 18th something OF n
sensation was sprung by County Attor-
ncy g. ID. Todd OF Weld county. who
startled the gathering with n PROPOSE.
ton to rcvolutionizc the system Of
judicial procedure now In vogue. and
I'm vigorous language advanced his
ideas. I'VE have too many courts In
this state" said Mr. Todd. "Owing to
the peculiar conditions existing II ir
likely that the ccnters of population
will continue for many years to come
to be very unevenly distributed. tf
we had but two courts the state would
be much better OF. All attorneys
know that much OF their time IL taken
UP with appeals in eases which should
never have been granted the right. As
m example, n case is begun In the
County Court and is taken to the Dis.
trict Court. From there 1t Is taken to
the Court Of Appeals. One Of the at
torneys may elect to have 1t transfer
red to the Supreme Court. The other
attorney may Insist on the Court Of
Appeals. and finally, when the question
IL determined, the appellate court de-
cides II has not Jurisdiction. My rem.
edy would be to establish one nisl
prius court and one appellate court.
DO away with the District Court and
the Court of Appeals. In the sparsely
settled counties the taxpayers are COM
PEELED to support their share Of n Dis
trict Court and County Court. The
Judge of the District Court sits per-
haps half dozen times In the year In
some counties Of his district. Prison
ers may be locked up for nearly year
awaiting trial. II the County Court