Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-12-05
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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highly eommsnds the present condition
OF the State Industrial School for Girls.
David Powell Was Killed by a slide
in the Unity tunnel al SiIyerton No.
Nember z3rd. lie was weishman
about thirty years of age
J. q, Waters. who Was overcome by
foul gases in the Last Dollar mine at
Cripple Creek a short time since. died
al Cripple Creek November .5th.
| In the District Court at Gienwood
Springs DIR. J. W. Collins. a dentist
al Rifle. was acquitted Of the charge
OF criminal assault on a young woman
patient.
J. +. Wolf OF Denver. who has had
three trials in the District Court al
Greeley On charges OF obtaining money
by false pretensss. wEs nnally aequit-
ted OF all charges.
DIR, =. II. welles Of the Victor hos
pitai. whose foot was amputated sew
erai days ago. will receive 10000 for
the loss OF the member. lie was in
sured IN an accident company.
Nearly every large t0Wn in Colorado
had one or more football games on
Thanksgiving Day and the number OF
players more or less Injured will prob
ably foot up eleven or more TO each
team.
Guy Russell. a guard at the State
Reiormatory at Buena Vista. Was
found dead on the morning of Soyem-
ber 9Th on the floor 0f the tailor shop
His death was caused by hemoF-
rhase.
Philip Davis. the miner who. II Is
believed. tried To blow up the houst
occupied by Superintendent Griffith AZ
Tercio. short time ago. has been ah-
lndsed lnEanc In the County Court a,
Trinidad.
The Reed Investment Company of
Colorado Springs is preparing plans for
the construction of a $4,000 one-s;oFy
brick buHlness bidck IA Grand June
tIon. The block will take the place OF
l..e hotel originally planned by nr. v.
z. Reed.
The dolls of all nations will be cx-
hibited by the woman'R Club OF Den
yer December sth. 9th and 10Th. Among
the attractions will be the internation-
al doll exhibit. which II n collection OF
500 dolls gathered from all quarters
OF the globe.
A IRE In the Belle Vista hotel nj
Golden on the morning OF November
18th. was cx,ingulshci before much
OF tho building was destroyed. but the
dnmarss are estimated Mt Ebout sl.so'
Tho postofiicc. which Is located In tho
building. was not injured.
FL Paso county IL $1,000 richer by
decision rendered in it's favor by
Judge Moses Halictt OF the United
States Circuit Court. compelling the
railroads ownin. property in the coun-
~ to pay the twenty-five per cent.
withheld by them from the 1897 levy.
Fifteen minutes after the pupils had
left the Victor high school building on
tho afternoon of November 2tth. nm
explosion In the trench that was be-
Ing dug In the street for big conduit
In front OF the building broke the win
dows. injured the walls and desks and
made holes In the floor.
Word recently reached Colorado OF
the death In Corca OF Miss christinc
Colibran. She was the daughter OF
Former President Collbran OF the Col
orado Midland. Though only twenty
years old. Miss Collbran had written
and published little book Of travels
which received much praise.
On the evening of November 2tth
Victor Adams and Clay Hoover were
Imprisoned for two hours In n fire
clay tunnel. about six miles from Can
on City. Some fifty feet OF the tun-
mel caved In while they were ut work.
but other workmcn succeeded In libcr-
ating them through the air shaft.
It is expected that the new plant of
the Denver Packing Company will be
in operation by December 18th. This
plant Is expected to make Denver one
OF the great packing ccnters Of the
country. The outlay. so far. has been
nearly 100000. and the total Invest
ment is likely to reach s1,00O,000 by
the time the business Is fully estab-
lished.
James Ernest Andrews of San Bcr-
nardino, California. has presented n
fine collection of California insects to
the University of Colorado. There are
upwards OF 5000 specimens in the col
lection. representing every known spe-
cies to be found in southern California.
Mr.. Andrews was former student OF
the university. his specially being biol
ogy and entomology.
The Colorado Springs and Cripple
Creek District Railway Company will
issue bonds amounting to S3,00O,O00 to
refund the outstanding first and sec
ond mortgage bonds. which amount to
s2,977 600. and toprovide for extensions
ana lTnDEoFtlltht Va thV Ss ~
bonds will be forty-year gold bonds.
| bearing five per cent. interest, and
| payable semi-annually.
Eight hundred poor children were fed
| by the charity organizations of Pueblo
on Thanksgiving Day. The Volunteers
of America made their spread in their
| barracks on Main street. Capt. ]. p.
| Lister of the social religious movement
had tables In the dining rooms of the
Royal hotel. George Lousteau. res
taurant proprietor. fed fifty newsboys,
who. after the dinner. organized a
union and elected officers. The asso-
ciated charities sent out large donations
to several hundred families in the sub
| urbs.
The business men of Holyoke met on
Thanksgiving Day and organized a
Chamber of Commerce, electing the fol-
lowing officers: Mayor G. w. Garland,
president: G. w. Shutter, vice presi-
dent; O. c. Zingg, secretary; J. H.
Painter, treasurer. The organization
will investigate tho claims of the Le-
roy reservoir site to government aid.
This section, long noted for its climate
water and fertility of the soil, offers
many opportunities for profitable in
| vestment. 1t was decided to encourage
| tho orgo pizo alton of n fair association