Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-16
COLORADO BRIEFS.


The postoiiicc at Barela, Las Animas
county. has been rc'establishea with 5.
ii. Benton as postmaster.
April receipts OF the Pueblo post
office show an Increase OF thlrty-one per
cent. over April OF last year.
on May 9th the Denver baseball
team stood third In the Western
League and the Colorado Springs team
seventh. There are eight cities In the
league.
The new chapel In the State Penltcn-
tiary at Canon City was r.dcdicated
Sunday. April 9th. Rev. Thomas ID.
uzzcii OF Denver was the principal
speaker.
The fund To pay for presents to the
cruiser Denver has reached Si.1;io. The
Daughters OF the American Revolution
Will present the cruiser with II silver
pitcher.
The faculty OF the State Normal
School Mt Greeley decided that out OF
the senior class OF seventy members
slSty-clEht are entitled to graduation
from the Institution June LIST.
There wcrc nine contestants at the
annual contest of the Interstate ora
torIcai Association. held In ~. Paul,
Minnesota. May III. i.oring -. Beck
with of Denver was awarded fourth
rank by the judges.
Mrs. Martha \. shu,c. secretary OF
the BoarJ Of Agriculture. Inns l-'cn np-
pointed superintendent OF tie h"rilcui'
Iural display at the state fair In I'u-
chlO. The premium fund for this dIs'
play hns b'vn Increased this year from
$500 To- $50.
The executive board Of the Western
E..IaFsttfun ..T NIIu..Ts. ttsFit I.,u,
Yer ON May :..ni for u prolonged s.-s.
sion. Tie convention does not open
| until May .'ith. President i0yec nn-
Iirlpntcs the largest convention III the
history OF the organization.
Chancellor Buchtcl Of the University
OF beaver announc,7s that h- hns sc'
cuEsd pledges for Sssp.sy OF Ill.
amount nr-,it,i TO pincr the Institution
free from debt. Only s's,.sS remains
To H. raisr,i nni ia. PROSPECT of getting
tina, soon Is very encouraging.
bishop Henry ". Warren has i-ic
ETaph.d from Chattanooga. Tennessee.
announcing the conf-F-nc.s over which
he viii preside this summer ns follows:
Wyoming. August sih: Utah. August
iiih: Colorado. Angus, :is,. lie VIII
preside over two Ohio confrE-nc@ also.
The i.-r. iirucr nruwn. pastor 81 the
/ c-ntrui Christian Church in Beaver.
has ofr-E,i the usr 81 the church fTV-
to the iaispr unions Of the city for such
| public m--iinss A. they may wish to
hold. The building ls a nnr onc. anj
Is no, rrnt-i tuE less than $50 nishf.
The city Of itauid-r owns It's own
| water works. whirl. rus, about ssssasp.Dss,
aud 1. TrcviFins enough for water ..
ray on Its indebtedness at IL" rate
Of si,s.s yCaT. iIaul.i-F's municipal
affair. arr operated aa an sInIli raiE.
4 Inclusive Of provisions for its sinking
fund.
], II. Crowley of Rocky j'ort. a
t,-,uI--r Of tl. STATE IIaaEi of Iiortis
CuI,ur'. has written sccTvtary shut.
tina, newer in the history ot the state
have the fruit tFrvs l-vn ne heavily
laden with blossoms ne they aru this
spring. lie predicts a crop newer L..
foTr cgualc,i ia bis s-viIon Of Colorado.
a aa. anil third faru for round
trip il the rat" the Erads have EiNCn
for Colorado Jprppl- who desire 'o at
tend the twenty .ninih annual meeting
OF the national ruufCIvnCu Of charities
ani correction which viii convene In
Detroit. Michigan. th" evening of Wei.
nCs.lay. May 18th. at the Central
Methodist Church.
4. y. IIockutt. chairman Of the brCt
sugar Organization Of MDss'l. has ~.
cuivC,i a shipment 81 3s>ss, pounds of
sugar I--t seed fTun the Rocky FoTsi
factory. and So acTcs In aud around
Musra Is rapidly lSCins seeded to sugar
lprc,s under the direction uf 4. y. Mchs
ring. asrscultuTist for the American
Sugar Company.
Five mules wcrr imprisoned ischipi a
- al a
mine. at Lafayette. anj Secretary
Whitehead Of the ilumanc society no.
tilted the mine Managers 10 rSscuc
them n, anrr. Mr. Whitehead r,s,civci
woni that the mules had l-ecH Impris.
unrd for thry. days \ miner CTavlci
in nui gave them some fcy,l. hut could
no, take water OF get them out.
Thomas Holland. state suprTin,cni.
pnt OF fish hatchcTics. has just trans.
fcTrc,i Jp1..g rainbow trout eggs FROM
the Gunnisun hatchery TO the Denver
hatchery. where there arc now almost
a.s..J eggs. Mr.. Holland says the
gunnison hatchery is filed with eggs
aud that this spring the fish aud game
office will have mUrp spawn for lakes
and streams than for several years
past.
There is n movement on foot TO pave
Colorado avenue from Colorado
Springs to Manitou. prominent citizens
of ippth towns taking the lead in the
matter. 4 bicycle Path ON either side
is talked Of. AMI altogether the prujcct
seems certain Of unanimous support.
The city and county will each be askcl
to contribute toward the enterprise. as
well as the towns Of Colorado City and
Manitou.
The new reservoir Of the Grand
Junction water works has just lsrn
completed at n cost Of si5..sp. and the
water was turned in ON the 18th instant.
The reservoir Is iJ2 feet square. Its
average height is nine and onc-half
feet. the lSu,tom is fifteen inches In
thickness Of the best Colorado Fort
land cement. and the walls are support
e,l by fifty-cight buttrcsses within and
without the reservoir. The capacity Is
about 1.fE1.crp gallons.
II, is stated in Denver that W. +.
uayrmpyer has closed one Of the lars-
est deals on record ON the western
slope. Not only did he come to Colo
RADIO on Colorado Eastern railway af-
fairs. but he has given options to
company headed by Josiah Winches-