Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-07-11
coLoRADo's CAPITAL.

The June report OF the secretary OF
state shows eighty-six Interpretations,
and a total In receipts TO the office of
Sl2.lOI.23.
The State Land Board. at Its last
meeting. appointed committee To de-
wise means for cfYectually lighting for
est fires. The governor and two np-
praisers We're made the committee.
and $40 was appropriated for use In
lighting the dangerous fires In La Tia
In county. near Durango. Discouras-
Ing reports Were received from that
district. The committee will be per-
mancnt and Its work will be ns much
prevention as the stopping OF forest
fires.
George ii. Maxwell has written n let
ter to Acting Governor Coates conerat-
ulatlng him ON his work for the gov-
ernment Irrigation bill and congratu-
lnting the West generally ON Its pas
sage. He mentions the "iirclcss efforts
OF Congressman Shafroth nnd BELL In
the House and adds: This IL the
greatest national project ever innuIu-
rated by any government In the history
OF the world. The people OF the West
do not yet fully realize the sweeping
nature OF this new national policy"
Word has been received by Capt.
George W. Thatcher. OF the Colorado
st. Louis fair commission. That tho
management OF the fair Increased tho
amount OF ground to bc used FOR cShi-
bition purposes by 400 acres. making
the total area to bc occupied bctwecn
800 and LOO ncrc~. As result OF
this Colorado will have more room. nnd
Il IL probable that the irrigation plant
which the state commission Will Install
ns part OF Its exhibition Will In much
larger and better than the one which
was nrst projected.
Acting Governor Coates recently sent
q telegram to the commissioners OF Inn
migration at Ellis island, New York.
protesting against the Importation OF
eight Italian cooks. who are to be
brought To the Hotel Anticrs at Colo
RADIO Springs. lie protests against
their being allowed to land. Word had
been received by President Gnrmnn OF
the State Federation OF Labor that the
cooks and all other help FOR the Antlcrs
were being brought from Genoa. Italy.
Mr.. GRrinnn sent protest nnd asked
the governor to do the same.
A st. Louis dispatch OF July End
says: Gov. James Il. Orman OF Colo
RADIO and party have visited the siis
OF the exposition. They called ON Di-
rector OF Works Taylor and discussed
with him the location OF Colorndo's
Worlds fair building. Governor Or
man. ms chairman Of the Colorado
commission. was specially Interested
In the work OF the commission and the
site OF its building. After the Inter-
view the party drove to the southern
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Judge Bennett. In the District Court
Mt Boulder. July 2nd. released Jesse
Butler from the pcniicntiary under I'm.
beas corpus proceedings. The crime
FOR which Butler was sentenced to the
rcformniory mt Bucna VISTA under the
indctcrminnfc sentence law was CON-
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Frank Mott. who has Inherited the
old Horace Greeley" stngc coach. has
dug out the relic OF pioneer days from
nm old barn mt Pcmbcrton, and brought
II to Denver. where the curious may
see II In his stables Mt 53I Eighteenth
street. The old stage coach formerly
belonged to Barlow x Sandcrson. who
ran II over the old trail OF the Platte.
This was In the COS: then Spotswood
Il McClclland bought 1t. and in the
early 1Os sold II to II. $. Mott. who
put IL into service between Denver and
the mining camps. In 1873 1t was on
the old Elkhorn trail. and was held
up by road agents. The driver. James
Quinn. got away with the mail. but
three passengers were killed. But the
old coach's chief claim to fame lies In
the fact that IL brought Horace Gree
ley across the plains.
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