Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-24
COLORADO BRIEFS.


The Brotherhood of st. Andrew will
yer next year.
Colorado labor organizations are
sending large sums of money to Penn
sylyania to aid the strikers.
The Denver Ministerial Alliance and
the Charity Organization Society will
work together In tho future In dispens-
ing charity.
Il. c. Radcliff. shortstop of the Dem
yer baseball team. Is sick with typhoid
fever In Denver. He was taken Ill
while In Routt county.
The county commissioners OF Gun
nison county have submitted the ques-
tion OF county high school to the
people OF the county to vote on next
month.
During September the death roll of
Denver was 20l. The rate per 1000
population was 1903: excluding tuber-
.culosis contracted elsewhere the rate
was 1888 per 1000.
The Rocky Mountain Hotel Mems
Association will hold convention In
Denver November 4th. The head
quarters OF the convention are at the
Brown Palace hotel.
President J. G. schurman OF Cornell
University will deliver the principal
address ut the quarto-centennial cele-
bration of the University OF Colorado
at Boulder. which Is to occur Sovem-
ber 18th. 18th and 18th.
The committee which had charge OF
entertaining the delegates to the
tenth International Sunday School
convention In Denver last June reports
u balance OF SGi0.39 left after paying
nll bills.
The annual state horticultural con-
.vcntion will be held November ID. 20
and 81 ut the rooms OF the state hor-
uculturnl board In the capitol build
Ing at Denver. Arrangements are be-
Ing made for horticultural exhibit
At n special meeting Of the Pueblo
County Sunday School Association oc-
tobcr 18th. arrangements were made
for the State Sunday School conven-
tion to be held in Pueblo. November
1lth. 18th and 18th. The sessions Will
bc held ut the First Presbyterian
church.
Game Commissioner Harris has 30
far recovered from the wound received
In his late encounter with Utcs that
he has left his Office In Denver and
temporarily taken up his quarters Mt
his ranch near Golden. 1t may take
some time for the wound to become
entirely healed.
STATIONS Independence. following
the example OF the Woods syndicate.
has decided to furnish the residence
formerly occupied by General Manager
shipmnn for club house for its en-
ploycE. The Idea IN said TO have orig
mated with John Hays Hammond on
RS list visit to camp.
Tho Carpenter Union nt Colorado
Springs has taken action In the matter
Of crcctin. monument TO w. $. STRAIT
ton. and committee was appointed 10
solicit funds. Resolutions wcrc adopt
ed dcnouncinI what In termed con-
spiracy to defeat tho charitable pro-
vision Of S,rai;on's will and TO loot the
estate.
Hunters nrc getting plenty Of game
In many parts of tho state. On tho
18th instant n party Of about twenty
tourists arrived Mt aicckcr from Blu
ford. having one wagon on which
were sixteen buckao Four wagons
were loaded with forty-scvcn deer.
They were taken on to the railroad for
shipment.
Al nm election held In Sterling. oc-
tobcr iith. tho Taxpayers voted almost
unanimously in favor OF n watcrworks
system. and as a result bonds amounts
ing to SCI 600 will be issued for that
purpose. A reservoir Of half mil
lion gallons capacity will bc built ut
Sprinsdaic Springs. nvc miles from the
town.
Supervisor Carl Lindquist Of Dem
yer. whose foot was nmputatcd n short
time ago on account Of injuries re-
ccivcd In the runaway accident up the
mt
Kelly was killed. has 40 far recovered
that he visited tho city hail few
days nso. There was a corn on the
foot that was ampuiaicd and he CON-
plains that II still hurts him.
In the District Court Mt Aspen Frank
Hayes. who was charged with having,
seven mountain sheep heads unlawful
ly In his possession. was acquitted by
the jury. l.. W. Dinglc. John Holm.
Ed. Wilson and James Gels. owing to
the inability of Milton Smith and Ty-
son Dimes of Denver to attend court.
had their cases postponed until Dcccm-
ber LIST. Dinglc's bond was reduced
from $4,000 to $500. This he prompt
1y furnished.
On October 18th the Italians of Pu-
cblo celebrated the discovery OF Amer
lea with elaborate ceremonies. The
Chr1stOtOfO SOlOUDC society nau tne
affair in charge and made pro-
nounccd success OF II. Hector Chnrit-
lone of the Federated Italian Societies
of the United States sent a telegram
to President Roosevelt asking that Oc-
tober Il. the anniversary OF the dis
covcry of America, be named rs a
national holiday.
The citizens of Eaton and Greeley
will unite in their sugar day celebra-.
ton October 3Oth. and the residents OF
other parts of the state who are able
to be present are invited to participate.
Both the Greeley and Eaton plants
will be in operation when the cxcur-
sion Is run. The Eaton factory is of
the same size as the Greeley plant.
both having daily capacity of 600
tons. Special rates for the trip will be
made on both of the railroads.
Isaac w. Gilbert has been indicted
by the Pueblo grand jury on the
charge OF making counterfeit money.
Gilbert. together with John NJ. Scott,
was arrested near Trinidad last Janu-
ary by Chief Of Police J. J. Dallison.
The men were charged with making