Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-31
COLORADO BRIEFS.

I
orado. and william l. Barrow MAS
named as substitute, 10 commence
service September LIST.
Al the election held at Pueblo July
ed in Park district No the proposi-
ton To vote SlT5,0GJ bonds for the en-
iarsemsnt OF Drummer park and the
purchase OF caTlile park was carried
by ia votes. SIS votes being cast.
The Colorado Telephone Company
proposes to have Hot sulphur Springs
connected with Denver by telephon1
within the next Einety days. Aner the
line will be -xtsnded TO kremmiihE
and next season branch Will be con-
sirneted TO Grand lake.
Col. Charles l.. Cooper. eommsyidant
al Fort Logan, has received notice
from the War Department OF his pro-
motion To brigadisr Eensfalship and
his retirement Colonel Wheeler OF tho
Second Infantry succeeds General
Cooper as eommandant at the post.
The Democratic Club Of Denver is
making arrangements for great pie
mic August sth, al which Mayor Carter
II. Harrison OF Chicago will be pres
ent, The gathering is likely To be a
very large one. as Sir. Harrison In
among the presidential possibilities.
The judges of the Fourth judicial
district. which included FL Paso eoun-
~. have appointed Henry e. Cassidy
examiner OF titiss and legal adviser To
the registrar. this appointment being
called for by the new Torrens law gov
srning the registering OF land titles.
The decision Of the Epworth League
To meet at Denver In 1895 has arouneA
new interest In the matter of n suit
abl. auditorium for the accommodation
of large crowds. II Denver wishes to
be known as convention city u VIII
he necessary for the people to cyine-
rome public spirit.
The annual national cneampmen, OF
the Grand Army u the Republic will
be held at San Francisco and large
number of III. veterans Will pass
through Colorado. going and coming.
A party numbering eos. over the
Northwestern. IL expected in Dcns-r
August 18th To remain over for day.
John u. frashcr committed suieity
Ct Telluride July goth by shooting him
self through III. heart while seated ON
the grave OF his wife. who died seven
years ago. lie leaves four children.
Mr.. frashcr was postmaster In Tellus
ride during both Of cicyeland's admin.
istrationH and later served as county
treasurer.
Judge August oriloi.. n pioneer real.
dent OF Las AnlmaA county. died at
his home IN Sopfia July 18th. For the
last ci.h, years he had been justice OF
the peace at Sopris. lie was native
Of Germany. sixty'cl.ht years OF age.
and leaves a widow and several mar
ricd children.
An engine. n coach and the train
shed Of the Colorado and Eastern rail.
way. known also rs the Scranton road.
line only six,ec; miles long. built out
from Denver In lss5 to some mythical
coal neids. were burned July .oth. de-
stroyinH almost the entire equipment
OF the line.
An unknown young man deliberately
stepped before Santa fc passenger
train mt Pueblo July 2ist and was
killed. He had iight brown hair and
light mustachc. and was much cmnci-
ated. apparently by reason of hunger.
There were two cards In his pocket.
one bearing the name of John Beffcy
and the other that OF Vincent Musscll.
ON July ed NJ. l.. McClanin's barn
near Hygiene. In Boulder county. was
struck by lightning and totally de-
stroycd by fire. along with one horse.
The IRE burned granary nearby and
the total loss IL estimated n; $1,000.
with no insurance. A man employed on
the place came out OF the barn a few
moments before the lightning struck.
Denver rcjoiccs In n lowering OF tho
death rate. In June there were bus
1872 deaths. an average OF IL for each
l 900 of population per annum. With
out considering the deaths from I'm
ported cases OF tuberculosis. the death
rate is only ten per 1000 per annum.
In June. 1909. there were 223 deaths.
The city is now free from typhoid
fever.
A special election has been called at
Trinidad August 9th to ratify the fran
chise granted by the council for an
| electric railway and lighting plant.
Meantime engineers will be busy maxi
ing the necessary surveys. sufii-
cient amount of money to purchase the
right OF way for the road between
Trinidad and Starkville and Sopris has
been raised by subscription.
Owing to the rush OF prospectors
into the new gold camp at Bowerman.
the Colorado and Southern has decided
to revive its service on the Gunnison
division to Pitkin. which was aban-
doned four years ago. The train will
leave Denver at S:15 n. m. and arrive
at Pitkin at 6:55 p. m. and Gunnison
ut .. 10 u. III. L He Ioute VIII We VIA
Como. over the Alpine pass.
Denver will have another bronco
busting contest at d. A. c. park on
August LIST. The contest will be be-
tween Martin ('Thad) Sowder. the
worlds champion broncho buster. and
William McNurlen for $500 side.
McNurlen is backed by the Mayne-
Porter Cattle Company and Robert
Stockton is backing the champion.
Sowder is from Cheyenne and McNur-
len is from Virginia Dale, Colorado.
The twenty-eight miles of oil pipe
lire that was laid by the Rocky Noun
tain Oil Company between its fields at
Florence and the Overton refinery fif-
teen years ago has just been taken up.
1t was laid for the purpose of pumping
the oil through to thte refinery, but
from the start the process was not
! success. so the company closed the re-
finery. 1t has since been sold to Boul-
der syndicate to be taken to Boulder
and rebuilt.
Attorney T.. L. Regennitter OF Idaho
Springs has received an appointment
from Judge A. II. DeFrance of the Dis
trict Court as examiner of titles and
one Of the committee of thirteen to
of lro