Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-20
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Colorado Springs capitalists ar,
planning to establish a sanitarium d;
q cost of from $500. 200 to Sl.O00.0OO.
The La Junta board of trade pro-
poses to assist In grading and grav
cling the wagon roads leading int
La Junta.
The Las Animas Light, Power and
Manufacturing Company at Trinidad
Is arranging to largely increase the
capacity Of its plant
The Senate has confirmed President
Roosevelt's nomination of william
Downer. assayer In charge OF the min
at Denver. and OF II. 7. Hamill, post
master at Georgetown.
The Grand Junction oity council ha.
passed an ordinance providing for III,
issue OF bonds to the amount Of $2S,OOt
for the construction OF an electric li6h
plant TO be owned by the city.
At meeting held at Silgerton
February 10th, the San Juan County
Board OF Trade was organized. There
was a large representation OF all kinds
OF business and much enthusiasm.
The FaIrmount Cemetery Associa'
tion in Denyer proposes to build ere
matory at an expense OF nearly sl2.'
900. There are many people in Colo
rado who are in favor OF cremation,
a company capitalized at 100000
has been formed In Denver to con-
struct q series OF twelve or more dams
and reservoirs on the South fork oi
the Rio Grande In Rio Grande county.
The managers OF the Overland Cot
ton Mills Company at Denver have
been fined $50 and costs In the District
Court Tor employing boys and girls
under age. The defendants took an ap-
peal.
Chin Poo. for many years Chinese
consul In Denver. has been appointed
one Of the three Official Chinese In
tcrprctcrs Of the United States ana
Will be located In San Francisco. lie
will have salary Of s..50o n year.
The first annual convention OF the
Colorado Cattle and Horse Growers
Association will be held In Denver.
February 2Gth. 27th. 2sth. bein. pre-
ccded by the Denver Fat Stock and
Feeder show February I'D. sith. 9th.
The assistant, secretary OF the treas
ury estimates that a site can he pur-
chased for n new postoiilc. and GOV
crnmcnt buildin. In Dcnycr. COM
mcHSurat. In size TO the needs OF the
city. for somewhere between s:,isu.-
coo and s:.i20.oOo.
In the District Court at i.raiVlll. ON
The iith instant Herman Anderson.
who fhut John IaHb a few months ago
In tho fnelier settlement. during a
race war between kus;rians and
Swcd.a. was sentenced To tItecn years
Ia the peniIrntinry.
In the United States cour, at Den
Yer on the 10Th inst. Peter johnson
was sentenced to fift.cn months In the
pcnitcEtiary Mt Canon City and to n
fiEr Of $500 on each of two indictments
for using the mails to Egindla W. X.
hifrhincil out Of valuable mining
stocks.
A meeting was held fcw nights
since at the Chamber Of Commerce
building In Beaver to discuss the qu~s.
lion Of having the Bible taught In the
public schools. Dr. Soshursh of the
nap,ls, Church and Father otyan of
the Catholic Church being the pEinci-
pal sprakrTs-
Two Of the managers Of the Over
land cotton mills in Beaver have b--n
fined $50 each for employing childFra
under the HEU permitted by iaW for
such empioym m-n,. John l. Jerome.
prcsiicnt of the company. uas acqui,,
ted. a. Il appeared tina, they were ca.
Eascd contrary to his orders,
Mrs. Laura 4. cTanaian. ~It. O.
bishop Earl CFanstan Of tho McthpiIs,
church and mother ot District At,aE-
n~y Earl ~. Crsns,on of Denver. died
In siiao. Mexico. February eth. Of nor
yous pTuatraiioa. Her health had been
falling since her terrible experiences In
fckin. China. during the Boxer sicEr.
Rev. Dr. Francis y. Clark. pr-zid-u;
and founder Of tn. SounT Peoples
Society Of Christian EndcaVuE. arrived
In Denver February i5th To confer
with the local committee In relation
To- arrangements for the annual con.
rcn'iun to hp held in bunScr July 9Th
TO 15th. He says u will be an i'm.
m-nsc gathering.
A. n. Moore. manager Of the Port.
land Cement Company at Florence.
has located deposit uf gypsum less
than a mile from the plant on the
other side Of the river. II Is expected
that by baiidinE panioon bridge
across the river. gypsum can hr oh.
,aincd much cheaper than by bringing
II In on the cars.
Dr. y. ~. fcnnrman. professor OF
geology a, the University Of Colorado.
who was the first man to make a thor.
utEh report on the Arapahnc glacier
in Boulder county. has been appointed
10 a pfufcssorship in the University of
Wisconsin. lie will remain with the
State University until the end OF the
schgOl year and then go to Madison.
There have been numerous entries
to the Denver Fat Stock Show which
opens on the s5d instant. and as all
cattle west of the 1O1th meridian arc
eligible the whole West Ia Interested.
Several thousand dollars in prizes will
he given away and buyers are coming
from all over the East IN purchase the
winners in the feeder classes. which
will he put ON feed for the big shows in
the Ias; next fall.
John 7. Dean. a weaver in the Over
land cotton mills at Denver. was taken
from his home at O'Clock on the
morning Of Sunday. February Sih. by
'vhitecappcrs." or masked mon. and
taken some distance in his night
clothes. After being badly beaten he
was turned loose. II is supposed to be
the result OF n neighborhUui scandal in
which Dean was charged with talking
too much.
Most Of the attorneys belonging to
the Teller County bar Association