Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-08-14
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Ihe electlOn at Denver TOT the auOp-
tion of the new city charter will be
held September 18th.
A full-blooded bufYalo calf was born
at the City park in Denver few days
ago. II Is the second that has been
born there.
The contract for the erection of the
new school building ut Brush has been
let to George Cudworth for $4,000.
work to be commenced at once.
The Denver District Conference OF
Methodist ministers will be held Aug
ust 24th. preparatory to the annual
State Conference. which will begin
August Path. and at which Bishop
Cranston will preside.
The short dove shooting season
opened August LIST and an astonishing
ly large number OF permits were taken
out In many parts OF the state. In
Denver 800 permits were issued in one
TO August End.
The Colorado State Fair Association
Is preparing to give the State Fair at
Pueblo this year during the week OF
September 18th to 18th. and the man
lists and other Information regarding
the big exposition OF 1903.
The Rev. Bruce Brown. now of Chi
caso but formerly the popular pastor
OF the Central Christian Church in
Denver. has been ordered before the
War Department for examination as TO
his fitness for an appointment as chap
lain In the regular army.
The Cripple Creek Short Line re-
ports that the tourist business to the
camp this summer has broken all pre-
vious records. Last months total az
gregated $500 more passengers than
durin. July of last year. with August's
business SO far In proportion.
II. II. Tompkins. member Of the
lower house In the Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Colorado General Assem-
blics. who lives near Buena Vista. on
the 9Th Inst. took . swallow OF car
bolic acid In mistake for cough medi-
cine and came near iosin. his life.
A trinidad dispatch OF Angus; 9Th
TO q Denver paper says: Sunday AFT
crnpon at B-an.a. In the Stoncwail
valley. four inches of large hall fell.
Al Ston.~ail three inches OF snow fell
and laid until sun-up next day. Al
Tercio II was NJ cold that people had
To wear oy-Feoat collars turned up.
The cat,i. -shibi, al the State Fair
at Pueblo this fall promises To exceed
anything Of the Kind ever before seen
In the stale. Cattle growers from
Missouri. Illinois and other states. re-
alisin. the Importance Of reaching the
Colorado stock rais~rs. will be there
with their herds of nne s,ocl.
Adju'ant General BELL has returned
to Dcns~r after visit To Washington and
TO President Roosevelt al Oyster hay.
lie went for the purpose Of trying to
make arrangements by which the fall
military msneus~rs may be held as at
nrst proposed and hop-s tha, his mis-
sion may prove to have been success
tui.
A Washington dispatch says that the
Secretary Of the Interior has approved
tho bond Of William ~. Peterson. tho
newly appointed superintendent OF ~.
Lewis Indian school. A. soon as ho
receipts TO Superintendent BTern. Who
is s,iii In charge. Tor all supplies and
property a, tho school. Peterson ~ill
assume charge.
The Miners Magazine. IN. Official
ORGAN ot the Western Federation Of
Miners. has absorbed the Colorado
chrunicie and the Socialist. and will
b. issued weekly In magazine form un-
der the editorstip Of }. NJ. o'Seiil.
M.ssfs. Thum and Coates. having sold
the ChrunIsic. will retire from the
newspaper Geld.
Permits we're granted sos liz avcil-
inEs by the Denver building inspector
aurins July. This is considered the
mos, phenomenal record for this class
Of houses IN the history of the city.
SIne4trnths Of these dwellings arc be-
ins erected by the owners for personal
occupancy. The dwellings averaged
;:.osV each in cash.
=. u. Pas,orius Of Colorado Springs
has been appointed imm!sTat alton COM
missioner Of ~ Paso county by the
Hoard of County Commissioners. Ills
duties in this position arc TO advance
the interests of the county In every
possible way as farming community
and to attract desirable farmers to this
county for residence. lie serves with
ou; salary.
The pay roll as announced by the
chief clerk OF the Minneuua works at
Pueblo will be ssos.s5sTS for the
month of July. This amount Included
$40 500 paid out to the employees of the
Colorado a. Wyoming road. This pay
roll is unusually low ON account of the
Fourth Of .'1ly being observed at the
plant. and on account OF the ma
chinis,s' strike. which lasted two
weeks.
The Western Negro Press Associa-
tiun. at its meeting in Colorado
Springs. passed resolutions directed to
rupe Pius y. calling his attention to
the race problem aud asking his good
Offices TO preserve friendly relations
between the two races and To break
down the spirit Of unisiruess so preya-
lent in labor unions. composed in a
great measure of Catholics. which In
many instances deprive the negro of
an opportunity to earn an honest liv-
Ing for his family.
A surveying party leit the ofiSe Of
State Engineer Carpenter August 4th
for the purpose OF making preliminary
surveys for the building and repairing
Of roads in Boulder and Grant cuun-
Ties. Word was received by State En-
siueer Carpenter that the work could
proceed on the twenty or more mBun-
tain roads which the engineers Office
has now in charge. II is expected
that there will be four hundred miles
uf new road built and more than tweu-
" miles repaired. and the work will
begin Immediately.