Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-11-20
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Street car service has been suspend
! ed In Boulder on account OF the coal
strike.
The Denver postofiice has been al
lowed nine more letter carriers in ad'
dition TO the present force.
In the District Court at Cripple Creek
Judge Seeds appointed ID. Is. Cozad re-
ceiver for the Bimetallic Bank and ID.
+. Wilder as counsel for the receiver.
Order of the American Boy, Chap
ter No. J." is the name OF an organiza-
tion formed In Pueblo In which the
High School boys are entered as mem
bers.
Arvada. Denver's jefferson county
suburb. has again voted not to incor-
porate. the ballot standing 9S TO "a.
A previous vote stood 80 TO 60 against
incorporation.
Mrs. Helen N. Grenfell. state super
intendcnt OF public instruction. has re-
covered from her recent attack OF
bronchitis and resumed her duties at
the state house.
The secretary Of the interior has de-
cided to allow the grazing OF not to
exceed 10000 head OF cattle and horses
In the White River reservation, Colo
rado. during the season OF 1904.
The Colorado Springs High School
Will soon have gymnasium and reg
ulnr director to take charge OF the
work. Work In the gymnasium. both
for young men and women. Will be
compulsory.
Forty-one girls were received into
the Florence Crittenton Home nj Den
Yer during the past year. Five OF the
girls married. very few left without
permission. and many are now out
doing honest work.
What In known as the Garwood fac
tion OF the Republican party In Denver
held n convention November 10th nt
which a full charter ticket was placed
In nomination. headed by II. II. Orn'
hood and Oscar Reuter-.
Charles +. Sampson. one Of the great
est and last Of the old-time profession
nj gamblers OF Colorado. died In Den
yer on the 18th inst. OF heart disease.
AT the age Of sixty-seyen year,. He was
a life member Of the Elks.
Charles kirkman. an cmpioyc In the
Resurrection concentrating mil! NJ
Leadviiic. was Instantly killed on the
10Th instant by bein. caught In the
betting. which tore him To pieces and
completely severed his head from his
body.
The President has made the follow.
ins postofiiec appointments. Frank T..
Sonscr. Crested Butte: Arthur y.
Brown. B.rihond: Robert w. Camp
bell, Brighton: George ". Miller.
Hatchkiss: ROLAND Oliver. Paonia:
benjamin. =. Nicsr. Steamboat Springs.
A Kansas City dispatch OF November
iith saysS Col. Thomas Holland. head
~ 49, at III a nj Nnl
Colorado. a victim of the Dean wreck
on tho Santa rc and who NJ INST vas
believed to be fatally injured. will
leave the hospital Friday and return TO
Colorado.
Tho Colorado Springs Young Men's
Christian Association celebrated their
twcnty-iifth anniversary November
18th and sent a telegram To President
Roosevelt. who laid the corner stone
OF their building. The President an
s~crcd tho telegram with message Of
eongfaiaiation.
Tho corner stone of the Fort coliins
Carnegie Library building waa laid
November iith. with impressive errv.
monies Tho building il being erect
cd of rcd sandstone. Handsomely
trimmed. Completed II will cos, near
iy sis.occ. Of which Andrew Carnegie
contributed ECO.
John 4. Walker. III. Santa fc cnEi-
necr who ~as scaidci In the wreck.
recently at Apishspa. died at La jun;a
November 9th as the result OF his In
tusics. Walker was with the Rio
Granae for eleven years and at one
time was master mechanic Of the CON-
pany's shops at Lradsillc.
A number of samples of marble which
Ia found in Erca, abundance at Beuiah.
arc being prepared to be sant to Eu-
rope for the inspection of capitalists
who are interested In the Pueblo &
pculah railroad. The quality is said
to he very finc and more beautiful and
varied in coioT than has been found
elsewhere.
The Rev. Alfred Baxter. a highly re.
spreted citizen of northern Colorado
and an original Union Coionis,. died
November 9Th at the residence of his
son Frank Baxter. two miles from
Greeley. at the age of seventy eight
years, lie had been in good health TN
10 the day of his death. which resulted
In heart failure.
The following officers were elected
by the new state organization Of Elks:
President Judge n. Waiter Dixon Of
Pueblo: FIRST vice president. c. T. Mich.
OILS. Central City: second vice prcsi.
dent. Phil T. Mcclure. Florence: secre.
tary. y. r. Arthur. Denver: treasurer.
Jesse J. May. Idaho Springs. The next
meeting will be at GlsuwoOd Springs
next June.
william Marshall. a Colorado Springs
drug clerk. went home on the night
Of November ilth and alarmed the
family by striking match at the win
dow and running away. His brother.
Sam Marshall. Jr.. ran after the sup
posed burglar and shU; him three
times. intiictins dangerous wounds.
The unfortunate victim OF his own
joke may possibly recover.
II is proposed that the hotel men.
dealers in realty. owners OF mountain
resorts. the railroads and the chambers
Of commerce in the state combine and
give Colorado climate. scenic attrac-
;ious and resources Of mineral and
agriculture the best advertising at the
Worlds Fair that the money raised for
that purpose can procure a meeting
for this purpose is being arranged. to
be held in Denver next month.
Art. Doyle. one-leseed cowboy from
Ca,ski1. New Mexico. won the south
ern Colorado championship In a two