Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-11-06

Data has been received at the may
or's once showing that the first mayor
I OF Denver was John c. Moore. In the
work OF gathering early history OF the
! city government. Mr.. Moorc's connec-
| tIon with IL had previously been cloud
ed with uncertainty. His widow. who
resides In Denver. during an interview
/ with Mayor Wright few days ago.
said her husband was. beyond doubt.
the Hrst chief executive OF the city. At
torncy II. ". orahooi has found In his
l library copy OF the iirst charter
granted the city. which was by the
Council OF the Territory OF jefferson.
In December. 1859. Moore was ap-
pointed mayor under this charter by
Governor Il. ". Steele OF the Territory
I OF jefferson. How long Moore served
I as mayor is yet TO be discovered In tho
old archives. which the mayors sccre-
;ary. Mr.. French. Is investigating.
The report broush, to Denver by the
cblo few days ago to !nspec, the state
/ insane asylum Indicates that Il Is now
crowded beyond capacity. to the num-
bcr OF 500 patients. The officials had
expected that by going 90 the state as
lum they might discover some plan.
during a conference with the supcrin-
| tcndcnt. by which the Insane wing Of
the city and county hospital OF Denver
| might be relieved OF Its congestion OF
patients. No relief from this condition.
I however could be devised by the asy-
lum authorities. and the Denver hos
pital insane wards will remain crowd
ed until the additions at the asylum
are completed. The Denver Official
party Included County Judge Il. Il.
Lindsey. Superintendent William Clark
OF the county hospital. Supervisor Uz-
zeIl. Alderman Patton and Commission.
or OF Supplies Alexander Nisbet.
Colorado will likely have n state
building Mt the st. Louis worlds fair
after all. says the Denver News. Now
| that the board has the promise OF all
the money they need up TO nearly $751;
900. they believe that they can easily
| nut up n building that will not only
/ thoroughly advertise the state. but will
be an added attraction to the exhibit as
well. The new plan proposed is to
erect an adobe building after the style
OF the old Spanish mansions. It will
/ only be one story high. but 1t will have
| nearly a dozen rooms. with n large in
\ side court that can be used as a recep-
tion room. Such building as this can
be easily erected for $4,000. It is said.
and the members of the board believe II
would be one of the most attractive
state buildings at the fair. At recent
meeting the board took decisive action
\ on the plan for building wheat" pa
vilion in the space allotted the state in
the agricultural building and work will
be started on It at once.
Complaint was recently received by
| officers of the State Humane Society
that George Shreck, living on Florida
river. near Buckley's mill. Durango.
was shearing his sheep for the second
time this year. and the poor animals
| are allowed to run around in the chilly
atmosphere. at time when they most
need their supply OF wool. A notice will
be sent to the man to desist from this
practice and 1t is possible that he may
be compelled to furnish clothes for the
sheep until their wool has grown out.
| Agent Dougherty of the society said
that this was a most cruel practice and
that man who would do such a thing
ought to be looked after. This is very
cruel" said Mr.. Dougherty. land we
shall certainly see that he stops shear
ing sheep. when 1t is as cold In the
mountains as it must be at this season
of the year"
Worlds Fair Board returned to Dem
yer few days ago from Mancos.
bringing with him young silver tip
bear. 1t was taken to City park, where
IL will be kept until next spring, when
1t Will be taken to st. Louis. 1t is one
of the finest of specimens and will give
visitors at the fair some idea of the
kind of bear that Colorado grows. A
bald eagle also has been received, said
to be one of the best of its kind, and
this likewise will be placed on exhibi-
ton. In fact. the whole live animal
display will be one Of the best of the
exhibition. This comes under the fish
and game departments, and will in
clude live deer. bear, elk. antelope.
mountain lions, mountain sheep,
eagles. grouse. quail, phea-,nts and a
magnificent collection of mounted birds
and animals.
requisition was honored October
Gath by Governor Peabody for r. A.
Chamness. wanted in Norton county,
Kansas. for criminal assault.
The Denever Chamber of Commerce
was informed by a letter which arrived
recently that there has been estab-
lished a museum of foreign products
by the Chamber of Commerce of Jas
sy Roumania. Its officers request the
Denver and Colorado business men to
send specimens of their products for
exhibition in this museum. promising
as result that European patronage
may be expected by the exhibitors for
such articles as are desired in Rou-
mania especially.