Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-10
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Golden are considering the project OF
erecting Woodmen temple provided
a suitable location can be secured.
| The stockmen and cowboys Of Hugo
want President Roosevelt to stop and
accept their hospitality for twenty-five
minutes on the morning OF May 4th.
| The Colorado Editorial association
and the Arkansas Valley Press asso-
citation will hold Joint midsummer
meeting at Glenwood Springs. June sth
and 9Th.
| Permits for the erection of new
buildings to the value OF $5I2.3s5 were
taken out in Denver last month. This
Is considerable increase over the
same period last year.
John a. Randall OF Newton. Kansas.
in behalf OF the Midland National
bank OF that town. has taken possess
sion OF the plant Of the Evening Star
at Cripple Greek. under mortgage.
The Denver Retail Grocers' Assocla-
tion is making elaborate preparations
to entertain 10000 people at their COM
ing Pure Food Show to be given at
Coliseum hall In Denver from April %
to May 2.
| The sixth biennial convention of the
Brotherhood OF Railway Trainmen VIII
meet in Denver Aay 10th, and an at
tendance OF delegates and their fami-
Hes TO the number OF 5000 or more Is
expected.
The first practice game OF the season
between the Denver and Colorado
Springs baseball clubs was played At
the Springs. March e9th and resulted
In victory for the Denver's by score
OF ID 10 10.
The people OF Montclair. one OF the
| suburban towns that are or are not
included In the newly created county
OF Denver. are taking steps To have
the question OF jurisdiction brought be-
fore the Supreme Court.
Anthony Bott has offered n free site
for the $4,000 public library building
to be built by Andrew Carnegie In Col
oiado City. The site II on the south
side OF the city. Other Offers will be re-
c.iyed by the City Council before ae-
eep;ins.
Mrs. Laura MeRay-Frantr. aged 5s
years. committed suicide by inhailng
chloTofosm nj the American house In
Denyer on tn. night OF March 2sth.
She had los, fortune In the failure O:
the heeier-FTaatt-MeRay Furniture
Company.
The strike Of the Cooks and
Walters union, by which most of the
big restaurants and some OF the small
onsa were closed. hit several hundred
Denver men below III. belt. They
called /, foul. hut there waH no fowl
at tho restaurants.
Six Girls. farEinE In sEc from thlr-
teen to eighteen years. were before the
Police Court in Pueblo. April is;. on
the charge of shnpliftins. They con-
lessed that lor several months they
. had been tak!nz dry goods from the
large stores In the city.
The new road sFota ioyciand 10
Estes Park is being pushed by large
fore. OF men. About 100 ,nen arc
working ON the read work In tho
Thompson canon and II is believed tha,
this road xiii bs completed to the
park by the nFs, o. July.
a, Trinidad. Judge J. q. Sostheuu
has handed dosu . decision in the case
ag the People versus Walter Il. Mc~z.
manager of the Trinidad Opera house.
In which hs susiaias the defendant.
and holds that the lar aEaiHs; Sunday
ihsste-s Ia unconstitutional.
Pr-sidrn, Dan Macdonald and Sec
rotary Smith, of the American FEEDER
alton OF Labor. have issued an of'iciai
cali for the sixth annual convention
Of tina, organization to convene IN
Denver May and continue until all
business has been completed
George Norris. the eoioTcd man who
took the money from the safe at the
Denver Club. was spaicnc-d on the 5ist
ult. by JudE. Mailins to serve from
one to four years In the pcni'catisry.
Thomas Harris. also eolorci. was dis
missed iur turning states evidence.
Willis Sweet. Who was a rcsiden, of
Denver in 1873 and became well known
at isadyilie and other parts of the
state. has been named by Senator Hey
burn of Idaho. who was requested by
the iErsldsn, to suggest a man for III.
appointment. TO be attorney general OF
Porto iiieo.
| A Denver Republican correspondent
says ,ha, farmers In the great wheat
lscl, sdjarcn, to Monte Vista. stimuiat-
cd by tic prospect OF an abundance OF
water for irrigation. are putting in an
unprecedented acreage of grain this
spring. counting on the biggest harvest
ever gathered.
Charles NJ. Waters of Denver has
tecn designated acting superintendent
of the division Of salaries and allow
ances for the postotiicc department at
/ MasNtUE1N1. 10 -uN1tta
.nt Beavers, who resigned several days
since. Mr. Waters Is considered one Of
the experts in the department.
A syndicate of Dcnver and Boston
capitalists has purchased ii.0pG acres
Il land In Estes Park. together with
abou, 50.gNp acres Of range lands. COM
prisinE the former holdings Of the Earl
of Dunraycn and Of the Estes Park
Land aud Improvement Company. II
is proposed TO b;sild hotel and sana-
tUrium. and also to conduct large
general store.
Congrcssman-eiect =. Z. Brooks has
announced the following appointments.
sent by him TO Secretary Root of the
War Department and TO Secretary of
the Navy Moody: Cadet at West
Point. John W. Jones. Kit Carson
county: slternates. J. q. Bennett. Colo
RADIO Springs: George II. Holderer.
Denver Midshipman. Burton A. Stew
art. Pueblo: altsrnates. n. A. Jones.
Denver: ". Z. Maule. Denver: r. C.
Mulnix. Denver.
At meeting in Denver April fst. a
schedule Of dates for baseball games