Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-03
COLORADO BRIEFS.

| q 'ahh bseis, Aouhs peeSns' $500
fell and received some bad bruises.
The Santa Fe has taken on It's Colo
fado and Missouri river flyers after
closing the most successful season yet
experienced. These trains are run 10
accommodate sumner travel.
Acting Secretary Ryan OF the Interi-
or department has approved the selec-
ton OF the Union Pacific Land Com
pany's list No. 81 TO l++.iis acres OF
land In the Denver land district.
Allen b. Seaman. a prominent at'or-
ney OF Denver, died of heart disease
on the night of Sept. 2ith. He went
TO bed apparently in his usual health
and was found dead in the morning.
Miss Alfredo stebb.ns. late of Lin
coin. Nebraska, has been elected IL
brarian at Fort Collins. She is SneA-
/ perienced librarian, having taken
/ regular course in library work In Phii-
adelptia.
c. W. Wells. engineer in charge OF
the state wagon road to be built from
4 Durango to Oro Fino. has established
his camp midway between and has been
exploring the section 10 deiermlne
upon a route.
The postofices al Hotchkiss and Pa
onia, Colorado. are among those or
dered to be advanced TO the p.esiden-
tial grade October LIST. the postmas.
tiers salaries beins ixed At $i.ico and
3i.so0 respectively,
by the caying in OF the earihen roof
OF house eight miles east OF AsrllaF'
a short time since. Elfertno Aguilar.
aged u. was KILLED and six gown peo-
pie more or less injured The boy
died from surocaJiUn-
The march OF Improvement AZ Den
yer has driven the Volunteers OF Amer
lea out OF their headquarters on l-afi-
mer street. which the owners wish 10
remodel. and the Volunteers are now
searching for nsS location
In Justice Rubys court n, Colorado
Springs. William Roberts was nned -
and costs on each OF three charges OF
selling tobacco to children under SIX.
teen years OF az. Roberts pleaded
guilty To all charges and paid a total o:
s31.5.
The Pueblo City Council has voted to
spend each year an additional t.eS
for the maIn;enAncs OF the new Carne-
gle library. Carn-Eie having agreed TO
Increase his donation OF 100000 TO tsv.-
/ CO.. II the council would make this in-
crease.
The International Onyx and Marble
Company. composed OF D-nyer and
English capitalists. has Purchased the
Biz Bug onyx fields for $4,000. The
beds ar. extensive and furnish the
Translucent srs-Er--n onyx. They are
located n.aF Nay.r, Arizona
In III. District Court a; Durango. on
September :is;. Judge Russell sea
fenecd a negro named Persis to not
less thar four nor more than six years
at hard labor. and Ralph sfnailcy to
fourteen to sixteen rnonihs foF shoot
Ing Ed Lazarus In the ankle.
Rocky Ford IL soon to have = new
bank known az the First National
hank Of Roxy Ford. The charter has
BEEN applied for TO the Washington
authorities aud ihs bank ~Ill probably
b. In operation inside Of thirty days.
II will have capital OF sjo.oco.
General Frank u. Baldwin. CON-
mander o. ;h. Department OF the Coll
ofado. has just returned frofa attend
Ing a reunion OF the Sia.;senth Mich
issn Infantry a; otsrso. Michigan
General baldwin has been for twenty
year, prrsid.n; o. the rssineniaI ssso-
citation.
The registers and receivers al Lad
Vile and Gunnisoa hav. bccn ordered
TO NttEsFAA AFhfa &AA sAEttAe VI 'sAEf
the following described lands. on ae-
eoaat O. irrigation projects: Lad
ville-ssciions q. -. - and -. town
ship i.. range ~: Cunrisaa-Seciioas
:. :. L.. -. Is aud 20. township 10
south. range -. and sections -. -.
- and -. township !: south. range 81.
At i.sadyiiic a fsv days ago. In
auarrss over a matter involving s1.s5.
Joseph copiin. white. efup;ied his re-
yolycr at John RsEiand. culosed. bot
failed to hi, him or any OF the people
on the street. who ran In all directions
to escape the bullets. RaEiand had
copiin arrested on the charge Of as
sault with a deadly weapon. and Cop
lin svore out a warrant charging the
negro With robbery.
Patents have recently been granted
to residents Of Colorado as follows:
Eugene ~ Grubb. Csrbondale. as
siEuor to e. W. Bo~e1. Pueblo. COM
bired land roller and eorruEator. John
q. Leynsr. Denver. rock drilling sys-
ten: Harvey c. Lowrie. Denver. means
for securing circular doors or covers
To casiuEs. Edmund II. Lunksn. Dem
yer. window. Philip X Morcom ane
W. G. seharcr. Denver. ssif-Sissaing
oil burner.
on the night Of September seth OIL
yer Creswsii. clerk in Barugm & Girls.
wold's hardware store at Trinidad. vas
awakened by t~o burglars who had
broken into the store. where be was
sleeping. He shot and killed one o.
them with a shotgun and wounded thu
other. who escaped. 4 file and some
steel saws were found 90 the person
Of the dead burglar. but he was no;
identified.
Moses +. Kaufman. Of the large Colo
rado Springs department store OF
Kaufman & Co. died at the Midland
hotel in KauRas City. September S5rd.
Mr. Kaufman was on his way from
Colorado Springs to St. Joseph. Mis-
souri. to look into the affairs OF the
Gazette at that place. In which be was
interested. He was taken suddenly ~
and stopped OF at Kansas City. whore
h. speedil, grew worse and died. as
stated in the dispatch. of consumption.
A letter from one Ct the officials OF
the Colorado. Oklahoma 4 Texas rail-
road TO a friend in Denver gives the in
formation that the Offices OF that COM
many are to be removed to Lawrence.
indian Territory. from their present To-