Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-03-06
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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eggs OF eastern brock trout.
owners of greyhounds in Teller
county are arranging for eoursns
meet at High park in March.
Complaints OF starving animals are
coming in 10 Humane society headlnar-
,ers At Denver from many parts OF the
state since the late storms
The womsnis Club OF Colorado
Springs will consolidate with the Fed
Grafton OF Women as the Colorado
Springs Federation OF women's Clubs
The Pixies Peak Power Company.
whose electrical power plant is located
at skasway. east Of Victor. Is soon To
begin extensive improvements at the
dam.
II. J, Crowley, a laborer. WAS killed
by falling rock on the Morat rail-
road grade in South Boulder canon.
February eend. This is the second
fatality on that grade.
A runaway freight train on Marshall
Pass occasioned a terrible wreck At
a. m. February .lst Harry Goldwa-
ter. fireman. OF Saiida, and Nelson Van
Pelt. brakeman. were killed.
Al the Bassick mine in Custer eoun-
~. February sJth. O. y, Nicholson.
miner thirty-siS yeaTs OF ase. fell down
the shaft a distance OF LEO feet. and
Was instantly killed. every bone in his
body being broken.
The Colorado CroaiIan Slayonlan
Society OF 81, Jacob has Incorporated
I nj Denver. Its headquarters are in
| Giobeyiile. and It's object is TO teach
Slays and croatiaHs the English Ian
suase and provide sickness and death
/ benefits.
The Santa Fc railroad has settled Its
tax dispute with the county commits
sioners OF FL PasO county in regard 10
I the taxes OF 1901 on the basis OF an In.
/ crease o. twenty-five per cent. over the
/ rate OF 1900. the sum agreed on being
si5..so.ss.
John =. RItehie. Denver police
man. was shot In the mouth and dan
scrously wounded by hold-up whom
! he endelyored TO arrest In the act OF
robblns the saloon Of Hans Olson on
West Twelfth ayeaue IN Denver. Feb
ruary e5th.
Petitions have brea forwarded TO the
Legislature from Fort Collins with
great number OF signatures protesting
against the adoption Of the proposed
game law which. II passed. will make
II possible TO shoot ducks but four days
In the week durins the open season.
The Loyciand Business Meas League
has been organized with J. ". Gun
EInsham for president. W. l.. Thorn
dyke. secretary. and c. v. Benson.
treasurer. for the purpose OF advcrtis-
Ing the advantages % the town rs
manufacturing and Industrial center.
Architect Roesshiaub states that the
Westminster COLLEGE building n, Den
yer will be completely repaired and IL
NJ condition for occupancy within the
next sixty days. The building was
| erected about ten years ago and has
stood unoccupicd
The Western Packing Company a;
Denver Is perfsct!ns plans for add
tionai buildings NJ It's plant NJ the
Union stock yards At least four new
buildings VIII be erected. and chile,
among these will be the canning fac
tory. A buiterinc building will be In.
ciuded.
Superintendent Arso of the State
/ School for the Deaf and Blind at Colo
rado Springs. states that should the
Legislature allow the requested appro-
/ priation OF s5?.-uo for the institution.
s25.o0c gymnasium will be built. with
an equal amount devoted to building
improvements.
a state association OF letter carriers
was formed In Pueblo. February s5th.
/ with the following officers: President.
w. 5. Sperry. Pueblo: vice president.
/ ID. E, Kerr. Denver: secretary and
| treasurer. W. II. Allen. Pueblo. The
I next state convention Will be held at
Colorado Springs.
The Colorado State Letter Carriers
Association was organized ut Pueblo.
February 26th. Delegates were pres
ent from Denver. Colorado Springs and
other cities and an enthusiastic meet
ing was held. The new organization
( will be allied with the National Asso-
citation Of Letter Carriers. II is the
first time Colorado carriers have been
organized.
The county commissioners OF the
late county OF Arapahoe have decided
not to relinquish their offices until the
full text of the Supreme Court deci-
sion. upholding the Rush amendment
and sustaining the action OF the peo-
pie Of the state In abolishing Arapa-
hoe county and establishing the new
counties of Denver. Adams and South
Arapahoe, has been announced.
The Silverton correspondent of the
, Denver News says: Thomas Annear.
receiver for the late Robin bank. has
I sulusNeN many aUalrs anu lne OUTLOOK
for the depositors is bright. He has
money in Denver to reimburse the
state and this county. about s2l 900.
Mr.. Annear states that collections are
good. and he will be able to pay n div
/ idend sooner than was expected.
The office of the general master me-
chanic Of the Rio Grande Western
Railway Company has been abolished
from March lst The place has been
held by John Hickey, with headquar-
tiers in Salt Lake City. He will con-
tinue with the road as master nschan-
! ic. General charge of the motive pow
er of the road is now given to Super
intendent F. Mertsheimer of the Dem
vcr & Rio Grande road.
The county commissioners of Doug
las county have reached an agreement
with the tax agents of the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe and Denver & Rio
Grande railroad. by which those cor
porations will Immediately pay their
taxes for 1901. which have been in dis
pute for twelve months. The taS
agents also promised that the first half
| OF the 1902 taxes now due would he