Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-05-01
COLORADO BRIEFS

| the state fish hatchery near Denver.
has placed 5000 small trout In Boulder
creek at Eagle Rock.
Information was received April 25th
by Superintendent Rea OF the American
Bridge Company at Pueblo to the effect
that the bridgemen's strike was settled
tied and the men were expected to go
to work May LIST under the old terms.
The board of directors Of the Festi-
val Of Mountain and Plain has an
nounced that no festival Will be held
this year. A committee has been ap-
pointed to arrange for a great mid
summer festival In 1904.
The annual State Fair at Pueblo will
be held September lith to 18th. The
newly y-elected officers OF the assoc!a-
ton are: Aaron sanneborn. president;
Asbury White. vice president: Il. II.
Devine. treasurer. and J. X. Sullivan,
secretary.
Mrs. Hearon, president OF the board
OF managers OF the Colorado Cottage
Home In Denver, an asylum for unfor-
tunate and erring girls. which has re-
Gently been closed. announces that the
Institution has only temporarily sus-
pended operations.
The Inhabitants OF the new town
called Gainsviibe. situated twelve miles
southeast OF Florence. have petitioned
the government for postoffice. There
are fifteen or twenty families there
from California who are starting an
agricultural colony.
The city OF Boulder has taken up It's
option upon 100 acres adjoining the
Chautauqua ground and has paid to T.
A. Austin and Mrs. Jennie Russell. t.e
owners. $500 for this tract. The land
is part of the foothills Just west OF
the Chautauqua graunds. and Will be-
come part Of the park system OF the
city.
Tho Woods Investment Company Il
building Its electric wire line from
Beaver To Pueblo. distance OF twenty
clsh; miles. The poles and wire are
very heavy. and construction will cost
81 .5cv per mile The work OF construct
Ing the power house Will begin very
soon. so that greater power can be
supplied to the trolley lines nj Pueblo.
The Denver, Northwestern and Pa
cIiic Railroad Company tMoffat road
has secured IN Injunction from Judge
DE Frances court nt Golden restrain
Ing the New Century Light and Power
Company from doing amy further work
ON their reservoir fit- In Gore canon
which will In any way interfere with
the right Of way Of the railroad.
Colorado Springs was visited by n
terrific wind storm Saturday. April
18th. At times the wind. which blew
straight from Pixies Peak. had yc-
ioci,y OF afty miles an hour. Trains
were delayed and the cog road to tho
summit OF Pixies Peak was again
blocked by HnoWdrif,s. At Windy
Point the train came near being blown
on the track.
Contracts have been ic, for the be-
ginning OF work on the beet sugar fac
tory to he constructed on III. tract Of
land south of D-nyrr. which In irriga;-
cd from the CaAtl-wood reservoir. A
briekyard will be established on bed
of clay near the Clark reservoir. about
ten miles south uf suniycrsity Park.
and the brick will be made for the
wallis Of the factory.
Congressman brooks has received
word from tho Agricultural Depart
mcnt a, Washington that Professor A.
H. Waite. the specialist of the bureau
who recently Investigated the pear
blight In this state. will accept the ln-
yita,ion to attend the convention of
the State Horticultural Society In tho
fall and give demonstration Of how
TO treat the blight.
The land under the GunnIson tunnel
set aside by the order from Washington
embraces the land iyinx on the east
side OF the uneompahErc river. begin
ming at n point abou, four miles cast
and twelve miles south Of the town OF
Montrosr. and continuing north. fol-
lowing the contour OF the mountain un-
Ill the Gunnison river IL reached. a
probable distance Of about thirty miles.
The plans for the monster reservoir
to be built in the vicinity Of Fort Lup-
ton were flcd with the state engineer
April .:nd by the Fulton Irrigation
Company. The reservoir is to contain
iss. .1.s COO cubic feet OF water and the
basin will be supplied from the Platte
through the Fulton ditch. The prcsi-
dent OF the company II Emil J. Rieth-
mann. Emmet Bromley is secretary.
and the engineer IL d. l.. Thompson.
Some time In June the addition of an
Industrial training school for children
and cooperative factory for en-
fecbled employees of the company and
the widows and orphans OF employees
will be established by the sociological
department of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company at Pueblo. The COM
pany has set apart the large building
formerly used as a hospital on Abricndo
avenue.
The representatives of the Agricui-
tural College won in the debate with
Colorado College at Fort Collins April
2tth. The question was: Resolved.
that the United States Senators Should
lie Elected by Popular Vote" The
Agricultural College students had the
negative side and Colorado College
had the affirmative side. One judge was
chosen by each side and the third by
the governor.
Preparations arc being made for the
entertainment OF President Roosevelt
on his visit to Pueblo May ith. The
fratcrnal and labor organizations have
accepted Invitations to join in the par
aie. which will extend from Mineral
Palace TO the Union depot through the
main street Of the city. The President
will make an address from a platform
erected in Mineral Palace park. and
will be greeted by the school children
of the city at the park of the Centcn-
nial high school.
Lieut.. Gov. Ilagsott has issued a
proclamation to prevent bringing Kan
sas cattle into Colorado unless accom-
panied by certificate of health given
by the State Veterinary Sanitary