Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-11-27
COLORADO BRIEFS.

4 mobiles.
The cogwheel road on Pixies Peak.
has suspended operations for the
winter.
Considerabse natural gas Is being used
/ for heating purposes in Boulder since the
strike began. and II may finally be pos
siblc To heat the entire town In that
way.
After having lived nearly l04 years
without one days illness. ID. +. Phelps.
one Of the best known citizens OF Col
orado Springs. died November 2lst OF
old age.
William Dodsworth OF Victor Miners
Union No. 81. was accidentally killed
by u fall In the Delmonico mine on
Bull hill. near Altman, on the morningof
November 20th.
Judge Calvin T.. Butler. a prominent
Denver lawyer and for a number OF
years judge OF the District Court. died
at Denver November i+th OF consump-
ton at the age OF 81.
The directors of the Homeopathic
College OF Medicine in Denver have
leased the Pioneer building. Mt the cor
ner OF Fifteenth and Larimer streets.
for college building.
| Grant c. Synder. well known To the
printers OF Colorado from his long con-
nection with the type foundry business.
died ut his home In Craig. November
goth. OF typhoid fever.
The county commissioners OF Teller
have made levy for county taxes nj
the rate OF II mills on a total valua-
tion OF 3l2.0OO.OOv. The tax for prop
erty within Cripple Greek il I.is mills.
In the District Court Mt Gienwood
Springs. Judge Shumnte sentenced Har-
dy II. Fuller. who was convicted OF
horse stealing. to term OF not less
than two nor more than three years
In the penitcntiary.
| The Charity Organization Society OF
Denver reports great difficulty In get
ting coal enough from the dealers 10
! supply the needs OF the poor. Com
panics that claim to have coal fall to
deliver II when ordered.
The following Colorado postoflicc ap-
| polntmcnts have been made: Norric.
| Pitkin country. Francis johnson. vice
r. l.. Gowan resigned: Perry Park.
Douglas country. Ida n. Barrett. Vice
II. T.. Hastings. resigned.
| Father Lcporc, the Italian Catholic
priest who was wounded In n qunrrcl
with Giuseppe sc:!cr at the Church or
Our Lady OF Mount Carmel In Dem
yer. died OF his injuries and Soricc
only survived him few hours.
II Is reported at the state engineers
\ ONCE that there Is more snow on the
ranges than Is usual at this umc OF
year and that II In well packed. so that
Il is likely to remain and he available
for irrigation next summer.
| Most OF the striking miners who have
left Fremont county arc reported 10
have taken considerable sums OF money
/ sSlsh Tkau.aaAn nj AnItnFU lnvg
been In this way taken out. and about
$4,000 OF this has gone to Italy.
President Anderson OF the State
School Of Mines. will soon publish n
pamphlet on the Twentieth Century
Engineer" which deals largely with the
/ advantages that Institution oncrs 10
students OF mining and metaliursy.
In tho District Court nt Leadviilc on
| tho 18th inst, Judge Overs sentenced
! Robert Powell and Leonard II. Smith.
the two prominent brokers recently
convicted Of forgery and cmbczzlcment,
each to three years In the pcnitentiafy.
The secretary Of the Interior has au-
/ thorixcd the grazing OF 10000 head OF
| cattle and horses In the Battlcmcnt
Mcx.. forest reserve. Colorado. during
the 3ens.a Of 1901. under the same con-
ditions as governed such privileges
during last year.
Fewer cattle have been marketed
from Grand county this fall than usuai.
owing to the low prices prevailing. Per-
haps not over 5000 head have been
driven to market thus far. though
4 there are many thousands fat enough
for market
The coroncr's jury ut Victor. In the
Inquest over the body OF William Dods-
worth, who was killed In tho Dclmon-
leo mine, brought In n verdict ccnsur-
! ing the management OF the mine Tor
alleged neglect In not having the shaft
/, properly timbered.
| Joe Patrick and Joe Goorca, Austrian
miners, were killed on the 18th Inst.
by m explosion In an old powder
i house near the Mt. Lincoln coal mine
ut Palisade. They found some old pow
| der and were examining II to see II 1t
was spoiled. rs unfortunately IT was
not
| The representatives of the Colorado
Terminal Lines Association met in
Denver November goth, and decided to
make a rate OF one fare and third
for the round trip for the holiday sea-
son. The tickets will be placed on sale
| December cath, 25th and 31st and jan
uary LIST.
| For assaulting his cousin, n girl four
teen years old. George Webber. twenty
years Of age. was tried and convicted
in the county Court at Trinidad and
sentenced to twenty years in the State
Rcformatory at Buena Vista. Webber
was section foreman for the c. q s. at
Watervnle.
| Aaidayits were sworn to by Jesse C
| Waters, general manager of the Denver
& Southwestern railroad system. and
ID. c. Scott. charging Charles Mckin-
ney and Thomas Foster with felonious-
ly removing rails from the track OF the
Florence & Cripple Creek railroad. A
double count is charged against the
two men for the two attempts at train
! wrecking.
! Farmers meeting were held Novem-
ber 21st at Loveland, Berthoud. Elweli,
Sunnyside, Johnstowr and other points
tributary to the Loveland beet sugar
factory, for the purpose of endeavor-
ing to secure an advance in the price
of beets for the coming year. Tho
present price is $3.50 ton. At Ber-
thoud the resolutions demanded an ad-
| vance of 81 a ton.
| pocnuea of lacl of coal owing to the