Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-11-13
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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for taxation in Colorado Springs is Sl+.-
100000.
The work Of grading the line for the
new electric street railway AT Irinidad
was begun November Sd.
l. Hattie S. Childers has been appoint
ed postmasted at Rowena, Boulder
county, vice Robert J. Wilson. re-
signed.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
has now a membership OF coo. which Is
the full number allowed by its consu-
tuition.
Ora A. Ha,ton, son OF Daniel Hattoh.
one OF the pioneers OF Denver. commit
ted suicide at a lodging house in Dem
yer. on the 9Th inst. by taking poison.
A rural free delivery route has been
| established, TO commence December
LIST, at Trinidad. The proposed route
Is twenty-five miles long and Will serve
population OF $50.
The pay roll OF the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company for October amounts
to 1888, 1924, being several thousand
| dollars more than has ever before
been paid In one month.
A free employment once has been
opened In the ONCE OF the police ma
tron OF the city Jail In Denver. The
services OF the Office will be free 10 all
unemployed persons in the city.
The Woman's Home Missionary So
cIety OF the M. Z. Church. which has
Just closed It's annual convention ~
Chattanooga. Tennessee. voted 10 hola
Its next meeting In Denver In octopef'
1904.
The young men OF Holyoke and VI
cInIty petitioned Governor Peabody for
company OF infantry. and General
He'll appointed Colonel Macdonald to
muster the company into the National
Guard.
At Denver and many other places In
northern Colorado brilliant display OF
aurora borealis was seen by the Few
people who happened to be out OF doors
about o'clock on the morning OF Sat
urday. October 3ist.
The Western Rubber Company Will
open nn once AZ 1888 Blake street, Den
yer. II has been Incorporated TO man
ufacture rubber from species OF
shrub that grows wild on arid land and
will. II II succeeds. open n new INDUS
try for the state.
Edward @. Bird has been arrested In
Denver for robblns nickel-in-the-slot
telephone boxes by means OF skeleton
keys. II is stated that Bird has
served term In the State Pcni,cntinry.
under the name OF Edward q. Thomas.
for gran. larceny.
At Denver. n few days ago. CLIFFORD
Dunifcr. sixteen ysar-oid son OF r. A.
Dunifcr. snapped an unioaded revolver
at his two-ycar-oid baby brother. but
there happened to be one cartridge ie
the cylinder and that went on and
killed the baby.
Railway passenger agents estimate
thin, over 100000 strangers visited Col
orndo during the pas; summer. There
are 5000 unclaimed excursion tickets
still remaining Mt the joint agency In
the Union Depot In Denver. Evidently
these people have concluded TO remain
In the state.
Daniel r. Carmichael. In connection
with eastern and Denver men. Is TAX
Ing sicps toward the construction of m
electric railway line between Denver
and Greeley. Several of those inter-
cstcd visited Greeley few days ago
and arc said to have been pleased with
the outlook.
The Kilton mill In Boulder has been
purchased by the Great Western Brick.
Tile and Pottery Company. OF which
Professor A. u. Langridgc Is president.
and will be utilized for the manufac-
turc OF all kinds OF brick. tile and other
products OF the finc clays found In the
Sunshine district.
Mrs. Seraidia N. Seymour. colorcd.
who would have been Jog years old
next January. died November I'd Mt
the home Of her son. William Seymour.
ten miles northeast Of Colorado
Springs. Mrs. Seymour was formerly
n Kentucky slave and was the mother
OF thirteen children.
The coroncr's Jury at Denver in the
case Of Charles Heyn. who was shot
and killed by Humane Society officer
Oliver L. Tuft. returned verdict COM
pletely exonerating Tuft. who was
found to have acted solely in sclf-dc-
fensc. Tuft went TO arrest Heyn for
cruelty In starving horse and Heyn
shot at him with n rifle.
Thomas +. Walsh. former owner of
the Camp Bird mine ut Ouray. Is said
to have intimated to the Worlds Fair
Board that he will furnish the money
to erect a Colorado building at the st.
Louis Exposition. 1t is known that
he has had the matter under consider
alton and that the figures talked OF
were $4,000 or $4,000.
Ex-Governor James b. Orman re-
turned from Mexico few days ago.
Governor Orman is interested in the
Nacozari railroad now being built from
Douglass, Arizona. to Cos, Sonora.
The terminus of the road will be at
Nacozari. Governor Orman has high
opinion of the resources of the coun-
try which will be developed by the new
line.
Judge L. B. Gibson of the County
Court OF Pueblo county recently an
nounced that parents who neglected
to send their children to school on the
ground of giving them private instruc-
tions at home. would be required to
take a teachers examination to fur
nish the juvenile officer with evidence
as to their qualification to instruct
children.
Manager Sells of the Manitou &
Pixies Peak Cog Road Company. has
been in conference with Manager Tan
of the Pixies Peak Hydro-Electric Com
pany, which has immense power
houses in the vicinity of Manitou, in
regard to the project OF running the
cars of the road by electricity, and
Mr.. TaT pronounces the plan to be
feasible.
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