Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-06-05
COLORADO BRIEFS

He~sPePSs ot htchhhh6s ~ o'eHe
eounty.
The salary Of the postmaster at Rico.
viii after July LIST be cut on. and tho
once put back TO the fourth class
JUDY LIST the postmasters al Berthoud
and PaEosa. Colorado. will have their
salaries raised from 1000 10 ti.ioc.
e. i. Aidrieh of Monte Vista has
been elected eommandant of the Colo
RADIO State Soldiers and Sailors Home.
An effort will be made by Colorado
College TO have a gOYernment weather
station placed on the summit OF Pixies
Peak again.
The special feature OF Memorial Day
al Las Animas was over 100 flower
girls dressed in white. who sang mem
orial songs.
There is a great demand for boys
from fourteen to seventeen years OF
age To work in the beet fields at Rocky
Ford and Sugar City,
A cow owned by Nellie Blrd. who
lives ON ranch near Aspen. gave
birth to three calves feN days ago.
They were all perfect.
On May 25th the high school cadets
OF the Denver high schools were dis
banded by sudden and peremptoEy
order Of the school board.
The free mail delivery system at
Florence has been extended To take
In i.5 more houses. The limits now in-
eiude every house in Florence.
The great International Christian
Endeayor Convention will be held In
beaver July 9Th to 18th, IL Is en-.
pee,sd that ten thousand delegates Viii
be present.
The Rev. Wilbur p. Paddock OF Den
Yer. a retired Episcopal minister. sew
rnty years OF age. Was struck by Eua-
away team and seriously hurt lew
days ago.
Miss Elsie Ward Of Dcnyer has Just
been awarded the prize for the best
model OF drinking fountain to be pre-
ssnicd to the ST. Louis Worlds Fair
by the ". c. 7. U,
Smith Riley of iae bureau Of for~s-
try at Washington IL in Colorado TO
make n general survey OF vacant lands
to set aside for new reservation ON
the north aide OF Platte canon.
Al an election held May :sth tn.
citizens OF Aryndn. the near suburb OF
Denver at the intersection of III. Monat
line and the Colorado 4 Southern.
voted 30 to 60 against Incorporation.
Joseph o. Smith. former Indian
agent. has been appointed bonded SUI
rcrintcndcnt for the Indian training
school for the Southern u,cs at i.-
nacio. with salary Of 3i.too per an
num-,
on Memorial Day tho Miners Union
OF Aspen decorated the grave OF cS-
Governor Davis II. Waite. part OF
the floral tribute being sent from DEN
yer by the Western Federation Of Min
crs.
During the month OF May Just closed.
the people OF Denver took out i69
buildin. permits. the aggregate value
being sSt3.os0. This was never exceed
ed In any one month excepting April.
1909.
Cherry Creek. the dry steam which is
one OF the most unslgh,ly features OF
Denver. may be walled and Improve
mcnts made along It's banks II the
plans OF the board OF public works do
not iniscarry.
A new building Ia being erected In
Denver for the workin. Boys Home.
which was founded In 1891 by Mrs. w.
N. Bycrs. The home will occupy ten
lots ut tho corner OF Broadway and
Alameda avenue.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank West OF
the cavalry has been assigned to duty
as Inspector general of the Department
OF the Colorado. with station at Den
yer. Colonel West is now returning
from the Philippines.
President J. X. Robinson OF the Gar
den OF the Gods Chautauqua Associa-
tion Mt Colorado Springs has an
nounced that Clara Morris. the noted
actress, would appear before the Chau-
tauqua August 18th and goth.
The United States Reduction and Re-
fining Company has begun work on the
erection OF an $4,000 club building for
the use OF Its employees In Colorado
Springs. A similar club building Will
be erected by the company at Flor
ence.
l.. G. Lands OF Colorado Springs Is
getting up lighthouse tower, three
feet in diameter at the base and nine
feet high. to exhibit at the Worlds
Fair. He expects to have photographs
OF all the governors of states exhibited
in the windows.
The track and field meet OF the Uni
versity of Colorado and the University
OF Utah took place on the university
campus at Salt Lake. Utah. May 26th,
and resulted in tie. each team scor-
lnS tOtal Oh nlty anu oHe-utili poihlS
for the thirteen events.
John II. Fesler. formerly state treas
urer of Colorado, and at present con-
sui at Annoy. China. has returned to
Denver on n six months leave of alb
| sence Mr.. Fesler is well known
throughout the state and was at one
time a director of the Glenwood bank.
Z. L. Wade. the promoter of the deal
transferring the Seven Lakes water
reservoir site on the slope OF Pixies
Peak to the city of Colorado Springs
has been arrested on the charge of
perjury on an indictment returned by
the recent El Paso county grand jury.
1t is alleged that he gave false testi-
mony before the grand jury in relation
| to the Seven Lakes deal.
The correspondent of Denver paper
| says that the farmers around New
Windsor are having trouble with in
sects running young sugar beets. Many
| fields have been replanted. one farmer
replanting nearly $50 acres, all of
which was destroyed by little cut
worms. Some fields attacked by them
in less than twenty-four hours have
a l.. hf hoI