Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-06
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The Grand hotel at Pueblo is to be
greatly improved and large bath
house added.
Fairbanks To be register Of the land
office at Del Norte,
The will Of the late DIR. =, j. Ban
er7:t OF Denver gives sl,2DJ 10 the
Beaver Old Ladies' Home,
Representatives OF Colorado College
and the University Of Nebraska wis
spring.
Al the annual meeting OF the Colo
rado Springs Chamber Of Commerce,
January 2ith. the old board of directors
Was reelected.
The dog license Inspector OF Denver
Reports that there has been whole
sale poisoning Of dogs in many parts
Of the city during the last six months.
The football team OF the University
Of Colorado is making arrangements
for a tsn-day's trip through Kansas
and Nebraska during the spring Naea-
tlon.
The new buildings authorized by the
Denver building inspection department
during January aggregated In saiu.
sjI3.55s. which was So. more than
for the same month of 1902.
The Denver Box Company's plant at
Tenth and wazse street. in Denver.
was burned January .3rd. oeeasionins
loss OF cyer $4,000 and throwing Tor
" people out OF employment.
Miss Cora Fay OF Colorado city. now
government teacher in the Philip
pines. has been given n three months
vacation owing to the prevalence OF the
plague in the islands She is now Ia
Japan.
The Postofiiec Department has as
surcd Representative Bell that two
rural free delivery routes Will bc es-
tabilshed at Mon'roS-, April LIST. with
Charles II. Parrish and Herbert q. Cra-
ham as carriers.
II In announced that Mrs. Anna II.
Brandt. who wnn the Republican can
didnic for superintendent OF public in-
siruction Mt the late election. hah de-
cidcd to withdraw her contest against
Mrs. Helen l.. Grcnfeii.
The Colorado Tclcphon. Company
will extend its line from Florence To
the agricultural regions of Hards.rab-
bic and wctmorc. distance OF hftccn
miles. establishing toll stations NJ
wctmoic and Greenwood.
The ten Denver lodges OF Knights :.
Pythias are making preparations Tor "a
great celebration on February 18Th.
which II the anniversary Of the found
Ing of the order. There Will be
grand parade and banquet In the Wom-
ans Club building.
The factory and business Of the Col
orado Condensed MIX Company mt
Fort I.upton have been purchased by
the Mohawk Condensed MIX Company
OF Rochester. New York. The business
will bc continued under the corporate
name OF the Colorado company.
The American Bonding Company OF
Baltimore has paid to the city attor-
ncy Of Goldhcid 3i.it2.Go. being pay
mcnt In full Of the shortage OF Z. J. NJ.
Hambaugh. cS-city treasurer. Ham
baugh went South. and later. II is nl-
legged. caused his death TO be reported.
The Denver News of January ssth
says: Another carload Of Austrinns
from Minneapolis arrived In Denver
yesterday to wofk on the new MoTnt
railroad. and n carload Is due to arrive
every day this week from Kansas City.
Omaha. Minneapolis. parts of Texas
and Missouri.
James Marshall. who lives near the
mouth OF South Boulder canon. be-
tween Golden and Boulder. put out
some poisoned meat for coyotes not
long ago. and In the course OF Few
days found six dead coyotes and the
inlf-eatcn remains of u monster gray
wolf near his place.
Governor Peabody has appointed the
following named gentlemen to serve on
the State Board OF Medical Examiners:
DIR. David a. Strickler. to succeed him
self: Drs. John Inglis OF Pueblo and
George Il. Stemnn of Denver to succeed
DIR. W. W. Rowan of ouray and DIR.
Frank S. Dulin of Denver.
The business transacted in the
United States land Office In Denver dur
ing January amounted to $11 .1S2.O1,
which. while 1t did not break any rec
ords, is above that OF many recent
months. The land business amounted
to $4,000 for timber lands alone. One
item was 81 600 for coal lands. bought
in three tracts.
The twelfth annual meeting of the
Colorado State Equal Suffrage Associa-
ton was held in Denver January goth.
Professor Theodosia Emmons of Fort
Collins was reelected president. Dur
ing the last year there has been a nota-
Die gain Ill so hutAh on
that the membership of the association
is now larger than at any time since
1896.
The demand of the union bricklayers
of Denver for an increase OF wages
after March LIST from IS a day to $3.50
has been refused by the brick con-
tractors association. The determine
ton of the union that only one mem
ber of firm shall be permitted to work
on wall and that he shall be required
to have a permit from the union Is
also firmly resisted by the contractors.
The average temperature at Denver
for the month of February during the
past thirty years has been thirty-two
degrees. which Is just freezing point.
The warmest month was in 1886. when
the thermometer averaged thirty-nine
degrees, and the coolest month was in
1899, with an average of eighteen de-
grees above zero. February A. 1890.
had the highest temperature, when the
thermometer reacher seventy-sevn de-
gres.
A gentleman who is interested in the
game protective association at Colora-
do Springs has received a letter from