Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-12-25
COLORADO BRIEFS.


Hugh A. Eiwood. a pioneer Of Giipin.
Weld and Summit counties. died Al
Boulder December 18th at the age oi
'evenfy-three years
The Boulder ChRutarqna manage
ment has riNed upon July 25d as TEN
perance Day" and will engage John u.
wooiisy as orator for the occasion.
The returns show that ex'Gov.
Charles =. Thomas received the great
sst number of votes of any Of the can
iidates AT the recent Denver charter
slection.
William Miller. a youth OF seventeen.
sat on a keg OF powder to smoke his
pipe In the Tynon coal mine. near Erie,
lie was blown up. but came down
again. and II Is thought that he VIII
recover
Edward Dale. one OF the pioneers OF
L.adville. died OF pneumonia On the
18th inst. Mr.. Dale served two terms
as county clerk Of Lake county and was
widely known In business and political
sircles,
Brigadi.r General Merriam. retired.
who Is well known in Colorado from
having been stationed several years
At Denver. is again In III. state ON a
visit to his daughter. who lives In
Denver.
Percy Briilhand had a part OF his
left foot and leg torn on by the chain
OF coal-cuttins machine In the simp-
son mine nj Lafayette and was taken 10
the university hospital at Boulder On
the iith inst.
The walls of a large apartment
house In Denver are being constructed
Of cement blocks. which. IL In claimed
by the builders. are a cheaper build
Ing material than stone or brick and In
every way AZ good.
The detention home In Denver Tor
juvenile GelinquentS IL now IN op~r-
alton. the frst insinllment Of nS- boys
having been sent to the home by Judge
Lindsey ON the i.th inst. II preserves
the boys from jail associations.
Tho cuuruses Of the Democratic and
Republican delegates TO the second
Denver charter convention met on the
i.th inst. and agreed upon the RrS.
Charles II. Marshall. pastor OF 81.
Barnahas Episcopal church. for prcsi-
dent Of the convention.
The two coiored companies recruited
for the National Guard at Denver were
not mustered In December 18th. rs had
been arranged. When they discovered
that II was the purpose OF the govern
or to appoint white ofiecfs the men
declined to proceed With the muster.
The Board Of Head Managers Of the
woodmeu Of the World have Invested
$50. 900 Of their surplus funds iu Fort
Collins water works bouds and ys:.'
900 In Montrosc county rrfundinE
honda. making . total bond Investment
on account Of equalization funds OF
500. 900.
The Fort Collins Sugar Company
has finished paving for the November
delivery Of beets. the total disburse-
ment being 3:35.00o. This sum. added
to Si3S, 600 paid out for October de-
livery. makes . total Of $4,000 dis.
burssd this year to beet. growers by the
company
Al 4 meeting of the State board OF
Pharmacists December ilth and 18th.
the following passed as registered
pharmacists: Abraham Brcslcr. Dcn-
yer; J. r. Burns. Denver: r. d. Davies,
Pueblo: Frank Dunklc. Denver: Walter
II. KimIin. Denver: Loyal II. Nudge
Denver: Foike W. Sef,crin. Pueblo
and Claude watthnlI. Sterling.
General Manager J. A. Edison. Of the
Rio Grandc. has addressed a letter to
SECRETARY Palmer. OF the Pueblo Bust
ness Mems Association. In which he
states that II will be impossible to re-
establish the daily passenger service
In western and southwestern Colorado
The cause is stated TO be reduced rev
enue on account OF the strikes.
II is said to have been decided that
the cruiser Denver will be ordered tc
Galveston rs soon as practicable after
being placed in commission late In the
month. and the date for the presenta.
ton OF the silver service will be fixed
for late in February or early In March
Efforts will be made to arrange large
excursion from Denver for the occn'
sion.
In the District Court Mt Leadville
Howard Fisher and John Knapp were
sentenced to nine and a half years
In the penitentiary for the burglary
of the Blackhawk stables. and to life
improsinment for the murder OF Oscar
Boegel, the hot tamale man. The life
Imprisonment will take effect imme
diately after the burglary sentence IL
completed.
Robert +. Bell of Denver. who Is
raising funds for a home for consump
tive actors. has received communica
tions from Colorado Springs and from
places in Arizona and New Mexico
asking that the institution be located
there. Colorado Springs has offered tc
donate site for the building and in
Inmates that 1t might add gift OF
money Letters from the other towns
mention many inducements.
c. II. Prince. a Carbondale carpenter
who went to California about a yeai
ago. committed suicide at Los Angeles
December 18th by turning on the gas
in his room. The act is supposed tc
have been due to a fit of dependency
He left note for his wife who. with
four small children. is living in Car.
bondale. requesting her not to let the
children know how he died.
In the District Court at Glenwood
Springs December 14th William Ohler
recently convicted OF criminal assault
was denied new trial and sentenced
by Judge Sumate to imprisonment in
the penitentiary for not less than
eighteen months nor more than two
years. Ohler was formerly pump
man for the Rio Grande railroad a,
Rifle. and had been confined In the
county jail for ten months.
Friday, December 18th, was day OF
accidents in Colorado. John Herbeck
a Bohemian miner. was killed by fall.
ipu cpnl in the SimpSpn mine Mt Tafay.