Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-05-15
COLORADO BRIEFS

The contract for the new Weld
county hospital =, Greeley has been lei
for ss.7i6.
En-Goyernor John l. Rouit and fam
lily. who spent the winter in Porto
hieo. have returned TO Denver.
I.eadyilie has roek-pieking bees ey-
cry Sunday afternoon to clear the
ground for the new race track.
Congressman II. N. Hosg of the Sec
ond district is arranging To change his
place OF residence from Telluride "a
Pueblo.
Al the school election in BOULDER.
May 9Th. il WAS voted To issue $4,000
In bonds for the erection Of tao new
school buildings
President Roossyelrs fftesn-minute
stop at Hugo and cowboy breakfast
Win TIN plate and cup. Was the most
picturesque feature OF his tour through
Colorado.
The total number OF pieces Of bag
gage handled in the Union depot at
Denver during the month Of April Was
sl.stl. as compared with $685. in
April. 1899.
All the cables of the Colorado Tele-
phone Company in Pueblo which have
been erected ON poles. have noN been
transferred 10 an underground system
OF eonduits.
Nearly all the Inhabitants OF coinra-
do Springs. Colorado City and Mani
tou greeted President Roosevelt Mt
Colorado Springs and the city Was pro-
fussly decorated
Citizens of Orchard Place and Cher
relyn. adjoining Beaver on the south.
hay. pstitioned the County Court OF
AEapahoe for incorporation as town
TO be called Enslevood.
The FL Paso County Humane Society
has decided to give u silver medal to
the police officer or agent Of the so-
clety making tn. best record during
the year for humane acts.
Miss Dora Moore. principal of the
Corona school. In Denver. H-s been
presented by the mothers Of -omc OF
her pupils with sufficient sum to- de-
fray her entire expenses on trip TO
Europe the coming summer.
". c. Caldwell. who operated a small
distiliery near AEuilaF. was caught In
the machinery on the sth Inst. and had
one arm nearly torn from the socket
He refused to have the arm ampatatcd
and died from ioss OF blood.
Special Agent Tuft OF the Humane
n iiftecn-year-old Japanek. Girl. said
To have been purchased In Japan and
brought to Denver for immoral pur-
poses by n japanese woman.
Edgar IL Downs. formerly principal
Of the North Side high school. Denver.
but for the past three years snpcrin-
tcndcnt OF the city schools OF Durango.
has been reelected for fourth year
by the Durango School board.
There was n very large attendance
at the conference of the Northeast dis
trict Of the Stntc Federation OF wom-
ans Clubs ut iongmont May 9Th. Ar
rangemcnts were made to select dcn-
mite lines OF work for the ensuing year.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued certificate authorizing the
First National Bank OF Fountain. Colo
rndo. to commence business. The bank
has n capital stock OF se5. 900. Gordon
Jones will be president and Clifton
George cashier.
Rural free delivery service will be cs-
tabiishcd July LIST from Lon.mont on
routes I and 9. The length OF the
routes Is forty-seycn miles. the area
covered sixty-ninc square miles. the
population served s35. and the num-
Der OF houses ON the routes i6i.
Attention of the federal arborculture
experts has been called by the custo-
dians OF the South Platte forest reserve
to n scourgc that is destroying the pine
trees II IL supposed that some insect
is destroying the trees. OF which hun
ireds are turning yellow. The blight
appears to be spreading.
The War Department at Washington
has rejected all bids for the driving OF
an artesian well Mt Fort Logan. near
Denver, the cost OF which was to have
been about $1,000. 1t is stated that
none OF the bids were In compliance
with the specifications. and that new
proposals will be asked for.
jamestown, in Boulder county. is the
home of new social lodge. This is
called the Grand Order of Antelopes.
Incorporation papers for the grand
lodge have been filed with the secre-
tary of state. According to the papers.
the lodge intends to organize subordi-
nate bodies in all parts OF the country.
Members will be required TO be eight
cen years of age. Social and benefit
features are embodies in the order.
At Brighton. on the Sth inst. the
Jury in the trial of Robert Hubbard.
colored. charged with the murder of
Adolph Cruetz. returned n verdict of
murder in the second degree with rec
concentrations to the court for mercy.
On account of the recommendations of
the jury. the court set aside the verdict
and Hubbard pleaded guilty to invol-
untary manslaughter and was SEN
fenced to serve not more than eight
years nor less than seven and one-half
years in the penitentiary.
+. r. Woodward and Lee A. Rey-
nolds have organized development
company to bore for oil at point on
the line of the Union Pacific fifty
miles from Denver and midway be-
tween Byers and Deer Trail. A town.
site has been laid out, n municipality
Incorporated under the name OF Peoria,
and the corporation launched as the
Peoria Oil and Gas Company. Timbers
for the erection of derrick and the
necessary machinery for sinking n
3.OO0-foot shaft are on the ground at
Peoria.
John Harlan. a twelve-year-old boy.
met with horrible death on the Sth
inst. at the ranch of his father. five
miles east of Hoehne. some forty miles
from Trinidad. The boy roped a steer