Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-08-28
COLORADO BRIEFS.


The Colorado State Fair will be held
II Pueblo September ifth TO 18th.
Labor Day will be generally eele-
brnted throughout the state September
7th.
The Pueblo business Mems Assoeia-
tion proposes 10 visit the fairs n Las
Animss and Lamar In large force.
Thomas q. underhiii. = prominent
business man OF De Heque. MAS thrown
from his horse and killed August Goth.
Iu q quarrel over . poker game Jerry
Kennedy sho, and dangerously wound
er Arthur Bennett ~ Camp Bo~ermsn
August goth.
The order Of United ModernS is ar
ranging for minstrel jubilee and ear
aivnl ~ Denver October 7th with Billy
Williams In charge.
A company has been formed at Boul-
der for the manufacture of white brick
FROM = deposit of white clay between
Boulder and sunshine.
The State Land Board has ordered
the sale Of forty acres of land to the
town of Monte Vista for c public park.
The price is nxed al s-S per acre.
Leo W. Kennedy. clerk in the sur
=
been promoted To ~ coo per annum.
and ordered To duty n Moatrose.
Professor }. Emmett Kemp. for the
last Ave years principal Of, the Park
street hiIh school nj Trinidad. died OF
Brikht's disease Al 81. Anthony's hospl-
tai in Denver August .cth.
The Colorado sprinss laundry al
Colorado Springs sss burned on the
morning oi August i1ih. the loss on
tho building and contents being esu-
mated At upwards of 5000.
According to Presidest J. q. sullivan
OF the State Federation of Labor. tbs
striking miners of the Grippe Creek
district will be fed and clothed b. the
western Federation of Miners.
Juan Chavez. who had b~en In the
county Jail at Trinidad for several
weeks charged with the murder OF Ad-
eisidc VALDEZ. committed suicide ~
taking poison on the issh instant.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron compa-
ny's barn nj the Maitland coal camp
was totally destroyed ty drc on the
morning of August 18th and nineteen
mules and Two carloads VI hay we're
burned.
William II. and James z. Mcclure.
brothers and prominent pioneer resi-
dents Of Canon City. held . reunion of
their families and friends . few days
ago to celebrate the thirty ninth ami
vcrsary of their arrival In the city.
George l.. Horinc. = prominent resi-
dent OF Fairplay aud member Of the
Colorado bar. having served Park coun-
~ ~ county judge. and clerk OF the
District Court. died August 18th. leav-
Ing = widow and two little chedrcn.
On Sunday. tile 18th instant. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin II. ltoberts Of Denver were
thrown from \ carriage on Coifax ave-
nue.. Mrs. Roberts receiving injurics
from which she died the next day. Mr..
Roberts suffered \ dislocaiion Of the
shoulder.
The large sawmiil plant of the Pa
Eosa Lumber Company AT PaEosa
Junction In Archuicta county was
burned on the night OF August goth.
The lumber yards. which contained u
great amount OF lumber. wero saved BY
hard work.
Tho Telluride Gun Club has effected
arrangements for \ shooting tourna-
mcnt to be held September 7th and Sth.
Nearly $1,000 will be distributed In
prizes and Il Is expected that gun cx-
pcrts from ali over the western slope
vii! participate.
Mrs. Storcr. wife OF Bcliamy Storcr.
United States ambassador to Austria.
together with General Palmer and 9TH
crs. Is considering n project to cstnb-
lish fine art works at Colorado Springs
to utilize the valuable ciays and native
gems Of Colorado.
The Colorado Press Bureau OF In
formation at Denver is planning for nm
unique entertainment this fall. to take
the place Of the fall festival. This Is
an automobile day" TO be held in Dem
yer either September Sd or as near
thereafter rs is possible.
The general contractor for interior
finish OF the new Denver mint build
ing has been authorized to substitute
Alberene stone for marble in the as
sayer's furnaces and acid laboratory
room. This change involves an nddi-
tional expense to the government Of
s1.095.
The proposed new city charter Of
Denver. on which the people will vote
September 22nd. occupies more than
twenty-one columns OF solid nonpareil
type In the eight-column daily papers
OF Denver, or 524h inches column
length. Specially patriotic citizens will
take n week off and read 1t.
Colonel Charles E. Taylor. formerly
a resident of Denver. died at the Hud-
son street hospital In New York City
August goth. Colonel Taylor was for
some time president of the Colorado
Mining Stock Exchange and was large
ly instrumental in the erection of the
Mining Exchange building in Denver.
The people of Routt county will hold
n carnival at Steamboat Springs Sep
tember 10th. 11th and 18th. A bucking
broncho contest. the first prize for
which will be a championship belt and
s125 in cash; a relay race for COW ponies.
ball. games. and pyrotechnic display
each night OF the carnival. are among
the events promised. A total of $500
in prizes will be awarded.
After fourteen years of faithful SER
vice in the Denver department, "Old
John" the veteran fire horse, is dead.
He was the best trained animal in the
department. being of great use in the
breaking in of new horses. For two
years he was on special duty. Even
in his last days. when his end was near
he would leap to his feet when the gong
sounded, and show as much excitement
as any youngster in the service.
Patents were issued August 18th to
inventors residing in Colorado as fol-