Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-01-16
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Adams county. vice Wilson II. Smith.
resigned.
During December the cash receipts
OF Secretary OF State Mills amounted to
$l20G3. OF which SS.257 was from new
corporations.
The Colorado Telephone Company is
gathering In the independent lines In
the San Luis valley and promises many
improvements In the service.
The contract has been let for two
miles OF the extension o; the Otero ca
nal near La Junta. bonds being &C.
cepted In payment for the work.
The shaft house and other buildings
at tho Cross coal mine. near Golden.
were burned on the morning OF the 9th
Inst. The mine was being operated.
II cost the county OF San Juan ST.
aff.25 TO support tweniy-three men and
SIX women last year. according to the
poor report filed with the secretary OF
state.
The Greeley sugar factory sliced Its
last beets for the season January 10th.
Forty thousand tons were handled and
the enterprise SO far Is pronounced
success.
The county commissioners of Jeffer-
son county will erect new buildings on
the county poor farm which has been
recently purchased. Heretofore the
county has rented poor farm.
Major Ralph Hartzeil. n young Dem
yer lawyer. was married at Canton,
Ohio. December 30th. TO Miss Mary
Barber. a niece OF the late President
William Mckinley. They came at once
to Denver.
George W. Drake. Colorado pio-
necr and one of the prominent citizens
of Denver. died on the 10Th instant af.
ter few days Illness from an attack
OF appendicitis. He was about sixty
i've years OF age.
The Stntc Humane Society expects
to prosecute the participants In tho
rabbit courslng at Central City New
Years day. Special Agent II. Il. Kerr
was present and secured evidence
which the society will use.
The body of Robert cohn. a saloon.
keeper ut Como. who wandered Few
miles from town during n ut OF III.
ness year ago. has been recovered.
There was about $2.5o0 insurance on
his life which will now be payable.
Antoine woodc. the celebrated boy
criminal in the Canon City pcnitcn-
tiary. Is attempting to secure evidence
to prove he was only ten years old ut
the time he wns given life sentence
for murder. and that he was therefore
illegally sentenced.
Governor ormnn has appointed tho
following commission to examine mp
plicauts for position Of coal mine In
spccior: d. n. simpson. Denver;
Lee. Enslcviiic: Frank n. Obcrdins.
Louisville: John Rowicy. Paiisadc.
Postmaster Morgan OF Colorado City
has received notice from the depart
mcnt ut Washington thnt II has nc
ccpted the proposition OF the owners Of
the new First National Bank building
to occupy one Of the three stores for
postofiicc. leasing the room for the next
i've years.
The poor report Of Arapahoc county.
filed with the secretary OF state. shows
that Ss:.S70 was expended on the poor
Of the county last ycnr. There were
1897 cared for In the county hospital.
ass Mt the poor farm. S,370 cared for on
the outside. and 5.&35 treated by the
county physician.
The pay roll OF the Minncqun steel
works at Pueblo for the month OF De-
ccmbcr last amounts to s3D3.97
This Is an increase OF nearly $o5. 600
over any previous month In the history
of the big plant. and N exclusive OF the
sum paid the small army OF men en-
ployed on contract work.
An effort Is being made by the w. C.
r. u. workers of Colorado to raise n
birthday purse for Mrs. Antoinctte
HawIcy. state president. who rails In
February for n long trip abroad. Mrs.
.Hawicy's birthday occurs January a3rd.
and nii unions OF the state have been
sskcd to contribute to the fund.
As result Of the verdict OF the cor
oncr's jury nt Red CHI. in the case OF.
Dan Wright. who was shot and killed
by Nat Molinnro at Minturn. Molinaro
wns held without bail. Testimony was
introduced TO show that while Wright
was abusive. and provoked the Italians
anger. he was helplessly drunk and un-
armed.
News has been received in Denver OF
the death OF DR.. Arthur Beavis. Mt Ma
mimi. state OF Durango. Mexico. Janu-
nry End. DIR. Beavis had eaten poisoned
cabbage. He lived in Aspen and Dem
yer for several years. He left three
years ago for Mexico. where he has
since resided. His widow resides ut
No. 81 Eighteenth avenue, Denver.
Iittleton has organized board OF
trade with ]. A. Farnsworth, presi-
dent; Nelson Rhoades rs vice president
and J. C. Richards. secretary. The sum
of s.. 100 was raised to purchase site
for the proposed machine manufacture
ing plant OF the Leyner Drill Company.
in accordance with the agreement OF
the company to build plant II the site
is donated.
The Colorado Realty and Securities
Company of Denver has undertaken
large irrigation project in Routt coun-
ty and has deposited a certified check
for $25O,00O with the State Land
Board as guaranty that 1t will be car.
ried out according to law. 1t proposes
to construct an irrigation ditch forty
nine miles long. following the course
of the Snake river.
The Boulder Fruit Growers Associa
tion has been dissolved and there has
been organized in Its place the Boulder
County Fruit Growers Association.
capitalized at 5000. The directors are
a. M. Anderson. W. l.. Scott, f. T.
Carr, Charles II. Parsons. l.. w. Stan
ton. T. b. Holman and c. e. Meyer.
= q Mr.