Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-10
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Institute met June 29th with an at
tendance OF over 100.
The health commissioner of Denver
Will have the weeds cut on vacant lots
In the city as sanitary measure
Forty-six births were reported In
Pueblo during the month OF June
twenty-five boys and twenty-one girls.
The second annual picnic OF the
Fremont County Horticultural Society
was held at Cottonwood Springs. near
Canon City. July ith.
The Colorado Bar Association. at Its
meeting in Colorado Springs. resolved
in favor OF non-partlsan nominations
Tor Supreme AID District Court judges.
Mrs. l.. ". Leonard OF Loveland.
who was injured In street car acci-
dent at Las Vegas. New Mexico. Few
weeks since, died July I'd at Las Vegas.
A Bible Students convention OF Be
lleyers In the Atonement Sacrifice OF
Christ will be held In the Gettysburg
building iE Denver June 10Th. ilth and
l2th.
At Delta July I'd j. j.. Carlow.
charged with the murder OF NJ. q. Da-
Wis at Paonia. was held for trial at
the September term OF the District
Court.
The National Building Trades Coun-
ell convention will meet In Denver
August 10Th for a two-weeks' session.
They will be layishly entertained by
the Denver Council.
The Colorado Chautaulua opened at
Boulder July 18th with u large attend
ance. Hon. J. ". Springer OF Den
yer was the orator OF the day. grand
patriotic concert was given AT night.
Harvey W Green. well known as
soldier. printer and newspaper man.
died at III. Old Soldiers Home at Mon
;e Vista Jcne s5th. lie was employed
on III. Denver News for thirteen years
Preston II. Ho,chkiss died In Mont
ros. June :.sth. aged seventy years Mr.
Hotchkiss vas one OF the oldest resi-
dents and his son Berry wns the hrst
white child Torn In the rnoompahsre
valley.
ON. hundred and siSty-ninc building
permits were taken out IN Denver last
month for the erection OF buildings that
Will cost In the aggregate s56i .5ts. Tine
average cost OF eighty nine dwellings In
S:.ioi-2i
Tn. Officers and employees Of tho
Denver City Tramway Company have
Incorporated beneficiary organization.
insurance fund for the members and to
pay benefits In case OF sickness or acci-
dent.
Mrs. BELL. Murray died Mt the Sis
tcrs' hospital In Cripple Greek July LIST
of pcritonitis. Mrs. Murray had been
chief operator OF the Cripple Creek tel
ephoac system for the past Ave years.
having previously been n resident OF
Denver
Colorado capitalists have launched
one OF the largest immigration projects
OF the Louisiana delta. They have ac-
quircd nearly 100000 acres OF choice
timber and cotton lands In Concordia
parish and have organized tho Con-
cordla Lnnd Company.
The Western Slope Veterans Anso-
|, citation closed highly successful three
days reunion at Grand Junction July
eth. A resolution was passed making
all soldiers. sailors and marines II the
Spanish American and Philippine wars
also eligible to membership.
At Denver June 30th Price Tuttic.
who was learning to run an elevator In
the Ernest a. Cranmcr building In Den
yer. lost control OF II and was badly
crushed. falling three stories and re-
cciving Injuries that resulted In his
death. He was only seventeen years
old.
At tho Canon City pcnitcntiary July
18th. in addition to the pardon of Glib
son. pardon was given to c. A. YER
non, No. 1857. sent up from FL Pnso
county for fourteen years on the
charge OF assault This pardon was
brought to the prison by Vernon's
sister.
The thirty days Of rife practivc re-
auired of the state troops each year be-
gan June Goth. The troops Mt Denver
will practice Mt the rifle range near
Golden. which is owned by the state
and rented each year TO the govern
ment for the use of the troops ut Fort
Logan.
Albion w. 'Tourgce, author and lee
turer. who was editor Of the Denver
Times for n few months in 1850 under
r. w. Woodbury.. and who has been
for several years consul at Bordeaux,
in France. has been promoted to the
position OF Consul general at Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
Judge j. II. Voorhees, OF division A
of the District Court at Pueblo has
ruled that Eads shall still remain the
county seat of kiowa county. For u
number of months the residents of
Sheridan Lake have been attempting
to have the county capital removed to
Sheridan Lake.
Mrs. Antoine kenhan. an old woman
who has lived by peddling and begging
In Denver for the past fifteen years.
was found dead in her bed few days
ago. She had been robbed. bound and
gagged. and evidently died of suffoca-
ton. Her body was not found until two
days after her death.
w. w. Ferguson, curator of the war
relic room in the State house at Denver
has sent to w. w. Dennison, assistant
adjutant general of the Kansas G. A.
r., 500 from Colorado comrades for
the the purpose of relieving the Grand
Army sufferers in the recent disastrous
floods in that state.
Miss Grace Nottingham. who shot
and instantly killed Ed Murphy in n
lovers quarrel at Minturn June 10Th.
waived preliminary hearing before
the justice court. Judge Overs of the
District Court. admitted the defendant
to bail in the sum of 81 900. The bond
was furnished and Miss Nottingham
released from custody.