Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-05-08
COLORADO BRIEFS

| walks.
The first work OF the grand jury at
| Colorado Springs was TO bring ten In
dictmenis against keepers Of houses OF
| ill-fame.
T.. ii. Martin. former warden OF the
state penitentiary. has sold Two bears.
badger and fox. TO be placed In the
City park at Denver.
Mrs. Helen Grenfeil. state superin-
tendent Of Instruction. addressed the
Teachers Association OF eastern coun-
Ties at iioiyoke. May End.
Warden cieghorn has already em-
ployed thirty-one new men In the PEN
itentiary. The entire interior OF the
prison has been repainted.
l.. II. lngersoll OF the class of 1902 In
Colorado College. has secured fellow
ship in physics for the coming year at
the Northwestern University.
The Chrysoiite saw mill and lumber
yard on Fryer hill. at Leadyille. was
burned on the night OF May LIST. the
loss being estimated at 10000.
An automobile race will be run from
Denver May 3Oth To some point In the
state and return. IL IL intended more
for an endurance test than for speed.
The Denver Conference OF the Meth
odist Church Will meet at Asbury
Church In Denver May 18th and isih.
Bishop II. W. Warren will be among
the speakers.
At recent meeting In Denver the
| Colorado Osteopathic Association
passed resolutions commencing Gov
ernor Peabody for yetoing the Sanford
medical bill.
From the fact that !. Harry Stratton
has sent for some OF his furniture TO
bo shipped to Pasadena. Calf. II ih
though that he viii not return TO make
his home at Colorado Springs.
Secretary Martha shu,c OF the State
Horticultural Board has received from
Senator Patterson : 500 small packages
| OF vegetable reed for gratuitouS distri-
button from her ofiic. u, Denver.
The town OF GlobeyIlic has surrcn-
dercd it's books ms well as other effects
TO the officers OF the City and County
OF Denver. thereby establishing the
record Of being the first suburb TO Will
ingly enter the city.
George ". Andrews & Co. nave
closed n deal for the purchase OF The
old Hinwatha garden Mt Manltou. An
opera troupe has been engaged for sew
cral weeks and entertainment through
out the summer will bc provided.
Thir,y-thrcc medical students were
graduated by the Denver and Gross
College of Medicine. a branch OF the
| unIyeraity Of Denver. on Tuesday
April ssth They hail from eleven dii-
fcrcnt states OF the Union and one In
from Canada.
Following are the dates appointed
by State Engineer Carpenter to hold
examinations for irrigation division
cnrInccrs: Pueblo. April 5oth: Den
yer. May 9Th: AlamoSa. May lith:
MontroSc. May 18th. and Gicnwood
Springs. May 18th.
The directors OF Dcnvcr's hrEt social
settlement. the Ncishborhood Ho.sc In
West Denver. has arranged for the
purchase OF the Gross Medical College
building nt cost OF $1,000. This viii
give the settlement well located and
commodious headquarters.
a handsome photograph OF William
! N. BycrH has been presented 80 the
| State Historical and Natural History
Society Of Colorado by Mrs. BycrS.
Mary BycfR Robinson and Frank SUM
ncr RycrH. MIR. Bycrs Mt the time OF
his death was president OF the society
DIR. Arthur Aliin. professor of psy-
chology and education Mt the State uni
vcrsity. will deliver the commence
msnt Grafton Mt the University OF New
Mexico June 9Th. President Baker Will
deliver tho commencement Grafton Mt
the uniycrsity Of Wyoming June 18th.
Fully 500 delegates will be In attend
ancc mt the sessions OF the convention
of the brotherhood OF Railway Train
men, which will meet in Denver. be-
ginning May 18th. They will repre-
sent locals from every state and terri
tory in the Union. also the Canadian
provinces.
Captain Hamilton s. Hawkins. Unit
ed States cavalry. has been assigned to
duty Mt Denver as assistant to the
chief commissary OF the Department
of the Colorado. He will relieve Cap
tain Frank A. Cook. who Will proceed
of the Missouri.
Mr.. Brooks. congressman-at-larg
r.coiorado. has written to Hot Sui
phtfr Springs that the petition recently
sent in for the establishment OF mail
route between Kremmling and To-
ponas IL being considered at Washing
ton and that II will receive his most
earnest support.
Vincent Lappin. captain and man
ager OF the Leadville Blues OF the
State Baseball League. was fatally in
jured by fall in the Meyer mine Mt
Leadvillc April 27tb. He fell n dis
tance of fifty feet and his right leg
was terribly fractured. besides bruises
and internal injuries.
A Madison. Wisconsin. dispatch.
says: Prof. w. l.. Madison. professor
of animal industry in the State Uni
versity. has decided to accept n posi-
tion offered him as professor of agri-
culture in the State Agricultural Col
lege of Colorado. He will not leave
Wisconsin until the end OF the college
year.
Manager Ridgway Is said TO have
given instructions to the agent of a
Denver employment bureau to have
more than 1000 men sent on the Mof-
fat road when requisitioned by the
contractors He started for the scene
of operations with Chief Engineer
Sumner and will personally investi-
gate the cause for lack of men.
Joseph S. Updegraff. county clerk
and recorder of Gilpin County, died at
st. I.uke's Hospital in Denver on
Thursday. April 30th. Mr.. Updegran
was county clerk of Gilpip County for
the past sixteen years. and before that
time held the Offices of city and county