Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

walermelols on the Stevens AsTkis
ranch near Greeley.
The Yuma County Fair st wrsy pre-
ssnted . fns exhibition and drew an
unusually large crowd.
Mrs. MarsaIe. Pollock Of Greeley has
been pieking her second crop of straw
bssstss. aud good crop. too g.
Adjt Gen. Sherman Bell rejoiees In
the advent OF . daughter and proposes
10 name her after Helen Gould.
The new sanitarium Of tho Jewish
consumpiises' Relief Society vas ded-
ieaisd sS Denvef September 9Th.
State Treasurer Newton and his fam
lily have foFsaken Pueblo and inteno 10
make their permansnt home In Den
yer.
Tho county commissioners OF Delta
county will appropriate funds To MAKE
an exhibit OF fruit At the Worries Ssh
In ST. Louis
The Pullman Car Company has or
defed It's shops in Denver closed u 10
not stated when. II al all. they VIII bs
Teopeaed.
At the Methodist conference NJ Pueb-
10 the delegates presented bsanti-
fully engraved gold loving cup !"
Bishop Moore
Miss Minta Elmer has been appoint
ed postmaster al West Fork. Monss-
yuma county. Colorado. vice T. u. Ei-
mer. resigned.
Tho wire mill al tho Minnsqua steel
plant. which vas shut ido~n sceeny
for repairs. Is running again snd tho
force has been Increased.
Engineer Al Phiiilb~r Of tho d. 4
n. q. lost his let, eye at He'd Ciin on
tho s,h inst. by the bursting ot tho
water gauge OF his engine.
David II. Harris. former proprietor
Of tho Commercial hotel nj Fort Col
lins, died at San Diego. California. on
the 9Th inst. Of paralysis-
Tho Grand Army en.-.mpmeut at
Loveiand. In eonection with tho corn
roast celebration. was n great Sucees'.
about 200 veterans bein. registered.
In the ten mile bicycle rare At Dem
yer on Labor Day there were eishtocn
starters and . large crowd OF npreth-
tors. Tho sport seems TO be looking
up.
Three branch postal stations have
been authorized for Pueblo by the Pon'
oficc Department at Washington. u u
expected that they will be In opcFauon
By October IAt.
The Colorado Futnr!,y raec for grey
hound puppies will be run on Scptnm'
Der :sth at the Mcconnell ranch. soush
OF Denver. There will be twcnty-foui
entries.
Attorney John Hipp Of Denver has
been selected by the national Prohihi-
tion committee to make n number OF
addresses In Wyoming In tho interest
OF the party.
President ". F. Slocnm OF Colorado
College has received an invitation to
servo n member OF tho board OF
awards Of the educational exhibits at
the Worlds Fair.
Tho corn roast Mt Loyciand on Labor
Day attracted nm unusually largo Mt
tendance. The Grand Army gathering
was also a great success on that and
the following day.
Tho valuable hoisting plant Of the
Consolidated Alpine company In Clear
Creek county. south OF Lamartinc. wni
almost entirely destroyed by fro on the
evening Of the 9Th inst.
The United Mine Workers have Is
sued n call for strike to all miners
now Mt work in the Trinidad district
asking them to como out and Join the
miners now on strike.
Wesley Hunter. a Clear Creek county
pioneer. died Seuddcnly Mt Idaho
Springs on the 7th inst. while sitting
in his chair. His funeral was con-
Quoted by the Pioneer Society.
Charles NJ. Carter. superintendent al
drawing for the Denver schools. has
been appointed a member of the inter-
national Jury OF awards for the depart
ment Of education at the Worlds Fair.
The new bridge over the Arkansaa
river at La Junta is to cost $1,000. The
sum Of $4,000 was appropriated by the
Legislature and the county commits.
sioners will furnish an additional
$1,000.
John Mosley. who came to Colorado
Springs from Lonuon few months
ago, will tour the mountains with his
family in a "palatial" camp wagon, fit.
ted with electric light. gasoline heat
ers. etc.
Adolph Anderson, a thirteen-year-o
boy employed to tend q door in q coal
mine at tSarkville, Las Animas county,
was burned to death on tho 9Th inst.
by his clothes catching FIRE while he
was entirely alone at his post.
The suit instituted by Judge HaIlett
to test the legality of the proceedings
in connection with the voting Of bonds
for the Denver Auditorium will come up
before Judge Malone in the District
Court at Denver September 18th.
At the Grand Army gathering at
Loveland during the corn roast Peter
Schelt, member of George II. Collins
Post Of Fort Collins, died in his tent
on the night Of the 9Th inst. of paraly-
sis. He was seventy-two years OF age.
President Moffat of the Denver,
Northwestern & Pacific railroad, who
has recently returned from the East
menced on the Salt Lake City end OF
the line to meet the grade from Dem
yer.