Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-12-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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The national convention of the bill
posters organization will be held in
Denver next year.
A company has been Incorporated In
Deayer 10 manufacture ornamental ar
tieles from cactus fber.
Representative Bonynse has intro
dueed In Congress q bill granting TO
Boulder large tract OF land TO be
owned and maintained by the city for
park purposes
The supervising architects once at
Washington has ealeid for bids which
will DO opened December 3oih. for In
staiiins heating apparatus in the
Leadyilis public building.
The International Epworth League
convention meets AT Denyer next sum
mer. July 9Th to sth. The national en-
campment OF tho q. A. II. follows dur.
!ng the FIRST week In September.
Gen. William J. Palmer has offered
q site and $3.50 cash for the erection
OF home In Colorado Springs for tho
detention Of juvenile deiinquents in
the event that a like amount he raised
elsewhere.
Tho report OF Warden John Cles.
horn OF the state penitentiary will
show that among the inmates arc
three school teachers. two lawyers.
two doctors. two actors. ono banker
and one bartender.
". T. Hood. conductor Of tho Colo
rado 4 Southern switch crew at Love.
land was run over by loaded beet
car nt tho sugar factory on the sth
inst. and literally cut to pieces. Death
was instantaneous.
The following rural carriers havo
been appointed for Colorado routes:
Dolores. regular. George s. Gardner:
substitute. Mamie Gardner. Mont
clair. regular. Felix z. Jones: subs,i.
tutc. James a. Jones.
Tho application OF s. q. Hurst. }. c.
Twombly. II. =. Twombiy. ID. W.
Strong and q. II. Kinscy TO organize
tho First National Bank OF Brighton.
with $4,000 capital. has been approved
by tho comptroller OF tho currency.
II became necessary n few days ago
for the Moffat road to borrow n snow
plow from tho Colorado Midland to
clear the track between Mammoth and
Arrowhead. An immense rotary. on I,s
way from tho East. had not yet mr.
rived.
More than 200 stores and oficcs In
Colorado Springs were closed from
l0:50 .. m. to l o'clock on the 18th
inst, on account OF great revival
meeting at tho Temple thcatcr under
tho direction OF the Rev. J. Wilbur
Chapman.
Tho Colorado State Grange vi
convene In Denver January 10th. llth
and 18th. at Britannia hall. third doos.
1889 Arapahoc street. An excellent
programme has been arranged. includ.
Ing speakers from the State Ayricul.
turai College.
The efforts OF tho Young Mems
Christian Association OF Boulder to
secure funds for the erection OF
building are meeting with considerable
success. Tho subject has been taken
up by tho churches and numerous
pledges secured.
Tho nandnmus proceedings brought
by the newly-elccted officers OF Arapa-
hoo county to compel the officials ap-
pointed by Governor Orman to vncatc.
was heard ut Golden by Judge Dc
France and a verdict rendered In IN.
vor OF tho petitioners.
Three prisoners escaped from the
county Jail at Montrose on the night
OF tho 18th inst. v. A. Laughlin. be-
ing held for obtaining money under
false pretenses: Alex Moore for forg.
cry. and Paul Gregerson for burglary.
broke the locks and got safely away.
Major William Cooke Daniels of the
Daniels & Fisher Stores Company.
Denver, recently arrived at Singapore
in the British East Indies after year
spent in connection with n scientific
expedition in the work Of exploring the
island OF Papua, New Guinea.
While burning OF pasture land on
his ranch near Parlin few days ago
Wilson Moore. n pioneer Of Gunnison
county, was overcome by the exertion
and fell into the flames. An Italian
with him quickly beat out the fire
around his body, but Moore was dead.
The International Typographical Un-
ion has raised approximately 10000 OF
the $4,000 required for the erection
Of the A. J. Cummings memorial build
ing, which will be built as an annex to
the Union Printers Home In Colorado
Springs. The value OF the property,
including $4,000 for eighty acres of
improved land. is $237.137.9s.
Rev. Franklin Spencer Spalding. rec
tor of st. Paul's Episcopal Church OF
Erie, Pennsylvania, for the past nine
years, was consecrated bishop Of Salt
Lake, at Erie, on the 14th inst. Bishop
Spaldings father, now deceased. was
consecrated bishop OF Colorado in the
same church as the son, almost ex.
actly thirty-one years ago.
The Montrose City Council has
passed an ordinance calling for a spe,
cial election 20 be held January 10th.
to vote on the issuance of 100000 in
bonds. II issued, the money will be
used to build an entirely new system
of water works. A reservoir covering
160 acres of land will be located on
Cerro Summit, eighteen miles from
Montrose. Title to the site was
granted by Congress.
A contract has been let for the