Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-01
COLORADO BRIEFS.


coal cars for the MoEat road was the
Pullman Car company OF Chicago.
A dressed turkey weighing forty
pounds was rafiied of At L Greeley
meat market on Christmas.
The Denver lodge OF Elks sent out
500 baskets full OF provisions To that
many poor families on Christmas
A justice OF the peace at Colorado
Springs gives away u snap shot photo
graph with each marriage certificate.
The date OF the state fair at Pu-
eblo next fall has been fiSed upon. II
will begin September 2ith and CON
tinue until The close O. the 2sth.
William kammelar. a Denver bi-
cycle thief. has been sentenced by
Judge Malone TO a term OF from i've
To ten years in the penitentiary.
Recruiting for the United States
Navy will be conducted in Denver dur
Ing the two weeks from January ith.
Lieutenant George Pettlngell ID In
charge.
Members OF the Pueblo Fire Depart
ment were presented with medals on
Christmas Day by the city government
in appreciation OF their excellent work
during the year.
County Assessor De Vault reports the
valuation OF property in Teller county
at sll.672.O00. The valuation in Grip
pie Creek is 81 .6G5. 900 and In the city
OF Victor $l.0Gt.o00
Richard Tremnync. one Of the most
prominent citizens OF Park. owning
large ranch and stock interests on
West Four Mile. recently suffered u
severe stroke OF paralysis.
Russell Boies. who is charged with
the murder OF Harold FrIedborn on the
night OF December II. 1901. was ar
rniHned In the District Court Mt Dem
Yer December 18th and pleaded not
guilty.
The Rev ". T. Jordan. pastor OF
the Calvary Baptist Church In Denver.
has resigned for the purpose OF de-
voting his whole time to the work OF
tn, Colorado Womnn's College To be
established ut Denver under Baptist
auspices.
l.. c. Dubois of Saiida. n wcll-known
mining man and engineer. died at Saiida
OF pneumonia December 18th. He was
a member of the American Institute
of Mining Engineers. the Mnsons. Eiks.
woodmcn. Maccabccs and tho Ameri-
can Ycomcn.
John Ryan and Miss Leonora Zor.
mig were drowned In Berkeley lake nj
Denver on the night or Sunday. De.
ccmbcr Goth. They were skating on
the lake and broke through the Ice.
Their bodies were not discovered un,
I'll Tuesday. Ryan was butler Tor u
private family and Miss Zornis was
employed ut n boarding house.
Tho Colorado Telephone Company
have greatly improved their service
during the past few months. BY the
use OF copper wires on their long, dis
tancc service one can talk two hundred
miles M easily as two blocks. Many
Of tho larger stockmcn and farmers are
now using their service. and find IL OF
great benefit to their business.
The time for holding the Fremont
County Farmers Institute has been
fixed by the executive committee for
January 18th and 1ith. Several mem-
bers Of the faculty of the State Agri-
cultural College ut Fort Collins Will be
present. rs well rs Hon. J. W. Crow
ley Of Rocky Ford. all OF whom will
address the institute on matters OF In
tercst.
The Union reservoir. which has Just
been completed. adds materially to
northern Colorndo's already splendid
system for storing water. Union res
cryoir IL located three miles northeast
OF Longmont. has n capacity of $780,
600 900 cubic feet. covers $50 acres and
will water the land under the Union
md Latham ditches. something over
l.. 900 acres. The cost OF building the
reservoir was $4,000.
A Washington dispatch says that
the division OF the Southern Ute In
dian reservation has been decided
upon. The dividing line runs north
and south following the course OF the
Animas river. The eastern half re-
mains under control OF Joseph Smith.
superintendent at 1gnacio. and the
western half passes to the charge OF
Superintendent Peterson OF Fort
Lewis school.
After serving one year OF a twenty
hve-year sentence for the murder OF
Charles J. Withern at Coaldale. two
years ago, Street Mccoy died in the
penitentiary ut Canon City. December
ed. About flve minutes after his
death a pardon arrived from Governor
Peabody. Mccoy had been sick for
some weeks. and an effort was made
to secure a pardon SO that he might
die at his home.
Attorney James II. Teller. Pueblo.
has directed an open letter to the Cit
izens' Alliance. in which he condemns
the action of both the alliance and the
police department. in ordering C. H.
Meyer. president Of the Western Fed
Grafton Of Miners to leave the city.
He asserts that the rights of individ-
ual citizenship have been usurped and
that such conditions are fair samples
of the monarchial RUE that prevails in
Russia.
Edward Somins. boy only twelve
years old. was arrested at Colorado
Springs December 18th on the charge Of
having caused the wreck Of Rock ISL
and train near Elsmere on the 18th