Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-04
COLORADO BRIEFS.

at Pueblo was burned February .2Srd.
Tho members OF the Colorado
Springs baseball team OF the West
ern League will report for practice on
March 3lst.
A company has been formed to pros
pect for mineral in Yuma county and
work will be carried on with dia-
! mond drill.
| The annual golf tournament OF Colo
rado clubs will be held at Overland
park. in Denver. beginning May 1lth
ind continuing four days.
| David De Graft OF Colorado Springs
has just celebrated his eighteenth
birthday anniversary. yet he Is eightf
years old. He was born February 20
1874.
Less than an inch OF snow fell at
Colorado Springs during the month OF
| February. Last year the TALL for the
same period was ten and one-half
inches. The weather was unusually
warm.
Romeyne Chase. Boulder letter car.
rler. who was born on the twenty ninth
OF February. had u birthday anniyers.
! ary last month for the first time in
| eight years. His friends could AFFORD
to do something handsome for him.
The plan adopted last fall by an or
ganization OF Denver Wholesale dealers
OF giving free transportation TO all
merchants purchasing certain
| amount OF goods from members OF the
| organization. will be tried again this
| spring.
According TO an agent OF the United
States secret service who recently re-
turned from foreign service. weilins-
ton c. }ewellyn. the soldier who
killed Policemen William Griftiths and
Thomas CLIFFORD NJ Denver. Is low in
the Philippines.
Tho Board OF County Commissioners
OF Chafree county are making strong
effort to place n big collection OF min
erals on exhibition nj the Worlds Fair.
Thomas France OF Salidn has been ap-
pointed to visit ali parts OF the county
In interest of the work.
Herbert T.. salec. operator and agent
for the Colorado 4 Southern at i.oko-
mo. was caught In cut between a
train and snow bank near the depot
on the night Of February :lrd. and mad
his upper Jaw broken besides rece!y-
Ing other serious Injuries.
{. +. Wood. proprietor and mana..
Ing editor of tho Evening Star at Grip.
pie Greek for tho last year. will m.
sumo the management OF the Evening
Telegraph OF Colorado Springs. His In.
t.rcSt In tho Star has been acquired by
". Robert karr OF Idaho.
u. W. Cline. one OF tho best known
and most popular Grand Army men Of
Denver and past commander OF Wash.
ins;on pok;. died few days ago at tho
Boulder sani,afium and was buried
from his HON. 10 prnScr February
:sih. He had been sick for ave or six
weeks.
Dis,.ie, registration wiii open on
March s,h and continue until March
18th. Those who arc not registered.
and the number IL very large 10 the res
ideat parts of tho state. will have an
opportunity TO do so before the rush tn
register for tho presidential election
begins.
Edward Irwin. aged thirty years.
committed suicide at LradsIllo frbfu-
sry I'D. by shooting himself through
the head while alone In his cabin. His
brother. Charles irwin. committed sui
eide several years ako by shooting him
self Irwin uas the son OF former
Lradsille mayor.
Charles krcshafn. proprietor Of tho
Southern hotel at Pueblo. died febru.
ary 18th a, the age Of sisiy.riEhs years.
Mr.. krrsham formerly Conducted ho-
AZ SAafNbfA anu nfFg y sNaEc
driver on tho old Santa fc trail. also
a pony express rider for tho Wells
Fargo Express Company.
Tho Union Colony Association OF
Pioneers held its annual meeting al
Greeley. February :5ri. and reelected
the present officers. These are: Henry
T. West. prcsidsat: Mrs. Calvin Thoni-
as. secretary: J. A. Woodbury.. treas
ureE. The association will hold It's an
nual banquet in ..oScmber.
George Bernard has purchased n
5.5s9.arrc ranch nprthuss, of Colorado
Springs which he will stock with a lne
herd Of thoroughbred Galloway cattle.
biood.d horses and usFkshirc hogs.
In addition he will erect a $1,000
dwelling for his Z amiiy. lie will sell
his fne residence in Colorado Springs.
Miss Jennie /. Potter and Miss Eva
Potter. twin daughters OF Dr. J. II.
Potter Of I.ongmoat. although twenty
years o. sEc. have had but four birth
day anniversaries. They were born
February 20. 1854. At their last birth.
day celebration they received several
gifts appropriate to foury caT-old chill.
dFcH.
Dallas n. GuTnpy. sixty.oae years
old. killed himself at a station twelve
miles east of Durango. February seth.
When last seen. at 1880 In the morn.
ing. he had one OF his children in his
lap in the barn door. At 10 o'clock
his wife found him dead. Coroner
Hood said he was shot with 5SCol,s,
his own gun. lie leaves six children.
agcj from two to twenty-five years.
a corps Of Colorado G Southern en-.
Einccrs has completed preliminary
survey Of a spur leading from bell.
view. seven miles west Of Fort Collins.
on the south branch Of the road. to the
limestone uuarrics in owl canon. eigh.
teen miles northwest Of Fort Collins.