Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-15
COLORADO BRIEFS.

| runs.
| Alderman John omera of Black
Hawk was injured by an explosion in
the Pet shaft up Silver creek. on the
9th inst, and died the next day.
he officers of the cadet company of
the West Denver High School have
resigned because the school board re-
fused to permit them TO hold cadets
ball.
The city council OF Boulder has vot-
| ed To purchase OF James =. Maxwell
what are known as the Goose Lake
reservoirs at the foot OF Arapahoe
peak.
The Pentecostal Union. also known
as THE Jumpers" has nearly complet-
ed "A handsome four.story building In
! central part OF Denver at a cost OF
| $4,000.
4 hunting party OF Salida people
went over 10 Saguache on the 10th inst.
| and together with number OF citizens
from Saguache and Mofrat, killed 800
rabbits.
George $. Phelps. prominent attor-
ney OF Denver and Leadyille. died at
his residence In Denver on the 7th
inst. after an Illness OF ten days OF
pneumonia.
Representatives OF the Russian gov
crnment have contracted with the
Colorado Packing and Provision Com
pany ut Denver for 100000 pounds OF
mess beef. TO be delivered at the op-
ton OF the purchaser.
DIR. T. ]. Mason. the Denver physI-
clan who was found wandering about
the streets OF Julcsburg In an uncon-
scious condition last month. was st.iI
unconscious In ST. Joscph's hospital nt
Denver on the lith inst.
Henry Frey. n Denver tailor. likes to
be In jail. Whenever he In discharged
he smash.s window somewhere. 30
as To be sent back. His last feat was
To break $3.50 plate glass window In
the Josiin dry goods store.
., the 1th. Mt Central City. Ernest
Blshop and James Doyle We're killed
by the explosion OF u missed shot into
which they drilled while Mt work in
the Cook shaft on Bob,aii hill. Doyle
was forty'nvc years of age and Bishop
twenty.
Denver ncwsboys have several times
assaulted congregations Of the pcnir.
eo-'ai Union. called Jumper" The
boys aiicsc that these r-lisionis,s
prayed for tn, death OF Policeman As
kew. who had arrested them. and who
died recently.
IN n quarrel over question OF rent.
George A. Morrison. owner of 81 J-b-i
farm. shot and killed Harvey White nj
the ranch owned by Morrison and
leased by White. near Baaait. on the
iith Inst. u II reported that White had
threatened to Kill Morrison.
Mr.. and Mrs. George e. natch-id-r.
AGED respectively ninety and ciEhiy-six
years. celebrated the sixty third ami
vrfSary Of their wedding at BOULDER
on tn 9Th instant. four generations of
the family being present. The aged
couple are s'ill hale and hearty.
Glen =. carncs. former secretary of
the state Republican central commit.
tee and secretary of the State Board
OF Arbitration. died at his home In
pcuvcF January Sth of heart disease.
Mr.. carncs Was ,hirty.on years OF age
and came To Colorado from Missouri
ave years ago on account OF luBE ;ruu.
bic.
The body Of Robert Green. the
twclscycarold boy who was missed
from his parents home In Cripple
Creek August i:th. was found on the
sta inst. sss feet underground in the
Hob womack tunnel at the II paSo
Gold King mine in Poverty sulch. He
had csid-ntly fallen through an old
stopc and mill hole.
The Society of Colorado Pioneers nj
its meeting In Denver January lith
elected the following officers: Arthur
T.. Pierce. IS. president: ". ~. Ma
cutibcr. 80. frst vice president: W. A.
Smith. Go. second vice president: Mi
chasl Storm. 80. secretary: John l..
Daley. 80. treasurer. and James l..
Boutwell,. so. marshal.
4. A. Tulian. superintendent of the
government, FISH hatchery at t.radviiie.
has been offered commission by the
Argentine Republic in South America
to establish n fisheries bureau in that
country. The commission guarantees
i've years contract at large salary.
MIR. Tulian has gone to Washington To
confer with his superior about the Of
fer.
Joseph Beilcw was struck and In
s;antiy killed by mass OF falling rock
in the Vindicator mine at Victor ON tho
1lth inst. This Is the same mine in
which William Mccormack and Shift
Boss Melvin Beck were killed hy an ex-
plosiou since the strike troubles be-
gan. Dellcw owned ranch near
Rocky Ford and leaves wife and
grown daughter.
An order was issued at Ieadvillu
on the Sth inst. by Judge Overs clos.
ing all poker games which are conduct.
cd in saloons and cigar stores. This
follows on the heels of the courts
general crusade against gambling. The
court also ordered the deportation OF
n auartette of dance hall girls who had
been working in the hall where TEN.
perancc drinks" are served.
The Lincoln and Ebert County Cat.
tie Growers Association met at Hugo
January 9Th for the purpose OF elect.
ing officers for the year. l.. II. Field
of Hugo president; c. c. Sutherland.
vice president. and John =. T.. Dickin.
son. secretary. were reelected. T. s.
Harper OF Ebert county was elected