Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-10-21
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

nounced as remarkable freak ut
Greeley. Snowballs will soon be IN
bloom all over the state.
The members of the Cripple Creek
Mine Owners association have issued
positive denial OF the charge that
they intend to reduce wages.
A new banking institution. the
United States National bank. has
been opened in Denver. w. A. Ho.
yer. Wholesale druggist. ts president.
Tho First National Bank Of Meeker
has been authorized to begin business
with 10000 capital. G. G. Parks. pres
1dcnt; Il. oldland. vice president. and
=. =. Fordham. cashier.
F. N. Grogan OF Pueblo is reported
to have found gold within or near the
city limits and has shown one pan
OF earth containing i've colors. mug.
get and several rubies.
"Minnie" Hudson, q Pueblo colored
man. known as a successful gambler
and professional politician. died on
ceived In fight In Kansas City several
years ago.
Tho directors OF tho State Fair ut
Pueblo Will endeayor to have the Leg
tslature come to tho aid Of the annual
exhibition. The organization is heavily
In debt because OF bad weather. which
cut down the attendance.
Roy L. Dixon. n school boy eleven
years old. saved tho Durango -Siiverton
passenger train from being wrecked by
tagging II In time to prevent II from
striking rock slide near Durango. The
passengers made up purse for him.
Tho sugar factory at Fort Collins
began operations October 10th. II
, will keep at work until II has con-
vcrtcd the entire seasons crop OF
bects tributary to tho factory. csti-
mated nj 100000 tons. into sranuin.
ted sugar.
Judge Ben Il. Lindsey has been re-
nominated county Judge for tho long
term by the Denver Dcmociatic exccu-
Two committee. His name will also DO
on tho Republican ticket. The judges
work In the juvenile court L held to
place the position outside Of politics-
II In stated that Mrs. Ella Perkins.
wifc Of steel worker ut Pueblo. is
ono OF nIne heirs To nm estate In Pitts
burg. Pennsylvania. valued at sis.0oo.-
COO. left by an uncle. Colonel Jacob Ia
kcr. Of whom Hhc and the other heirs
had lost Glsht. who died Hltcoh yearx
ago.
Tho bonds of Frank II. Dowucy. Su.
pcrinicntcnt Joseph +. Miison. mcl,er
and rciinrr. and A. ID. uod.sou. as.
naycr Of the now mint at Denver. have
been received at tho Trcaaury Depart
incnt md approved. Il II expected thar
tho coinage af gold will begin sono
umo nc1t spring.
County scat contests arc being car
ricd on in Eas(c county and Arapahor
county. In the former tho iisht !s bc-
tween Eagle and lied Cliff. the present
county scat. and Ia tho latter Ll;'loion.
which become county scat when the
city and county OF D-nycr Was formed.
has numerous competitors.
Jackson Solomon. who broke out Of
the pSnitrntiaiy a, Canon City Sep.
'rmbvE :5sd. ~as captured on tho 18th
last. at Thatcher. in l-as Anisnas
county. by Dave brighton. a Santa 10
suiirhman. ~ho uas looking for cat
thieves. Before Solomon aurgeaGcEcd
hc shot brighton in the aEm;
Tho roads O. tho Western Passenger
Association have decided TO make tho
Colorado common points a.s-iho-ycaf-
.pus.d points instead of summer tourist
points only. Tourist rates will apply
all the year hereafter TO Dcnvcr. Colo
raEo Springs and Pueblo. instead of
only during tho summer months a.
heretofore.
Iaddcfman Frank u. t.us, died al
peaseF on the 18th inst. being the
third member of the Denver Fire Do
psFtmcnt tn lose his life from tho es-
fec,s of nitric acid fumes inhaled al
the Gro in the Office OF the Dcnver Post
September :o,h. I.nns had been dis
charged from the hospital as cured. bu,
was attacked by pneumonia.
For tho first time in tho history OF
the Colorado Springs postufHcc. the
amount Of money order business for
the ascai year ending September 10.
1904. exceeded the si.09o.o0p mark.
The amount vas si.oio.'ss.s;. las;
years figures being lc0s.lIG.os. so
that a gain for the t~slesc months
past vas sios.sio.ss.
Fred W. Kohier. a prominent Doul-
der county farmer. who had only two
years ago taken up his residence in tho
city OF Boulder. committed suicide on
the 18th inst by cutting his throat. Mr..
Keller was seveBty-tvo years OF age
and in prosperous circumstances. His
family relations were also pleasant. so
that no reason is known Why he should
kill himself.
George c. Bacheldcr. aged ninety.
two years. is believed to be the Oldest
truck gardener in Colorado. During
the summer he did all tho work nee.
essaTy on his little patch in Boulder.
doing the digging. seeding. cultiva,ing
and irrigating without any assistance.
Aside from the early vegetables he
has harvested a liberal supply Of to-
rnatnrs and 700 head uf rahhara
The Juvenile Court and Detention
House" exhibition. made by Judge Hen
II. Lindsey and his associates In Dem
yer at the Worlds Fair in ST. Louis.
has been awarded gold medal. The ex-