Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-25
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

California, on the 10th inst.
; Additional rural free delivery sery.
Ice has been ordered established April
18th at Loveland. with one carrier.
A woman's Union Label League has
been organized in Denver. Its object
Is to encourage the use OF union-mads
goods.
The members OF the Durango City
Council has united In requesting Con-
gresham Hog to support the forest re-
| serve bill. .F
The shaft house OF the Gunnell mine
near Central City was burned on the
18th Inst. The loss Is estimated at
10000 or upward.
Roy NJ. Rose. aged nineteen years.
who lived with his father. +. NJ. Rose.
-four miles from La Junta. shot and
killed himself on the evening OF the
10th inst.
The State Preparatory School ca
diets at Boulder have been granted per-
mission to use the tents and equip
ment OF the state militia for spring
iencampment.
The University OF Colorado has Nm
ally decided to send a track team OF
twelve men to compete at the inter.
collegiate athletic meet at Colorado
Springs May 7th.
IL Is reported that the Steamboat
Springs Town Company has given an
option upon It's interests In the town.
which include all the hot springs and
much other property.
The Oldest inhabItant has (been)
turned up at Durango. workmen In
excava;ins for building found what
is believed to be the iorc-crovn and
face OF an Aztec skull.
The bucket tram mt tho Suiilcld coal
mine. near Bowen. Las Animas coun'
~. has been completed. II Is $500
feet lon. and has sixteen buckets. zoo
feet apart, with capacity OF half u
ton each.
Samuel Wade. who for several years
represented the counties OF Gunnlson.
PitkAi. MontroSc. Delta and Mesa In
the Colorado Legislature. died at HIS
home In Blaine In the state Of Wash
irBton on the i1th inst.
Automobile lines are projected In
Routt county TO connect with the Mof-
int road next summer. II Will open TO
tourists n new and interesting country
which could be shown to advantage by
number OF automobile routes.
II ia stated that the farmers along the
valley road between Boulder and Louis
NtAA' WIN NV hAh'ah-#NSN ssHAN -
way across the farms to tho proposed
Boaycr-iiouiicr electric line II II can
to induced TO adopt that route.
The I.oup Reservoir Company has
been Incorporated by John l.. Law.
Bruce q. Eaton and Ellis Smith. to
build n reservoir covering nincty't~o
acres near Greeley. the water being
taken from the Cache In fouirc river.
Their. il said to be prospect Of the
early resumption OF the Overland Cot
ton Mills at Denver. which went Into
tho hands OF trustee In bankruptcy
January :ist. When In full operation
the mills can give employment TO 500
people.
Steps have already been taken for
starting the free delivery system
which Langmont In 10 have by July.
The Council is TO see that all the stree,
corners are furnished with HiEn boards
and citizens are having their houses
numbered.
At n meeting of the farmers of
South Boulder and Boulder valley at
Jackaon's Resort. two miles east OF
Boulder. resolutions were adopted mp.
proving the application for right OF
way for the proposed Denver Boulder
street car line.
Jlly term of the District Court to mn.
swcr to charge of numbering Alfred
Sayics on February sth. has been re.
moved from Sterling on account Of the
weakness OF the Logan county Jail and
will be confined In the Jail at Denver.
Omar l.. Garwooi. for i've years sec
Yetary of the University OF Colorado at
Boulder. has rendered his resignation
to go into effect April 1st. tio will re-
move to Pueblo and ~ into the practice
OF law. His successor will probably be
Harry ]. kesner. the present assistant
secretary.
Carl Jung. one Of the oldest residents
of Phillips county. was buried March
i?th under the auspices of the Grand
Army. He was a veteran Of the Civil
War and served under SieEei in the Re
teiiion OF the southern German prov
irccs in isIs. lie was seycnty-ninc
years old.
Sixteen male students wen, TO the
Colorado Springs High School on st.
PatricK's Day in very loud" green
costumes and refused to leave when or.
dered to do so by the superintendent.
But they were induced by the police
to take free ride In the patrol wagon
TO the city lookup. where they were re.
, leased after being warned not to re.
peat the offcnsc.
A County Fair Association has been
organized in Adams county and arti-
cies Of incorporation filed with the Sec
rttary of state. The headquarters OF
, the association will be at Brighton.
Stock to the amount of $1,000 has been
Issued. divided into 400 shares at s.
rcr share. The directors named arc
James =. Higgins, Fritz Wallenbcrg.
James +. Carl. Charles X. Cook and
James w. Clark.
A Glenwood Springs dispatch to the
Denver News March 2ist says that Doc
Sommers. a ranchman on Cattle creek.