Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-12-30
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


1000 visitors to the Denver Epworth
League convention In July. 1905.
The Colorado Telephone Company
has increased it's capital stock from
35.00O.0O0 to 3l0.000.0O0. In view Of ex.
tensive improvements.
The Durango weather bureau once
has Its equipment all In place and the
first observation was telesraphed to
the Denver office December 2lst.
On December 2lst. the Fort Collins
sugar factory finished slicing 10000
tons Of sugar beets. after a successful
run Of sevepty-two days without In
termissiOn.
An alarm was sent In over the new
fire alarm system at Greeley o few
days ago for the first time. II worked
perfectly and called out the depart.
ment-just twelve hours later.
Judge +. T.. Armour, In the hearing
OF the county 1udgeship contest In
Adams county. decided In favor OF A.
II. Gutheil, and made permanent the
Injunction forbidding Rice ". Means
to act longer rs judge.
One hundred and fifty or moro OF the
business and professional men Of
Denver will make a trade expansion
trip into Texas and New Mexico next
month. leaving Dcnyer January 10th.
and being gone six days.
DIR. T. ID. Bancroft, who built the
Bancroft free home for tho poor In
Kansas City. has started movement
to establish home for poor consump-
lives at Salidn. The plan In to sur
round II with farms and gardens.
There has been considerable sympa.
kv nf
starvin. people Of ireland. whose po-
tato crop was n failure. Mayor Wat
son says that the Greeley farmers will
donate 100 carloads to help relieve their
distress.
make speciality Of manufacturing nir-
brakes Of various patterns Is TO be cs-
tabiIshcd In Denver within tho next
six months. Half n block OF ground
has been purchased for tho site In
West Denver.
Tho Uintah railroad. which has Just
been completed from Mack. Colorado.
into the uintah reservation In Utah.
has ordered two large track automo-
biics to carry passengers. II has had
one automobile car In service several
months. Eivin. excellent satisfaction.
Owing to stress Of private business
Judge J. G. Helm. corrcrivcr with
Richard ~. Malone Of tho Fidelity Saw.
inEs Association at Denver. has re-
signed from tho rcccivcrrhip and trans.
fcrrcd his entire responsibility for tho
property OF the association TO Mr.. Ma.
lone.
George Walker. alias John Mayo. and
c. T. Putnam. awaiting trial on u
charge OF horse stealing. and John
Adolndo, q Greek. awaiting trial on q
charge Of stealing 5000 from persons
with whom he was boarding. escaped
from tho county jail nj Trinidad on the
evening Of December goth by tuunciins
under tho wall.
The Colorado State ForcAtry Aaao-
ciniion has elected tho following dele
snica to the American forcstry Con.
EruHH. which meets In Washington. ID.
C.. January I'd to 9Th: l.. q. Carpcn.
ter. Denver: William T. Kirkpatrick.
Durango: Dat Dcwr"Ec. Canon City:
Gen. u. q. HoiliStcr. Denver: James T..
Maxwell. Boulder.
Tho Anti. t!.Saioon League. Ministerial
Association and Christian EnGcayo,
Union OF Colorado Springs have dc.
cidcd TO cooperate In the placing Of a
good government tIckc, In the field nj
tho spring election. A committee has
been appointed to report January End
upon tho records OF promincn, persons.
with view to naming them al candI
dates.
Secretary 4. W. Palmer Of tho
Pueblo Btu mess Mems Association has
received a letter from Gov. la Fol.
ict'c Of Wisconsin 10 whom he had
written for information ON tho primary
election laws OF Wisconsin. With tho
letter he sent large quantity Of mat.
ter portainin. to the statutes and OK.
pressed the hope that Colorado would
soon enact such a law.
The coroncr's jury In the case OF J..
". GLADDEN.. who was shot and killed
by his wife while he was ,hrcatcnins
her In n drunken rage. near Eik,on. in
the Cripple Creek district. found In
their verdict that he was killed by her
in self defense. She was arraixned be.
fore Justice OF the peace and released
on a bond ~ s30o. furnished by her
brother. J. Eddy OF Aspen.
On the night of December 2snd, at
Cripple Creek. John Gasscr. a grocery
clerk. accused W. ]. Hardin Of steal.
Ing turkey from In front Of the store.
running after him to sring him back.
In the quarrel that ensucd, Hardin
shot Gasscr through the hand and was
arrested on the charge OF assault with
intent TO kill. carrying concealed wcap
ons and larceny Of n turkey.
The Grand Junction City Council has
granted a franchise to George Smith.
former representative Of Mesa county
to the State Legislature. 10 construct
an electric road through the streets of
Grand .IuurtiOu WDrk N ~,
within ninety davs after the passage OF
the ordinance. The road as projected
Smith is to run from Palisades
TO Grand Junction and probably to
Fruita.
The Greeley sugar factory finished
slicirE beets for the season at \
o'clock y. m. December 22nd. The fac.
tory will continue to run with half a