Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-08
COLORADO BRIEFS.

sportsmen.
During the past year 2.s9G.OO0 trout
| fry were turned loose in Colorado
streams through public appropriation.
1t is estimated that reservoirs now
under construction in Colorado Will
| add l,OOU.OUO acres TO the irrigable area.
The county house of Weld county. at
| Greeley. recently finished. cost trifie
over $1,000 and will comfortably ac-
commodate the poor OF the county.
The new county hospital OF Weld
county. ut Greeley. has been complet-
| ed at cost OF $4,000 and is now one
or the best equipped hospitals In the
state.
The Secretary OF the Interior has
approved the selections OF the state OF
Colorado OF ll.520 acres located in the
Akron land district for school pur'
poses.
The production OF crude oil from tho
Florence oil fields In 1908 was approx
imately 2O.0O0.0OO gallons. or 100000
barrels OF forty-rwo gallons. which
were produced and refined.
Ralph Hammerslough. n prominent
Trinidad merchant. dropped dead In
store ON Fifth avenue in Chicago De
ccmbcr 29th. He went to Chicago to
bN NAhAANa ioi bIihhA n uAANhHfs
Niagara W. Hall. prominent citizen
OF Greeley. and one OF the pioneers
OF the Union colony. died ut his homo
In Greeley December 10th OF neural
gia OF the heart. in the slxty-ninth year
OF his age.
In tho Boulder oil field twcnty-sIx
wells are producing about 200 barrels
OF crude oil n day. and while the pro-
duct is small. the output is said TO be
OF the highest grade produced in the
world. othcr wells viii be drilled.
The coroncr's jury which inyestisat-
ed the death OF little Margaret Aims
worth. who was run over by an cleo
tric car at Colorado Springs. stated.
In their verdict. that her death might
have been aveEted by greater care on
tho part OF the motorman.
Il. q. Parker. aged Scycnty-iiyc years.
father OF the wife OF william A. GuE-
man. n prominent Colorado Springs
contractor. WAS struck and Instantly
killed by Rock Island train near
Roswell station. n short distance fron
Colorado Springs. December 5iS;.
Bloodhounds have been sent TO Pa
goaa SprinEs Junction TO be used In
running down inc.ndiaElcs who arc be-
llcved to bc rcSporhlble for three bad
iir-a which have occurred nj that place
.ntniiins an actual loss OF more than
ss5 goo on the Pa.osa Lumber Com
pany. of which Whitney Newton. state
treasurer. is president.
Ora Rice. n young man who owns
considerable property in live stock and
ranches. b.cam. insane at Fort Collins
a few days ago and terToTiEed tho
ncishhorhood by u display Of firearms,
lilo ~as arrested. after n severe conflict
by Deputy Sheriff iiichaEt and S!Eh;
Waterman Gandrrs and his relatives
were notified OF his condition.
A Detroit. Michigan. dispatch Of De-
eemb-r .sth says: Jacob HouEhtnn.
well known In Michigan and Colorado
mining and railroad circles. died At his
home hero to-day. AGED seventy
years. In ISIS he b-eam- manager OF
tn. Moose mine. IN Colorado. and pFcsI.
dent OF tho SynellnAi Mining Company.
In 1890 he returned to Michigan.
A Colorado Springs correspondent;
under date of December es;h Rayss
Mrs. Anthony nott Of Colorado city.
Wif. OF ono Of the earliest settlers OF
Colorado City. il tho proud possrssnr
Of . large bed Of yIoicts in full hlpnm.
So far ~ know this IL the firSt case q,
violrts bioasomlns in the open air In
this state during tho month OF Dcecnl-
bcr.
Among tho notable plants established
in Denver last year vas that OF tho
Western Rubber Company at isJ5
ulaEo street. This IL tho company
which IL experimenting in tho manu-
factur- OF rubber out of tho shrub
found In Chaffcc county. which has
been called the rubber weed. IL ia
hoped that this ncw industry may be-
come ono OF the largest In the state.
Mai. NJ. V. II. wasou died on tn.
night of December 9Th at his ranch in
Mineral county. two miles bclos
Crcedc.. from pneumonia. at the age Of
scycnty-two years. Major wason has
been for many years one Of the most
prominent men In that part OF the
state and will be greatly missed. lie is
survived by his wife. Mrs. II. wason.
the wsii-known poet. and an adopted
son.
Colorado College. Colorado Springs,
has completed its ncw laboratory build
ing. which IL has taken two and one
half years TO construct. IL IL regard
Cd as one of the best structures for
scientific purposes In the country and
n, ia TO be dedicated with a series of
scientific conferences Feb. q and g.
which will be attended by large num-
ber Of the leading scientific men OF the
country.
In the act Of turning off an electric
iisht In the greenhouses at Eiitch's
Gardens in Denver. Thomas wooien.
keeper of the animals there. received an
electric shock which rendered him un-
conscious for several minutes. Shortly
after recovering he took hold Of an
other electric light to show compan-
ion how he had been shocked the fS5t
time. and received current which
caused instant death.
At Colorado Springs December 2eth.
while here parents were busy packing
their trunks preliminary to departure