Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-07-15
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


20 Z. heavier this year Ihaa last
Surveyors have begun the . oFk o;
locating = railroad line between Da'
EAnso and FsrmingtOn.
-Four Ute Indians. charged With the
murder ot wap, The medicine man.
have been held for tEial in the United
States court
The annual ride practice Q: the Col
o.ado Sa,ioss! Guard will begin the
hrst week in August. on the Eine ranges
Eear Goltea,
An organization 10 be known as the
Colorado Liberty League has be~n
stsrsd AZ Denver and Cripple Greek
70 oppose the spread Of Soeiaiism.
Al immense pienie Was held a.
Rocky Mountain Lake in Denver jay
% Tor the beheht OF the miners de-
ported from the Cripple Greek district
M.s- J. S. spsEEy. who died AT Pu'
eb,o . few days ago. had for twenty
years been prominently connected
with Humane Society and Red Cross
work
The experimental station erected az
Knob Hill. Colorado Springs. by Nicola
Tesla. the electrical Inventor. will be
to-n down and the apparatus shipped
70 the owner il the East
J. BEisb!n Walker. editor and pro-
pr!eioE OF the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
has written 10 persons IN Colorado Oh
fe..ng his services as arbitrator IN the
adjustment, OF the dItiieeiiiss nog exist
Ing In this state.
The expenses ot the District Court
!n Pueblo county have already exhaust
ed the appropriation and the county
commissioners arc in somewhat OF
gunndaFy as TO how IL shall be sus-
tanned for the remainder o: the year.
A petition Is being signed by the
members o. the Trinity ". Z church
IN penyef. asking the Rev. Eros, Graft
TO reconsider his resignation. recently
rendered. and remain with the church.
over which he has presided for several
years.
Harry Martin. tho KIT Carson county
cowboy who xas injured In the bron-
eho riding contest AZ Hugo. July ith.
died the next day. The hoEse was
pitching hard when IL fell and turned
= complete somersul,. rolling over It's
rider.
For the twcn,y-clshih consecutive
ano MFs. d. T. Nlneeni. wlf. OF DIR.
Vincent of tho Methodist Church OF
Greeley. will conduct the department
Assembly at csau,saqua. New York.
this summer.
Charles r Jones. who graduated
from the Colorado Agricultural Col
lego this spring. has accepted u position
with tho government In III. inycsisa-
ton Of the boil wecv!l. Mr.. Jones made
n speciality OF entomology during his
collcs. course.
In the District Court nt Greeley
Judge GarrIsucs has sustained tho con-
tcniion o, the owners OF Lake Love.
land as against the contention OF the
Lovcland Sugar Company in regard TO
four cubic feet OF water per second
during tho sugar manufacturing sea
son.
Harry Davis. the famous Colorado
snake handler. was bitten by n ella
Monster at Elltch's Gardens few
days ago. but liberal use OF tho or
thodoS snake bite antidotc and the use
OF u cautcrIzIng iron by the surgeon
are expected to prevent any serious
result.
Appraiser ]. A. Elston Is at work
upon n supplemental report OF the
Stratton estate, In order TO ascertain
the exact amount due the state Of
Colorado rs inheritance tax. The
amount OF claims outstanding against
the estate will be deducted from the
estimated value.
The farmers along Beaver creek. in
Fremont county, have petitioned the
government for rural free delivery.
The petition has been signed by over
200 people. who claim that the service
reaching the Beaver Creek postofiice
is such that It is impossible for them
to get their mail.
A 5000 damage suit has been filed
against the city Of Salida by Mrs. Helen
l.. Johnson. who alleges that she re-
ceived personal injuries in the collapse
of n grand stand on July 4, 1902. and
that the city authorities are responsible
for the accident. The case is set for
trial at the September term.
The property of the Colorado Elec-
trio Power Company of Colorado
Springs and Canon City was sold by
Sheriff Grimes July 5th at public auc-
tion. W. S. Mitchell. representing the
Union Trust Company OF Pittsburg.
Pennsylvania. mortgages, buying in
the title for the sum of s2l5,s71.10.
The Base Line Land and Reservoir
Company, n new ditch company to op-
crate in Boulder and Weld counties,
has filed articles of Incorporation. The
capital stock Is $4,000. and headquar-
ters will be in Longmont. The water
to be used in the bitches will be taken
from South and Middle Boulder creeks
and Bear Creek canon.
The corner stone of the new Sedg-
wick county court house at Julesburg
was laid July 7th. The Masonic fra
ternity was represented by Grand Wor-
shipful Master Kililan. Grand Secretary
Todd and many visiting Masons. The
Masons and their wives took dinner
at the Commercial hotel and there were
speeches and toasts during the dinner.