Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-06-10
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


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Surveys are being made for the er-
tension OF the narrow gauge railroad
from Sunset to Eidora.
James +. Ballinger has been appoint
&c regular and Cyrel Dunno substitute
rural free delivery carriers at Platte
willie.
The executive committee Of tho Ma
tional Federation OF Musical Clubs has
decided upon Denver as the city for the
next biennial convention.
Mrs. Emma +. I.angdon Of Victor has
been made an honorary member OF the
Western Federation OF Miners. being
the first woman so honored.
Twenty-Five children. half OF whom
were boys. were born In Colorado
Springs last month. according 10 the
report OF the health department
James Morrow recently brought to
Pueblo from his ranch Mt vineland u
! tnrnnfula measuring five inches from
! tip To tip. lie found n In his bed.
A movement Is again on foot in the
Department OF Colorado and Wyoming.
| q. A. r.. to endeavor to secure the To-
cation Of the national encampmeat at
+, Denver In 1905.
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graduated at Colorado Springs June I'd:
fourteen AT Durango: fourteen at Gold
en-; I'VE at Manitou. and class OF
twenty-thTce ut Greeley.
| The new Katherine Haliett home for
nurses In Denver was consecrnted by
Bishop Olmstead May 3ist. In conncc-
ton with the dedication OF n new wing
to st. Luke's hospital.
| nah.rs Hear. SON nf nF R0se Kidd
BseIe OF Denver. who was named by
Senator Patterson for West Point en-
dc,ship. has successfully passed the ex-
animation for admission.
! Judge Palmer of Denver. sitting In
the District Court at Pueblo for Judge
Dixon. has SuE;alncd the legality OF the
grand Jury indictments against city
ard county officials In Pueblo.
Under tho annual rcadJustmcnt the
postmaster Mt brighton receives nm in-
crease from $1,000 to 3i.loo. while tho
salary of the postmaster nj Ouruy is do
creased from 5000 to 1890.
Tho Montross National bank Of Mon
trosc hns been authorized to begin
business with capital OF $4,000. J.
W. Triplcr II president, John G. Hell
yicc president and George G. Gilbert
cashier.
Tho students OF tho Colorado School
of Mines ut Golden have adopted the
honor System for the prevention OF un-
fair practices at examinations. A reg.
uiar tribunal OF students will try all
Offenders.
The Z, Paso County Historical socie-
u has elected Irving Howbort prcfi-
dent and Richard Lea Kennedy. secrc-
tary. The object Of tho society 10 TO
colicc, and preserve facts connected
with the history OF the county and VI
cinity.
+. L. Hcaly. superintendent OF ma
ehinery OF the mint bureau. recently
returned TO Washington from Denver.
il IL said TO be his opinion that the
new Denver mint may be fairly started
on It's career us n full coinage mint by
September LIST.
A grand parade and banquet were
features of the great gathering OF odd
Fellows Rt Denver May 3ist to greet
Grand Sire John Il. Goodwin of Allan
N, Georgia In his address, MIR. Good
win said that the order wns never moro
prosperous than Mt present.
A horse used on delivery wagon
run away few days aso In Denver and
Jumped through big plate-glass win
dow into n restaurant. landing on top
O. the counter and show case. HIS
driver held on and went In with him.
hut neither wns seriously hurt
Preparations nre being completed by
the Colorado Midland road to equip all
their cabooscs and many OF their pas.
senSpr trains with telephone serviceI
A wire circuit has already been ar.
ranged Ms far west as Leadville and
this summer will be extended to Grand
Junction.
Pink Livingstone. wanted at Jasper.
Alabama, for assaulting and robbtng
q man a year ago. came near escaping
from the county jail at Trinidad the
day before Sheriff Moore Of Jasper
was ready to start for home with him,
Livingstone and another prisoner had
dug a tunnel to within about q foot OF
the surface outside the Jail when It
, was discovered.
At Greeley on the 4th inst. Helmuth
Sanders was sentenced to not less than
twelve months nor more than fourteen
months in the penitentiary in Canon
City for criminal assault. The cam
planning witness in his case was Edna
King, now detained in the Home OF the
4 Good Shepherd at Denver, as an incor-
| rigible. Sanders was Immediately TAX
en- to Canon City. He is about thirty
years old and married.
/ During n thunder storm at Canon
CITY June 4th, w. H. Rutherford. who
was returning with his three children
from a prospecting tour in Grape Creek
canon. was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed, the accident occurring
near the Hot Springs hotel. His body
was terribly burned and mutilated.
The children escaped without serious
injury, although they were stunned by
the shock. and one boy had his left
shoe torn of.
A force Of seventy-five Japanese la
torers passed through Fort Collins on
the Bird inst on their way to the Wa
ter Supply and Storage Company's
new ditch, which is being constructed