Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-10-28
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

pc6uh opeIaiiShs oh the ivtu iust
MIR. John Hall picked some ripe
strawberries from under the snow a.
Boulder on the 18th inst.
The ground is being cleared for the
new Carnegie Library building in Den
Yer and the board will soon advertise
for bids for its construction.
The Knights Of Columbus have sub
scribed $4,000 toward the erection of
= $4,000 club building In Denver and
expect to raise the balance soon.
Harley Lanfman. u prominent young
vanchman living about eight miles
southeast of Lamar. was killed in =
runaway accident on the 18th inst.
Mrs. Sehier Of Pueblo ihiekened her
soup with rat biscuit. which she mis-
took for crackers. and only the Nisof-
Gus use Of stomach pump saved the
lives Of the family.
Prof. c. A. Bradley. principal OF the
Manual Training high school in DEN
Der. says that more than one-third OF
the pupils who complete the grammar
school enter the high school.
In the District Court at Denver Judge
Palmer has decided that the boys and
girls In the State Home for Dependent
Children are entitled to 10 enrolled In
tnc Denver public schoos.
The churches Of Denver are planning
revival services on large scale to be-
gin January LIST. J. Wilbur Chapman.
u noted evangelist Of New York City.
will have charge Of the meetings
The Pueblo Business Mems Associa-
tion has selected committee of hve
to confer with two woolcn manufacture
ers for the purpose Of instaillns plant
that vii employ 200 men nj the start.
Governor Peabody has appointed DIR.
Leroy c. Hedges Of Grand Junction as
q member Of the State Board of Medi-
cal Examiners. to MI the vacancy
caused by the resignation OF DIR. G. +.
Slough.
DIR. ". a. Bell has purchased the
Mansions hotel and the site OF the for
mcr Mani,ou house adjoining. In Mani
tou. from the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ho,c!
Company. The sale was made to salts
fy mortgages.
Gen. Frank d. Baldwin. commanding
the Department OF tho Colorado. will
ask from the coming Congress IN ap-
preparation Of $500. 900 TO be used In the
enlargement and improvement OF Fort
Logan st Denver.
The tax levy OF the town Of Greeley
for the year 1904 has been placed NJ
IL mills. one mill lcss than for last
year. The total valuation Of city prop
crty Is 81 .3ss.Gss. This will give an In.
come Of s:o.s:9.s:.
Judge Ben u. Lindsey. who has be-
como famous through his Juvenile
court work In Denver. Is to write y
book book on "Thc Problem OF the
Child" for tho Macmillan Publishing
Company Of Now York.
The application OF d. II. staley. u. U.
Jamison. r. L. Foster. A. II. Bnrth ana
II. II. Brown to organize the First Ma
tionai Bank Of Arvnda. Colorado. with
325 900 capital. has been approved by
the comptroller Of the currency.
Hugh Anderson. married man about
nifty years of age. was instantly killed
nt Bucna Vista on the l7th inst by be-
hay. lie slipped while climbing on the
wagon and the team ran away.
A plot by which twenty-five prison
ers expected TO escape from the Weld
county Jail on the 18th Inst. and. IL
necessary. Kill the jnilcr. was frus-
tratcd by one OF the prisoners revealing
the whole affair TO Jailcr Eugene VIII
liams.
has determined to close the so-callcd
social clubs In that city. and all organ
izations carrying on saloon business
under the g,iise Of n club will be given
notice to cease the sale OF liruir. or be
closed.
p. J. Brian, . wcli-known cattlcman
OF Montrose. was killed on the 18th
inst. by falling from a stock train near
the depot at Eads. in Kiowa county. He
was going to st. Louis to join his wife
and two children as soon Us his stock
were disposed of.
Capt. Charles Z. Eymann OF the Dem
yer Fire Department died November
2lst from tho effects OF nitric acid
fumes inhaled ut the time of the disas-
ter In the etching room OF the Denver
Post. being the fourth person to die
from that cause.
Great preparations are being made
in Denver for the annual meeting OF
the National Live Stock Association.
January 10 to 14th. The association
will be reorganized at that time and
Denver will have n dozen conventions
instead OF one. for all the interests that
are concerned with the live stock men
in the proceedings OF the association
will meet at the same time.
The secretary Of the interior. acting
under recent instructions of the Presi-
dent, has ordered the land officers at
Pueblo to restore to entry S2,56O acres
of land lying thirty miles west OF Pu-
eblo, that was temporarily withdrawn
with view Of creating the Wet Noun
tain forest reserve. No entries or FL
ings can be made on these lands until
after the expiration of ninety days.
49, n~a rf
Health for September shows that there
were 735 deaths in the state during
the month, 395 being from typhoid.
nine more than died from that disease
in September. 1903. There were sew
entv-one deaths from diphtheria, forty