Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-29
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Edwin 5, Bruce. a brother OF the WI.
OF Senator Henry n. Teller. died al
Pueblo January Esd at the age OF eighty
years,
The President. on January eth.
| sent to the Senate the nomination OF
| Paul ]. Sours To be postmaster o'
Denver.
II is expected that the Moffat road
will be completed To Boulder Park.
forty'fye miles from Denver. som.
time in February.
Up to January Goth more than 5000
had been pledged To the Colorado PRO
motion and Publicity committee 10
| advertise the state.
Colorado railroads will do an extra
amount OF eastern advertising this
year. The new Moffal road VIII issue
several publications.
John Powers. an old time miner Of
Cripple Greek. Was killed by the ex'
plosion OF u missed shot in the Jerry
johnson mine January :tth.
The county commissioners of Pueblo
county have voted $1,000 for the pur-
pose OF preparing u marble exhibit TO
represent the county AZ the ST. Louis
Fair.
The Colorado College OF osteopa'hy
at tpshNsE hhH tpurpiluhtsu NtAa Wv
American School OF Osteopathy ai
kirkyille. Missouri. and will be moved
to that place.
The Denver Choral Society. under the
direction OF Professors Houseley and
Thomas. Is arranging two chorusss Of
go voices TO sing nj the Worlds Fair
at st. Louis.
Joseph Pearcc. city street supervi'
Sor OF LcadviIic. died January Goth OF
pneumonia. Mr.. Pcarce was one OF the
/ earliest pioneers and built tho nrht
hotel at ofo city.
Finy.hye sportsmcn took part In a
rabbit roundup near Hooper In Cos.
'iila county January :sth and l.lS.
rabbits were killed. Two men killed
slSty.iour rabbits each.
The State board OF Health. after
visiting Leadviilc. reported that m cpl
dcm!c of-typhold fever existed In the
city. There ART several hundred cases.
but the mortality has been low.
Onicers Of Fort Logan have 80 far
looked In vain for a cannon range In
the foothills near Denver. where there
II room for target practice without in'
t-rfering with anybody'a safety.
Colorado'a dcaih-ratc per 1000. for
month OF December. on the basis OF nn
Estimated population OF sGi.i36. was
is.3s. excluding siiii-births. There
were 500 deaths during the month.
ID. J. Pridham. who was Denver
agent for the Chicago. Milwaukee a
st. Paul railroad from 1875 to 1899.
died In Chicago January I'D Mt the age
OF s.vcnty-,hrcc. The cause OF his death
was plcurisy.
II In suspected tha, radium exists In
several Of the large springs Mt Glen
wood Springs. and portions OF the dried
sediment have been sent to prominent
chemists and photographers for the
purpose OF having them tested.
Robert Youngbiood. the young man
who was sho, on New Years eve In
Denver in the afrray with Arnold. An
drcws and Peters. In which the rob
hers killed him mother. has so far re-
covered as to be discharged from the
hospital.
The Herman Reuter- residence at
Brighton has been leased for the next
two years Ms n court house by Adams
county. The contents OF the safes
that passed through the recent court
house fire were found In fairly good
condition.
HIS. Vaughn. commander of the de-
q. A. r.. who has been III at st. Lukc's
hospital In Denver as u result Of an
attack OF appendicitis. is improving
. rapidly. a successful operation was
performed.
\ company has been Incorporated at
Pueblo with capital stock OF 100000
to establish n railroad cooperative
store. The store will be under the
control OF the railroad brotherhood of
Pueblo and the ownership OF stock Is
, limited to labor unions.
At Colorado Springs the other day
Rev. Duncan Lamont. in competition
| with thirteen other members OF the
Ministerial alliance. won the annual
wcodsawing contest at the City hotel.
At the close fourteen hungry clergy
men sat down to dinner at the hotel.
A few days ago b. C. Boyd. wool
contractor at Bailey In the Platte
| canon. took seventeen shots at Il
mountain lion that has been stealing
his beef. which he hangs in n tree
Boyd saw 1t standing under the tree
and opened fire, but the lion got away.
I Bids have been called for for the
construction OF the new court house at
! Walsenburg to be opened February 10.
| 4 ne bonds were voted last fall. Every
, thing is to be modern and the building
| will cost S35 900. 1t is TO be built OF
white sandstone from quarries near
| town.
After spending twenty years in n
/ dug-out In the mountains few miles
south of Buena Vista. w. +. Arfiund. n
Swede prospector, was found dead on
, the morning of January 22d. He was
! seventy-nire years Of age and had no
relations In this country SO far as
| known.
The grand total valuation of Boul-
der county for the year 1903 is Sl0.-
O64, 400 as compared with S9.996.S03
| fnr The yenr 1902 This rhnnnn Is