Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-08-26
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The soldiers recently In service in
paid Oh.
age in tho vicinity Of Trinidad. Sever
al bridges were washed out.
Heavy rains continue to cause the
southern and western parts OF Colo
rado
A handcar containing q gang OF sec.
ton men was run into by speciat
train near lockwood. A Mexican
named Elislo Martinez was killed and
Johnnie Wslcb. q nine-year-old son OF
the section boss. was seriously hurt.
Rural free delivery routes to ,be
established September 18th in Colo
RADIO are: Lamar. Prowers county.
route 2. population. $50. houses on
route. 90: Prowers. Bent county.
route !. population AGO. houses on
route. 50.
Nearly S250.000 will be paid the
farmers OF the Grand valley. Colorado.
for their sugar beets alone this fall.
-Four thousand acres OF beets are I'M
der cultivation In the valley. which
means q production OF about $500 Tons
Of sugar.
The establishment Of the new plant
Of the Dumont Powder Company near
Pueblo. Colorado. means an addition
10 the production Of tho steel plant Of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
Arrangements have been made for the
Aforementioned company to manufac-
ture $500 sheet-steci cans per day for
the use Of the powder factory.
One Of mo most elaborate celebrar
tons ever planned In Colorado In b.
ing considered by the residents Of
Colorado Springs. to commemorate the
discovery os Piko's Peak. The cen
tennial anniversary OF Zebuion Pixies
drst view OF this famous mountain
falls on November 6. 1906. and nj.
ready the people Of Colorado Springs
have begun preparations for = fitting
celebration OF tho day.
which was held In Idaho Springs on
the 18th. was . decided success.
Trains from Denver were crowded to
their utmost capacity and Il can be
safely estimated that tho visitors In
tho city numbered fully 5000. Among
tho sports of tho day were races OF
all kinds. an ore shovclinE coaicst.
nremcn's contests. broaco busting. .
balloon ascension. and dancing.
The Colorado Telephone Company To-
tends to extend It's line from Portland.
q cement manufacturing Town east OF
Canon City. to the farm houses and
ranches along Beaver crock. This src-
.tion oe the AFkAnsns valley II denssJy
populated and Il will give the people
direct connection with the markets oe
the county and state. which will b. OF
great benefit to ih~sa In marketing
their crops and fruits. The frOit crop
viii BE- . big one this year.
sui,a for sisa.coo aileeias siander and
libel In connection with the btx Eve
Mining Company. have been a.cd In the
FEDERAL Court AGAINST George A. suf-
n. the Boston ssoekboides. BY Nathan
c. Merrill and william r. Daa,shs.
Therv are three causes for arstou and
the damages to the extent a $4,000 h
asked for each. The allegations - 10Th
complaints arc practically the sosae.
and have TO deal with ssAs~mcu0 Al
legged To have been made. and articles
which u IL alleged hav. been printed
through the inssruucniaii'y Of Su9a.
A bronco busting contest for the
championship Of tho world viit be
Springs. Saturday and Sunday. August
.Tsh and .ssh. o. I. Grimstcy Of
M~eker. Who holds the worlds cham.
pioaship. which vas ~oa BY him last
year al Girnvoca. viii defend his TILE
against all comcrs. u 10 expected that
upward Of forty cowboy wt0 co3pst0
and ffty OUTLAW hoescs wiii 6e select.
ed for their use. In saditioa To this
event there will be q oac AID
half mile relay race for co~ hosscs.
cowgirl race. . cowboy race and a
cowboy dance TO be held al tho opera
house Saturday night. George c.
Blakeiy OF Pueblo has charge Of the
arrangements.
The pastoffiee department has issued
sn order changing he spelling Of tn.
name OF the Canon City postofsiee TO
Canyca CiU. the new spelling TO BE-
come effective September fst. at which
time Robert s. Lewis succeeds Gay Y.
HARDY as postmaster. The change vas
made at the instiEa,ioa Of the Aichi.
sou. Topeka q Santa Fc Railway Con.
pany. which for some time has spelled
the name Of It's station with ~
Much opposition To the proposed
change has developed and at a special
meeting cf the city council strunx rcso.
Iu,iuns we're adopted protesting a<ain<t
the change. and asking that the ofde,
be annulied. The changing Of the
name Of the station by the Santa re
company vas done against the wishes
n the community and there is scarcely
a single one Of the 5000 patrons Of the
postosice Who savofs the change. The
Canon City postoficc vas established
December IL. 1sen. and IL the only
ONCE in the United States Of the same
name.
Nearly ssoo.cco will be spent upon
nursery sites on the Pixies Peak for.
est reserve by the United States gov
erument within the next thirty years.
for which time the nurseries have been
leased. according to G. A. Scott OF
Washington. d. C.. who was detailed
by the Washington forestry bureau to