Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-02-19
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The women's Club OF Bouldss viii,
buy a large numeber Of trees 10 in.
prove tho chantauaua grounds
Judge Ben d, Lindsey has gone 10 the
Pacific coast 10 lecture ON the Juyeniie
Court OF Denver and its workings,
The University Of Colorado at Boui-
der will conduct a six weeks summer
school. beginning on the goth Dt aext
June.
The amaiganaied assembly Of labor
uniohs and the building trades council
will unite In establishing q eo-opera-
tive store in DeaysF.
IL is reported that many members OF
the National Guard OF Colorado are ss-
fiosisly considering the idea OF going
cas-, To shiis, in the army OF Japan.
number Of .oo or more have been re-
called from diffegent points in Colorado
To Join the army of Japan in its cam
talgn against Russia
John II. Howry of Logan has pre-
ssnteu 10 the Denyer Park Commission
for CITY PARK. pair of prairie hawks.
a rare type al bird. the nearest to the
falcon family TO be found in the West
A~toAiHS ~aNNASltahs osic VI kAo S*ANl~
pioneers OF Clear Greek county. died
lI Georgetown ON the 10th inst. AT the
age OF eighty four years He was for
mesiy proprietor OF Mcclellan Opera
house.
Tho Colorado Promotion and Pabli.
city committe~ has collected III dit.
f.r-nt publications about Colorado a.
It's rooms In Denver. It's aim is TO hay.
ia ~ fulN
seated
The Longmon, sugar factory sliced
the last beet OF the season on the morn
ins Of tho 18th inst. Work began Dc
ecmber 18th and 5000 tons OF bs-,s
were made into about 5000 sacks OF
susnr.
Paul J. Sours. the new Denver post
master took charge of the once Feb
uary 18th. John cpreoran Is assistant
postmasssrs =Mss. siaaszA Thompson.
cashier. and Mrs. Edith y. Basss imam
cial clerk.
The Dcny"s city and coanty5govern-
u,cnt Is sadly short of Shnn6y to pay
expenses principally because the pub
lie utility corporations clnins that their
property has been over-aSscsoeA and re-
fuse 10 pay their taxes. N
Rufus Wall. janitor al the city hall
at Pueblo has been selected. ~ steward
OF the Colorado bulldinK at the Worlds
fair. Wall Ia . prumincpt cologcd citi-
zen Of Pueblo county ihtro he has
lived for twenty-five ycass. e
NJ. Goldberg. an orthodox Jew. died
a, Denver February 18th nj tho age OF
ninety years. He was the father OF
six sons and three daughters, having
eighty grandchiidren. 40 graat- grand
children and one xrcat-.rcat-srand-
child.
DIR. John r. Bass. Denver oSico-
pathic practitioner. In sucin. the state
board OF Medical examiners for alleged
faiHc Imprisonment. DIR. Bass was
arrested for praciicins without n IL
ccnsc and the district attorney dis
missed the case.
Jesse II. Hail. n well known Boulder
valley farmer and veteran OF the Civil
War. died Mt Boulder on the 10th inst.
ut the age OF siSty-six. leaving n Wild
ow. He was the father OF Professor
Horace Hall OF Boulder and Mrs. +. y.
Mosclcy OF Lovciand.
The explosion OF nm acctylcnc gas
plant In the MoSsman hotel Mt Walden
on the night OF the 18th inst. blew Mr..
Mossmnn. the proprietor and Mr.. Sny-
der. waiter out through n window.
The fire was soon put out. but consider
able damage was done.
John Near. one of the pioneer resi-
dents OF Buenn Vista and Chaffee coun-
ty. died Mt Buena Vista on the 10th Inst
ut the age Of sixty-four. MIR. Near
served us deputy sheriff for several
years and was prominently connected
Win the county seat war In 1850.
A post mortem examination held on
the body of Walter s. Noltie. the Dem
yer hoy who died In Hamilton. Ohio.
February 3D.. gives the. cause Of the
death us heart failure brought on by
the excessive use of cigarettes. 1t was
first reported us case of suicide by
carbolic acid.
Eugene McAfee, a colored porter in
n wholesale house. was shot and killed
at Cripple Creek on the 18th inst, by
]. X. Brewster, n surveyor and one OF
the pioneers of the camp. McAfee had
previously assaulted Brewster. whom
he accused of insulting sister Of Mrs.
McAfee. Brewster was arrested. g
Dale Cleaves. eleven years old. who
is semi-imbecile and has been confined
in the insane ward of the county hos
pital at Denver since September 4. 1902
will be sent to the private asylum OF
Dr. Work at Pueblo and special
teacher provided for him ct the expense
of the state under the provisions Of the
law of 1901. ean N-'1T H.
Harry Davies. the Denver snake deal
err says that the snake crop in Colo
RADIO last year was far below the aver
age, owing to the late spring and early
fall, which kept the ground cold and
prevented many of the snakes from
coming out of their holes at all. He
expects to see them all out this year II
the season is hot.
There was a large attendance at the
meeting of the Bent and Prowers Coun.
ties Cattle and Horse Growers Asso-
II. ,t Av,tv LNnIr yarty ~