Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-02-12
COLORADO BRIEFS.


iiye-story addition to 81. Joseph's hos
pital ia Denver
Il. II. Kellogg OF Denver has been
appointed chieI engineer OF the Great
Arrowhead Reservoir Company In Call
fornla.
Allen i. Alexander. an old resident
OF Fremont county and an cN-ConIed-
crate soldier. died at Canon City Feb
ruary 9TH.
Denyer's second charter convention
finished its work February 5th. having
completed and adopted "a charter. and
adjourned sine die.
The business men OF Fowler. otero
county. met n few days ago and organ
ICED a board OF trade. The sum OF $500
was subscribed To give IL start.
William Hendricks. a briekiayer. WAS
killed aI Denver February 9Th. by fall
ot ninety feet down the elevator shaft
OF tho Llt,leton Creamery building.
Tho appointment OF Paul J. Sours as
postmaster OF Denver Was confirmed by
the Senate without delay or debate.
he motion for confirmation being made
by Senator Teller.
Ihc loss OF many valuable dogs In
Grand Junction by Poisoning has In
auced the mayor and tn. Humane So
ciety to offer rewards for the detection
OF the poisoncr.
city Physician c. l.. Taylor of Pu-
ebio has discovered typhoid fever
germs In the wafer OF the Arkansas
river and advises consumers to boil the
water before drinking IL.
Two hundred box car loads of pota-
toes shipped from the Greeley district
during the past Few weeks for points In
Texas. Kansas and Missouri. went
through safely without a potato being
frozen.
The Colorado promotion and pub
llclty committee Is now installed In Its
new headquarters ut si5 Seventeenth
street. Denver. where Secretary Thorn
~ ID. Parker is already beginning 10
scnd out advertising literature.
Sins. Lena corwin OF Glcnwood
Springs. whose husband died n year
ago, committed suicide February 9Th
by jumping into the Roaring Fork
river. She had for some time shown
evidence OF mental arrangement.
Judge Lindsey. who conducts the Ju-
s.nIlc Court In Dcnvcr. says that the
practice OF selling cigars. cigarettes md
liquor To minors must be broken up,
sven u he has to put every dealer IT.
The city In jail TO enforce the law.
DR.. Charles o. Rice OF Pueblo. who
was acquitted n the murder ~ Police
man Alarts on the plea OF insanity and
utcrward confined NJ the Woodcrait
sanItarium. has been given into the
custody OF his wife to be removed 20
lower altitude.
The effort TO Incorporate n saloon
town between Fort Collins and the
sugar factory has failed. not enough
nancs having been signed 20 the pcti-
Ion. The proposed town was TO have
been called buckingham. so much
Tor buckingham"
\ special feature % the new press
icryicc OF the Colorado Promotion ard
Publicity Committee will be the local
aud state news service. Every weekly
md daily newspaper In the state. under
he plan. will tc given chane. TO pub
ish something ubout Colorado Interests
md prospects,.
State Superintendent of Instruction
Mrs. Helen NJ. GrsnfcIl has accepted az
Invitation to attcad the convention Of
the National Association 1t Atlanta.
Georgia, which conycacs In that city
in March. She will deliver an address
m Increasing the Efficiency o. the
Rural Schools"
The Otcro County Stock Growers
Association held its annual meeting n
t.a Junta February dlh and elected the
following officers: J. Watson, presi-
dent: NJ, \. Lee. secretary. and Charles
Reynolds. vice president. Twelve dele
gates were elected TO attend the annual
meeting OF the state association to be
held in Denver In March
Dean \. {. Peck OF pcRver preached
In the First NJ Z. Church at Colorado
Springs on Sunday the 1th ins;-. and
raised $500 with which 10 open the Pro
testant hospital Though valued at
$4,000. the hospital was sold to the
woTrar's Home Missionary Society OF
the Methodist Church for 5000 by the
DeacuueSs Society OF Chicago.
William NJ. Frey OF Aryada commit
ted suicide February 81 in = grove
near the MuTat railroad track. by tax
ing cyanide OF potassium. being driven
to DESPERATION by pain caused by blood
roiSocins fyom detective teeth Mr..
Frey was Grand Army man and
widely known as 1T expert rrlllwright.
According to a statement issued by
Secrciary William D. Haywood OF the
Western Federation os AiinSrs, the con-
tributlors to the eiEht-hOUr strike fund
received up 70 January l. 1904. amount
to stS.O9T.Ss Ot this sum the loc5lis o.
the Western Federation OF Miners do
rated s22ss35T exclusive OF asses
ueutsl. while other unions have Con-
trtbuted s22. .554.+5.
Parsy Lee Grant. the i5-year-old
colored girl who shot and killed her
stepfather. RUFUS Lee. AZ the coal mines
north oG Colorado Springs. ard who was
found guilty OF assault. Fas sentenced
by County JudEs Or to remain in the
state home for girls until her 2tst year.
This Is the first murder trial ever held