Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-10-07
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

kAc so6 ES2Ns
On the night of October LIST the mer-
chants Of Pueblo gave the exhibitors
at the state fair big banquet al the
Maine hOlel.
Rural free delivery route No. will
bo established November LIST from
Grand Junction; population to DO
served. $50; houses on route. 500.
On account Of the heavy rains dur
Ing the week the state fair al Pueblo
did not close On Saturday as sehed'
uied. but Has held open for another
day.
The National Association Of Railway
Agents. With a membegship Of coo. VIII
hold Its convention In Denver next
year. visiting different parts of the
state.
when the sheriff OF Weld county
catches a tramp, he sets him Al work
on the county road. Six in one day
were sehtsneed To seventeen days
work each.
Pueblo fTemen seat a iSrse wreath
OF roses to be placed on the bgeFs OF the
Denver hTrmen who lost their lives by
the explosion Of nitric acid In tho rooms
Of the Denver Post
William Richardson. q miner In the
BONANZA district. who has been con
sideEcd dangerous for come time, has
been adladssd insane by the County
Court of Sasuaehs county and ordered
taken TO the insane asylum nj Pueblo.
The sIshisen- months old son Of Mr.
and MTS Z. =. Cummings. living three
miles from Parker. In Douglas county.
on September seth. drank the eontrnta
OF n laudahum bottle and died within
few hours
At the meeting OF tho Rocky Noun
tain Hotel Meas Association In Denver
n resolution vas passed strongly in'
doFElns the work Of the Colorado FRO
motion and Publicity Committee and
plcd.lns II active moral and financial
support.
l.. c. GTccnieo has been selected by
the Denver School Board To succeed
Aaron Cove as superintendent OF tho
Denver public schools. Mr. Grecnlco
was for many years superintendent OF
tho West Denver schools and was Mr..
| Goycis assistant when the latter re-
signed.
Agent II. H. Kerr of the Humane So
ciety reports that the stage horsos In
use In the western part Of the state arc
now In greatly improved condition
and are being we'll cared for. Mr.. Kerr
has lust returned to Denver from Trip
I to the western slope and says several
GrivcrH have been prosecuted for abus-
Ing their animals.
Prof. V. Norman McGcc. recently
! chosen professor OF engineering In Cob
/ orndo College. died at Colorado Springs
/ September 18th OF tuberculosis. Pro-
/ fessor MCGcc was educated In the pub
/ lie schools Of Denver and Mt Leland
! Stanford University. and was profess
L.. 4. usWa. N.l
ycrsity nj Ticn Tsin. China. when tho
| Boxer rebellion broke out. II was there
l HIS health became undermined.
The trial nj Fort Collins OF J. W.
I Tiily. Otis Miller. II. 4. Ebcriy. q. W.
/ Grimes. Il. J. Sutton. J. S. Shcchan and
I ID. II. Bonncll. charged with assault
l with a deadly weapon with attempt 10
kill BENJAMIN Evans and Thomas Will
l son. resulted In verdict OF guilty
against Tilly and Miller. The other de-
/ PENDANTS wcrc acquitted. Counsel
/ moved for n new trial for Tilly and
Miller.
| a monster eagle attacked the small
son OF Cornelius Starr. sexton OF the
! Colorado City cemetery few days ago.
and when the father rushed to tho
boys assistance the bird kept up Its
fight. 1t circled over the heads OF the
two and every now and then swooped
down upon them for an attack. Mr.
Starr meanwhile keeping 1t away with
! n shovel. A neighbor came to his US
/ distance with n shotgun and then the
bird flew away.
w. +. Porter of Cow creek engaged
\ in n desperate fight with an old female
bear and her three cubs and finally
/ succeeded In killing all four OF the an
1 imnls few days ago. The Cow creek
country. which is near Ouray, Is over
/ run with bear. and this makes the sec
ond killing reported within n week.
John Gould having killed three others.
/ The old bear is a large specimen OF the
/ cinnamon species.
On September 30th at Durango, the
! Colorado-Arizona Railway Company
! filed its articles for right-of-way from
| Durango to the state line for rail-
way south from Durango. Similar FL
] ings were made at Santa Fe. New Mex.
| leo. and Tucson. Arizona. This road
| Is projected to be built from Durango
| to Tucson. 1t is presumed along the
! proposed line that the Southern Pacific
Is building this road.
Following are the newly-elected OIL.
| GERS OF the Rocky Mountain Hotel
! Mems Association: President, N.
Maxcy Tabor; vice president, G. II.
! Morse; secretary. II. Jerome Toy:
! treasurer, Samuel F. Dutton. and
! chairman of the executive committee.
/ II, II. Hake. The association will work
in conjunction with the Colorado Pro.
motion and Publicity committee and
the State Realty Association in adver-
tising the state.
William Larson, OF Grover. in Weld
comfy, had his head badly hurt few
weeks ago by the falling Of horse.
On the last day OF September he rode
fifty miles in order to get to Greeley In
time to be hanged, as he said. He
changed horses several times along
the road. taking n fresh one when he