Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-15
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Scientist, at Colorado springs arc PLAN
mag 10 erect q temporary 5000 eiinee.
They nov occupy the All Souls Uni
tartan church
Louis II BlaeEstoek. proprie'or OF
the Blaekstoek hotel at Fort Collins.
died on the 9th inst, as the usut OF
surgical operation performed = Ie"
days before in Denver.
winneId s. Hughes. charged with the
smbezxlement Of t3.l6i while acting as
clerk in the city water department a,
Colorado Springs. has been bound over
for trial in the District Court
Trs statements Of tho two national
hanks and one savings bank In Tfini-
dad show that the total resources arc
s-5s9. .0T5. and deposits sssresaIhs W.
s6s. .oso. One Of these banks has t..v9
Individual dspositoEs-
Col. l. c. Ellsworth. one Of the pio-
peers and mos, prominent citizens OF
Denyer. having taken leading part
In many important public enterprises.
died ., his home In Denver April 9Th
from paralysis.
Tho Steamboat Springs Commercial
Club recently paid a tribute Of respect
10 el-Go,srnor Routt by eisct!ns him
To honorary membership and making
him an honorary president OF The or
saaisaiion for life
The operating department OF the
Denver q Southwestern road. which
taa been In Canon City. has Just been
removed to DcnScr and established IN
tho general offieea Of the road In Tho
Bos,on building on Seventeenth street
Il, is stated that Mary Rouse. the
txolye-y year-old EiFi who areidenti!y
shot herself In the neck Al Bfrckrn-
ridge. and who was taken TO Denver
hospital ~hero the bullet was extract
ed. ia doing well and will recover.
Prof. Z. Il. wolcott OF the State
/ School OF Mines has found evidences OF
radiutn In the hot mineral waiarn OF
Glrnwood springs. Hc says tho radio
activity of tho waters h greater than
tha, of any that he has previously trnt-
ed.
Tho recent discovery Of tho tusk OF
| q mammoth near Golden by Prof. Geo.
l.. Cannon Of tho East Denver hiEh
school, has awakened new interest IN
the search for fossil remains along the
foo, hills. Colorado In rich In such
relics.
Tn, u.st meeting Of the Colorado
Racing Association will bc held nj
| Trinidad May 3ist and Juno lSt. I'd and
ard. There will bc each day two har-
meas events and three or more running
even,a for purses amounting to over
5000.
Secretary Haywood Of tho Western
Federation Of Miners Ii In receipt OF n
check for q. 900 from tho Butte min
srs. The money in . portion OF tho pro-
cseds from . bcncnt recently given by
the Butte union, from which e20.0o0
Oas realised.
The knights Of Aaecabecs Of the
! World, ai their state convention In
Denver elected J. A. Grimm Of Denver
STATE commander for the coming three
years, The ladies of the Marcabccs
elected Mra. Murrea Marvin Of Denver
~ state commander.
The federal grand Jury ut Pueblo
made its report to Judge Hallctt on tho
sth inst, and returned twcnty-onc In
dictmeuta. Most Of them arc revenue
and timber trsspass cases. Only few
names Of those indicted were given out,
| because many arrests have not been
made.
Tho Anti Saloon League at Colorado
SPRING. is proceeding against 2 NUM-
| her Of druggists for the sale OF liquor
| in quantities less than one quart One
| Of the druggists, who has been fined to
the extent of 5000. has appealed Ave
cases from the Police Court to the
County Court
The loss by the fire at Granada on
tho night of April 4th. which destroyed
the lumber yards of S. c. Gregory, Is
estimated at $4,000 or upward, on
which there was $1,000 insurance.
Nearly the entire population turned
out and worked most of the night to
, fight the fire and prevent It from
| spreading.
On April 11th the rail mill at the
| MinneQua plant resumed operations
| and added to the working force some
! thing over 300 men. At present this
department of the plant is working on
soft steel only, 1t being necessary to
start the great machinery OF at an
easy gait until 1t is known that ev-
erything is in good working order.
The Commercial Club of Steamboat
Springs has forwarded to Senator Tel
Ter a strong protest against the setting
aside OF the Park Range forest reserve.
The protest states that the reserve is
not needed for the conservation of the
water supply. as there is already more
water in the streams than can be used.
| Its effect would be to retard settlement.
l. II. Jones, who was sentenced one
| month ago to six months confinement
in the county Jail at Colorado Springs
for wife beating. has been released on
a pardon granted by Governor Peabody.
Jones' wife importuned the governor
many times for her husbands release.
and on the 10th inst. went to Denver
to see the executive. finally securing
the pardon.
The meeting of representatives from
various live stock associations west of
the Missouri river to be held in Den
yer on May 3rd for the purpose OF con-
sidering transportation matters, has
created considerable interest through
out the West, as is shown by letters re-
ceived at headquarters of the National
Live Stock Association from those who
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