Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-05-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

out on q strike April 2Ith.
The lamb feeders OF northern Colo
| rado expect to take In $l.250. 900 as the
result OF this years feeding operations.
Among the towns where Odd Fell
lows anniversary celebrations were
| held April 2Gth are Longmont. Wray
and Florence.
A fair to raise money to build an
addition to st. Joseph's hospital al ou-
ray will be held by the people OF ouray
May 18th to 18th.
David II. Moffat. II Is we'll known.
can run railroad. He has lately
bought an automobile and Is learning
to run that.
Fifteen burros were recently shipped
from Trinidad TO the Worlds Fair.
where. 1t is said. they will be used as
asses from Jerusalem.
The Carnegie library at Colorado
Springs has arrived from Andrew Car
Regis the gift OF the works OF Hugo
Ggotius on international law.
Ine Gentlemen's Riding and Drivlsg
| Club OF Denver laid the corner stone
OF magnificent grand stand April
30th ut the speedway In pcnreT's CITY
Park.
Lieut.. Gov. Warren C. Hnggott ar
lived In Denver April 9th TO act as
governor during Governor feabodys
absence OF about week at the worlds
Fair In St Louis.
The Longmont Farmers Produce tx
change has been buying out implement
dealers. IL includes some 400 farmers
among It's stockholders and starts IN
us II II meant business.
At Rocky Ford April e6th ars. J. J.
| Thompson and her little .Tand-dnush-
ter were fatally burned by coal oil
explosion. The child died In q snort
time. but Mrs. Thompson lived until
the next morning.
| T. u. King. electrician Ct the dis
tIibutins plant Of the Colorado Electric
Power Company ut Dyer. on Bul! NH.
was severely but not dangerously
burned ON the face and hands while
ovcrhnullns the plant.
Tho eleventh annual meeting OF the
Arkansas Valley Odd Fellows Anniver-
sary Association was held at Rocky
Ford April :6th with nm unpTseedcn'-
ed attendance Next years meeting
Will DO held nt ordwny.
Bishop Tikhon. head Of the Greek
Church OF North America. celebrated
high mars at the Green church In Pn-
eblo April 25,h. While In Denver IN.
bishop was entertained by Bishop Oim-
stead of the Episcopal Church.
Bishop Warren. who has been aotcat
since last September. having yiHit.i
Hawaii. Japan. China and the Philip
pines. returned to Denver April :I'h
and Immediately left for Los Angeles
to attend the Methodist conference.
As n result OF experiments conduct.
cd by Professor T.. II. woico,t OF the
State School OF Mines and Professor
J. C. Shcdd Of Colorado College. the
water OF tho mineral springs at Mani
toG hRB been found to poSaeSa radio
activity.
Tho comptroller OF the currency hns
authorized the firSt National Bank OF
Monte Vista To begin buslncsE. The
bank will employ capital OF $4,000.
The officers are: President. II. II. Ab-
bo,t: vice president, c. W. Gates;
treasurer. Wesley Naly..
The propric;ors Of the Albany hotel
In Denver have bought ranch Of 80
! acres. formerly known aH the q. V. Al
len ranch. midway between Denver ana
Golden. which they will call tho Albany
Hotel Farm. II will furnish milk.
chickens and vegetables.
| Secretary Haywood OF the Western
1
ut Denver on charges which IL was un.
dcrstood were made to prevent his be-
ing taken to Telluride. was admitted
to bail April 30th. the charges
against him Mt Telluride were with.
drawn.
Sheriff W. II. Gilbert OF FL Paso
county has rendered his resignation to
tho cou,ny commissioners. owing to the
pressure of private business. Under
| Sheriff q. =. Grimes has been appoint
cd sheriff in GilbcFt's place. while Dep
uty Sheriff George i. Dayton Will sue
coed Grimes.
over 1861 young fruit trees have
been planted In Mesa county this
| spring. Besides the trees aver 10000
grape vines have been planted. This is
| the largest lumber of trees ever plant
cd in one season In Mesa county. Here
,ofore from 10000 to 10000 trees have
been set ont each spring.
The cases against eight Colorado
Springs druggists. charged with viola
I, ton OF the liquor ordinance, were all
dismissed by the city attorney. who
stated that nothing could be proved
against them on account Of the disrp-
peararce of The principal witness. on
whose evidence the Anti-SalooD
League had relied.
David C. Kiser. the fourteen.yearold
son of Mrs. kiser. Of Monument, got
| lost on the plains during n snow storm
on the night OF April 23d. about four
teen miles from Eastonvillc in FL Paso
county. and died from cold and expos
ure. He was living with his brother
in.law. named Howerton. IN a tent, on
n claim the latter had taken up. and
got lost while going to the nearest
| house in the night. His body was not
found until the next Thursday.