Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-05-27
Flag Day Proclamation.

Recognizing the ErowinS interest III
Flag Day exercises and observance.
which other states as well as Colorado
are commonly adopting. Governor Pea
body has issued proclamation call
ing upon tho loyal citizens Of tho
state to observe Tuesday. the ltth day
o. June. 1904.
Colorado has always been hrst In
honoring tho starr and stripes. and
the observance OF Flag Day ID grow
ing here in general interest The
proclamation issued by the governor
reads as follows:
Tho nag OF our country. more than
any other emblem In the world. stands
for honor and safety at home and
abroad. The anniversary OF the birth
OF our country'H standard should.
Therefore. be celebrated by all liberty
loving and patriotic citizens with the
display of the stars and stripes on NIL
public buildings. business houses.
schools and homes: and particularly
by such exercises of n patriotic nature
in our schools aa To imbibc In tho
;ninaa OF our youth that great love for
bur national emblem and for the I'm.
portant principles II bcspcaks. as to
Insure TO the generations yet TO como
tho pure. true and American govern
men. OF our fathers.
Now. therefore. I. James II. Pea.
body. governor OF the state OF Colo
Tado. do call upon the people OF the
state to observe Tuesday. Juno II.
1905. as Flag Day. and do urge the
mayors OF our various ciiica and
towns to especially at this time aid
their citizens In commcmoraung the
day. to the end that We shall tho
more firmly strive to 40 conduct our
lives rs to honor that glorious banner
that houorA US. and thus. with FER
vent and patriotic purposes viii wo
ever IN following the path Of our coun.
try's naE. follow In tho, footsteps OF
our country's God"
Tho new crcmatory at Riverside
cemetery in Denver. which has been in
process OF erection since last October.
IL now completed. It cost si5.5o0.
Frank u. Gibson. the architect. has
built nearly all Of the crcmatories In
the West.
Gov, James II. Peabody has telc-
fraphcd United States Minister Powell
Clayton. who Is stationed in the City
OF Mexico. to investigate tta case OF
the incarceration OF Timothy J. Lee.
brother of Police Captain Frank Lee.
Timothy Lee. Denver man who was
employed as an engineer on the McSi-
ran Central railway. Is In custody at
Zacatccas. Mexico. He Is sick and ho
fears his prospects of getting out alive
are very slender and SO seeks the aid
OF his government. Lee was engineer
upon n train that was wrecked April
3Oth near Zacatccas. The fireman and
fifteen passengers came to their death
In the accident Lee will not remain
lcrE in custody II his relatives in this
city are able to help him.
Questions of water rights similar
10 those which have been brought TO
the attention Of the Federal Supreme
court in the Colorado-Kansas water
suits are apt to arise between the Unit
ed States and Canada. according to
n letter received by Assistant Attorney
Seneral II. ]. Hcrsey from Attorney
General n. c. Miller. The attorney gen.
eral is now in Washington. District
of Columbia. representing this state
in the legal controversy. The separate
.iitch companies that take water from
the Colorado and Arkansas rivers have
filed motions TO dismiss. The Supreme
Court announced that decision would
be rcscsved as to these motions until
the case was decided upon its merits.
This would indicate according to Attor-
rey General Miller. that the court will
not decide upon any feature of the case
until all the facts and the law have
been presented. The rulings OF the
court and its final opinion will make
rev law relative to the arid states
upon the subject of irrigation. Every
member of the Supreme Court has
shown great interest In the case.
states the attorney general in the let
ter. They have asked numrous ques-
tions about the conditions in the arid
lands Incidentally the attorney gem
craI learned that the question OF water
rights between the United States and
Canada would eventually arise on ac-
count of the water taken from the
great rivers on the boundary lines. 1t
IL presumed that the st. Lawrence, the
Rod river and the Columbia are the
rivera referred to,