Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Telegraph Company Will establish
station at Trinidad.
The mountains surrounding Breck-
enridge were covered with snow on
the morning OF the Sd OF July.
Idaho Springs is preparing for
great inter-mountain festival. August
22d. to which all Colorado is invited.
The Denver Typographical union
has donated 800 TO the Grand Army
OF the Republic national encampment
fund.
Miss Josie E. Gibson OF Missouri has
been appointed a nurse at the Grand
Junction Indian School at salary OF
5000 . year.
The Denver Chamber OF Commerce
is arranging to offer cash prizes for ag-
ricultural products for both irrigated
and non-irrigated lands.
Alexander Gordon. foreman OF Ten
Mile Mining Company Mt Robinson.
was instantly killed on the Sth inst. by
falling down q shaft.
Hereafter the State Capitol building
at Denver Is to be kept open on Sat
urday afternoons and holidays. NJ least
during the summer months.
Mrs. Ciida N. Adams. wife OF AivA
ID. Adams and daughterin.law OF for
mer Gos ernor Adams. died at Pueblo
July 18th. after a short illness.
The woman's Civic Society OF Trini-
dad proposes TO enforce the Sunday
closing ordinances and TO prosecute tho
gambling houses and wine rooms.
The floral parade NJ the Boulder Fcs-
uyal on the 1th inst. was one of the
finest ever seen IN the state. Both car.
Tiases and automobiles took part In IL.
At Denver. July sth. Mrs. ". d.
Schmldlap shot and killed her husband
at the PLACE where he was roominE.
They had been scparsAd for about \
year. .H ....
There were fourteen Ares In Denver
on the Fourth OF July. but the loss In
each case was small. except at Huri-
butts store. where the damage may
reach nearly $4,000.
In the Western Baseball League Dcs
Moincs and Denver are clos. eompc;i-
tors for nrSt place and Colorado
Springs and st. Joseph are nip and
tuck Tor the BOBBY prize.
Probation officers OF Pueblo will at.
tend the national conference o. the
Charities and Corrections Association.
which will be held In Portland. Ore.
gon. July 18th TO sd.
Mrs. Bert White o. Lonrmont was
fatally burned on the morning Of the
I'd Inst, by an explosion Of kerosene.
she ~as about t~cn;y.iour years OF
age and leaves three small ehlidFrn.
James u. Mcclure. formerly a miner
AZ Goltncid. Colorado. committed sui.
eide at Trinidad June .;,h by shooting
p
afty'nss Year, Of age and leaves q
vile. son and daughter.
The Boulder Farmers mill at Doui.
der has bcea burned TO the ground. In.
soisinE loss of about $4,000. with
$4,000 insurance. Previous to tho ere
the safe a; the mill vas broken o.sn.
but Il contained no moacy.
June proved a very good month fos
collections by the State Land Board.
and shows that the businss. ot the o:
Zee IL increasing steadily year b. year.
The June collections tof the past three
years have been as follows: is1l. $50
i:i: isoI. sis..s5. 1895. 81. .sss.os.
Three hundred and sixty acres o:
land near the Union Printers Home on
Mob hill. and 5000 in cash for the
construction Of the building has been
pledged respectively by two citizens o.
Colorado Springs for the National Lrt.
ter Carriers Home. should tho national
convention At Portland. Oregon. next
September. choose the Springs as the
site.
Tho directors Of the Colorado Springs
Publis Library have presented Gen.
". J. Palmer and Andrew Carnegie
each with a handsome Morocco bound
albnm. tftCen by twenty-five inches in
size. and containing twenty views OF
the iibTaTy's interior. General Palmer
donated tl. site for the library. Mr..
Carnegie SWING sspc9o seF the con.
stTuctloa Of the building.
Crop conditions all over the state
are extremely good. according to the
weekly crop bulletin issued by Section
Director p. II. BTandenbuTs Of the
Weather Bureau at Denver. HsyinE is
nearly general and the alfalfa crop
has been secured in good coalition in
many parts CT the state. with fair to
good yield. The second crop Of alfalfa
has started in many localities.
Judge II. d. Lindsey aud Secretary
J. T. Burns Of the Colorado State
Realty Association. who is also a
HemItE OF tbe FoINsHu laiE GoluHals-
sion. will make an efert TO secure
next years convention of the National
Association OF Charities and Correc-
tion foF Denver. The convention this
year will be held at Portland, Oregon.
July 1s-i5th. Judge Lindsey Is dele
gate and a member of the executive
committee.
According TO the Colorado crop sul.
letin fall wheat is filling well. aud
spring wheat. oats. barley and rye are
heading in places. Corn is growing
rapidly. especially In the north-centrsl
and eastern counties. Sugar beets are
doing well and arc generally thinned.
Potatoes are doing well and some Of
the early planting are being dug.
Grasses are generally good and live
stock is in fine condition. Fruit pros.
poets contirsie good. Cherries are be