Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-04
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

out 10000 strong On Labor Day. WHICH
Is September 4th-
One hundred and nifty teachers At
tended the summer school OF the State
Normal School at Greeley. which
closed July 2sth-
The seventh annual exhibition Of the
Fl Paso County Horticultural Society
will be held at Colorado Springs Au.
gust 2srd TO 2sth.
Club womsn's Day ~ the Boulder
ehautauqua. July 2sth. was great sue
cess. IL was shown that the clubs In
Colorado are doing much practical
work.
Rev. Rob,. Moore Of the Colorado
City Christian Church has resigned
his pastorate. to take effect September
24th. In order TO take trip 10 Call
fornia.
After a snowbaiiinr froiIc on Rollins
pass Of the Mofat road the other day.
lady tourist found tho fingers OF one
of her hands badly frost-bitten- And
frost bite In July il as bad rs In Janu-
ay.
Chief Michael Delaney Of Denver Is
to be one Of the SIX directors OF the In
ternatIonal Association OF Chiefs OF
Police, whose membership consists oil
chiefs OF police from every city In the
world.
A report that Samuel Sewhouse is
planning to extend the Denver 4 Inter.
mountain formerly Denver. Lakewood
x coiden) railroad from Golden TO Idaho
Springs is denied BY officers OF the
company.
The water userH under the city ditch
q, Denver won their suit against tho
park commissioners. who had raised
rates from eI.25 to 81 m inch. The
District Court holds that the former
price must rule.
The comptroller Of the currency has
approved the application Of Thomas II.
Robertson. Harry Humphrey. Frank 7.
S,oyer, Guy T.. Loomis and Alex w.
Scot, to organize the First National
Bank OF Bcrthoud. Colorado. with 325.-
900 capital.
The new cell house Mt tho State Pen.
l,en,iary has been completed. II is
four stories In height and contains ITO
cells. There are iayatories and baths
on each floor for the use Of the con.
vic,s. II Is heated by steam and
lighted by electricity.
= The Pueblo Business Mems Associa.
train on tho ID. 4 Il. q. for trade cx.
cursion through the southwestern part
Of tho state. leaving Pueblo August ith
md returning August 18th. About 100
persons will make tho trip. accom-
panied by brass band.
Dwight Holland. who was killed by
tho explosion OF tho gunboat Bcnnins.
ton mt San Diego. was born and raised
present Mrs. Jennie Vandccarr. He
was n fireman on tho Inflated vessel.
Orders were at once given to send his
body home for burial.
Governor Mcdonald has granted cx'
tradition papers for John Schidloiski.
captured ut La Junta and wanted In
Boston on tho charge OF numbering
his wife. also for Joe J. Brown, caught
Mt Lamar and wanted ut Reno county.
Kansas. for jail breaking. having been
Imprisoned for larceny.
According to the figures checked up
by tho Western Passenger Association
In Denver. the number OF persons who
came TO Denver on account OF the Ep.
worth League convention was $500.
This included delegates and others
who took advantage OF tho low rates
at the time OF the convention.
Secretary Whitehead of the State
Bureau OF Child and Animal Protection
is having posters printed warning driv.
ers not to check their horses too high.
The bills instruct the drivers that the
animals cannot pull rs much when
checked high us they can when FREQ
and that II IL against the law.
The party of newspaper women who
talt ha 81 u
of the Mancos Chamber OF Commerce.
upon their return hired hall and gave
an entertainment In Mancos, the pro-
ceeds OF which went to reimburse the
chamber OF commerce. The hall was
packed and the organization was more
than repaid.
J. L. Monte. n Mexican sheep
herder, accidentally shot himself
through the right leg while alone on
the plains near Byers few days ago.
and lay on the ground for nearly TWEEN
ty.four hours before he was discovered
and cared for. He was taken on the
train to Denver. where his wound was
dressed by the police surgeon.
The twelfth annual camp meeting
of the Colorado Holiness Association
will be held in Denver, beginning Aug.
ust 18th and continuing until August
2Sth. The camp will be pitched In
Arlington park. Rev. c. b. Allen, for
many years pastor Of the st. James NJ.
Il. Church, Denver. is president OF the
association, and Maj. l.. Milton VIII.
llams, former noted Salvation Army
worker, will be the leading preacher.
There are several civil service ex.
aminations scheduled at Denver in
Aup,,st for nositions to he filled on the
Panama canal. Applications for rod.
man, salary sS5 per month. must be on
file by August 18th, and examinations
come the 10th and 18th. Examina.
tions for bookeepers come August
Goth, and the applications must be on
file by the Goth. Salaries. 500 to $125
per month. The government wants a
stenographer who can translate and
sneak Snanish for the lighthouse ser.