Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-01-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


the city
The grand Jury Investigating slee-
lion frauds al Pueblo returned forty
one indictments on the i3th inst.
Juigs J. ". Coulter. chairman Of the
Pueblo Democratic county committee.
died On the i4,h inst. Of apopiexy-
The banks Of Boulder hold ei.53s.-
s0S.cs on deposit and have outstanding
loans and discounts 10 the amount Of
$500. o.5.+.Gz-
The Presiden, on the sth tIs;. nom
mated Frederick Z. Perkins as regis
ter Of the land once and Daniel l.
Sheets as receiver Of public moaeSs a.
Durango
Two great automobile events In Colo
RADIO nekt summer will be . race be-
tween D~aS-r and Colorado Springs
and an endurance. eohtsst ff"ta Colo
Iado springs To the top OF fikeis Peak
4 large crowd OF Feyisaiis;s. both
men and women. marched through the
sium districts of Beaver the other
night. singing hymns. after which they
~ent to the Curtis Th~a,fc and held .
Eoasing midnight meeting.
The proposed issue Of tioo. 900 worth
Of bonds for an entFeiy new system Of
water works for the city Of Montross
vas carried by large majority AZ the
special election. there being only 10
votes cast against tho pEoIeet-
The special grand jury a, Pueblo. In.
yes,iEatins election frauds. mas issued
a great number of indictments II all
those Indicted are convicted the 'u'
eblo county Jail will be a close rival
Of Dray-s In the number OF its In
mates.
As-l u. Gaibrai,h. In the pcni,entiary
at Canon City under sentence OF death
for the murder of his wife and child.
has been granted further rrpricse OF
foEty-nv- days pending the decision OF
the Supreme Court on the capital pun
ishmeat Law.
Following arc the newiy.clectrd on.
GERS Of tho Denver Chamber Of Com.
mcrcc: President. J. y. Temple: nrst
vice president. A. J. Spcnsci: second
vice president. {. u. Reynolds: treas
nrcr. Max kuncE: secretary. Arthur
wlliiamn-
George T. Hussins. who died At Pu.
ebio on the 10Th inst. al the as. Of
scycnty-four. was one Of the pionccfs
Of tho city and large real estate
owner. Hc was also heavy property
owner In Lcadvilic. Saiida. Csccdc and
other camps.
The now osliecrs Of tho Colorado
Springs Chamber OF Commerce are as
follows: President. J. r. Fisher. mrs,
vicc president. ID. v. Donaldson: sec
ond vice president. J. n. Mckinnic:
secretary. Henry Russell wray: treas
urcr. c. l. AcmminE.
County Assessor Carey Of Pueblo
county In retiring from once A.
nounccd that when he took tho once
nvc years ago the assessed valuation
Of realty and Of personal property was
ti5.0oo.ooo and that to-day Ii is more
than double that amount.
George Mcssiua. and Felix GULL.
Italian miners who wore prcparin. to
20 TO work In tho Carlton coal mine
Of tho Pixies Peak Fuel Company.
BY the explosion OF q steam radiator
In the cnsinc room Of the mine.
The entire exhibit Of the mining and
horticultural departments At tho
Worlds Fair arrived nt Denver from
ST. Louis on tho 9th Inst. There were
three carloads. and the exhibits are
now stored in the west and south en-.
frances Of the capitol building.
The last oslicial act Of Governor Pea.
body was the signing Of pardon for
James J. Gcary. confined In the Den
yer county jail for Involuntary man.
slaughter. BY n coincidence. the first
Official act OF Governor Peabody was
to sign n pardon releasing boy from
the county jail.
Harry Tarbell OF Saguache county
has been appointed coiner OF the new
mint by the federal government. He
is Mt present clerk OF the Colorado
House of Representatives. The new
position pays n salary Of $4,000 year
and he will assume work July 1ss.
when the mint begins coinage.
The state fish and game commits
sioner. up to January 18th, had Issued
225 hunting licenses for the new year.
many OF these being the renewals Of
duck hunters. Last year his office put
out over 3,4O0 licenses to use guns for
hunting purposes. As each county
clerk is authorized to issue the licenses
the number Of the documents actually
issued is probably far more than twice
the above figures. I|-.
Frank NJ. Tate, who retired from the
ONCE Of sheriff of Prowers county on
the Tuesday previous after having
served seven years, was found dead In
bed at his residence at Lamar on the
18th inst. Mr.. Tate was widely
known and popular officer. He was
shot about two years ago by the des.
peradoes who robbed the Carlton post
office and lost the use Of his right
arm as a result of his wound.
At Fort Morgan, on the 9th inst. at
eberiff's sale. all the right, title and in
terest of the Morgan County Independ.
ent Telephone Company, including its
lines all over the county, with ex-
changes at Fort Morgan and Brush.
were sold to George E. Settle for 49,
900. This was under an execution
from the District Court. in settlement
of judgement due ]. 2. Curry of the