Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-25
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

near ISstous cast VI NoAoSAuo optaukb-
Fort Collins has 2.lsI children OF
school age. Of whom l.752 arc enrolled
In the schools.
Colorado Springs druggists have oh
tanned damages for the seizure Of liq'
uOrs by the city officials.
Tho FarmeFs' National bank Of Ster.
ling has been authorized 10 begin bust
ness with . capital OF $4,000.
A new society. known as tho Sons
Of Colorado. and embracing The
younger natiye-born residents OF the
state. has been organized At Denver.
c. II. Ramsey. Greeley man. has
offered to, pay all the expenses Of u
special election to vote on = proposi'
ton to grant him . telephone fran.
ehise.
Tho widows OF three Denver flTemen
who lost their lives by the deadly ef-
/ feetk Of chemicals at hre In the Post
oftice. have each sued the Post COM
pany for 5000 damages.
For more than an hour Thursday
morning the entire town OF st. Thomas.
u suburb OF Sopris. was threatened
with destruction by tire. A bucket
brigade saved IL after hard work.
Tho State Land Board inserted In a
deed OF sale of state lands a provision
that tho people Of the state should
never be debarrcd from fishing along
tho stream that runs through the land.
Engineer G. W. Thompson was killed
on tho 18th inst by the ov.rturnins OF
his engine between Red Mountain and
Siiycrton. The train remained on tho
track and no one eisa was hurt.
Ono hundred and sixty people at
Boulder have subscribed an aggregate
Of si4. 900 toward the erection OF Y.
~. G. a. building. and there are 200
more people for tho committee 10 sec.
George IL. whiteicy. son Of Former
Mayor n. s. whiteicy OF Boulder. has
started for Oxford. England. to enter
the university there. he having been
granted u Rhodes scholarship last
spring.
Col. W. W. Ferguson. assistant quar-.
termastcr general OF tho q. A. Il. Mt
prnvcr md custodian Of tho war mu.
ieum In the capitol building. has had
n siege Of typhoid fever from which ho
aow seems to be recovering.
William T.. johnson. aged twenty
years. was instantly killed by tho &C.
cidcntai dihcharsc Of a Winchester
rlnc at Baxtcr's station. avc miles cast
OF Pueblo. on Saturday. the 2ist inst
Hc had been shooting Mt mark.
On u petition iilcd before Judge Hal.
lett In tho federal court the indcpcnd.
cnt Smelling and Refining Company at
Golden was ndjudscd bankrupt. Tho
request of the company for tho ap-
polntmcnt OF receiver was referred
to Referee Harrison.
With reservoir No. ! full. and Nos. :
and 3 two.thirds full. the city of Flor
cnce has enough mountain water for
domestic use for n full year. Tho
water Is secured from the head OF
Ncwlin creek. distance OF twenty
miles from Florence.
Sixty tons of hay. valued nt 5000. was
totally destroyed by fire ut tho STRAIT.
ton ranch. south Of Colorado Springs.
on tho 18th inst. MS result of tho
cnrclcssncss OF some small boys who
threw the lighted stubs Of their cigar
cites on the haystack.
John Egclin. n workman In the rod
mill OF the steel works Mt Pueblo. had
his left leg burned OF on the 18th inst.
by red hot rod that became coiicd
around II In coming from the rolls.
He was taken to the Minnequa hos
pital and the leg nmputated.
A party Of twenty.three boys and
| girls bound for Hochnc on q moonlight
picnic nj late hour Thursday night
met with an accident which may cause
the death Of one Of the party. They
were riding on hay rack and tho
team ran away.
The Colorado starch factory at Gree
ley has been sold for $4,000 to W. D.
Boutwell, of Waupeca, Wisconsin. Mr..
Boutwell, has been engaged in tho
manufacture Of potato starch for tho
last fifteen years in different parts Of
Wisconsin. lie will enlarge the Gree
ley plant.
Leon Lenhart. aged thirty.fve years,
son OF one OF the wealthiest residents
Of Trinidad. was found dead under q
tree at Trinidad August Goth. the top
Of his head having been blown of by
bullet. All indications point to sui.
eide. although no cause for such an
act Is known.
No more timber cutting will be per.
mitted on North and South t,ardscrab-
BILE creeks, Fremont county. A gov
ernment ranger appeared on the
creeks recently and ordered timber
cutters to desist. For several years
timber sections have been devastated
by the choppers.
Judge Cunningham, in the District
Court at Colorado Springs, has denied
the motion for a new trial in the case
OF ]. b. Belford VS.. the Stratton estate,
and entered Judgment for the plaintiff
in the sun, of $4,000. An appeal was
granted to the Supreme Court. Judge
Belford's claim is for services as at.
torney during Mr.. Stratton's lifetime.
Seven of the twenty-one members Of
the Uintah drawing pool comprised Of
Colorado Springs and Pueblo police
men and railroad men, drew numbers
at Provo. County Commissioner ]. B.
Rush of Pueblo drawing No. &C. The
next number was 1886. the next S3s,
and larger numbers in quick success
sion. The members of the pool, who