Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-03-02
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

phHy IL preparing 10 introduce auto
mobiles in its service.
The canning factory Mt New Castle
has been completed and turned over to
the company by the contractor.
Extensive beds of gypsum have been
located eighteen miles west of Pueblo
and 1t is proposed TO put up mill.
A Colorado bureau is to be estab-
lished al the Lewis & Clark EXPOSE
ton at Portland. Oregon. this sum
mer.
II IL now stated that the Manitou &
Pixies Peak cog road will not be elec-
triiied this year as has been contem-
plated.
The male triplets born TO Mr.. and
Mrs. Frccburg ut Louisville In Boulder
county only lived for n few days. They
were very small.
Senator Patterson has sent 1000
packages OF vegetable seeds to the
State Bureau OF Horticulture Mt Den
yer for free distribution.
Slxty.hve carloads OF hogs In one
shipment arrived nj the Denver stock.
yards February 2lst. There were
$500 hogs in the consignment.
Fire destroyed the East Side school
building at Lovcland. February 2lsL-
II was a six room building and the loss
Is almost total. only the walls remain
Ing.
The Colorado Springs Municipal
League has been formed by leading
citizens to investigate the manage
meat Of city affairs. A paid secretary
will be employed.
Edward o'Mailia. one OF the con.
victcd Denver election officials. was
granted n parole by the Supreme
Court To permit his attendance Mt the
bedside Of his sick wife.
Nearly 900 horsemcn gathered nj the
coyoi. roundup near BerIhoud Fcbru'
AIRY .2i, but only few coyotes were
sighted and they were all smart
enough 10 get away.
l.. q. Erickson. n prominent farmer
of NJ wot IN Boulder county. vas
killed In a runaway accident February
:5ih while returning home from Long
mont with loaded wagon.
Former State Senator W. II. FELTON,
cf Canon City has presented the stat.
historical department with two vol
uIncs of the SLsuachf Chronicle. ca
tending from 1876 TO 1850. lie Was ed
l,oF Of the paper at Ii. time.
Several members Of a band of syps
sizes were arrested Cor yasrancy at
pvnyCT tc~ days aEo. The sypsi-s
have been travelling through the eoun'
Try. supported mostly By the earnings
ot the women rs fortune t-ilcrs.
The Gettysburg building In Beaver.
where the Panorama ot the battle of
Gettysburg used to be exhibited. and
al.
poztoftcc. VAS badly damaged BY fFr
on the Eisht Of February :sgh.
Henry ~. Robertson has brought suit
In the District Court al Cripple Creek
against Edward He'll to secure posses
sioa of the once OF sheriff Of Teller
county from which ME. RahCF;soa
claims that he was toFribiy and uniap .
fully drppsrsi. The case has been SGT
foT March sih.
An order has been issued by the
Stats SapFrm- Court transferring ia.
cob zippTFian from the pvniteniiaTy at
Canon City to- tho euuEiy Jail sf la
Plata county. ZipprFian had entered
upon a srntUucp for murder bat the
Supreme Court reversed the ipdsmrui
Of the District Court aad ordered a
new trial
The Kansas House has passed a bill
calling fog an appropriation as g ssSo
Ior The erection of a monument at
nrcrhsr Island. in Yuma county. Colo.
radb. the scene Of GppcJal foFsyth's
remarkable HEh, against Indians in
1858. Thts appropriation is CaatiuErut
On a like appropriation BY the Colo
rsdo Legislature.
The srcnad annual cunvcntion Of the
firss district association. Knights OF
Pythias. at la 1anta. February sgth.
was iaggrty attended and in every way
a SUCCESS The following officers ucEp
elected President. 4. II. Wallis Of La
1unta. secretary. q. n. winchsli Of
la tuntas treasurer. William wsiics
Of Manzanala.
A {pii, committee has brrn sppoin,.
cd hr the James W. Anderson post us
Cripple Crsrk and Victor post No. loo
Of Victor. department Of Colorado and
Wyoming q. 4. r.. to make all nocssl
sary arrangements foE attendance aud
quarters faT members Of the two pusts
Who desire to attend the national en-
camumpnt to b. held in Denver next
September
The following recent patents have
teen issued to Colorado inventors
Charles q. Fousr. DpuveF. rock drill
VIII kiEtaids Hooper. line adiuster.
Oliver y. Rhodes. Denver. acetytenr
gas generator. James y. Robertson
Pueblo. stant stamp. Thps. n. Pray
ier. Denver. electric signaling appa
ratus for railways. Arthur u wiiHpy
Denver. aCtuaiiug mechanism fuF con
gUutratufss
Preparations arc being made by Col
oradB Springs capitalists who. viii
prominent Fasteners. arc heavily in
tprustsd In the Grand Valley beei
sugar factory at Grand Junction. ts
double the capacity Of the plant. tbs
output Of which for the last year muTs
than doubled the combined totals fol
the three previous years Thirty thUi
sand tons Of beets vere treated. tbs
value ui the gross production apprUSi
nj ing 100000.