Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-09-22
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


Pumpkin Ffe Day at Longmopt Sep
tember ssth win be ''some pumpkins."
The wireless telegraph station at
Cripple Greek will soon be doing regu.
lar business.
The State University at Boulder
opened on the lith Inst. with an un-
usually large attendance.
Tho Fl Paso County Pioneer Society
had . big picnic at Stratton park In
Colorado Springs on tho 18th instant.
A free basket picnic WAS given to the
Visiting Grand Army veterans at Colo
rado Springs on the 18th Inst.
I.ongnont is preparing for a big pa
rade on Pumpkin Pic Day. September
:sth. In which great number OF
floats will appear.
Tho name Of The Polly Pry Maya.
xine at Denver has been changed to
The Saturday Bun since its purchase
by William @. Griffith.
Tho agents OF the State Humane So
ciety will prosecute persons who ship
chickens In boxes too low to give
them room to stand upright.
have agreed to subscribe $500 year
vention League recently organized In
Denver.
Joseph Heller. Jr.. the tcn-year-old
son OF M1. and Mrs. Joseph Heller OF
South Sahwatch street. Colorado
Springs, was run over and killed by a
hack on tho night OF the 10th instant
FREQ pumpkin pie and cheap railway
rates are the attractions offered by
n l...r la Al,
tion there will DO races and parade.
There will also bc n chance to inspect
tho great sugar factory.
Tho Short Line management will en-.
large and improve Its Colorado SpriIss
shops. owing to Its determination to
handle locally aii repairs on Its seven
Midland Terminal and twelve Short
Line engines. In addition to several
coaches.
Tho next annual meeting OF tho I'M
migration agents of tho Gould system
Of railways will be held In Colorado
ncxt May. There arc some COO agents
and their coming will bc no small
event In connection with advertising
tho state.
Tho State Bureau OF Child nm AMI
nal Protection In taking steps to stop
the sale Of liquor to children at Louis.
willie. Tho humane agents claim that
somc parents are In the habit OF send
Ing small childrcn-mcrc Infants
into saloons for Deer.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
DIR. Josephine Pcayy OF Colorado
Springs to be n member OF the board
OF control OF the State Industrial
School for Girls. Mrs. Pcavy takes the
place OF Mrs. Ina Thompson. who re-
signed about n month ago.
J. NJ. woodard. state game and fish
commissioner. is visiting tho game Sec
tons Of the state and putting on extra
men in preparation for the game sea-
ron opening September 25th. A now
game station will be established Mt Pa
coda Peaks In Rio Blnnco county.
Forty acres of land near Brewster.
In Fremont county. will be planted to
fruit this fall. and irrigated by water
from well. The water will come
from n ncvcr.failing source. the secp-
ngc from nm artcsinn well drilled some
years ago by mn oil company. Mr..
Smith has sunk deeply on his farm
and big pump fails to exhaust the in
flow.
President C. W. Sells OF tho Pixies
Peak cog road has cmphatically denied
q report current In Colorado Springs
and Denver that three q. A. r. visitors
succumbcd TO the altitude OF Pixies
Peak and died before they could be
brought down. Mr.. Sells said that
there had been no such case on the
peak this year or Mt any time since tho
building OF the cog road. No deaths
on the SUNNI. have ever occurred.
At n meeting OF tho State Land
Board President Fillius and other
members Of the Denver City Park
Commission made a formal bid OF
100000 for 1872 acres of land owned
by tho state. lying north Of the pres
ent site Of City Park. This is the first
move made by the board since It's re-
Gently announced intention to expend
some 100000 for parks. The state
board took the offer into consideration.
There were 677 prisoners in the state
prison at Canon City when the count
was made September 18th. Under the
Lewis bill passed at the last Legisla-
ture authorizing convict labor. a build
ing 2Ox30 is being erected Of red sand
stone for library. 1t is to be fitted
with shelving and tables. The library
tions are being constantly made. A
book bindcry will be established in
connection with the library.
Through the generosity Of Gen. w.
J. Palmer. three new sub.stations have
been established in connection with
the Colorado College weather bureau
at Colorado Springs. The Instruments
have been imported from France and
stations established at Windy Point,
Lake Moraine and on the summit OF
Pixies Peak. Two old stations are in
use at Mob hill and Glen Eyrie, Gen
eral Palmers residence. The latter is
the finest weather bureau station in
the country.
The Greeley correspondent of the
Denver News says: Among cows at
Greeley, anthrax has broken out and
about two dozen have died during the