Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-09-29
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Wo tIccb dt Iueuio uuTIuS tuc past
two weeks.
State Treasurer Holmberg will prose.
cute all saloonkeepers and druggists
who undertake to do business with
state licenses.
The Woman's Club OF Colorado
Springs has voted to donate $50 TO tho
Jacob Riis settlement at +8 Henry
street. New York City.
The county commissioners OF Ere.
mont county have ordered large
steam roller, crusher and other ma.
chinery for road work at cost Of ST.
900.
Tho broad.gauge railroad from Du.
range to Pennington. New Mexico. was
finished September 18th. All fruit
shipments from Pennington now como
to Durango by rail.
Harvey W. Hawley. editor and pro.
prietor OF the Denver Times from 1883
September 21st after an illness OF
several years from paralysis.
President David Starr Jordan Of tho
Stanford University will be one OF tho
lecturers at tho meeting OF tho Colo.
rado State Teachers Association In
Denver December 26th to 29th.
The baggage room Of the Rio Grande
railroad ut Colorado Springs handled
$4,000 pieces of baggage during the
month Of August. this business far ex.
ceeding that Of any previous month In
Its history.
+. C. Smith. retiring general super.
Sntendent OF the Cripple Creek Short.
Line. was presented with n $3.50 gold
watch and chain by several OF the
Short Line employees. previous TO his
departure for New York.
Rufus Petit. n full.bioodcd Cherokee
Indian and n graduate OF Carlisle
school. enlisted ut Trinidad few days
ago In tho regular army as IN infantry
private. Petit graduated from Car.
Isle with tho highest honors.
On September 2ist moro than 100
Puoblans went to Canon City to nj.
tend the Fremont county fair. Each
wore a badge on which appeared
large cluster OF grapes and the words.
Pueblo Grccts Canon City Sept. 81.
1905"
Gov. Joseph W. Folk. the celebrated
reform executive OF Missouri. was n
guest OF tho Denver Chamber Of Com
mcrco luncheon September :iSt and
mado a ringing speech In behalf o:
clean government and tho enforcement,
OF tho laws.
II. l.. Hall. pos, trader for tho Ute
Indians at l.nacio. Colorado. IL author.
iiy for the statement that tho name
given 10 Pixies Peak by the utcs was
"Acowacadcc." meaning ''Itcd Top
mountain" Tho accent Is on tho sec.
ond syllable. cow
A meeting has been called In saiiaa
by Marshal HcrxinEcr for October I'D
and :t,h for tho organization Of tho
Colorado Stat. Association Of Chiefs
Of Police. Mayors. city marshais and
heads Of city detective departments
arc eligible to mcmbcrship.
Invitations have been issued by tho
board of trustees nni faculty OF the
Colorado School of Mines. Golden. an.
nouncinE Monday. October I'd. m the
date on which tho cornerstone Of tho
Simon Gusxcnhcitn hall will be laid.
Tho exercises will be held In tho after.
noon.
Tho contract for tho construction OF
a ncw hiEh school building In district
No. 20. Pueblo tSouth siacl. has been
ic, for 1ios.occ. fhc structure 10 tc
completed by October I. 1906. While
tho present building will cost tios. 900.
cnds Of tho building and when these
arc eoplo;cd. the Goa, of tho building
will be 100000. but these wings will
not be constructed until thcre is do
mand for more room.
A, tho close Of the second trial a,
Durango. September :o,h. the jury In
the trial of Jake Zippcrian. charged
with the murder Of Matt LuxsinEcr. af.
ter being out twelve hours. bFouEh, In
a verdict Of guilty OF manslaaghtcr.
Zippcrman was then sentenced to from
seven to eight years. in the pcnitcn.
tiary. The murder occurred on the iith
of last October and was the result OF a
quarrel over some OF LuxsinEcr's cat.
tie that got Into Zip?crman's fields.
ThFo new members and one transfer
are announced in the faculty Of the
Agricultural College at Fort Collins.
Royal Hawlctt and Miss Florence
Stuycr will be assistant professors In
mathematics and Professor =. A. Nc
DoEat:i ~iil be acting head Of the
mathematical department. Professor
y. II. House. formerly at the head OF
this department. will take the position
of professor of irrigation snsinccring
under Director l.. q. Carpenter.
On September s2d II. ]. Williams.
Jr.. of Battle Creek. Michigan. for.
merry physical instructor in the sani.
tarium of that name. walked from the
summit OF Pixies peak to the cog sta
ton at Manitou in one hour and ssis
minutes. Williams started with the
train. arriving at The station two and
onehaif minutes ahead of the train.
This beats all records for the descend.
ing of the peak. and the time is
youched for by several passengers on
the train.
The Western Polo Association has
been organized at Denver. The repre-.
sentatives of the Gicnvood Springs.
Tenth cavalry. Colorado Springs and
Denver Country Club teams met at the
Denver Country Club TO form the new
association a q.