Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-10-27
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


A sea gull. measuring more than
four feet from tip to tip OF its wings.
was recently shot near FLORENCE. {
The new sugar factory at Holly has
begun operations and It is expected TO
handle over 10000 tons OF beets this
season.
A remarkably large number OF peo-
pie attended the harvest festival at
Ault. Governor Mcdonald was among
the visitors.
A postofiice will be established at the
west portal of the Gunnison tunnel. TO
be called Lujane. with II. Il. Mccolium
as postmaster. =.
The Denver Republican says that
Joel +. Vaile will be d candidate be-
fore the next Legislature for election
to the United States Senate.
Simon Gugsenheim has given $1,000
to the West Side Neighborhood house
In Denver. 1t will be msde the nucleus
for n fund to erect new building.
What troubles the Greeley starch
factories is that there are no small
potatoes this year: or at least the
farmers can't spare the time to handle
them.
Fred l.. Paddleford has resigned as
n member OF the board Of control OF the
State Industrial School for Girls. In
doin. so he did not make his reasons
public.
A Settlers Forest Reserve conven.
ton. under the auspices OF the Roaring
Fork and Eagle River Stockgrowcrs'
Association has been called to meet at
Gienwood Springs. December LIST.
John Doyle. employed In the rail
mill Mt the Bcsscmcr steel works. was
drawn into the machinery and In.
stantly killed. He was twenty-five
years Of age. unmarried. and had Tor
meriy lived In Denver.
The first annual cowboy tournament
was held In Snlidn October :lxt. Cat.
ticmcn were present from chsncc. Sa.
Euachc. Park and Fremont counties.
In the parade Saturday there. were
fully 100 visiting cattlcmcn.
Thomas c. Clayton believes he has
good prospect for placer mining on
some land the state owns near Castle
Rock. The State Land Board hns
leased him 100 acres on the terms OF n
ten per cent. royalty on the sTons out
put. =
The first report of' the new Weather
Bureau station AT Lake Morainc. ON
level. was issued October 18th. The
instruments were imported from
France through the generosity OF Gen.
". J. Palmer.
Fifty dollars reward is offered by
State Game aud Fish Commissioner J.
". Woodward for Information leading
To the conviction Of the person or per
sons who Killed two hnc elk ON Sleepy
Cat mountain In Rio planco county re-
Gently.
Ex.Mayor II. c. Watson Of Greeley.
accompanied by his wife. has started
for trip around the world. 4 crowd
Of friends met at his house the even
ins before his departure and presented
him with n valuable pair o: Held
glasses
Judge Moses Haiic,t. OF the Federal
Court. has refused To modify an In
junction recently issued restraining
the Ute Coal & Coke Company. of
Durango. from trc~passinE on govern
mcni land from which the company has
been mining coal.
The Law firm Of Goudy & TvitchciI
at Denver. in behalf of the relatives
of Ab- Schiller. the missing Aiamosa
banker. ndvcrtiscz a reward Of $500 for
information which will lead tn discov.
cry Of his whereabouts II alive. or the
recovery Of his body II dead.
Through the generosity Of Simon
Gusscnhcim the State University has
acquired an important cot OF plants
from Routt coun,y-a region hitherto
little known to botanists. lie re-
Gently placed q sum Of money at the
disposal Of the regents for the pur.
chase Of museum specimens and the
collection OF plants.
A badger belonging 10 Prof. John
Crpuc. curator Of the State Normal
School Mt Greeley. Was recently shot
by a ncishtor because the badger stole
chickens from him. This badger was
a familiar object at the teachers ins'i'
tutcs throughout the state this sum-
mer. where Prof. Cronc taught nature
study. illustrating many Of his talks
by displaying the badger.
The savorite rife Of Daniel Boone.
carried by him during his hunting and
trapping excursions In Kentucky. II In
possession Of Mus. c. r. Perkins Of
Florence. She secured II through her
father. Daniel Pruitt. who vas a part.
ner OF the famous hunter. On the rtnc
stock II engraved the name Of Boone.
The gun II an old mursle loader. cap
and ball weapon. and II highly pol.
ished.
rhis In the way Fremont county
cackles in the Denver Republican:
III. A. Tennis Of Florence has the most
productive hens ever raised in Ere
mont county. He has one hen that has
brought on three settings of young
ones this year. four that laid every day
during the summer. a spring chicken
that is not five months old that Ia the
mother Of thirteen young chickens. and
three that are not four months old
that have begun to lay
Typhoid fever was responsible for
forty-onc deaths In Colorado in Sep.
tember. according to the health bullc-
tin for that month. issued from the
n87rc ,f tho State Itpard pf Health The