Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-01-13
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

has l,ooo telephones in use IN tie
Cripple Creek district.
Father Thomas II. Malone OF Den
yer was given private audience with
the Pope on Christmas Day.
The oil company organized by Sa'
| llda business men proposes TO SINK
well in the oil belt south Of town.
There Was only one business failure |
In Cripple Greek last year. and that
mercantile concern which Will pay out |
dollar FOR dollar.
The Salida and Cha.Iee County Plo-
neers' Association has been orEaniEcd
TO preserve the memory ot tho early
Gays.
Denver has 22G miles Of regular Sow
erage. besides ffty-one miles Of storm
sewers. The aggregate cost VIA nearly
S;.00O.000.
The town Of Arrowhead. on uhe
Moffat road. In Grand county. has hied
its articles of incorporation with the
Sccretary OF state.
Tho annual meeting OF the Colorado
Editorial Association will bc held IN
Denver January :3rd. which Is II week
earlier than the date first set Tor IL
! Gen. William ]. Palmer has con
structcd public bride path To Crystal
park. ON the southeast slope o. Pihe
peak. above Mnnitou.
Capt. Levy Ethan Allen OF tho Wsi'i
County Abstract Company ut Greeley.
veteran OF the Civil War. died NJ
Long Beach. California. January :rd-
I a fashionable hotel and club room
vii soon be erected In Denver by tho
United Commercial Travellers OF AmcF,
lea. One OF It's features Will be roo:
garden.
I Union revival meetings under the d.
rcc,Ion OF Rev. Wilbur Chapman be-
gan In Denver January 9Th. Daily
mc.,IngR will he held In n large mum
ber OF churches.
] Foul air In the Connnhsum shaft on
Gold hill. In the Cripple Creek hiA'
trict. 'occaEIOncd the death OF William
7 Phillips. a machIn!st IN the mine. on
December @9th.
/ William Nicholas. foreman OF the
Hawlcy.GaFdnor mine near nevada
VILE. In GIlpIn county. WIS caught IN
tho bcl,Ing ut the shaft house ana
killed on the 9Th ins..
The physicians OF Ia lun,a have IN
corporatcd tho In Jun'a SanitnFium
nnsociat!on with capitalization OF
$4,000. II IK proposed 10 begin woEH
.
Superintendent, John Dietrich Of the
Colorado Springs schools has received
from the board OF directors OF inc IN
,crnationnl AntiCigarcttc League
certificate OF appointment NJ state
president for Colorado.
! Mrs. John Drcyer. prominent 80
cIcty and lodge woman OF Siiycrton.
committed suicide JANUARY LIST by
] shooting herself through tho heart
with u revolver. The net IN attFi:atcd
to mental depression aud III hc''iih.
:, The game warden u ni.-trs,, 'rouhlo
: with persons who have bccn ShootiIs
quail near Florence In violation OF the
law. which allows no open scHHon for
quail until 1907. One man was recently
fined $50 and costs for this o!fcnsc.
: 4 party of Denver capitalists nrc
:. planning to erect 500. ZOO bath house
I In Manitou on the site OF tho Norris
house. which recently burned. They
! have asked Mnnitou for "A bonus OF SS.'
: 600. $1,000 OF which has already brcn
!. raised.
X. l.. Sprnguc. chief clerk OF the State
Ash and game commissioner. son: no
ticcs TO game wnrdcns over the state.
.. asking them to notify hunters that nll
! hunting licenses expire the last day
of December. without regard to when
they were Issued.
Statistics of the University of Colo
| rado Mt Boulder show n gain OF nm
even 100 students for the year 130i.O5
1 over the year 10000. This Is In the
, college proper. which includes few
/ over coo. The attendance Mt the State
Preparatory School is over 400.
The journeymcn BARRIERS OF Denver
!. have had n bill drafted for licensing
: OF all BARRIERS working In Colorado and
will ask the Legislature to make II "A
law. The bill is similar to tho one
, presented unsucccsfully to the Legis-
laturc ut Its last term.
. J. II. 1nquinton OF the reclamation
, service has been detailed to act rs su-
pervising engineer for Colorado. Ne
braska and the North Platte river
basin. He will take general charge OF
all government irrigation work In this
district. and will have headquarters ut
Denver.
r. G. Elliott, n pioneer attorney OF
Monument. died on the 9th inst. Mr..
Elliott was law partner OF Joseph II.
Choatc in New York before coming to
Colorado and received his certificate
. Of membership in the New York Bar
Association from President Roosevelts
grandfather.
Work has begun on n 100000 water
and electric light plant at Evans. A
soft water well 100 feet deep In the
center of the town. supposed to be
supplied directly from an underfiow
from the mountains. will supply the
water works. A gasoline pumping
plant will be used.
John Delaney, twenty-five years OF
age, committed suicide at George
town January 9Th. He left home about
2:3O p. M, telling his mother he was
going hunting. IL seems he went into