Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-02-17
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

ASSesepH NuAAp-HA Lde sun kl-s IN
s,aiistion Of its plant al DenNer-
A large Organization has been
formed al sion,Tose TO build up Mont
rose county and advertise its re-
sources
The Grand AeFis of the FTsIsrnai
Order OF f,agiss will bs held in D-n-
Yer next August and is expected To at
tract nearly 55.oeS visitors,
The Motfal road proposes To ssIab-
iish daily milk train ssESic. early
beat spring bst~esn DsnysT and the
big ranches in Middle Park
The Colorado Fuel and iFoa Com
pahy is contemplating installing .l.e-
,rieiiy instead OF sIeam power foE the
operation Of its eoai mines in fE--
mont eounIy.
Captain Winfeid Scott Grove, for
rnsriy with the First Colorado aud N.ll
known In this state. has recently bs-n
appolhtsd senior iasPsetor at i.-ytr.
thilippins islands.
An eastern company il said Ia be in
VesIiEa,ins deposits .. salt said To eS'
ist east and north of Pueblo With
view to building a fehHsEy II results
app-ar To Justify IT,
The comptroller - th. currency has
authorized the Union National Hank of
Greeley To begin basih-ss with sS1.'
900 capital u. ID. Harper is president
and y J. Decker cashier.
Tn. United States Senate has con
Armed the nominations Of y, ~.
Do~n-r a. superintendent. Wilbur
iioisson assay.r and J. ". Nilsson
m-i,-r and rcnn-E of III. DrnSeE mint.
ThiF,c-n members o, the GaIiaud-I
College Alumni Association baaau.ted
at the Albany hotel in Denver on the
10Th inst. Some very .lolnent
speeches are said To 8aNs been handed
out
The D~aysr Chamber OF Commerce
has reduced its initiation fee from y:S
to SO ana removed all limitations n
to membership. An effort uIil b.
made to Increase III. membership TO
s.ooo.
Postmaster o. W. Richardson of
i.onsmoht died on the 9Th Inst. at III.
asc Of Z. years. lie had been post
master for six years. During the civil
war he served In the Twelfth Illinois
cavalry.
The now Fremont county hospital at
tho poor farm near Canon City has
been completed u, cos, Of $4,000. u
will accommodate sixty patients and
there arc ria padded cells for insane
patients
Al the reccn, flrSt annual meeting
Of the Phillips County Farmers ins'i'
tutc at Hoiyokc dry weather farming
was discussed and Il was planned TO
make experiments Of farming by wind
mill irrigation.
Captain John Brodic Brooks. n vet
cran Of the Civil War. died at Aspen
February 9Th n, the age OF seventy
seven years. Captain Brooks came
to Colorado In 1850 and was builder OF
the nrst smcitcr Mt Ashcroft.
Tho Amo oil. Gas and Development
Company. comprised Of FL Paso
county capitalists. has struck oil Mt n
depth OF l10 feet. seventeen miles east
Of Colorado Springs. The extent Of the
now has not been determined.
Al Denver, on the 9TH inst. William
II. Tallman. "a civil engineer. while
standing In bath tub full Of water.
reached up TO turn on the electric light
and received shock Of electricity that
caused almost instant death.
Fifty carloads. or 1880 head. Of
lambs, the greatest shipment OF the
! season, left Greeley February 9Th for
market. The lambs were from Greeley
and Lucerne. Eaton and Fort Collins.
and were destined for the Chicago
market.
Miss Katherine Craig. state snperin.
tendent OF schools. and her assistants.
have Just completed the compilation OF
q book for the use of the public
schools OF the state In arranging
Lincoln and Washington birthday cele'
brations.
The Littleton postofiice was burglar
lied on the night Of February 9Th and
an unsuccessful ,ttempt made to blow
open the safe. but the robbers were
| frightened away after boring hole in
| the side Of the safe and filling 1t up
with black powder.
Trinidad is to have its two principal
| streets payed Main street Will be
paved from Walnut street west to AMI
mas street and Commercial street from
First street to the river. Two layers
of vitrified brick. with cement foup.
dntion, will be used.
The State Land Board at its meeting
February Sth sold 160 acres OF land In
Prowers county to Sylvester Needham
at an average price of IS per acre. The
| Warren Live Stock Company leased
| 10000 acres Of state land in Weld
county at cents per acre for ten
years.
Fort Collins will expend over 100000
this year in the construction OF new
sewers. Three new sewer districts
have been created and contracts for
the completion of sewers in two of
them have been let by the city council.
The contract for the third will be let
March list.
C. Z. Collard, while shoveling snow
in front of the transformer house of
the Tom Boy mine at Telluride on the
4th inst, struck his shovel against n
1.-Two ,,ira mud was Instantly killed by