Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-06-30
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

No gambling devices VIII be permit
ted at the State Fair at Pueblo next
fall.
Tie First National Bank OF yelling
ton. Colorado. has been authorized to
begin business with $4,000 capital. the
officers being p. Anderson. president:
+. N. Wright. vice president: John s.
Cusack. cashier.
The application OF Edmund Kelley
OF Pagoda. Colorado. for permission to
construct an irrigation ditch in the
White River forest reserve has been
approved by the Forest Service at
Washington.
II is stated that next month Will sec
m addition OF l50 Japanese laborers
In various departments OF the Mime
qua steel plant. This will increase tho
number Of Japs on the payroll TO more
than 800.
The premium list OF tho Colorado
State Fair. beginning at Pueblo. Sep
tember LIST. has been printed. There
arc a large number OF premiums In
all departments. calculated To bring
out o fine display.
The state conventions OF the Colo.
RADIO Christian Missionary Society and
the Colorado Christian Woman's Board
Christian church In Denver. August
10th to 18th.
Mrs. c. ID. Fitch. who formerly con.
Quoted n private sanitarium In Denver.
has been convicted In the United
States Court OF sending obscene and
Indecent matter through the mails.
Her attorney filcd a motion for new
trial.
The salaries OF the following Coils
RADIO postmastcrs have been changed:
Increased. Grand Junction. $1,000 to
1880: Montrosc. $1,000 to $4,000.
Walscnburg. 81 500 to $1,000. De
creased: Florence and Golden. $1,000
To $500.
The advertising committee of the
Pueblo Business Mems Association Is
preparing to issue 10000 booklets on
the advantage OF Pueblo for circulation
largely among the delegates to the q.
a. Il. cncnmpment which IL to meet
In Denv.'.
John X. Connor. n ranchman living
six miles northwest Of Grand Junction.
was dragged to death June iTth. while
driving home ON hay rack. He fell
through the rack while intoxicated and
was dragged by the lines In which ho
had become cntnnglcd.
The application Of ". l.. Moore. l. ].
Smith. II. =. Forsythc. II. NJ. Handy
and ]. II. Rosdi.er to organize tn. Nor.
gan County National Bank OF Fort
Morgan. Colorado. with $4,000 cnpi.
tai. has been approved by the comp
irollcr Of the currency.
Mrs. Lena Livingston. n colorcd
woman who says she is i0i years old
and claims to have been a slave In the
family OF Jefferson Davis. the leader
OF tis. Confcdcracy. was dangerously
hurt by fail on the court house steps
at Denver few days ago.
Bids were opened June Goth In the
Office Of the supervising architect Mt
Washington for the construction OF the
new public building Mt Colorado
Springs. There were thirteen bidders.
tho lowest being Dieter q Mcnzcl. Jop-
lin. Missouri. ut S9G.lGs.
The warehouse OF the +. c Ayrcs
Mercantile Company ut Sixth and West
Walnut streets In Denver. was burned
on the afternoon Of June 18Th. the loss
Of hay, grain and feed being estimated
Mt nearly $4,000. The building was
valued at $4,000. Both were insured.
Eight miles OF the new beet railway
owned by the Greeley. Eaton and
Windsor sugar factories. connecting
Windsor and vicinity with the Eaton
country. were completed June 2ith.
Seven,y.fvc men and teams are still
working on the road. which will be
| fourteen miles long. This road will
open up the country to the north OF
Windsor and west OF Eaton. which
heretofore has had to contend with
long hauls In getting farm produce to
market.
| At Elitch's Gardens in Denver the
Bellows company has been presenting
"a JapaneYe Nightingale" and open.
ing Sunday night, June 25th. the play
| for the week Is THE Mancuvcrs OF
Jane" one OF the clevercst OF Clyde
Fitch's com lies, in which Mary Man.
nering starred last winter. These
standard plays that have added mate
rally to the popularity OF the gardens.
and which promise this season to In
crease the popularity of Denver's IA
nous resort.
Il. II, Wolverton, who had becn
| working for County Treasurer O. T..
Black at Hot Sulphur Springs for more
| than n year. recently got on pro
! tracted spree and at New Chicago.
near Arrowhead, June 23d he terror
lied n number of people with n re-
volver. Deputy Sheriff Charles Gibbs
OF Arrowhead was sent for and when
he attempted to arrest Wolverton the
latter drew his gun and pointed 1t at
Gibbs, who Immediately drew his re
volver and shot Wolvcrton dead.
Announcements have been made of
the fifth annual Bible Conference to
be conducted by the state committee
of the Colorado Young Mems Christian
Associations at Glen Park from August
9Th to 18th, inclusive. This conference
Is n gathering of Christian men from
Colorado and adjacent states for ten
days of Bible study and recreation.
This year there will be delegations
from Nebraska and Kansas. Some OF
the speakers who will be present Will :