Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-05-26
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

uINho hsAi nuHiiisi.
Al Ouray, W. T.. King has been fined
500 and costs for killing mountain
sheep. He pleaded guilty.
The Colorado Horse and Cattle
Growers Association is laying plans
for the wholesale destruction OF prai'
rie dogs on the ranges.
One hundred squirrels have been set
loose in the City Park at Denver. a
prairie dog village Is another attrac-
ton for the children.
The association OF railway tele-
graph superintcndents at its session
In Chattanooga. selected Denver rs the
next place OF meeting.
a telephone exchange will be In
stalled at the state capitol building nj
Denver to accommodate the thirty
three Offices using telephones.
Mr.. North.ihe director of the census.
estimates the present population OF
Colorado at coz 1926. a gain OF l2.Ci5
over the estimate for last year.
Colorado Springs has an ordinance
forbidding the beating OF carpets inside
the city limits. The inhabitants get
dust enough from other sources.
Senator Patterson has announced
that he will name Caesar r. Roberts.
son OF Caesar a. Roberts, n prominent
Denver attorney. for a cadctship at
West Point.
The Denver posts OF the Grand
Army OF the Republic have made ar
rangements for an immense June fair
and festival. beginning June 2lst and
lasting nine days.
James Mcbride Of Barcin. In Las An
imaH county. was bitten by rattle
snake on the 18th inst. and. Instcadd
OF rcsorting To orthodox whiskoy.
drank twenty pounds Of milk and re-
covered.
Postmaster l.. c. Dana has received
authority from Washington to ndycr.
tisc for bids for the construction of the
United States postoiiicc In Colorado
Springs. to be erected at u cost OF
si35.OOO.
Rev. William Potts George. who was
succeeded by DIR. ]. $. Montgomery Mt
Trinity NJ. T.. church. Denver. Will nc
ccpt the call OF Bishop Hamilton TO MI
the pulpit OF Washington Street NJ. L.
church ut PoughkccpKic. New York.
George Huber Weiss of Elizabeth.
Colorado. while bathing nj Santa Mon
lea. California. on the 10th. was car.
ricd out to sea by the undcrtow and
drowned. Weiss was twcnty'iuuE years
OF age and leaves a mother at Eliza
beth.
The Carpenters District Union Of
Denver has issued n statement that the
mechanics have not combined with the
builders to raise prices. They also
state that the cost Of building is no
greater now than ut any time for the
past iiyc years.
by the falling OF bin under which
they were working In the Portland &C.
mcnt works Mt Florence on the 18th
inst. Grove Miller. Reuben Bayliss and
George Leonard were crushed to
death. They were all young men and
single.
The firEt excursion OF the present
year over the Mofiat road will be given
on June Sth. when the Denver. North.
western a Pacific company will carry
Tnc employees OF tfc Denver Tramway
Company to Tolland on their annual
picnic.
The Santa Fc company will drive
n new tunnel under Ration hill. south OF
Trinidad. ut n cost OF 100000. Tho
contract has been let TO the firm OF
CorriRnn & Mcdonald Of Pueblo, which
will, place a force OF several hundred
men Mt work In few days.
Evidence on the part OF Colorado be.
fore the Kansas Colorado water suit
commission was closed May 18th. AZ.
ter an interval Of two weeks the com.
mission will again convene in Kansas,
where for about three weeks final cyi.
dencc for that state will be taken.
The following postmostcrs have been
appointed in Colorado: Charles NJ.
Ayres, Nccdleton. La Plata county.
vice A. a. Steward. resigned: John s.
KemnitZ. Rosita, Custer county, vice
". l.. Kirk. resigned; George NJ. White,
Vega, Mesa county, vice II. y. Camp
bell. resigned.
Dean II. Martyr Hart of St. Johns
Episcopal cathedral in Denver is on
the way to Europe. where he Will
visit the bell foundrieE at Nauheim.
Germany, where the magnificent
chimes for the new cathedral are being
made. The chimes. which will cost
$4,000 exclusive OF the duty of $4,000.
will be among the finest in the coun-
try.
At Cripple Creek on the 18th inst.
James Warford and Thomas c. Brown.
under Indictment for the shooting of
Chris Miller and Isaac Liebe at Gold
field on election day last fall. were dis.
charged and the cases against them
dismissed by Deputy District Attorney
c. \. Gillett. A trial of the case some
time ago resulted in n disagreement of
the jury.
Actuated by jealousy, Frank f.
Cowles shot and killed Miss Stella
Boicc at Pueblo May 18th. and then
shot himself through the head. dying
within n few hours. Cowles is said
TO have been member of the Order Of
Railway Conductors, and the girl he
shot is reported TO have formerly
been employed in n dance hall at Grip.
pie Creek.
The report of the earnings of the
Denver & Rio Grande for the first
week in May shows n substantial in.
prangn pypr thp cOrrpgpOndinr week