Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-28
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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small ehildren.
During the week ending July 18th.
! 100 tourists visited the Cripple
Greek district. Most OF them were Ep-
worth League tourists
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
is planning a big excursion over the
Monat road when the line Is completed
to Hot sulphur Springs.
Greedy il TO have a new city hall at
/ a cost OF $50, 900 and a new armory
building costing $1,000. to be rented
by the builder to the state.
Company Il OF the First Infantry. y.
q. G.. was mustered out at Pueblo
July goth. \ new company To take its
place will be- organized next fall.
DIR. Charles q. Lamb. state yetsrin'
arian. reports that IL Mas not anthrax
but bad feed and water that killed nf-
teen head Of cattle al AmIty recently.
Miss Rosa II. Layton OF Denver has
been appointed stenosraphsr and type
writer. and assigned to duty in the
Denver once OF the reclamation ser
vice.
Colorado Springs and eastern eapi'
talIsts are Interested In III. develop
ment OF 500 acres OF promising coal
land In Ia Plata and Arehuleta eoun'
ties.
At BroOkside. Fremont county. on
the afternoon Of July 18th. Felix Mos
chettI shot and killed Camilla Yer
l-nsia. whom he accused OF having In
suited his wife.
The old Palisades hotel at Gunnlson
was burned on III. morning of the 18th
inst. IL was built about twenty-five
years ago at a reported coat OF $4,000
and was Insured for considerable
sum.
Leroy TrIpi.tt. convicted at Denver
OF the murder OF Lafayette. Marsh
banks on the night OF June 10Th. was
sentenced by Judge Booth Malone to
term OF from twenty To twenty-five
years In tn. rcn!,cntiary.
=. A. frish. senior conductor In tn.
Salida division. Order OF Railway Goa
ductorE, committed Ruicid. Mt Salida.
July alst. by cutting his throat with
razor. His wifi. died last October and
he leaves one child. u fouF.ycaE'old
daughter.
The new city directory now being
printed for Florence contains the
names Of :.:Ss people. There are 200
school children In addition to 1900
young people who's" names do not np'
pear In the directory. Hiyin. the city
population of 1900.
Tn. state memorial statue to be
erected In honor OF the Coloradans
who served In the Civil War. for which
$4,000 was appropriated by the last
Legislature. will be placed In front OF
tho capitol building in Denver. where
the ilagpoic now stands.
Mrs. Hen Davis and her two.ycar-old
baby boy and hiStccn.ycarol daughter
Alga. were hurled over n seventy five
foot clIff to the bottom OF the gulch In
runaway. near Carbondalc July 2lSt.
all OF them being seriously. but II 10
hoped not dangerously. injured.
Melvin Acorn. the eager employed In
the 10 Dandy mine on Raven hill ut
Cripple Creek. was killed ON the 10th
inst, by falling on the cage and going
down the shaft 100 feet He had gone
down to the fourth level to bring tho
miners up to surface .or dinner.
The cornerstone OF the new Simon
Guggcnheim hall. to be used as tho
administration building for the State
School OF Mines at Golden. will be
laid September 30th. Mr.. Guggenhclm's
first donation for this building was
$50, 900, which was recently raised to
$4,000.
Pueblo people have purchased tho
Western League baseball franchise so
long held by Colorado Springs. and the
fans" at the Springs will now have to
content themselves with amateur
games. The Pueblo club begins 'wny
down next to the bottom. where 1t left
on at Colorado Springs.
Col. c. W. Barker. for many years
proprietor of the Barker house Mt Man
tou, and widely known throughout the
state, died OF heart disease at Manitou
.uly 18th, ut the age OF siNty-siX years.
Colonel Barker was veteran OF the
Civil War having served rs comman-
der of the First Indiana cavalry.
John W. HOLES OF Bradncr. Ohio,
Ohio, has written to the governor that
he is coming to the G. A. X. encamp-
mcnt and is bringing an excellent por-
trait Of Gen. James w. Denver, after
whom the city was named. He was n
soldier under General Denver, whom
he pronounces to have been a capable
and efficient officer.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
Mrs. Is. +. Stickley OF Leadville and
Mrs. J. ID. Whitmore of Denver to be
members of the board in control
of the Travelling Library Association.
The other members of the board are
Mrs z. X. Snyder of Greeley, Mrs. a.
NJ. Welles of Denver and Mrs. Nj. Il.
Churchill of Greeley.
Word has been received at the. office
of the state game and fish commits
sioner in Denver, that two prosecutions
for violation of the game laws have
been successful before a magistrate at
Paonia. Robert l.. Young was fined
$50 and costs for killing u deer out or
season, and A. McAdams has been
fined S25 for killing a beaver.
For the first time in nine years the
ordinances of the city of Pueblo are
being compiled. Associate City Attor-
ney John A. Martin has charge of the
mnrlr of cninnilinp the ordinances.