Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-09-01
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The Fremont County Fair will be
held at Canon City September goth to
22d.
The date for Pumpkin Pie Day at
l-ongmont has been fixed for Septem-
ber 29th.
Tho Denver Board OF County Com
exhibition Mt the state fair In Pueblo
September 18th to 18th.
The Bank OF Berthoud, which has
been In successful operation since
1892. has announced Its intention Of
becoming national bank.
Judge d. c. Beaman. tho present
owner OF Grand Mesa lakes. Is ris.
tributing 100000 young trout In tho
streams OF Delta county.
A new volunteer fire department has
been organized at Silverton with forty
members. The organization includes
hose team and hook and ladder COM
pany.
Lovelsnd's annual corn roast fcsti.
val will be held September 7th. Sth
and 9th. The corn roast and free din.
ner will be served on the first day at
IL o'clock.
The Colorado State Fair will be held
at Pueblo Septembe, llth to 18th. 1t
Is expected to attract a great many
tourists who come on G. A. II. excur-
sion rates.
Colorado Springs will make strong
effort to secure the location Of the Ma.
tIonai letter carriers home. II IL ex.
pected that the matter will be decided
at the convention In Portland next
month.
The Denver & Rio Grandc Railway
Company has hled answer In tho first
suit brought against II for damages
growing out OF the Eden wreck and nj.
le.es that tho accident was brought
about by nm act OF God.
The Colorado Methodist conference
will hold Its forty.third annual confer.
cnec In Fort Collins. beginning the
evening Of Tuesday. August 29;h. and
Mccabe will preside.
The Fruit Growers Association at
Grand Junction opened the pear ship.
mcnts Angus; ::d by sending out three
refrigerator carr of fancy Bartlctis.
Six more carloads followed the next
day.
William l.. Wilson. miner working
on the Gloriann claim on Blue hill as
Victor. was killed August :sth by tho
falling OF a rock. He was twenty.
three years Of age and single. His
parents live nt Cripple Creek.
The State Stock Inspection Board Il
mcciin. with many evidences that tho
laws pertaining TO inspection and en-.
tries of cattle are bcinx daily violated.
and Immediate prosecutions Of all Of.
Tenders have been ordered by tho
board.
The beard Of stock Inspection has
authorized tho state veterinarian 10 de.
clare any counties from which mango
or other infectious diseases have been
obii,cfa;ed to be- free. thus removing
the quarantine and ncccssiiy for In.
spceiioa.
J. r. nurns has demanded pcrmis-
sion TO examine tho books Of the Port!
land Gold Mining Company. by virtue
Of his large holdings In that company.
Tho board of directors will act upon
the demand at the next regular meet.
ing on September 9Th.
James Germand. a cowboy. was
Killed at Norwood. forty miles north.
west Of Telluride. August ed. while
drunk AMI resisting arrest. by City
Marshal Watkins and Deputy Sheriff
Truax. lie shot at the officers, who
returned his IRE with fatal effect.
Following IL the list Of the dead in
the Tabaseo flood In Las Animas
county: Mrs. Joseph vcltry and child.
Joseph Smothcrman. Harry O.Ncii,
William Ricboidt, Pasquaic Canto. Jos.
cph Morocco. Rafaci Bucchlo. Antonio
Constantine. Philip Pasicro. Pasquaio
Bartolomco.
Acting Lieut.. Gov. Fred W. Parks
became acting governor when Cover.
nor Mcdonald went to tho Portland
Exposition. Since January I. 1905.
for two terms. one lasting only q day.
Adams 1cid Il for a short term. then
Mcdonald. who temporarily left Il TO
Lieutenant Governor Parks.
At a meeting Of the State Board Of
Stock Inspection in Denver. II was re-
ported by the inspector at Trinidad
that, stock owners are running cattle
and sheep over the line from New
Mexico without health certificate.
The inspectors were authorized TO dc.
mand either 4 government or state
health certificate for all cattle brought
in from that section.
Charles Francis Adams Of Boston
has offered TO sell the city OF Trinidad
North lake. the finest reservoir site In
southern Colorado. for storage Use by
the city watcrworks. The lake II To-
Gated forty miles west On the North
fork Of the PurTatory river. Il has
capacity Of 2.000.Ooo.0 900 gallons. es.
timated to be enough for ten years
supply for the city. He wants $4,000.
The publisher Of the new city di.
fectory of Boulder. just out. states that
the 1905 directory contains the names
Of over $500 people. Counting two
people TO each name. the names Of
children under eighteen not being
printed, the population Of the city Is
over 11.oo0. The directory of 1901 had