Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-01-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

| Ino COtOr8uO N8tlOuhl LILO lu8ub.
sncs Company has been organized At
Denver BY . number Of local capital
lists.
The sixteenth annual convention q
the Colorado State Horticultural 30
ciety will b held In Denver January
llth to 18th.
The number OF sheep now being fed
In Larimer county. including those At
Windsor. IL estimated at 4l4.76z. -
compared with zss.00l last year.
Dr. Bancroft's plan for q cousump-
tives' home At Salida II meeting with
some opposition by physicians and
others. who are afraid It might result
In contagiou.
n. C. Kennedy. . well known min.
Ing man. who 1t different times had
charge OF some OF the principal mines
In Lake and 0ilpin counties. died 1t
Denver December 9th.
Alfred A. Thompson. an old resident
OF Denver and formerly . grocer. cele-
brated Christmas convivially and came
to his death by falling down diSht Of
stairs at tho Apex saloon.
New postomee appointments In Colo
rsdo are: Fort Garland. Costilla
county. Hslcn G. Peters. vice Charles
John. resigned: Perigo. Rio 0sande
county. D. CroniaA. vica J. Moody. rs-
signed.
Tho Rev. A. N. Danielson died ae his
home at Nepesta. Pueblo county. De-
cembss 18Th. st the ago Of q years.
Ar. DAnielaon was . Methodist min.
iater and we'll known all over southern
Colorado.
Three hundred new buildings. prin.
cipally dwellings. have been erected
In Fort Collins during tho year 1904.
the total cost OF buildings and I'm
provementa being estimated At ever
Ssoo.ooo.
Tho people Of Arvada. beavers JEFF
ferson county suburb. have organized
q stock company to build . factory for
tho purpose OF canning tomatoes and
small fruits and will Immediately BE-
gin work.
The Denver Hotel and Restaurant
Keepers Association has been organ.
iIcd and will include all tho principal
hotels and restaurants In tho city.
c. II. Morse is president and 8. =.
Dutton secretary.
X. r. Connors vas sent To tho
county jail In Pueblo for ono year and
ansd 5000 By Judge J. II. voorhees,
December :7th. haviLg . second tine
refused TO answer questions put 70 HIN
by the special grand jury which 10 In
vcsueatins tho election frauds.
Reservoirs Nos. Z and 8 Of the Colo
fado Springs water system. located In
the 6svea IAkes basin. have bsea
completed. and upoa tho compissSoa
oe the ST. Joha tunnel through Bald
mountain ncxt moath viii more thaA
double the prcssnt water supply q
The city.
Tho direct and highly compliment.
ary reference to the Colorado Juvsuil0
Court and Judge Lindsey's work made
By Preaident Roosevelt In his last mes.
sage To Congress has brought . dood
Of Inquiries from all parts Of tho na-
ton, asking for the Colorado juveuils
laws. the history Of the court. IL pro-
ccdurc and results.
County Surveyor II. 9. Fuller of Pu.
cbio county. who has served IN that
capacity foe eleven year,. will retire
from once on January 10th and start
for Hoaduras. Central America Al
once. vhcso hc has accepted tho posi-.
tiou os irrigation engineer Of tho Bos.
ton and Canadian coionisaiion Con.
pAny Of Tosunto and Boston.
Attorney George Morris has aied
suit In Denver against tho Colorado
Midland railroad for $4,000. which ho
considers tho value OF his vote. MI.
Morris vas In Glcn~ood Springs tho
day before election and wreck on tho
Midland road delayed him twelve
hours. 40 that he arrived In Denver
after tho polls had closed.
-Four handsome rocking chairs. luz.
/ - n.
mas xifs Of Denver Circle No. ]. La
dies Of tho Grand Army Of tho Rcpub.
lie. TO the Soldiers and Sailors
home at Moate Vista. Besides this
eff tho women Of this circle distrib-
utcd twcnty.soar baskets Of food
among the poor families Il veterans
In Denscr.
Al tho end Of protsacicd spree Pat.
rick Brennan shot and morsaiiy
wounded Mrs. t-ovncy at Stockton.
about three miles from Lcadsiiic. on
the uisht Of Christmas. Then he shot
himself. iufiictinE . dangerous vouud.
brennan, who IL twcnty.cisht years OF
age. had been engaged TO Mrs. Low.
nsy. . widow Of thirty.thrcs with three
children.
A Boulder gentleman Of prominence
10 quoted - saying that he has u on
the authority Of man connected with
the Moaat road that u will build .
spur from Roiiinsviiie 10 Sederiand.
| The distance between the two places
By wagon road IL about four miles. by
| rail- Il mieht be necessary TO build
twice that distance because Of the
hiiiy nature OF the country.
Following ia the bid OF a Denver
firm Of undcrtakcrs for the burial OF
the paupcr dead OF the city: will fur.
nish TO-. each burial coffin Of dry pine.
oue-iAch dry lumber. pianed on both
sides, with black cloth covering: cof.
IN TO be upholstered and lined with
cloth: a robe. with a grave In public
cemetery and services for the same.
| for the prjce OF one I'VE ehundredth Of