Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-03-30
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Vista: +. NJ. Reardon. Victor.
George a. Hall. charged with con.
spiracy In the McEachern insurance
fraud case at Victor. has been acquit.
ted In the District Court at Cripple
Creek.
The $1,000 monument TO the late w.
s. Stratton. designed by Miss Nellie
| Walker OF Chicago. Is completed and
will probably be placed at the grave In
Evergreen cemetery. Colorado Springs.
on Memorial Day.
Prof. Albert c. Knudson, Ph.D., for
mer professor OF church history at
Denver University. from 1898 TO 1900.
has been elected 10 the chair OF He
brew and the Old Testament by the
trustees OF Boston University.
Assignee A. II. Brickenstein OF tho
Bank OF Alamosa was removed by or
der OF Judge Moses Hallctt OF the
United States Circuit Court at Denver
upon the petition OF Goudy a. Twitch-
ell. representing creditors OF the de-
tunct bank.
| Work IL progressing rapidly on the
electric trolley line from Canon City
to the top OF the Royal Gorge. over
one mile OF the grade has been com,
pleted. Ties are being delivered and
upon the arrival Of the rails. April 18th.
the track will be laid.
| Fourteen hundred notices OF cSplra'
tion of license were cent out TO liquor
dealers from the one. OF the state
treasurer March 2lst. About :.IOo II.
ccnscs arc in force and u license Zee
OF S25 Is required from each. About
half OF them expire on the LIST day OF
April.
| The county commissioners OF FIRE.
mont have decided TO use the conyicts
from the State Pcnitantiary In build
tnl wagon road. In n short time
large force will be employed between
Florence. Coal Cree. and Rockyaic.
The great amount Of heavy coal haul
Ing keeps these roads In bad shape and
an excellent maeadamiEcd thorough.
fare will be constructed.
Lyman Munger. father Of Mrs. John
II, Hanna OF Denver. died aJ Denver.
March 2?d. at the age of ninsty.four
years and six months. In III. stirring
days before the CIyii War Mr.. Munger
was mn actIy. hboiiilonist and through
out HIS entire life he vas n strong be.
| lever In prohibition. II" leaves seven
| children, three sous and four daush'
icrN. whose average age Is over niS'S
years.
Nine pharmacists passed tho exam
Ination given by tho State Board OF
Pharmacists Tcc-nsiy and are entitled
TO certificates. The successful candi
dates were Irving l.. Emerson. Grand
Junction: =. l. Eagle. I.-adsiil.: lewis
NJ. IiIryk, Colorado Springs: Adolph
uasr, Harry L. Huffman. Henry \.
Koch. Henry I.AasAnhan. Denver:
Lewis y. R-ssiCT. Greeley: Henry v.
| Williamson. Cannon CITY.
=. y. Granger. general manager %.
III. InIcyuTban electric railway Rystrin
being built In Fremont county. prom
!xcN Canon City on" .; ~" nn"ht resort
hotels In the state. Granger and his
associates will puTrhAs" the Hot
Springs hotel aud erect on It's site Que
OF tho most attractive hottcEicE in the
West. The plans call foS a thEueaioTy
brick and stone structure. to contain
500 rooms.
Superintendent; Frank Puincy ot the
railway mall service ~ Denver ia 10
ins oyCfiioodcd with Inquiries In Tr'
gard to the mail carried "n the trains
wrecked near Adobe March 10Th. All
i..c mail ON tTaIa No. 10 was destroyed.
IA most of Il included business letters.
many containing drafts and checks
II L.
other surrounding towns. much trouble
will likely result from tho loss.
George y. Marden. who twenty-five
years ago came to Colorado College .s
professor OF history. and is now treas
urcr of tho institution. was presented
a few days ago with a handsome silver
loving cup and luxurious chair By th"
trustees. faculty and many Of tho older
|
the scyCntIeth birthday Of the TcCi,
picnt. and tho tvsBty.ifth anniversary
Of his arrival at Colorado College.
]. J. McEachcrn and John vsrlcy.
| who attsr,u;oi to deiTaud tho North.
western Life Insurance Company out
| Of 5000. were sentenced in the Dis
trict Court at Cripple Creek 10 from
nine and onc.haf to ten years In the
pcnitcntiaTy. Judge Seeds also pro
nounccd sentence upon George Lewis.
grand larceny. three TO i've years:
Sam Haas. Clayte Watt and Jack
Frame. charged with assault with in
tent TO kill +. l.. Dattolbaum. nine to
ton years.
Spontaneous combustion Of 10000
pounds of corn starch is believed to
have caused fTc In the plant Of the
Western candy factory in Denver ON
the night of March 22d. which almost
| totally wrecked the thTee-stoTy brick
structure and threatened the entire
block, cntailinE a loss Of nearly s20o..
| 600 TO the building and perishablc
stocks Of the Hewitt Candy Company.
tho Colorado Saddlery Company. the
Western laundry. the Western paper
box factory and the Western Candy
Company.
A bill TO provide a state examiner.
whose duty II will be TO check up
county. city and state books. will be
introduced in the next Assembly. and
will undoubtedly have the endorsement
of tho present administration and per