Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-02-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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Two companies OF cadets have been
organized at the University of Denver.
Golden will make bid for the ioca.
tiOn OF the Colorado a. Southern's new
car shops.
Mai, Aaron Cove of Denver has been
before the Senate committee on the
Philippines In opposition To the pro-
posed reduction in the sugar iarin.
Wallace Elliott OF Ia Junta WAS
killed at Guanajuaio. Mexico. by con
tact with live electric wire. His re-
mains were brought home for inter
ment.
7. A. Gunneli. father Of Judge a. T.
Gunnell OF Colorado Springs. died at
his home In Colorado Springs ON the
18th instant at the age OF eighiy'fve
years.
Jack Hitler and J. C. Kerns were
sentenced by Judge Lewis at Colorado
Springs To seven To eight years each
in the penitentiary. They We're con.
yicted Of working coniidcnc. games.
A company OF Durango men being
organized To build $4,000 hotel In
headed by Giles 7. Nandersrin. Tom
Lofts and Charles r. Herr. Thirty
thousand dollars has been pledged.
George +. Doanc. the man who 10
Gated Aspen. ana who later located tho
Roane- Rambler mine near Battle Lake.
Wyoming. which he sold for $1,000
900. died ut Denver on the iirh In.
stant of heart failure.
a collision between Santa fc train
and Pueblo firc apparatus resulted In
the smashing of Pucblo's newest and
best steam iirc engine. which cost &S.-
600. In running To firo the driver
rot In front Of "A freight trn.a.
Charles e. wclch. an cmployc OF the
Globe smcltcr In Denver. committed
suicide ON tho 18th instant by swal.
lowing sirychninc and iaudanum. III
health. by reason of Inhniing sas
fumes. In supposed TO be the cause.
The city and the Rio Grande rail-.
road Will Jointly build u new bridge
across the Arkansas ai Saiida. which
will cost $4,000. II will be Il modern
structure OF concrete. sixty feet Wide
and ia0 feet long. with a center pier.
George Marshmann. who held up
ranchmin ut Henderson In broad day
light three weeks ago. pleaded guilty
10 highway robbery and was sentenced
In the District Court Mt Brighton to
from eight To ten years In the pcnitcn.
tiniy.
J. u. Vigil. Democratic candidate for
county clerk OF Las Aninias county.
and who.c Office was contested for by
Eugene Gnrcin. Republican candidate.
the latter having been given the oiiicc
by the Supreme Court. has filed u mo
ton for n rchcaring.
Governor Mcdonald has received n
handsome diploma from the manage.
mcnt Of tha Lewis and Clark Exposi.
ton for distinguished services" The
governor helped In making the Colo
rado exhibit success md made
speech on Colorado Day.
To tcs; the constitutionnlity OF the
law and decide the question whether IA
horse with "a dockcd tail can be I'm
ported to Colorado the cases against
Charles r.. Stubbs and Nehemiah Fit.
xcii In tho District Cour; mt Denver
will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
Business men from all over the state
attended the dollar dinner given by
the Colorado State Commercial Asso-
ciatIon Mt tho A:tlcrs hotel at Colo.
raod Springs. The feature of the af'
fair was the launching Of u movement
to secure n million population for Col.
orado.
Morrison Is jefferson county's lat.
est Incorporated town. The following
officials will serve for the first year.
having been elected on n Citizens
ticket: Mayor. T. c. Morrison: trus.
tees, DIR. +. l.. Luce. Jacob Schneider,
Charles Dixie. John W. Mclean. Ed
ward LeGrow and p. Olsen.
Herman Panzcr, n grading crew
foreman in the employ OF the Moffat
road, was murdered either late Friday
night or early Saturday morning In n
lonely spot one mile west of Leydcn
near Denver and within 500 yards OF
the Denver. Northwestern & Pacific
railroad. The body was found Satur'
day morning. and was identified by +.
J. Carroll. u Moffat road contractor.
The yacht Anemone. which c. J..
Tut of Colorado Springs has entered
for the New York Yacht Clubs race
from San Francisco to Honolulu. has
Denver registry. Mr.. Tut wanted to
give the boat a Colorado Springs reg
istry, but that city not being port OF
entry. he was compelled to register the
yacht at Denver. or go outside OF Col.
orado. which he would not do.
Because some one had real or fan
cied grievance against Candido Barela.
Republican member of the last Legis
lature, an attempt was made to blow
his saloon and another building ad
joining OF the face of the earth with
dynamite, ut Weston, sixteen miles
west of Trinidad, on the night of the
18th instant. The principal damage
done was shattering the windows.
Patents have been issued to the fol
lowing Colorado people: John A. Fer.
gtison, Denver. press for concrete
building blocks: James f. Ferry. Lead
vile. cooking utensils; Eli Forester,
Denver. railway rail joint; Frank w.
Jacques. Victor. ore sorting belt: ID. c.
Moshers Manitou, barrel filter: James
T.. Pitman. Gold Hill. trap: Paul II. |
Widman, Denver, acetylene gas appar.
atus.