Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-21
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

yer and other Colorado capitalists.
Two dozen japanese. lately arrived.
have been put to work al Eiler smelter
at Pueblo. These are the first Asiatics
given employment by the smelling
company.
Kansas City papers announce that
y. q. Bonfils Of the Denver Post In
preparing to build twenty-s,ory once
building In that city. to be fireproof
and cost from 100000 To 100000.
Df. L. y. Ingersoii. a pioneer physi'
elan of Grand Junction. and one OF the
most prominent doctors In western
Colorado. died suddenly IN his once
on the sth inst. Of heart disease.
The coiored orphanage at the Old
Folks Home In Pueblo was formally
dedicated with elaborate ceremonies
on Sunday. the sth Inst. A number
of prominent coiored people from Den
yer and other cities Of the state were
present.
Harry Lee OF Colorado Springs. who
has made considerable reputation by
photosraphing Wild animals In their
native haunts. has gone To the Pacinc
coast and proposes before he returns to
attempt the ascent Of Mount Mekin'
Icy In Alaska.
The Denver Chamber Of Commerce
has appointed a committee consistin.
OF Japes T. caiibreath. Jr.. George
Tritch. Charles =. onderdonk and IL.
A. Lindsic, to confer with other com.
mittses IN regard To celebration OF
Dcnver's semicentsnniai In 1908.
Boulder is ready to maintain its
own high school free from connection
with the State Preparatory School and
~. A k.s. b. Ia.
coming Legislature do away with the
State Preparatory Schoo, altogether
as tho university no longer needs II.
Ten years imprisonment and nne O!
81 800 vas the sentence imposed In thu
federal court at Denver by Judge Rob
er Z. Lewis on DIR. James Dcnslow Es
kicsion. son Of President E.sies'on Of
the Pacific Exprcns Company. who was
convicted Of countrrfcitinE and max
ins photographic negatives OF . SIC
bill.
T. 8. McMurray Of Denver. vice pres
ident AMI general manager Of the
Fort Collins Electric Street Railway
Company. and q. J. Hartman. supcrin
t-ndcnf ri the electrical department OF
the Colorado & Southern. have been NJ
Fort Collins outlining plans for start,
inH work on the Fort Collins street
railway.
A number OF eastern physicians.
with d. A. Garfield and Greeley busi.
ness men. are planning to build q $780,.
900 snni;arium on the hill south OF
Greeley. II the project succeeds DIR.
George Poxuc Of Greeley. who has had
long and successful experience In the
treatment Of tuberculosis. will have
charge OF the Institution.
Frank Miller. fftccn.ycar.oid or.
phan boy. living with II. +. Keller. on
q rnnch three miles northwest Of
Brighton. was found dead on the 9Th
inst. He Is believed to have swallowed
ssrychninc because he feared hc
would be arrested for stealing. as II
was alleged that he broke into
satchci belonging TO a workman and
took clothes.
L Fifty japanese arrived at the Pueblo
steel works few days ago In charge
Of one of the Japanese employment
agents who have been bringing Asiat
les recently from Pacific coast points
Most OF these men are common labor
crs, but n few are skilled In certain
ways and command fairly good wages
This makes n total OF nearly 600 JaIn
In the Bessemcr colony.
David Babb. who is charged with the
murder Of his wifc's cousin. Bennct,
Burleson. ut Earl, thirty miles east Of
Trinidad. was arrnigned before Justicr
OF the Peace Concy ut Trinidad. where
he entered plea OF not guilty and
waived n preliminary hearing. He wn1
removed back to the county jail AMI
his bond was fixed at $1,000. which hc
was not able to furnish.
Word has been received OF the es
cape from the Jackson. Missouri. jail
in Kansas City. or Henry Hurley. ALA,
Ed. Foley. the notorious "lcne high
wayman" who terrorized scores Of drui
, stores in Denver three years ago. anl
who was sentenced last spring by tn,
Kansas City authorities to serve sit
years for highway robbery. A reward
OF 800 is offered for his arrest.
A few days ago what is known al
the W. +. Pabor house, on Seventh
street near Ninth avenue. one of thu
Oldest landmarks in Greeley. wal
moved from where it had stood for
thirty-six years by the use Of trac'
tion engine. The house., which is a
two.story frame. was the handsomest
residence in Greeley when built by W..
E. Pabor. secretary of Union Colony,
now of Florida. in 1871. 1t has lately
been used as a blacksmith shop.
The Colorado. Yale Association will
hold its twenty.sixth annual meeting
at the University Club in Denver. De.
cember goth. The officers of the club
are anxious to o3tain the names and
addresses OF all Yale men who have
come to Colorado recently and are not
members Of the club. as 1t was desired
to have all those who have attended
Yale present at the banquet. Theron
r. Field of the Colorado National Bank
Is president of the club and Frederick
H. Morley Is secretary.
The Santa Fe Railway Company has
let contract for the extension and i'm.
provemeIt Of the depot and eating
house at La Junta. The depot will be
extended 100 feet. the lower portion