Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-11
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

ing at Loveiand Sunday. April 2sth.
The Helen Hunt school In Colorado
Springs won a prize of $25 for the best
showing OF any school in the city on
Afbor Day.
The Twin Lakes people think they
see good prospects OF the building OF
an electric line from Leadyille 10 the
lakes
J. J. Harbeck. now at Nice. France.
recently cabled Il subscription OF $1,000
10 the fund being raised for a first'class
hotel at Boulder.
Delta Is making n determined effort
TO secure the new Presbyterian Col
lege that is TO be located somewhere
on the western slope.
All the principal stations on the
transcontinental railroad lines in Col
orado have done good work In feeding
San Francisco refugees.
The Colorado Chautauqua assembly
at Boulder will open July ith and con
rinue for Ave weeks. a handsome cat
alosue is sent free on application.
II. Il. Hurst OF the naval hospital
| corps announces that May LIST pet:na'
nent recruiting station will bc estab'
| llshed by the Navy Department NJ Pu'
eblo.
The works OF the American Prciuc'
tIon Company at Buenn Vista are busy
turning out rubber from tho rubber
plant on successful commercial
scale.
Tho San Francisco relief committee
at Cripple Greek sent $i.is0 in Ave
dollar gold pieces TO the stricken city
in cnc ins,allmcnt by cSprcss-and
then went on raising more money.
Mrs. Laura A. Lane OF Florence. who
was thought to have perishcd In tho
writes that she had n narrow escape
from death and lost all her household
| effects.
The Union Pacific gasoline motor
| car between D-nV-E and Greeley has
been taken OF. Il IN stated that !: was
only placed on the line for trial pur-
poses AMI that the experiment ~as un'
successful.
". II. Housh. one OF the pioneer
members OF the Boulder lodge Of Ma
sons. n pioneer school teacher OF Boil'
der county. and one OF the oldest men,
bcrs OF the Delta Phi Delta. died a,
Boulder. April .sih. AGED seventy
| YEARS. tr H89 nFsu ~ E'NtH'HA VI Wv
county for over twenty years.
Plans for the entertainment OF the
Missouri Pacific Immigration Bureau
in pcnTcF In Iun. provide for state
dinner 10 be given by the Colorado
State Commercial Association on June
i.th. n trip over the Morat road on the
following day and an automobile trip
through tn. city OF DcnScT itself on
the morning Of June i.th.
Perry Becnsy. George ". ball. shcF.
~ OF Washington county. and EsTa
Stone appeared before Judge RobcT; y,
Lewis OF the federal court AZ Denver.
May I'd. TO answer to an indictment To-
| turned by the federal grand jury
charging the tso flTst with gross land
frauds. and the last with cutting tim
bcT from government reserves.
on May Cd Lisc Soakum. young
| man OF t~cnty.orc years. working with
a sanE of lumber choppers at Carlisle.
near Portland. In Fremont county.
where they arc getting out ties for the
ns~ electric railroad. had his foot scv.
cred from the ankle at the sa~miil
used In the camp. lie was taken to
| Graves hospital In Canon City.
Il 10 reported at Boulder that tho
Colorado & Southern company vill
eiectrisy It's road between Denver ans
Boulder and perhaps further north. and
| -ili secure power from the wes,inE.
house company. which is backing the
| Henry deal in the purchase of the Boui.
der Electric Light & Power Company's
plant. and which IL TO put up o $1,000.
oc0 electric plant at or near Lafayette.
The following new patents have
been issued 20 Colorado Inventors: Al.
fred =. johnson. Denver. assisnor 10
johnson Furnace & Engineering Com.
pany. Colorado Springs. furnace: Pc.
ter A. Mortcnsep. Sanford. whistle:
Edwin A. Sperry. assiEnor. onethird 10
". O. Wilson. Denver. ore operator:
Jean 2. Webb and c. y. FredcTicksou.
Denver. electric signaling system.
The members Of the Colorado di,is.
ion of the Travelling Mems Protective
Association met In this city Saturday
and elected officers for the year as iol.
lows: T. L. Williams. Denver. state
| president: X. X. Mayer. vice prcsl.
| dent: Charles W. Morris. secretary
and treasurer: Charles Kenkle of Pu.
eblo. W. II. Tucker of Colorado
| Springs. Charles Hatfield. r. A. Lsahy.
Ralph W. Rhodes OF Denver. trustees.
Durango Is TO nave anotheT tcie.
phone liue to Denver. an improvement
which is much needed. as the present
line Is oveTcTovded with business
much Of the time. The link necessary
to complete the short line lies between
bayfield,. twenty miles east of Durango.
and Del Sorte. The line will run
through Paeosa Springs. The survey
/ will begin as soon as Il Is possible to
cross the range and the line will be
constructed this summer.
Professor CajoTi. dean OF the enEin.
eerinE school of Colorado College, has
| recently been elected a member of the
/ Italian Mathematical Society. known