Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-18
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

A scarcity OF farm hands II reported
from nearly all the agricultural dis.
tricts OF the state. Cattlemen and
sheepmen also join the appeal for
help. which seems to be general.
Keep Your Money In Colorado" was
the motto on the banners and badges OF
the Colorado Manufacturers Associa'
tion on the recent excursion OF It's
members to prominent points In north
ern Colorado.
Marcus Haines. prominent lawyer
and for sixteen years assistant district
attorney at Denver. died at his home In
Denver May 10th. OF pneumonia, at the
age OF forty-seven years. He leaves o
widow and five children.
The publishers OF the city directory
at Denver for 1906 estimate tho popu-
lation of the city at somewhere be-
tween $4,000 and 10000. There Will
be 10000 more names In the directory
than there were last year.
Leo Lermiseaux. French boy. thir-
teen years Of age. shot and killed an
Italian rancher named J. Parolino near
Hastings Tuesday. The boy was hunt
ing and Paroline tried to drive him
away from his farm by shooting at
him.
Fire caused by spontaneous combus'
tion destroyed the plant OF the West
ern Glass Company at Denver on the
18th. The plant Is q total wreck. at n
loss OF $3.50. 900. The loss Is two-thirds
insured. About 200 are thrown out OF
employment by tho IRE.
A very attractive program has been
arranged for tho Pike Centennial at
Colorado Springs. covering the full
h,nv m "a nj n yfth
29th. The entire state will Join In the
celebration, and there will be large
number Of visitors from outside OF the
state.
The receiver Of the Denver Savings
Bank announces that he will pay tho
creditors another twenty per cent. divi-
dcnd within a few days and before the
year Is ended. still another. making
total OF seventy per cent. Checks are
now being sent out for tho hrst OF
these dividends named.
UnoGicial returns from the school
census show IN increase In Cripple
Creek OF twenty pupils over last year.
Victor has lost 200. The outlying
towns have gained practically all that
Victor has lost. Total decrease from
the district. l66. Total number OF
children OF school agc. 3.3tf.
The Cathedral Fund Association has
been Incorporated Mt Denver for the
purpose OF receiving donations OF
. money and property to create fund
to aid In the construction. erection
and furnishing Of cathedral church.
Tho directors are John e. Martin. VIII.
lam Saycr and Herbert Fairall.
Tho sum Of S2.Go5.7i was forwarded
TO Chairman Phcian OF tho citizens
relief committee OF San Francisco by
Chairman Pfcificr Of tho California re-
lief committee OF Teller county on tho
10th Inst. This brings the total sub.
scribcd by residents Of tho Cripple
Creek district and forwarded to Cal.
ifornia to &1.Go5.11.
Carleton Northcutt. son OF Judge
Jesse @. Northcutt. and John Hcndrick
son Of J. J. Hcndrick. city attorney OF
Trinidad. have passed the anal exam.
ination for admission to tho naval
academy at Annapolis. Both were
born and raised In Trinidad and re-
ccivcd their appointments through
Congressman HoII.
Mrs. Julia II. Bayicy. wife OF tho
Rev. Frank T. Baylcy. pastor OF the
Plymouth Congregational church In
Denver. died OF pneumonia Mt Snohom'
Bayicy had only recently reached that
place on n visit to her son. the Rev.
Dwight s. Bayicy. She had been a res.
idcnt OF Denver for seventeen years.
Dcnvcr's last carload OF clothing was
shIppcd BY the Chamber OF Commerce
Relief Committee to Oakland to be
distributed by the Colorado Relief So.
ciety among suffering hundreds who
formerly called Colorado their home.
md tho contents Of tho car arc now
clothing. warmly and neatly many who
lost their all in the San Francisco
catastrophe.
Counterfeit silver dollars bearing
the mark 20" OF the New Orleans
mint, and stamped with the dates 1898.
1896 or 1901. are being circulated in
Denver, and large number OF the
coins have been passed on tramway
conductors in the last week. The
coins are underwcight. have scarcely
any ring to them, and most of them
have been merely washed In silver.
The first forty.five miles OF the
Northside canal of the Pathfinder irri.
cation project on the North Platte
river were completed April 30th. This
canal was built Jointly by the govern
ment and the North Platte Irrigation
& Colonization Company. OF which II.
d. Lingle Of Denver is chief owner. 1t
will reclaim $4,000 acres Of corporation
land and n lRgc area OF public land
lying in Wyoming and Nebraska.
Tho MofYat road has reached a point
beyond Sulphur Springs and new
station has been established at Pas.
chal. Track laying is progressing
daily, and freight is being moved west
of Sulphur Springs by every train that
goes over the range. Kremmling. the
point which will be the terminus OF
the road during the present summer.
is being rapidly built up, and will be
thriving town. The freight business
over the line is assuming large pro-
portions.
An appeal to the teachers in every