Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-19
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


Fort Morgan has decided by vote
OF two to one TO have municipality
owned electric lights.
Score one more for Colorado. John
Sanders. the six.months-old son OF
Justice Of the Peace John @. Sanders
of Florence. has cut both his eye
teeth.
The place Of d. II. Freeman, com.
missioner OF Phillips county. who re-
signed recently. has been filed by
Governor Mcdonald by the appoint
ment OF Henry Mitchell.
Mason Weems has been sentenced to
the Buena Vista reformatory for eight.
cen months by the County Court at
Golden. for stealing bicycles In Denver
and selling them In Golden.
William L. Sweet has donated Se5..
900 toward the erection of u 100000
| Y. NJ. G. a. building In Denver. pro
vided the rest of the amount can be
raised by February IL. 1906.
The Colorado Conference OF chari.
ties and Corrections will be In session
at Pueblo January 2lst to 23d. It will
be nn important gathering with many
delegates and prominent speakers.
Louis Il. Smith. the timber warden
charged with carelessness and ineiii.
cheney in connection with the Gylles'
ten land deal. has been discharged
from office by the State Land Board.
The secretary of agriculture has au.
thorizcd the Issuance Of permits for
the grazing OF 10000 cattle on the
Colorado part OF the Medicine Bow
forest reserve and 10000 in Wyoming.
A company OF Cripple. Creek men.
headed by +. j. Burk. has closed long
term lease for lG0 acres of state land
one mile south OF Rockville. In FIRE.
mont county. on which they will de-
velop the coal veins.
The Fort Collins Pioneer Association
was organized on the 18th inst. with
| scvcnty.nyc charter members. John
| q. Mccoy was elected president: Rob
crt 8. fcddcr. secretary: and Mrs. W.
W. Taylor. historian.
The bell boys In tho different Den.
YER hotels propose To form u club and
| cndeavor To build n hotel. to be known
M The Bciis.' for the use of bell
boys and other male hotel employees
exclusively.
John Mcany. an cmployc at the
Workman mine. twelve miles from
Lcadviiic. on the South Park line. fell
from n scafIoiding sixty feet into the
received slight injuries.
The cases against forty-onc saloon.
keepers of Cripple Creek and Victor
wcrc dismissed on agreement of the
defendants not to be open Sunday. to
pay all costs and TO aid In the enforce.
mcnt OF saloon and .ambiin. laws.
The physicians Of In Jun,a organized
hospital association recently and
hn Hs.I ton
up for hospital purposes. Trained
nurses have been engaged and every
convenience possible will be supplied.
a verdict OF suicide was rendered Mt
Colorado Springs by the jury In the
case OF z. Crane Wilson. the wealthy
Chicago shirt manufacturer who was
found dead with bullet In his brain
on the Franccvillc road. eight miles
east of the city.
The law library Of the late Senator
+. o. wolco,t. consisting Of 10000 vol.
umcs. has been purchased for tho new
Symcs block. now in course OF con.
struction in Denver. II is considered
the best collection of law books In
Colorado.
The I.ongmont Electric Light and
Power Company has made arrange.
mcnts with Lafayette coal fields 10 sup.
ply It's power. and the plant Mt Long.
mont will be put out Of commission ms
soon as arrangements can be made
and the line built.
Postmastcrs appointed: Edward u.
Wise. Cuatro, Las Animas county.
vice c. c. Mcwilliams. resigned:
Charles T.. Huggins. Pallas, Routt
county. vice u. c. Myers. resigned:
Ollie J. wiilford. Pearl. Larimcr
county. vice N. Crawford. resigned.
January Goth has been set as the
date for the farewell reception TO the
officers OF the Second Infantry to be
given by the Denver Chamber of Com.
mcrcc. The AFFAIR Is to be rendered as
n testimonial to the officers prior to
their departure for the Philippines.
Among the commissioners selected
to test and examine the weight and
iineness Of the coins reserved TO the
several mints during the calendar year
1905. pursuant to the provisions OF sec
tion 35iT of the revised statutes. is
John L. McNcill. Durango. Colorado.
The State Bureau OF Child and Ami.
nal Protection will cndcavor to have
n bill passed by Congress. through the
Offices OF one or more of the Colorado
members OF that body. compelling the
railroads to give live stock shipments
the right of way over dead freight and
empty cars.
The Eastern Colorado Medical As
sociation. composed of physicians OF
Morgan. Washington and Yuma coun.
ties, held its quarterly meeting mt
wray. and elected DIR. Earl ID. McGill
OF wray. president and DR.. G. B. Bills.
borrow of Yuma. secretary for the en-
suing year.
Students of Colorado College are
planning to send a delegation TO the
fifth International convention OF the
Student Volunteer movement. to be
held at Nashville. Tennessee. February
2Sth to March Ith. Approximately D.