Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-14
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
Leadyille wants a union depot.

licenses were granted IN WeIu county
from June 9th to December 18th.
The President has nominated Emma
c. Burke as postmaster ut Sterling and
j. A. Bunker postmaster at Paonia.
Tho yearly poor report filed with the
Secretary of State by Kiowa county.
shows that there IL one poor person
In thu county and the cost vi caring
for him last year was $S34S.
Emmett Ardell. son Of r. A. Ardell.
OF Pueblo. has received an appoint
ment to the United States naval acad-
.emy at Annapolis. Emmett Ia seven
teen years old and was born and raised
In Pueblo.
Z II Is now a violation Of the city or.
ldinance to plant cottonwood or box
elder trees In Denver. The cotton
from the cottonwood tree Is strongly
iobjcctcd to and the boxelder Ii tabooed
as q breeder Of worms.
The Fremont County National bank
tat Canon City. formerly the Fremont
County bank. opened for business on
i,he third inst. II Is capitalized at $780,
loco and has $4,000 In deposits and
,SGlt.000 cash In hand.
; The Democratic county committee
mt Pueblo reports nm expenditure OF q
little less than $1,000 for election ex.
ipenses and the Republican, committee
Il little more than &il.5O0. OF which
,$5. 900 came from Denver.
Felix Powers. an cmploye OF the Sill
ker State Canning q Produce company
,at Fort Lupton. was badly burned
hbout tho head and face by the cx.
k,losIon OF can OF hot pumpkin. while
Ii was being run through the cooker.
For the sum OF $:2 800 ten Greeley
business men have purchased tho J.
Armstrong lGO-acrc farm ono milo
from the center of the city and west OF
he State Normal School. for the pur-
bose OF converting II into n fine coun-
ry club.
Edwin v. Brake. state labor commits.
kdoner, is preparing factory inspcc.
lon law to be Introduced ut the next
Legislature to protect the employees
from working In crampcd quarters and
Ice that the factories are kept In san
ktary condition.
The restaurant men and the church
pcopic of Denver have united In nm
lffort TO procure the passage ot m 0rdi-
nance abolishing the free lunch system
In saloons. Policemen are said To favor
II In the belief that II will reduce tho
hobo crop"
by n careful canvass Frank I.ampcr
OF Weldon was found to be the largest
beet grower In the Greeley district.
Lampcr fnrmcd 23s acres OF bcets,
from which he harvested 5000 tons
and Tor which he received $4,000 cash
from sugar company.
Tho deadlock In the Colorado
Springs City Council was finally broken
and liquor licenses were granted 10
ten ou, Of fourteen druggists who mp.
piled. Tho four licenses withheld VIII
be Investigated by n committee OF
three aldermen In regard TO alleged VI
Figures from the state trcasnrcr's
once show that collection OF interest
on state credits during the past b.
cnnini period has been si.9se.0G. Dur
ing tho period from i9030@ tho collcc'
tions amounted to Ss2.35+.46. showing
an Increase OF s9.Ge5.6o for the period
just closing.
+. n. Gets Of Delta county. who WIS.,
itcd the State Horticultural Department
Mt Denver few days ago. reported
thnt c. ]. Lcppart and numerous other
fruit growers OF his section have been
raising strawberries up TO within the
mast two weeks. The berries have aii
been full grown and suitable for table
use.
The Colorado Springs police have
arrested eight boys. charged with par
ticIpai,ng In the assault on Mall Car
ricr +. T. Koupa on THANKSGIVING day.
The co.operation Of the federal authori.
ties In the prosecution In assured. and
the AFFAIR will be vigorously invesu'
gated. Carrier Koupa In able 10 carry
his route.
Formal application for an electric
railway franchise through Manitou has
been madc to the Manitou town board
by w. c. Dottcrer and Wesley Comp
ton, representing an eastern syndicate
which proposes TO expcnd In the neigh
borhood OF 100000 in the ccnstruc'
ton of n scenic electric railway from
Mani;ou to Crystal park.
John Crater. superintendent of
Mitchell park at Pueblo. was attacked
by one of the deer in the park. and but
for the timely arrival of two men nj.
tracted by his cries for help. would
have been killed by the infuriated AM.
nal. He escaped with a number OF
lacerat.ons and bad bruises. inflicted
by the hoofs and antlers OF the animal.
A third annual dividend has been de-
cIared by the directors of the Denver
Union Water Company. the dividend
being five per cent. on $",5OO.00O
stock. The dividend will be payable
January 1st, and will amount to about
s5 share. n total of s3I5.OOO being
ready for distribution. The present Of
ficers OF the company were reelected
by the directors.
At Greeley on the Cd inst. n meeting
OF farmers. produce shippers. ond rep.
resentatives OF the Greeley Commercial
club petitioned to the Union Pacific for
more freight cars to move 1000 car.
loads of potatoes and other vegetables
now "hung up" for want of transporta.
ton. The movement to build an cleo
trio railroad line to Denver was
strongly endorsed.
Alderman Frank p. Lennon, Republi;
can candidate for sheriff of Pueblo