Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-22
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


Ti,uberiake TO be receiver OF public
moneys at Sterling.
The gross receipts OF the Denver
postofice for May were 7l.tG3. against
$50. so for the same month last year.
an Increase OF 3ll.00t.
Albert Abernathy has been ap'
pointed regular and James c. Rose
brough substitute rural carrier on
route , at Monte Vista.
The large cyanide mill OF the Myrtle
Mining and Milling Company near
Ward was burned TO the ground on
the morning of June 9th.
Mrs. a. T.. Hensen OF Denver took
a teaspoonfui of carbolic acid by mis-
take. In place OF parc.oric. and died
within fifteen minutes.
The sandstone depot Of the Colorado
Midland railroad at Ute Park was de-
stroyed by fire Saturday night. June
10th. tho damage approAimntins
5000.
The American Association OF Coop
crativc Mutual Insurance Companies.
at their convention just closed In Bos-
ton, selected Denver an the next meet
Ing place.
The State Board OF Equalization nj
Its last meeting In Denver. Juno llth.
adjourned until October LIST. when II
will hear complaints concerning the
assessment OF property.
Ida. the twoycar.old daughter OF
Jacob Brothcrson. was drowned In a
barrel Of water Mt the ranch home al
the family. Ave miles northeast OF
Black hawk. on the 18th inst.
The carpcn,crs' scale OF 81 day. an
.I.Ha ~ "A h..
schedule. has gone into effect Mt Colo.
rado Springs. and plumbers wages will
be- raised from $3.50 n day To s. July
LIST.
In the District Court at Colorado
Springs, Judge Seeds ruled that the
City Council has full power To revoke
a liquor license. The case was that OF
"a druggist who appealed from tho
County Court.
The County Commissioners OF Boul.
der county have promised $1,000 To
help the people OF Boulder to build a
good road up Flagstaff hill. west OF the
city. This will make accessible some
Of the finest scenic attractions In the
foothills.
The ninth annual meeting of the Ar
kansas Valley Press Association was
held ut Salida on the 9th instant. Guy
u. Hardy of the Canon City Record
was cicctcd president and y. Byrnc OF
the Bcsscmcr vindicator secretary and
treasurer. The location Of the next
meeting was left to the executive com
mittcc.
Manuel Martinez. who IL charged
| with setting frc to the Englcyillc mine.
which threatened the destruction OF
that entire property. had his prciimi'
| nary hearing Mt Trinidad and was
bound over FOR trial In the sum OF 300.
Three witnesses testified that Martinez
had told them he had set the nine on
| nrc.
byron Buford was recently taken to
the county Jail ut Canon City ON the
| chnrg. OF insanity. He was possessed
with the idea that people were burning
| him with electricity and paradcd tho
| town of Portland without clothing. car.
| rying quantity OF nitroglyccrinc.
Under the influence OF his dclusion he
| walked all the way from Pueblo to
Portland.
At the convention OF the colorcd
women OF Colorado In Denver, Mrs.
| Joyce.Jackson was reelected prcsi'
| dent. The following named delegates
we're elected to the national convention
| at Detroit. Michigan. July 10th: Mrs.
Helen Gatcwood OF Pueblo. Mrs. kath-
arine ID. Tillman of Colorado Springs.
Mrs. Ida Dcpris and Mrs. Eliza II.
Butler OF Denver.
At the department encampmcnt OF
the Grand Army OF tho Republic nj
Greeley. on the 18th inst, resolution
was unanimously adopted expressing
| their desire that Brig. Gen. Frank ID.
Baldwin. U. s. A.. should receive. In
recognition from the government ana
rs n reward for his long services, the
rank and pay for n major general be-
fore his retirement on June 2Gih.
The annual meeting Of the Denver &
Intermountain Railroad Company.
formerly the Denver. Lakewood q
Golden. was held at Denver. June 18th.
The officers elected are as followc:
Samuel Newhouse. president: c. Z.
Parsons. first vice president: II. X.
Brown. second vice president: Frank
w. Loveland. treasurer: William Nor
rison. secretary; Caldwell Yeaman. at
tCrEey.
In n letter to Warden Cleghorn, An
tone Wood. or Charles Howard. as he
has been known since his parole from
the Colorado Penitentiary. announces
his marriage at Newburgh, New York,
TO Miss Mabel Estella Terry. daughter
of former Judge Henry p. Terry OF
Newburgh. Woode has been widely
known ns the boy murderer" having
been ser$ to the penitentiary for MUIR
der when only about ten years old.
That the output OF goods manufac-
tured in Colorado has increased
twenty per cent annually during the
last four years is a claim made In a
statistical statement issued by Gen
eral Manager Thomas c. Scott OF the
Colorado Manufacturer Association.
The entire output Of manufactured
goods during 1905, according to the