Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

nhops and round houses in Denver and
enlarge It's yards next year at cost
Of about 100000. i1f
Tho Greeley Gas and Electric Com
pany has purchased D site and will
erect an extensive gas plant. with all
the latest improvements.
At the Empson Canning compauy's
plant In Iongmont 500 tons OF Colo
rado-srown pumpkins are piled up
awaiting the canning process.
The new federal building at Trinidad
Ia to be located on East Main street. u
will contain the posiofiice. federal ON.
ces and federal court room. and Will
cost 100000.
The United States surveyor gen
erals department for Colorado In Den
yer has been moved to the NTH foor
Of the new Empire building ut Six
teenth and Glenarm streets.
President s. 8. Bernard OF the
Cripple Greek Drainage 4 Tunnel Com
pany has called meeting OF the direct
ors for December 29ih. when definite
action will be taken with regard To the
tunnel.
Samuel Mcfarland. miner at work
In the Specimen mine on Bull hill. In
the Cripple Creek district. was caught
and Instantly killed by falling rock ON
the night Of December goth. He leaves
widow and three children.
VIII Eaton. the ninctecn-year.old
boy bound over Mt Greeley to the May
term OF the District Court on the
charge OF attempting to kill his
mother. was allowed to plead guilty
and was sentenced to the State reform
ntory.
At n hearing In Denver December
:lst, Judge Armour made nm order nd
mittin. to ball In the sum OF $1,000
each Gerct J. and wourtje Van wyk.
pending a new trial for murder. An
application for change OF venue has
also been made.
Nathan A. Baker. Denver pioneer
and veteran of tho Civil War. has Just
sold tract OF land In West Denver
for 100000. The tract was prc-cmptcd
from the government by MIR. Bakers
father Mt tho time Of the nrst settle
mcnt Of Denver.
Plans are being arranged by which
the city hall OF Denver. the downtown
frc stations, city shops. city street
cleaning department and city market
will all he supplied by the 100000
electric light plant that will be placed
In tho new auditorium building.
A son born 10 DIR. and Mrs. Gerald
Webb ut Colorado Springs few days
nro. Is tho only grcatgrandson OF JET.
ferHon Davis. president OF the
Southern Confectionery. Mrs. Webb IL
n daughter Of Mrs, J. A. Hayes. and
granddaughter Of the dead Southern
leader.
The Cripple Creek Short Line will
next summer establish system OF
wireless icicgrnphy In connection with
the train service between Colorado
Springs and Cripple Creek. The nppa-
ratus viii he Installed In each obscrva.
tIon ear. tho sender and receiver be.
Ing nttuncd to the same pitch Ms thnt
OF the Forest wireless system ut the
Springs.
The damage case for assault brought
by ]. X. Mullen. the mill owner.
ngninst Lawyer Tyson 8. Dimes nj
Denver. has been settled out OF court.
After plenty of time for reflection. MIR.
Dimes concluded that he was In the
wrong and wrote nm ample apology. He
also agreed to pay all costs incurred by
Mr.. Mullen. who Immediately withdrew
his suit.
The Mountains Reservoir Company.
which has Incorporated with capital
Of Sl25,OO0. proposes TO operate several
reservoirs In Clear Creek, Jefferson
and Arapahoc counties. known rs Loeb
Lomond, Lake Caroline. Lake Stew.
art. Gilman lake. Ice lake. Chinn's
lake and Fall River reservoir. Water
will be taken from Fall river. Clear
c: elk and the Agricultural ditch.
The following letter was received by
the state treasurer at Denver n few
days ago: Dear Sir:-Having broken
the laws OF the state Of Colorado. I
will endeavor to make II right by en-
closing IS. Respectfully yours" No
name was signed to the letter. but the
money was enclosed. II is the first
conscience money ever turned Into the
state trensurer's office. No explana.
tion was made regarding the manner OF
breaking the law.
Mrs. Jas. N. Lehman, eighty-three
years old and an invalid. who for sew.
eral years had been county charge.
was burned to death in her cabin In
the west end OF Idaho Springs. on the
afternoon OF December 21st. She had
been sufferer from paralysis. and 1t is
supposed that some rags, hung up to
dry near the stovepipe, caught fire,
and that when she tried to extinguish
the blaze the flames were communi.
Gated to her clothing.
W. H. Pigg has imported twenty
seven young elk from Rawlins, Wyom
ing. for his Stirrup ranch near Canon
City. He has game preserve OF 700
acres enclosed with an eightfoot wire
fence. For several years Mr.. Pigg has
been breeding elk and deer and has
found It more profitable than the cattle
business. Already Mr.. Pigg has about
thirty elk and big herd OF deer. and
his experience is that they thrive in
captivity under the proper environ
ment.
A purse OF twenty $5-gold pieces was
the handsome Christmas gift presented
to Mrs. Harriet d. Edgerton Of the
Twenty.fourth Street school in Denver