Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-09-28
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

On the 18th Pixies Peak was COW
cred with four feet of snow.
Mrs Carrie Nation has been inves-
coalitions at Cripple Creek.
Heavy rains about Sunday may have
have bad effect upon the sugar oeet
crop.
Denver Eiks have bought four lots
at cost OF SOL 1000. on which thcy VIII
erect fine club house.
A congress OF those interested IN
dry farming will be .held in Denver
November 23d. cath and 2bth.
Denver business men spent last
week In visiting many Of tho towns IN
the southwestern part OF the state to
pick up business.
The Fremont county fair opened au'
spiciously mt Canon City on the l9th.
The displays were fine and sood
weather insures good attendance.
Frederick +. Hagen. u. A.. univers'
ity OF Colorado. and junior In tue
Colorado School OF Law. has been np
pointed secretary OF the university !"
MI the vacancy caused by the resisns'
ton Of Harry Kessner-
The Fremont County Fair closed on
the 2lst, Ind was the most succeshiu'
event In the history OF the association.
and the directors rcJoiccd tonisnt
over the fact OF the large surplus IN
the treasury after paying aii the p'iis'
Plans for tho approaching conven'
tIou Of the American Mining Congress
are now being completed by that or
ganixation. and II is their aim TO BRING
Denver more delegates and VISITORS
than were ever attracted nj any pre-
vious gathering.
The new Pueblo directory has Jus;
been issucd and contains about 1000
more names than last year. The esii'
mate Of tho actual population. inciud.
ing ono or two small suburbs not
enumerated In tho directory. makes
the population G:.00o.
Mrs, Florence d. Richards OF Ohio,
temperance orator OF national fcputa'
tIou. Will tour the state OF Colorado IN
the interest Of tho State AntiSalooa
League, Tho watchword OF thcss
meetings will be "local option or homs
rule on tho saloon question for Colo
RADIO.
Agents OF tho General Land once
arc wnIing m energetic campaign
ngninst locators OF mining claims on
forest reservations where there ~ NO
evidence Of mineral on the land. In y
number OF instances contest procccd.
ings have been brought In . local
land once against holders Of sueh
claims.
One OF the exhibits which is attract
ing great attention IL that made by the
United States reclamation service.
which In carrying on the eonstruction
OF the Gunnison tunnel. This consists
of maps and views Of the entire work.
Tho relief maps were on exhibition at
tho Lewis and Clark exposition nj
Portland. Oregon.
County clerks NIL over the state have
issued large number OF hunting u
ccnses since January LIST, last. At that
time 10000 blanks were distributed
nmors them by the state game and
i,sh commissioner. Many OF tho clerks
nrc aow without the blanks. Several
thousand additional blanks have just
been sent out from the ONCE.
Miss Ethiyn rcgcr. graduate Of
the Greeley high school and OF Colo
rado College and daughter Of J. F.
Fegcr at Greeley. passed successfully
the state examination for pharmacist
in Denver last week and Is now en-.
titled to be known as registered
druggist. Miss Fcgcr Is twenty.four
years old. n fine chemist and will Ms.
sist her father In the store.
Tho fame Of Colorado fruit Is to be
spread to Boston this month. because
Mrs. Martha A. shute Of the State Hor.
ticultural Board will leave for q
months trip in Massachusetts,. New
Hampshire and Canada. And she has
packed one trunk to the limit with
choice specimens Of Colorado apples
with which to astonish the owners OF
New England and Canadian orchards.
The Baer Brothers Mercantile Com.
pany OF Leadyille, associated with the
I.emp Brewing Company Of st. Louis,
have brought suit in the United States
District Court to recover damages
against the Rio Grande and Missouri
Pacific railroads for overcharges. Tho
well known discriminatory rates In ef-
feet from the Mississippi to Leadville
are cited rs the ground for the action
For the third time the Denver Board
Of Public Works will advertise for bids
for the construction of the proposed
The bids received last
week brought the cost OF the proposed
building up to more than 100000
above the amount available. Only 10.
cal bidders have bid on the work. and
In the next advertisement an effort will
be made to get outside contractors to
bid.
Thirty farmers Of Sunnower valley.
fifteen miles east of Trinidad, have
decided to plant 800 acres in sugar
beets as IN experiment next spring.
Osborn, representative of the
American Sugar Beet Company, has
met with the farmers and promises to
pay IS a ton for the crop. II the ex-
pertinent is a success 5000 acres in
the valley will be planted in beets, as
the sugar company has guaranteed to
erect factory. The land is all under
irrigation, with conditions for raising
sugar bee's as good as those in the Ar
kansas valley. The farmers claim
they can raise the beets and sell them
at q profit OF IS a ton.