Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-07-13
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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The architect In charge declares
that the Denver auditorium wtlfs be
ready for occupancy May ]. ise1.-
Nine-year-oid Ernest Storey OF Boui.
der lost three fnxers of-his vssht hand
by tho explosion Of = giant cracker
July eth.
The Eiks' convention begins In Dea'
yer Monday. July 10th. and lasts four
days Immense preparations are b.
Ing made for Il.
AZ Pueblo July Sth the City couneil
turned over TO the owners Of the va
ter~osks bonds to the amount OF over
$500. 900 and the South Side plant for.
maiiy became city property.
The First National Bank at Windsor
has been authorized IT, begin business
with $4,000 capital. John y. Law 10
presidsnt: Lewis Korn. vice president.
and Frank ". BriEgs. cashier.
Haisey n. Rhoads OF Denver. tho old
newspaper man. has been appointed In
spector for the Department OF Agrtcui.
tur. and collector Of statistics OF live
stock. sugar beets and wheat for Wy.
oming and Colorado.
Samuel Woodbury. has been declared
insane by a jury In the County Court
at Boulder and sent to the stat asy-
ium at Pueblo. Woodbury. went crazy
over trying to perfect a patent In con
neetion with irrigation.
Edward Hawks. a Civil War veteran.
was shot and killed at Altman on the
9Th instant by Michael McCready In
McCrcady's saloon. The shooting took
place as the result OF saloon quarrel
over private dinercnces.
Over 5000 names have been at.
tachcd to petition asking tho street
car company to reduce the fare bo-
tween Colorado SPRINGS and Mnnitou.
Broadmoor and tho Cheyenne canons
from 10 cents to 8 cents.
Henry Rogers. well'known stock
raiser and resident OF Boulder county
since 1870. died at Boulder on the sth
instant OF canccr Of the stomach. He
vas scvcnty.two years OF age and nAr
two Of Cornwall. England.
Samuel C. Carpenter. tho Denver po.
iiceman who lost q leg N the result OF
wounds received at the time Of the
election riots In Denver November 9.
1900. has been granted q pension OF
$40 q month.
Tho Fourth Of July attractions at
Frisco In Summit county included
horse and foot races. drilling contests.
a baseball game and twcniy.round
prize s,ght. together with display OF
iireworEs from tho top Of Mount
Royal.
Tho State Supreme Court has de.
cidcd that the Oakcs Homo for Con.
sumptivcs in Denver is exempt from
taxation. Il being In the same class as
to charges for service with other hoe
pitfalls that have always been SO cx-
cmptcd.
Allen Yard. three years old. while
fishing with his father on Beaver
creek. near Florence. few days since.
caught ninc.inch trout. He is the
youngest child that has ever caught n
iish In the stream. The boy landed
the flsh without assistance.
Tho Colorado Telephone Company.
through It's treasurer. T.. II. Field. Jr..
has contributed 500 for the fund to
purchase n silver service for the
cruiser Colorado. The check was re.
ccived by Governor Mcdonald and
turned over to the trustees OF the fund.
The report of the business trans.
acted by the Pueblo land Office for the
year ending July !, 1906. shows that
1853 homestead entries have been
made. covering 1G2.041.62 acres and
that 223 desert land entries have been
made. covering 46.427.47 acres. This
is the largest business done by the
land office OF this district for many
years.
In the Cripple Creek District on
July LIST, Il. +. Wildman, en-
gineer at the Cameron power house.
was struck by n bolt of lightning and
paralyzed. He was walking to the door
after oiling his machinery. when the
flash came. knocking him down. He
was removed to the Red Cross hospital
for treatment with little chance of saw
ing his life.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey OF the Juvenile
court at Denver has ordered Frances
and Chrissie Burlington, daughters of a
Pittsburg man, who have occupied
considerable Denver newspaper space
recently. to be placed in the Home OF
the Good Shepherd. A waiter with
whom II is said the girls went to Lead
vile. is in the county Jail awaiting
prosecution by the girls father.
The Colorado Bankers Association
Mt its session. Just closed. in Glcnwood
Springs. elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: President. c. c.
Hemming, vice president of FL Paso
National Bank of Colorado Springs;
vice president. F. B. Gibson of Den.
yer; treasurer. Alva Adams OF Pueblo;
secretary, A. A. Reed of Boulder. The
next annual meeting will be held at
Boulder.
William A. Otis and associates, in
cluding G. A. Taif, president Of the
Pixies Peak Hydro Electric Company.
have organized the Empire Water &
Power Company and announce that
they will soon begin the erection of a
new electric power plant at Manitou,
to cost 100000. In addition they pro-
pose to expend 100000 on pipe lines
and reservoirs, and $500,000 additional
in general improvements.