Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-15
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

lege.
Central City Is raising a large fund
for Fourth OF July celebration such
as our daddies used to have.
The State Christian Endeavor con-
vention will be- held at Colorado
Springs. June l4th to l7th.
Thomas Mecasiand. formerly agent
of the Equitable Life at Denver. died
at st. Louis. June LIST. OF dropsy.
Their was big snowslide near Mon
tczuma. In Summit county. June 9th.
II leyeled considerable strip Of pine
forest.
Rural Route No. . will be estab'
lishcd at Monte Vista after July 10th.
II will serve 2s7 people and eishty'two
houses
a strong commercial club has been
organized at Elbert. with A. q. Corn
forth as president and J. l.. Meyer as
secretary.
Inc annual picnic OF tho Colorado
Pioneers Ladies' Aid society will be
held at Ellteh's Gardens in Denver.
June 2:d.
twenty-five marriage licenses were
Issued at Denver In one day recently.
but this Is still below the record.
| which Is twenty-nIne for day.
The diocesan council of the Episco'
pal Church of Colorado. At its session
in Denver. voted To add $1,000 10 the
annual salary of Bishop Charles s.
Olmstead.
The Moor, one Of the most famous
saddle horses Of Kentucky. has been
recently purchased by Gen. ". J. Pal
mcr of Colorado Springs from Mai. Da'
vid castloman. the consideration be-
Ing $1,000.
The citizens Of Krcmmiing are pre-
pairing to celebrate the advent OF the
Moffat road by giving n thrcc.days' eel
ebration on July ith. 9Th and 9Th.
There will be horse racing. broneho
busting. baseball. u iishbakc and other
| amuscmcnis.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com.
pany has been installing automatic
| dumping cages on the Fremont coal
| mine In Fremont. The line VIII re-
sumo operations with force Of moro
than 900 men.
The Oldest and largest tree In Gree
ley iK a cottonwood that WIS planted
| In 1871 by Mrs. Abigail Durham. who
| Ii now the oldest woman In Greeley.
being In her nInetic'h year. The tree
is fifteen feet In circumference and
scvcniy.hvc feet high.
The beet growers OF Lone Tree. eight
| miles east of Greeley. have organized
| Beet Growers association. with n
large membership for the purpose OF
securing n railroad for that section and
avoiding long and arduous hanls In
| getting bcets to market.
A temporary home for the members
| OF tho National Letter Carriers Asso'
| cIation will shortly be established at
| Colorado Springs TO demonstrate by n
years test the adapiability Of the loca.
tion MS permanent site for the pro-
| jcctcd nntioani home Of the associa-
ton.
| The miners drilling contest ut Boui.
der will begin on the afternoon OF July
| Sd and will be held in the Chautauqua
auditorium. because the seating capac'
| iiy and tho general convcnienccs.
| Prizes for doubichand drilling Will be
| 5000 to first. then si25. s75. $50 and
s25: for singlc.hand. 500, $15. $50. $50
and $50.
The alumni reunion Of thc'Statc Nor
NAL School Mt Greeley was held on the
| night OF June 9Th. with $50 persons In
| attendance. including the senior class.
| Among those present were the COVER
nor, state superintendent and all the
members of the Normal school board.
The alumni OF the school now number
| nearly 1000, of whom $50 were pres
Ont.
| Dal DeWecse, who has large rescr.
voir in Grape creek. near It's headwa.
ters, west OF Canon City, has Just lib
| Grated 5000 trout above the dam and
| 10000 in the creek below the dam.
| Last year he planted 10000 fish In the
reservoir and 10000 below the dam.
The varieties are the rainbow and the
| native brook. He will distribute 1OS.-
900 more this season.
An aerial tramway which will carry
Messengers In basketcars up the side
| of Leavenworth mountain above Silver
| Plume, Is one of the features OF n
| 100000 new summer entertainment
proposition upon which work has al
ready been commenced at Silver
| Plume. The contracts for the tram.
way were let several months ago and
| It will be finished by July 10th.
While on n straw ride out from
Pueblo Saturday to Fishers ranch on
the st. Charles. Howard Moore was
struck a tree, breaking off a large por-
ton of the top. After working over
him for some time, Moore's compan-
ions succeeded in restoring him to con-
sciousness. Three other members OF
the party received slight shocks.
The faculty of the East Denver high
school have awarded the following
scholarships: Gala McCausland. to
the University of Colorado; Edith
Sawyer. q two years scholarship to
Colorado college: Joseph Weinberger
and Jacob J. Lieberman. to the Uni.
versity of Denver. The Methodist
churches of Denver have awarded
scholarships at the University of Den.
yer to Irene Lloyd and Roy Correa.
During the month of May work pro-
gressed rapidly upon the Gunnison tun-