Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-01
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

lHe commencement tNeTCiseb Ot tue
State University at Boulder will be
held In the Chautauqua auditorium this
year.
While out hunting near Wellington
In Larimer county. Rudolph Leader.
aged fifteen. was accidentally shot and
killed.
The next annual meeting OF the
Colorado Funeral Directors Associa-
18th and l4th.
Prof. p. NJ. Condit, for four years
principal OF the Central school at Flor
ence. Will become superintendent OF
the Delta schools.
The park commissioners OF Denver
are fitting up outdoor Fairgrounds for
children In which suitable gymnastic
apparatus will be placed.
The Loveland Chamber OF Commerce
has inauSurated u series OF luncheons
like those so popular In Denver. and IL
Increasing Its membership.
A civil service examination will be
held nt the postoiiice In Denver July
?3d for those applying for positions OF
stenoSrapher and typewriter.
The old mint building and site nt
Denver IL among the properties that
asked permission OF Congress to sell.
The Knights OF Columbus conferred
the fourth degree upon lGl candidates
at Denver Sunday. The order is n
Catholic one and IL becoming very
prosperous In Colorado.
The Rocky Mountain National Bank
at Central City has received certif.
cate from the comptroller Of currency
r.a8. IAR.a. ,I.. f.. bar
twenty years. The bank was organized
In May. isGG.
The city of Denver has subscribed
for 100000 of It's own auditorium
bonds. They will be purchased for In.
ycsimcnt of the Fircmcn's Relief and
Sinking funds. and will pay four per
cent. interest.
John McEachrcn. wcii.known
hotel man OF Golden died May I'D
from stroke Of apoplcxy. having
previously been In good health. He
was siSty.four years Of age aud u vet.
cran OF tho Civil war.
The preliminary hearing at Greeley
OF Tom o'Sciii. Sam seovillc and Fred
Mctscr. charged with completely In tn.
murder OF Jack Boyle. the Chalk Hun
ranchman. has been postponed until
July 18th. Mt the request OF III. defense.
Work has begun ON a drainage syH.
TEN for the bottom land of the Saliva
ton Army coiony Mt Amiiy. This
ground has been worthless on account
of sc-pasc from the Little Buffalo ca
nal and from irrigation of higher land.
Representative Bonyns- has recon
mend-d for appointment aa postmaster
L at I.iitl-tnn. Clarke 4. CoutsinS. to sue
cc-d Maud e. Oimktcad. who's. term In
about to expire. Coussina In pioneer
OF Colorado and veteran OF the Civil
War.
Tho Central of Georgia Railroad
Company has decided TO open western
headquarters In Denver and will close
tho commercial agency at Oklahoma
City. Col. A. II. Stevens has been
transferred from Oklahoma City TO
take charge Of the agency In Dcarrr.
Colonel Robert 8. Moore. veteran
Of both the Mexican and tn. Civil wars.
died Mt Beaver May s5d at the age of
riRhty.1sc years. lie was colonel of
the Eighth Illinois and was wounded a,
Stone River. faTninEion. Corinih and
FCTryvilic. During the Mexican War
he was captain In the Fourth Ken
tucky.
Tn. Denver Fresh Air Fund camp
more lake. foFty.aSc miles from D-n'
scr in the Platte canon. Sick and en-
sccblcd children will be taken to tho
camp for RE, and TccuprTatiuu under
the care of the Juvenile Improvement
| Association and the Visiting Nurses
Association.
On May :5i during small thunder
shower Fred Hrovn was Killed by
stroke of lightning while working on a
reservoir a, the foo; Of Mt. i.amboTn.
near paonis. Five other men were
with him at the time aud they were all
shocked. but none killed. Mr. Brown
was an old settler and well known In
the county. lie leaves wife and two
children.
An extraordinary large touris;
travel from Louisiana. Texas and
other Gulf states is anticipated by the
roads between Colorado and the
South. and several large excursions
have been planned. Various newspaper
contest Trips TO Colorado" are being
instituted. similar to those which
brought so many parties TO the state
last summer.
Send a dollar il the new slogan
adop,sd by the silver service commit.
tee that has in charge the work Of col.
lecting money to purchase gilt Tor
the now cruiser Colorado. Governor
Mcdonald. as chairman of the commit
tee. has issued an appeal to every man.
woman and child In the state. Gifts
from the children Of from 10 cents up.
ward are solicited.
The body Of Ed. Fridcz. who was
killed ny farmer near la Sale Fri.
day night. white trying TO break into
his house. was taken to Pueblo for
burial. The mother and sister Of FTidcz.
and also his late employers, state that
he for some time had been addicted to
the use of liquor and opium. and IL Is
their belief that he was so insane at
tho time of the tragedy that he was ut.