Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-08-24
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

CUlUkAUV NEWS HEMS
Caihan 10 to Aave,a potato bake and
agricultural display October Sd land
eth. 300 cctsp-oocol-t' 30 c 1-sccc'9 z
u 2. G. Simmons, owner of, the lPike's
Peak cog road. has sold the Iron
Springs hotel In Manitou to John Ray
for 10000. - .,-ll t'l,'e'. .'.''l +
The Colorado, Federation OF ,wo-
mems Clubs will meet in twelfth an.
nual convention. at Pueblo October LIST.
continuing In session hve days.
Tho handsome Montclair Casino
Country Club building. In the suburbs
Of Denver, was burned on the night Of
the 18th inst. The loss 10 estimated at
about SIS. 900. EosH a6T Fruhe0 t
Tho Western Slope District Confer
ence. Federation OF Womcn,s Clubs,
viii meet at Gunnison August 30th and
8lst. An open rate OF one fare and q
NTH has been authorized by the rail.
roads. .'i ~ n
Tho value OF real estate In Trinidad
has Increased twenty per cent. In the
last year. according to real estate men.
who attribute the rise to the coming
OF upwards Of 1000 people to the city
In that time. ~ s!ofg-f,J y .Q
Louis Knox Kelso has been sen,
fenced to twenty months in jail at
Pueblo for selling bogus onc-Quartar
interests In mining claims said 10 BE-
located in Grand county. There were
ten complaints against him. mostly By
women s1-iE1 ire-J1 1tp d1urA Y
In q At OF alteration Of mind Mrs.
Mary Anne Begicy of North Denver
wandered awny from homo Anii vu0
drowned i'm q, shallow ditch netsf
Golden, She was from Scotland rane
thought that she was going TO the
GrnmpIan hills, 49, .-,it -. ~, =
In heIplng to extinsuish a Are In a.,
outbuilding Of the, Barstow mine. neat
Ourny. Jack Mccoy was struck iu thS
thigh and scriously hurt by n bnilG9
from n revolver In the buildinE, Whic1
wns exploded by tho heat. HIS .his1
bono VAS fractured. ifin ~ anfHu n
= Frank Conway. alias George Fcrs,ss
son. admitted In police court at Ptx
ehlol that he had changed his nnme
when ho went 10 work In o. GRADING
camp, In order that he might not b
forced 10 pay the employment aSenC
who had secured him the Job, -, /.
Fred S'roum. q painter and pspcrss
hangce. riding alone on horscback
from Ouray 10 ironion. fell or ya6
thrown from his horse over a ciitfS
. distance oe 900 scct and was kiilcd.s
Tho horse returned to Ouruy. but.
slroum's body was not found until Q,
week after. tho accident s,isf5 IA
Duranso'a public library Is sssared.
Andrew Carnegie has given si9.6 600 for
. building. plans and spccineatioas arc
being drawn by a, Denver archi,ccf.
and bids viii be called Tor within thrcc
wcckh Tho site u three lots on Sec
oud avenue. donated by General W. J.
Palmer OF Colorado Springs and val.
ucd III 4:.0o0.d lsnriisd 'r1-5ao 80 ~ !:
2 Mrs. Mary Jeweu reisora. Formerly
pve>idcnt OF the womcn's Christian
Temperance Union tn Colorado. md
editor of tho Chalicnxc. died at Hins-
dale. Illinois. August 9Th. Al the time
OF her death shc had boon working for
somc time on tho editorial stan Of the
Union Signal. - '''s p =
Opposition to the Incorporation Of
Morrison has been withdrawn and the
suit In tho District Court nj Golden
abandoned. Tho iown will bc governed
BY ordinances which were enacted by
tho trustees several months agS. bu,
which have not been enforced while
tho rui, was pending.
The will Of J. W. dc Rcmcr. the Col.
orado railroad builder who died several
weeks ago. has been probaicd by Judge
Charles Mccall in the county co.s, at
Denver. The value Of the property Ia
given at several hundred thousand dol.
lars. and the widow. Anna ~. named
In the will M csccu,rix. furnished bond
OF 100000. Ha aaeF.sa H...
A Colorado firm has secured tho con.
tract for the construction Of q PORTION
Of tho Pacific coast extension of the
Chicago. Milwaukee & 81. Paul rail-.
road. orman & Crook Of Pueblo have
been awarded tho contract to build
portion Of tho line from Butte. Nom
tana. westward. The amount OF the
contract is fi.soo.ooo. f5H f
The Secretary OF the Interior has
ordered the withdrawal from all forms
of entry Of ss?.e:s acres Of land In
southwestern Colorado for tho pro-
posed San Miguel forest reserve. The
tract Is located In San Miguel and Do
iorcs counties and includes part of
the San Miguel plateau and the SAT- Nj.
Euel mountains and is about thirty .sis
miles from Telluride.
The Grand Lodge Knights Of Py.
thias, in session at Denver, elected
the following officers: ". n. Warner.
grand chancellor: =. u. House. grand
vice chancellor: A. q. s~cm. grand
prcia,c: mas,crat.arms. O.sD. Pyle:
grind inner guard. r. q. vii.
1iams: grand outer guard H. A.. Wal.
bert: master Of the exchequer. W. q.
wineheil: grand keeper of rolls and
seals. W. 9. O'Bsicn.
Mayor Speer Of Denver has received
a communication from the mayor OF
Budapest inviting him TO be one Of the
guests Of honor at the unveilinE Of a
statute TO George Washington sep,em.
Der 18th. According to the letter, the
statue Is the gift Of Hunearians OF
America and the mayors of all the
nrincinal cities In the Limited Statra