Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-13
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

1
1850.
The water bond election at Rocky
Ford April I'd resulted in the defeat OF
the proposition to issue bonds by u
majority OF II.
George II. Walker. well known min
eral surveyor. died suddenly of heart
| disease at his home in Breckenridge
on the night of April I'd.
+. l.. Phillips OF Longmont. has been
| awarded the contract for grading the
new Colorado a. Southern branch from
Plummer's beet dump TO Black Hollow.
nine miles.
Attorney James ID. Merwin. who was
n candidate for governor OF Colorado
on the Popuiist ticket in 1904. died at
| his residence In Denver April 9th. OF
acute pneumonia.
The Las Animas County Bar Asso-
| citation gave a banquet March 3lst TO
Judge Jesse @. Sorthcutt. who has re-
signed to his successor. Henry Hunter
| of WaisenbuFg.
At recent meeting at Colorado
Springs the executive committee OF the
Pixies Peak Centennial celebration
elected Thomas =. Walsh director gen
eTal OF the celebration.
Lieutenant General Miles. formerly
commhnder'in.chicf OF the United
States army. will make the commence
mcnt address at the University Of Col
oTado June 9th OF commencement
week.
On the night OF April LIST the safe In
tho Union Pacific depot Mt Fort L.up'
ton was blown open by dynamite and
robbed of $50. Railway tickets and
other valuable papers were unmo'
Tested.
Bills raised from the denomination
OF s: to $40 have been circulated at
Trinidad and officers Of the secret ser
vice In Denver were notified. Many OF
these bills have also been circulated
In Las Vegas and Ration.
Five extraordinary candidate were
Initiated by the Florence acrio OF
Eagles one night recently. Each was
six feet or more In height, their n.Erc-
gate length being thiTty.one feet one
inch. and their aggregate weight l.ioo
pounds.
u. Il. Harper OF GunnlSon county and
John SaSton OF Pueblo have been con-
stitutcd n commission to so Into Conc.
JOS county and check up on behalf OF
the state the books OF the defaultins
treasurer OF the county. Charles ii.
Brlckcnstcin.
A record automobile run from Pu'
cblo and Colorado Springs TO Denver Is
one OF the features planned by the an'
,omobiic enthusiasts OF these cities.
who will visit Denver for the annual
automobile show to be held at Coll
scum hall April 18th to elst.
Congressman BonynEe has appointed
Robert &. MulniS. son OF Harry Mul'
nix. of Denver. as n candidate for nd-
mission to the Annapolis naval acad.
emy. II young MulniS passes the cS-
animation he will succeed Thomas
withers. who graduates this spring.
Miss Maudc HcInzc OF Crcedc com.
mittcd suicide by shooting herself
through the heart In n room Mt the
Windsor hotel In Del Nortc, April I'd.
Miss Heiuzc, who was twcnty-thrcc
years OF age. was n somewhat noted
violinIst. a broken marriage engage
ment and accompanying despondcncy
Is believed to have been the cause OF
her suicide.
That n hen can live twenty-five days
without food was proven by the liber-
ating OF two Plymouth Rock chickens
cntombed In big snowdrift In the
storm OF March LIST, TO which success.
sive storms had added. When released
seemed none the worse for their i'm
prisonment, save that they were re-
duced almost to skeletons.
A. d. Jones died at Colorado Springs
April Sd of paralysis. Mr.. Jones was
one of the locators of the famous Phar-
macist mine In Cripple Creek and was
prominent in its management until his
death, He was one of the best known
Democratic politicians of Colorado
Springs and was well known among
the Masons and Knights Templar, with
whome he was affiliated.
Plans for the extension OF the Union
depot at Denver for an increase of
traclsage are now being completed by
the Union Pacific's chief engineer Mt
Omaha. It Is expected that they will
be forwarded to Denver within thirty
DAYS and contracts let for the enlarge
ment of the terminal facilities. The
purchase of the Union Pacific of prop
erty on Nineteenth and Wewatta
streets for 100000 completes the nee
essary amount of ground needed for
the improvements.
The report of the United State Land
Office at Hugo for March shows that
the record was again broken for the
number of filings, there being total
of 2G2 as compared with 225 for Febru-
ary, the greatest number in any pre-.
vious month. For the first quarter of
1906 there was a total Of 631 filings, as
compared with $50 at the Pueblo Land
Office. During the first five days of
this month there were fifty.nine fill
ings. which is n good indication that
the record will be broken again this
month.
Patents have been issued to inven-
tors residing in Colorado as follows: S.
f. and Will Card, Denver, lubricator
for slide gearings; Arthur r. Curtis.
Golden, igniter for internal combustion
engine; Ed. T. Forester, Denver, rail
iala I'd G IIills nlnylr