Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-03-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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LIST instead OF May as was at first
announced by Forester Pinchot.
The Idaho Springs Chamber of Com
merce proposes TO raise fund for
the purpose OF advertising the Springs
as summer resort and mining and
business center.
The secretary OF the interior has
withdrawn from public entry section
Is. township II south. range So west.
in connection with the Uncompahsre
valley project In Colorado.
For tho first time In the history OF
Teller county both the county and
every school district is paying cash.
the last Of tha county and school war
rants having been called In.
Joseph Weir. u ranchman. was shot
and killed on Thursday. March sih.
In Blanco basin. Archuicta county. by
his nephew. Oral Weir. who claims
that the shooting was the result OF
quarrel.
The Denver Real Estate Exchange
and Colorado Manufacturers Associn'
ton are very much troubled over the
closing OF the Rocky Mountain paper
mills and have appointed commit
tee to consider some plan for retaining
the plant.
Three camps have been established
on the Holly 4 Swink railroad grade
at the Holly end Of the line. They
are located 1--WE. eight and twelve
miles. respectively. from Holly. and
have over 200 teams and similar
number of men engaged.
The executive committee Of the Gil.
xens alliance Mt Cripple Creek has
decided TO establish an employment bu.
rcau for It's members. The club rooms
will be rcopcncd. The president Will
appoint a large advisory committee To
consist Of employees Of the msica.
The Colorado Springs Telegraph. 10
Hcthcr with its Associated Press fran.
chisc, has been purchased from &. r.
Dodge by c. +. YcaIcr. T.. i. Mckay
and G. l.. Perry. NIL Of whom have been
Identified with the paper In the past
The consideration In not made public.
bu, In understood TO approximate 500.
900.
Leonard imbodcn and James \. Hiil.
under sentence OF from MIN" to ten
ycnrs for wrccking the Denver Say
inSs bank. were committed to the state
pcpitcntiary at Canon City March 18Th.
They were received by Warden Clcs'
horn and enrolled on the prison rec
ords. imbodcn will be known M No.
$3.50 and Hiil as No. $50.
At meeting of the county com.
misSIoncrK OF Delta county and
Gunnison county. n, Delta. an
agreement was reached for the set
,icmcnt Of tho county line dispute.
They will have the line surveyed by
the surveyors OF both counties. work
Ing jointly. and their starting point IN
to be the northeast corner OF Montfosc
county. along the 10Th parallel.
The State Land Board has awarded
&C, 5,3S, acres OF indemnity school land.
all tho indemnity land TO which the
state Mt the present timc In entitled.
The property lies In thirteen different
counties. The land In question IN
taken In exchange for that upon gov
crnmcnt reserves and the board re-
rcivcd application for 100000 acres.
Adolph BcrTich. nm old German scout
and trappcr. who had been wandering
about In the cold near Edrcrion. north
OF Colorado Springs. was finally located
BY County Physician Richardson. Shcr.
In Grimes and Deputy Scohcid In n
cave Mt Edgcrton. The aged man was
unconscious. both feet and legs were
frozen and death would have cnsucd
had he lain exposed many hours.
Col. r. T. Davis. adJutant of the de.
par,mcnt Of the Colorado. has re-
ceivcd orders from General Baldwin TO
inspcct the state militia companies OF
Colorado. II is General Baldwin's
preference that u field officer do this
work and the colonel will personally
conduct II during April. These inspcc.
tjops arc made by the army In all
states that are working under the Dick
law and receiving support from the
government.
An enthusiastic meeting was held at
AguIar on the 18th inst. to push the
proposed formation Of n new county
out OF the northern part Of Las Animas
county and in which Aguilnr is to be
the county seat. Among the cnthusias
tic advocates OF the new county. who
made speeches were Senator Cashmere
Barela and J. II. Aguilar. The petition
to the LEGISLATURE In expected to be
ready for submission to that body Mt
the next session.
The Colorado Manufacturers Asso.
citation is preparing cards to be mailed
to teachers with request that they be
put UP In their school rooms. The
cards will contain data concerning the
manufactured products OF Colorado.
giving the articles OF popular use. sta
tistics, about the number of factories,
capital invested. which exceeds s3G.-
600 900 by members OF the association
alone. the number of employees. the
money spent annually for materials.
and the wages paid.
At the meeting Of the state organiza-
ton of the Young Mems Christian AS
sociations at Colorado Springs. the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the en-.
suing year: President, G. =. Dodge,
Colorado Springs: first vice president.
A. C. Sechrist. Colorado Springs: sec
ond vice president, G. U. Hardy, Canon
City; recording secretary. T.. II. Tango
man, Denver: treasurer, w. T.. Sweet,
Denver; members of state committee.