Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-10-05
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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Till October 10Th
The University Of Colorado has be
come . member Of the uaiied States
National Amateur Athletic Association.
A cabbage exhibited by W. B. Bfown
| At Florence is fiye feet in eircumfer'
ence and weighs nearly forty'nve
pounds.
Col. James W. Penrose. for many
years special agent for tbs Union Pa
eiic. and = veteran q the Civil War.
died al Denver on the Goth uit.
Paul Heniehei. a saloon keeper Of
Evans. has been found guilty on two
| counts Of violating the state iA~
against selling liquor on Sunday.
The director Of the mint at Washing
ton On tho Goth uit.. purchased soo.'
900 ounces of fine silver al Cs.7s cents.
TO be delivered al the penver mint.
The girl students at the State Nor
NAL School Al Greeley still quite gen
orally keep up the custom. tnausurated
some two sears sEo. OF going without
hats.
L. n. ZaiinEer. formerly publisher Of
the Denver Eye. has started q new
weekly paper In Denver. the South
Denver Bun. which will advocate Re
publican politics.
A good many cases Of typhoid fever
have been reported in D-nyef during
the past month. Diph,heTia and scar
let fever have been less prevalent than
usual at this season Of the year.
Tho application Of ". a. Merrieil. X.
y. Skeiicy. A. A. Belts. = J. Dalton
and o. d. Belts. to organize the First
National Bank Of Fruiia. with $4,000
capital. has been approved by the
comptroller Of tho currency.
Walter l.. Barnes. for four years II.
brarian at Albany. New York. has been
appointed assistant librarian at the
Buckingham library. University Of Col.
who has rendered her resignation after
scrrin. three hears as assistant
On complaint Of the State Bureau OF
Child and Animal Protection Harry
Muihoiland Of Denver. wa1 fincd SIS
and costs for restricting hts horse to
diet Of six quarts Of cats n day with
out any hay or other ''Eoashness."
Mrs. Rebccca Eaton. wife Of the late
cs'Gov. d. II. Eaton. will give 5000
pipe organ TO the Park Congregational
Church Mt Greeley. to commemorate
the life and character Of her daughter.
Mrs. Jennie Eaton.Pctrikin. who died
recently.
Supervising Architect Taylor. OF the
Treasury Department. Is expected to
arrive In Denver December LIST TO cx'
amino tho sites that have been offered
for tho new Denver postofiicc building.
Congress has appropriated 3soo.ooo for
tho purchase OF a site.
by the usc Of team OF forty eight
oxen. Senator Clayton has constructed
bitches on marshy land north OF Gree
Icy. whereby $50 acres OF land has
been drained. This land will now be
valuable for garden purposes and will
be plated In nve-acrc tracts.
William Dalton. the l6.y.aroid boy
accused Of the murder Of his uncle. J.
n. Gard. In quarrel at Palmer Lake.
was convicted OF Involuntary man.
slaughter In the District Court at Colo
rado Springs. Sentence. which was
deferred. may be from one day to one
year In tho county jail.
Mrs. Emma Craig. wife of the Rev.
William Bnynrd Craig. pastor Of the
Central Christian Church at Denver.
m illness Of more than q year. She
was the victim Of stomach trouble and
died after m operation which was un.
dertnkcn as n last resort.
The Carbon Coal & Coke Company
which IL opening extensive mines In
Riley canon near Trinidad, has let u
contract for construction of nifty cot.
tages for miners. Cement blocks will
be used In construction. but instead of
gravel being ground for the manufac.
turc OF tho blocks. coke B'azc will be
used.
Leonard Imbodcn and James A. Hill.
convicted OF wrecking the Denver Saw.
ings Bank. and now serving time in
the pcnitentiary at Canon City. have
through their attorney, l.. s. Smith,
flied brief In the Supreme Court sup.
Elementary to those already filed in
support Of their motion fol super
sedeas.
The Henry Baab and Baub Brothers
ranch in geebe Draw dist. let. fifteen
miles south Of Greeley, LEO acres.
with all live stock and fai ming imple-
ments has been sold to II. u Martyr.
retired banker Of Columbus, Ne.
braska. for $4,000. Mr.. Martyr owns
big cattle and sheep ranch near
Deer Trail.
Through orders of Director of the
Mint Roberts from Washington, the
output Of subsidiary coin will be
doubled at the Denver mint, necessi.
tating an Increased capacity and work
ing force. Frank NJ. Downer, super.
intendent OF the Denver lnint, is ex.
pecting instructions to cease his coin
age Of silver dollars but to double his
capacity for smaller coins.
At the annual meeting OF the Cripple
Creek Central Railway Company, held
at Portland. Maine, September 25th.
Spencer Penrose of Colorado Springs
was elected a director to fill va.
cancy in the board. All Of the retiring
directors were reelected. Quarterly
dividends OF 1A per cent. on the com.
mon stock, and per cent on the pre-.
ferred were declared, payable October
goth.
J. c. Lawrence, aged slxty.eight,