Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-02-16
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

There are now 2G7 boys in the Boys
Industrial School. near Golden.
One Of the sights at Greeley in the
beginning OF February Was buds swell
ing on the maple trees and about ready
TO bloom.
Gen. William J. Palmer of Colorado
Springs has donated three valuable
lots in Durango To the Durango Pub.
lie Library.
The second monthly dinner OF the
Colorado State Commercial Associa'
ton will be given at Colorado Springs
February lTth.
Tho manager OF the School OF Mines
football eleven at Golden Is trying to
arrange trip through the Northwest
Tor his team next fall.
The State Land Boards receipts for
last month show an Increase over jan
uary. 1905. The figures are: January.
1906. 33i...5.7a: January. 1905. s3l.'
:s5.17.
The Rev. Asa II. whitten. former
publisher OF the Rocky Mountain Bap'
list. died at BOULDER on III. 2nd inst.
of consumption. Ill. leaves IA wife and
two children.
Sheriff florcnc. of Weld county
turned over To the county clerk
81 .v0:.sG surplus earnings OF III. oi'ics
| after all expenses had been deducted
for 1905.
q. !. Oaks. aged IS years u
pioneer Tanchman of Fountain val
ley. died of heart failure while enter
Ing the City drug store at Fountain
on the 5rd instant.
The framework has been erected for
the new shops OF the FloEcnc. * Grip
pie Greek railroad AT Canon City and
work II prosrcssin. rapidly. The cost
will be about $4,000.
Mrs. Sarah Graham. one OF the Oldest
original GnloniSt coionIsts' pioneers.
died 1t Greeley on the 9Th Inst. nj tho
axe OF eighty years. 5h. was for
long time proprietor OF the Exchange
hotel ut Greeley.
| A. =. Boynton. n member Of The
| Manitou Town Council. has received
word that his son. Charles a. boynton
Of Waco. Texas. has been appointed
United States district attorney for the
western district Of that state.
| Articles OF Incorporation have been
filed for the laying out OF a iownsit. At
Dacono. SiS miles northeast of Erie.
The new town came into cNist"nc.
when the Consolidated Coal Il Coke
Company began mining irs, fall.
Mrs. T.. Pearl Ebert. convicted Of
voluntary manSinushtcr In connection
with III" death OF Mrs. Sarah Ault.
December 9Th. was sentenced by
Judge Seeds Mt Crippl" Greek t0 seven
to eight years In the p.ni,cntiary.
John Clay a Co. Of Chicago and
Clay. Robinson d Co. Of Omaha. have
organized the First National Bank OF
Auli. with n capital stock Of $4,000.
Temporary quarters will be- .stab.
lishcd until "a new $1,000 building can
be- erected.
| Little hvc,ycnr-old Mary Zcnola was
burned to death on the Jrl Inst. at tho
home Of her parents on the John Lee
ranch six miles east of Golden. Her
clothing caught firc from bonfire of
weeds aud brush made by her littlo
brother. aged min. years.
a complimentary trip TO Cripple
Creek over the Short Line In offered by
| u. &. MacWattcfs of that l!nc to tho
delegates to the convention Of the In.
| tcrnational League Of Press Clubs.
who will visit Colorado Springs August
| 18th In connection with their conycn.
| tion ut Denver.
Notice has been received In the Of
| nee Of the state game and fish COM
missioner OF u shipment Of 100000
eastern brook trout eggs from Ply.
| mouth, Massachusetts. The eggs Will
be sent to the Denver hatchery and
later will be distributed In various
| streams in the state. A total OF about
| 1.O00.0 900 eggs will be purchased by the
state from the Plymouth hatchery.
The State Land Board. Mt It's meeting
on the eth inst. decided to sell sixty
two acres Of land leased by Thomas a.
Miles near Brighton ut SIS per acre. A
section of land in Otero county be.
tween Rocky Ford and La JHnta will
be sold Mt $40 per acre. For this land
Becrbohm 4 Garwood have bid Sc per
acre. Numerous applications for land
In Otcro county have been received by
the board.
A shoemaker at the Bessemer steel
works. near Pueblo. says that nearly
5000 foreigners OF the laboring class
pay out absolutely nothing for repairs
on their footwear. He states that
these men wear the coarsest Kind OF
shoes and that in every house can be
found crude outfit for repairing. This,
he says. does not apply to the Japa.
nese. who are among the best Gus
toners OF a regular shoemaker.
Work Is progressing satisfactorily
and rapidly on the Gunnison tunnel.
The driving is pcing done from four
different headings and the total
length III now over 5000 feet. AT the
river portal. from which the tunnel Is
2,iOO feet, the water has been bother.
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