Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-16
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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yer have formed an association for
mutual benefit.
The last train for the reason on the
cog road to the summit OF Pixies Peak
was run Sunday. the 4th inst.
Tho Denver branch OF the Needle.
work Guild Of America will distribute
G.G0O garments among unfortunate and
needy families In Denver this year.
Thanksgiving da., concerted effort
will be made ut Colorado Springs to
raise a fund for the proposed 100000
ldeaconess hospital. A general collec'
tion will be taken In all the churches.
The Jewish Free Loan Society at
Denver. organized to lend money with
out interest to needy and worthy per
sons. has loaned over $4,000 during
the past three years without losing q
cent.
The Presbytery Of Denver at 10.
cent meeting adopted resolutions In
honor Of the late Prof. Thomas Nelson
Haskell. the founder OF Cutler Acad'
envy and Colorado College at Colorado
Springs.
A movement Is on foot to secure
the erection OF n $4,000 Y. N. G. a.
building In Canon City next summer
A bequest Of $4,000 by the late +. A.
Reynolds will serve as nucleus Tor
the fund.
Tho Northern Colorado Poultry As.
scciation. which will give show nj
Boulder December 18th to 18th. In
elusive. has already secured the prom
ise Of twenty silver cups to be
awarded as prizes.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
nl
Canon City next spring Mt n cost OF
about $4,000. The present building
will be removed to another site and
used us freight depot
Harrison Parks. town marshal OF In.
fayette committed suicide on tho Sth
Inst. by shooting himself through tho
head. Domestic trouble is supposed
to have been the cause OF his action.
He was fifty.two years old and leaves
u wife and Ave children.
On the sth inst. Andricn Adamson. a
driver In tho mine Mt Tcrtio. near Trim
idad. was killed while going out with n
train OF cars. Hc fell on the driveway
and broke his neck. Andriccon Jar.
milo. n Mexican working In Tcrtio.
was killed the same day by fall OF
rock.
According to a report which has
somehow gained circulation In the Jap.
ancsc colony ut Denver. N. Yakutomi.
tho japanese lcpcr who escaped from
quarantine near Majestic. Colorado.
and was spirited out OF the United
States by his countrymcn. fell or
jumped overheard while On route TO
Yokohama. and was drowned.
Frank Job. night boss Mt tho Hast.
ings mine Of the Victor Fuel Company
near Trinidad. was killed on the 3i
Inst. by n lump Of coal crushing his
breast. He was standing hfty feet
from the explosion Of shot. which
har always been regarded n safe dis.
tnncc. He was thirty.cisht years old
and leaves n widow and two children.
An Albuquerque. New Mexico. dis.
patch OF the 7th Inst. says: A sheep.
man named Charles W. Darncli. from
Windsor. Colorado. was run over ana
killed In tho Santa rc yards nj Bclcn.
New Mexico. this morning. He was
walking along the track with com.
panion when he was knocked down by
a train and ground TO death under tho
wheels.
Every Coloradan away from home
in tho state will be offered nm oppor'
tunity to go home for the Christmas
holidays. through the action OF the
Colorado Passenger Association.
which has arranged for holiday rates
varying from one fare for tho round |
trip on the mountain roads to n fare
and a third for tho round trip Ca the |
prairie roads.
Thomas rrccl Of Eaton died at the |
Greeley hospital on tho 9Th Inst. o'
stomach trouble. He had resided IN
Weld county for thirty years and
twenty years ago he was one OF the |
most daring cowboy riders OF the
range. During tho last ten years OF
his life he has been In tho stock |
business and owned string OF valu. |
able running horses.
A report was made to Governor Nc.
Dcnald on the sth inst. by the special
examining committee appointed TO
make n regular examination OF the
state trcasurcr's books. The cSaminn'
ton extended over period from May
1st to October 18th. the present bal
nuce on hand being $2.751. .76s.3S. The
committee is composed of II. II. Mn''
nix, A. s. Wilson and Richard II. Kirk
The state fish and game department
has received notice of one OF the Dig
gest payments of a fine ever sent into
the Office. The case was tried twice
In Meeker. the first jury disagreeing.
and the defendant. J. ID. Clark. was
forced to pay $50 and costs. the latter
amounting to $176.9O. He was con.
victed by Jury Of having Illegally In
his possession the parts OF Ave deer.
E. X. Smith and number OF other
Fort Lupton capitalists will build a
big reservoir costing $50.o00 in the Vt.
cinity Of Fort Lupton. from which
some $4,000 acrcs of now non.irrigable
land will be brought under cultivation.
The reservoir is intended to conserve
the surplus over appropriated waters
of the Fulton ditch and draw on the
flood and seepage water of the streams
In that vicinity.