Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-07-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

:, Junction will vote for or against an
ordinance ratifying the plan 10 expead
100000 for a mountain water system.
! The First National Bank at Windsor
has been authorized to begin business
with $4,000 capital, John +, Law Is
president: Lewis Korn. vice president.
and Frank y. Briggs. cashier. WI
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
~. N. Buck OF Yampa. Colorado. as
water commissioner Of water district
No. IS. to NIL vacancy caused by the
b resignation Of W. F. Wheeler.
/. The following new postmasters have
been appointed: William IL. Lawyer.
iMontezuma. vice +. s. fairchilds. re.
signed; Joseph r. Chitwood. Tin Cup.
Gunnison county. vice T.. o. Churchill.
resigned.
( Myles Edward Mather. a Welshman.
iifty-seyen years Of age. who came from
Los Angeles eight months ago. was
found dead on vacant lot In Denver
July 10th. There was no evidence of
suicide or foul play.
I. The Anu.Ci.arette League will hold
a convention In Denver August i4th,
18th and 10th. II Is expected that Mrs.
Carrie Nation will be present and de-
liver an address. The names OF some
OF the best speakers in Colorado nre
ON the program.
. The new state armory Mt kult was
opcped on, the. night of July 18th
There was large attendance OF Wis
itors from Greeley. Eaton. Windsor and
other ncighboring towns. The Ault
military company. under. Capt. Ray
Gale. has n membership Of forty.
The Greeley Gas and Electric Com.
lpany's. plant hhs been sold TO the Fed.
oral Gas Company of Chicago. The
plant. win be moved from Its present
quarters outside tho residence portion
OF the town. II Will be enlarged but
no practical change will be made In
the management.
Reports are being made by wool
buyers who are returning to Trinidad
from the chief .raxin. districts OF the
state that the CLIP this year In the larH'
est and best ever known In Colorado.
Prices range from 81 to - cents
pound. which Is higher than has been
paid for n number OF years.
New dining car service on tho Colo
rado Midland went Into effect July 10th
for the first time In the history OF the
road, and through IL the Midland
trains No. 4 and No. 8 TO the west
will be able TO save one hour and thirty
minutes between Denver and Grand
Junction. This umc was formerly oc-
cupied In stops nj eating stations.
The body OF Henry Rudy. q prospect
or. who was swept down the mountain
by = snpwslide last winter at the head
of Junction Creek. sixteen miles above
Durango. was found In snowbank on
tho 30th OF Juno by his brother. who
had been looking for him since early
Spring. He had been struck by slide
while going from his mine to his cabin.
On tho afternoon OF the 18th inst.
lightning struck the granary on Frank
Buxhpcll's farm. five miles northeast
OF Fort Collins. In which Ralph Yaw.
aged sixteen: Arthur I.indcr, aged nine.
teen. and Joseph Hubbard. aged thirty.
had taken shelter from the rain.
Young Yaw was instantly killed. Lin.
der badly injured and Hubbard badly
shocked.
Hundreds Of cattle are lying dead
on the plains in the eastern part Of
this county and surrounding territory
because Ct the long continued drouth.
says n Trinidad dispatch to the Denver
Republican. The grass has entirely
dried up and cattle are forced to eat
poisoned weeds, which is causing their.
death. The loss to the ranchcrs will
reach thousands Of dollars.
The date Of the Harvest Day Festi.
val mt Greeley has been set for August
23d and the day promises to witness
even n greater celebration than last
year. The festival will be n county af
fair and the Harvest Day Festival
Club. which was organized shortly af.
ter last years meeting. has mem.
bership Of representative men from all
parts Of the county,
At n meeting Of the Colorado com.
mandery OF the military order of the
Loyal Region Of the United States at
Denver. David II. MofYat. captain com.
pony b. Third Colorado cavalry in the
War of the Rebellion, was elected an
original first.class member Of the or.
der. There was large attendance Of
companions and Captain Moffat re-
ceived hearty greetings.
County Superintendent Harrison
finds the total school census OF Weld
county to be S.140 persons between the
ages OF six and twenty-one years.
Upon this number It is estimated that
Weld county has a population OF 49,.
900. OF the number enrolled this year.
l,204 are males and 1886 are females.
There arc eighty.eight school districts
in the county and 100 schools.
The annual meeting of the directors
of tho Denver. Northwestern & Pacific
railroad (Moffat road) was held in
Denver on the 9th inst. The directors
went through the formality OF re-
electing the old officers as follows:
David II. Moffat, president: William
G. Evans, vice president; F. B. Gibson,
secretary; Thomas Keely, treasurer;
w. A. Deuel., general manager.
A gift from Gen. w. ]. Palmer has
equipped the School OF Forestry of Col.
orado College with full set of instru.
ments for meteorological observation,
tn he Installed Mt thu forest lahnratory