Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-09-21
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

AhV AuuHuh SOuuty ruiT Will De NeNu
at Brighton September 2Gth to 2sth.
The Arapahoe County Fair will be
held at Littleton October 4th to 9Th.
The Mesa County Fair will be held
at Grand Junction September 2Gth to
28th.
The fair at Hotchkiss. In Delta
county. takes place September 2Gth to
2Sth.
g. c. Bachelor, q pioneer Of Boul.
der. died ut his home In Boulder on the
9th inst. at the great age OF ninety
three years.
Jacob Rush. father Of State Senator
John A. Rush. died at his home In Den.
yer on the 9th inst. ut the age OF sew
enty'two years.
II. W. Ward. prominent Canon
City contractor and builder. has beea
acjudged insane and placed In the
state asylum ut Pueblo.
Tho Flint Automobile Company. OF.
ganized by eastern capitalists. contem'
plates building large factory In Dee.
yer at a cost OF 100000.
While walking on the tracks Of the
Colorado 4 Southern ut Trinidad on
the 18th inst. Robert Wilson. aged M.
ty.two years. was run over and killed.
He leaves n widow.
During the last twelve months In
Weld county 1856 marriage licenses
wero issued, eleven divorces granted
and thifty-six persons convicted. sev-
enteen OF whom were juvenile delin.
qucnts under sixteen years OF ase.
Al Durango on tho 9th inst. Sam
Nichols. aged nifty years. ranchman.
suffering from cancer Of tho throat.
blew the top OF his head on In iiv.
cry stable with revolver. He leaves
q widow. son and two grown daugh.
tefs.
General Agent J. p. Hall Of tho
Santa Fc. on his return to Denver from
the Arkansas Valley Fair and Water.
melon Day ut Rocky Ford. stated that
the fair was the most successful and
most largely attended OF the nineteen
that hs has visited.
A report Just figured out concerning
marriages and divorces In Pueblo
county during the last twelve months
shows that there were 50s marriages
and los divorces. The number of javcn.
lie court cases has also decreased
more than onc.haif this year over last.
While temporarily insane from men.
tni and stomach trouble. James II
Arkuah. a Denver insurance man. be.
longing to tho firm Of Lehman. Stew.
art & AEkuhh. committed suicide oh
tho ii,h Inst. by shooting himsrcit
through tho head. lilo In said to have
attempted nuicid. several times be.
fore.
Tho Greeley sugar factory began op
crn,ians On the itth Inst. Eish, thou.
sand acres of bccta were planted for
the Greeley factory and will give an
average yield of twelve tons TO tho
acre. Eighty thousand tons OF this
Yield will be handled by tho Greeley
factory and tho remainder sent else
where.
In a quarrel over hin refusal TO pay
for isccnt drink Of whisky. Roy Has.
hin. iwcns sy-onc.ycaroid > rsETant. shot
aud Killed Andy Carlson. a cripple.
who was porter in tho saICon. at No.
Isu'a saloon in Denver. on the i5ih
inst. uaslin was arrested by Police
man Green and will be tried for tho
crime.
Agent II. II. Kerr Of the State Bg.
r-su Of Child and Animal Protection
has filed complaint against Contractors
Oratap e Crook. charging cruelty to
animals. At camp No. 10. near Topos
mas. Colorado. Kerr found nifty horses
,ha, were suffering from sore should.
rra. Tho animals were In charge Of
Foreman II. Davis.
The Teller county commissioners
have voted to Gilbert MeCiuiE. secrc-
tAfy to I'll. chamber Of commerce a,
Colorado Springs. $500 for stcrcopu'
con lecture on tho Cripple Creek dis.
irict. to be delivered In the East. Grip.
pic Creek and Victor. by their respect.
i've City Councils. have each arpTopri.
atci $3.50 for the sam. purpose.
Ifclcn Thomas. daughter Of Calvin
Thomas of Greeley. has bccn appointed
nssis,an librarian In the reference and
caiaioguinz department Of the library
of tn. state University uf Michigan.
located at Ann Arbor. Miss Thomas is
n graduate of the Greeley High school.
State Normal School. Wellesley. and
Albany. New York. Library School.
Der, Moiicn. sentenced TO fvc years
in the pcni,catiary for cmbczSlCmcu,
from the International Trus; Company
at Denver. died of typhoid fever In the
prison hospital at Canon City on tho
ii,h inst. a plea for his liberation was
made before the State Board Of Par.
dons at Its last meeting. but not acted
upon. reports seeming to indicate that
his illness was not dangerous.
Following are the ncviyclcctcd on. |
GERS Of the Denver Live Stock Ex.
change: President. A. A. Blakciy: |
vice president, ]. +. Adams: board Of
directors for two years. Richard Brack. |
enbury. q. ]. Mann and Bon kcmpsr:
for one year, James Mckee and clyde |
II. Stevens: board of arbitration.
Henry Gebhard. d. ]. A. Richie and |
". l.. Mack: board Of appeals. a. J.
Campion. A. Bosscrman aud Paul Hen.
derson.
The Christian Assembly Ranch |
Company. an incorporation not for
profit. has been formed by members os
the Christian Assembly to establish /
ranches near Denver for the PURPOSE /