Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-26
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


in August. An immense gathering is
expected.
In IA quarrel over a woman at Pue-
bio ON the 10th inst. Gus Matthew'S. a
eoloFsd man. shot and killed Frank
Smith. also eolored. Matthews got
away.
The city physician Of Victor has re-
Gently examined milk from fifty
dairies and reports that he found many
cans OF waIer.d milk and some bad
cases of adulteration.
Mason wesms has been sentenced to
the Bnena Vista TefoTmntoTy for eight
cen months by III. County Court at
Golden, for stealing bicycles In Denver
and selling them in Golden.
William Z, Sweet has donated S25.'
900 toward the erection OF 100000
Y. n. e, A. building In Denver. pro
Vided the rest of the amount can be
raised by February u. 1906.
Mrs. Gottesleben. wife of Peter
GoltesIeben. "a pioneer and for many
years the leading jewcler in Denver.
died on the 18th inst. from injuries
received in getting on a street car.
Supervising Architect Taylor has
assigned Lee Ulicry. superintendent
of construction Of III. Denver mint.
to take charge OF the construction OF
the federal building at Colorado
Springs.
A company Of Cripple Greek men.
headed by I. ]. Burk. has closed Ion.
term lease for 100 acres Of state land
one milo south OF Rockvalc. In Ere
mont county. on which they will de-
Vclop the coal veins.
The For, Collins Pioneer Association
was organized ON tn. 18th inst. with
se,cnty,hyc charter members. John
q. Mccoy was elected pr.Hldcnt: Rob
rrt $. feddcr. secretary: and Mrs. W.
". Taylor. historian.
John Mcany. an employ. at the
Workman mine. twelve miles from
Lcadyiilc. on the South Park line. fell
from n scanoldinE sixty feet into the
shat; aA he was going to work and only
received slight injuries.
The application OF ]. c.. Forrest.
J. a. Johnston. T.. $. Duny. GcorI.
II. Chcssman and others to organic.
the First National Bank OF Auii. with
$4,000 capital. has been approved by
the comptroller OF the currency.
Governor Mcdonald has appolncd
three delegates to the convention to
be held In Washington. ID. e.. February
18th, for the drawing up OF uniform di'
Torcc laws. The delegates are Mrs.
c. G. Bradford. John DcWccse and Il.
W. Bonynge.
The LonEmont Electric Light ana
Power Company has made arrange.
mcnts with Lafayette coal fields to sup.
ply it's power. and the plant Mt Long.
mont will be put out OF commission as
soon us arrangements can be made
and the line built.
Gen. W. ]. Palmer has granted \
lease for fivc years of block OF
ground to be used for athletic pur.
poses by the Colorado Springs high
school. A club house. Iuartcr.miic
cindcr track and baseball diamond will
be built before spring.
W. II. Howard. retiring supcrintcnd.
cnt OF tho Pueblo plant OF the Amcri-
can Smelling & Refining Company,
was presented with n handsome gold
watch by the employees OF the plant.
who also presented Mrs. Howard with
fine pair OF opera glasses.
The state is now cxponding $1,000
in building roads and bridges In the
southeastern counties. Charles W.
Wells of the state engineers Office
recently started on an inspection tour
OF tho work in the vicinity OF La
Junta, Las Animas. Lamar and Holly.
Mrs. Martha A. Hodges. widow OF
James l.. Hodges. has been appointed
by Governor Mcdonald secretary OF
the State Board Of Arbitration. The
place carries a salary OF 1900 n year.
The appointment is to I'LL the uneN-
pired term OF Mr.. Hodges. who died
recently.
Sheriff o. P. Grimes of Ell Paso
county has announced the offer of
500 reward for the recovery of the
$3.50 Swiss repeater watch owned by
the late Il. Crane Wilson, which was
not found upon the body of the sui
eide. Wilson's two sons want the
watch as remembrance of their
father.
The secretary of the interior is ad
vertising for proposals for furnishing
10000 barrels of Portland cement on
cars at stations on the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad between Cedar Creek
and Uncompahgrc, Colorado, for use
in connection with the Uncompahgre
valley irrigation project. Bids will
be opened February 9Th at Montrose.
The following government survey
ors are engaged in carrying out the
new survey in western Routt county:
William H. Clark. Benjamin F. Clark.
James NJ Clark, William S. Taylor. c.
C. Schrontz, Alonzo II. Adams. Albion
X Vickery, William c. O'Brien
Charles S. Booth, lie Roy E. Young
Frank E. Whitney. Fred c. Carstar-
phen and John +. Wilson.
The State Board of Equalization has
granted the county commissioners of
San Juan county authority to lower
the assessments on three railroads, tho
Silverton railway. the Silverton North
ern railway and the Silverton, Glad.
stone & Northerly railway. The
county commissioners complained that
the assessments had always been too
high, being about $4,000 per mile in
comparison with S6,750 per mile paid
by the Denver & Rio Grande in the