Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


springs. II recovering.
recently found dead In his cabin In
Birdseys gulch. near Lesdviiie.
A I.Ougm0ut farmer eomes forward
with q single stool 0f wheat that has
l5s heads. and the entire neid will
yield about sixty bushels per acre.
The attendance at the teachers' In
stituts ai Boulder passed the 800 mark.
which II by far the largest ever re-
the counties Of Weld. Larimer and
Boulder.
After q delay OF nfteeu years settle
msnt Of the estate OF James Williams
al Georgetown has been perfected. q
certified copy OF the decree having
been fiied with the county clerk and
recorder.
The canvass for money to build the
new canning factory at Loveisnd has
began In real earnest and II IL cx'
pecied the entire $4,000 stock will be
subscribed In few days The people
declare the factory must and will be
built.
II. d. brown. . prominent capitalist
from Sioux City. Ia. has been looking
over large tracts near Greeley and ex.
peeis TO make heavy land Investments
and bring settlers from northwestern
Iowa. Mr.. Brown has been travelling
extensively through the West and likes
Greeley better for this project than any
section he has yet visited.
Three young men. Cameron. Leavitt
and winscli. were arrested at Lamar.
charged with breaking into Santa fo
ears and sicaiin. merchandise July
10th. Tho court discharged them NJ
that iimo but the sheriff rcarrcstcd
them upon presentation OF new cvi'
dcncc and they were iakcn TO Holly
for trial.
Tho Loyclaud Chamber Of Commerce
has received report Of the canvassins
committee on the proposed canning
factory. Tho committee reported the
entire $4,000 required had been raised
and the Empson Packing Company OF
I.onsmont wns notified that the cash
for the erection OF tho building was
ready and tho necessary acreage OF
peas was guaranteed.
". X. Barr appeared before the state
land board at Denver recently and
asked 10 purchase S.sS0.630 feet Of tim.
Der located In Grand county. three and
onc.haif miles southwest Of Frazer.
The timber has been Inspected by W.
T. Fairfax and u minimum price Of 81
per thousand was made by the board.
The timber will be duly advertised Tor
sale and disposed Of later.
". &. Blair. formerly reading clerk
In tho House OF Representatives. has
been appointed TO tho position Of as.
sistant bookkccpcr by State Auditor
S,atlcr. MIR. Blair In Lake City
man. and publishes the Lake City
Times. lie has been engaged In work
fos tho state since the last season and
will probably continue In the auditors
Office during the present adminisira-
ton.
Those fortunate enough TO have
partial fruit crop this season In tho
vicinity OF Fort Collins are receiving
record prices for their products. In
n shipment Of 1--WE crates of cherries
made from the famous McClelland or.
chard to Denver. three crates sold for
$3.50 and two crates for $40. Tho
net return on the five crates was
5000. or more than double what the
same fruit would have brought last
season. Mr.. McClelland will have
about 200 crates OF cherries. which VIII
sell for nm average Of IS n crate. Last
year from tho snme orchard he had
about 1000 crates. Currants are sell.
ing at $3.50 crato and Mr.. McClel.
land has fair crop, considering the
ravages OF the frost. The usual price
is $1.5O u crate for currants.
The way Of the transgressor is or.
dinarily dinlcult enough. but It Is be-
ing made more difficult these days by
the club women OF Denver, who have
called upon the chief Of police and
the mayor Of this city and have asked
those officials TO enforce the law re-
garding the employment of the prison.
| ers in the city and county jails. This
| law was passed by the last Colorado
assembly and provides that any per-
son convicted Of u misdemeanor or
violation of an ordinance and being
confined in jail therefor shall be com.
PEELED to work at hard labor. The
| club women stated to the city officials
that they asked that the law be en-.
forced in the interest of humanity rs
a sentence during the summer caused
| the prisoner to suffer untold misery on
account OF the poor ventilation of the
| jails of Denver.
When the directors Of the Santa Fe
railroad met at Topeka. Kansas. last
January, they appropriated 100000 to
be spent in the yards of the company
at Trinidad. Officers OF the company
have completed final arrangements to
start the improvements. A new
freight depot. a roundhouse. and new
coal chute will be erected. The old
freight depot will be moved to within
$50 feet Of the passenger depot. A new
sidetrack will also be laid, after
which there will be no switching
across Commercial street. one of the
busiest thoroughfares in the city.
| Denver will have workshop for the
blind, where those afflicted with the
loss of sight can learn trade whereby
they can support themselves, within
the next few weeks. Rooms In the
Eagle block, West Eleventh and Sante