Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Smith Payne. aged fifty-four. a mine
watchman. expired suddenly at Cripple
Creek while engaged In putting up .
stove pipe at his residence. Apoplexy
was the direct cause OF death.
Adjustment OF the insurance on tho
Golden Cycle mill In West Colorado
City will soon be made. according to
General Manager Harvey McGarry.
The hoard Of underwriters met In Den.
yer.
Thirty tenderfoots from tho East.
some In fantastical cowboy and COW.
girl makeup. rode into Cripple
Creek from the Skeleton ranch near
Woodland Park. Thirty.hve miles
away.
The structural steel for the new no.
tel nt Boulder. receipt OF which was
delayed because Of the switchmen's
strike. has reached Boulder. and work
on the hotel has begun anew, but now
there Ia a scarcity Of brick.
The first carload Of early Greeley po-
tatoes to leave for market was shipped
by J. Gervin Of La Sale to Denver.
They brought $l.50 hundredweight
and were Of superior quality. the car
bringing between $3.50 and $500.
At the Country club q dinner-dance
wan ktsCh w atinh IsNciyu "htnu VI
Denver and was attended by about
nifty guests. among them being the
elite OF Colorado Springs and Denver
society. The function. though informal.
was one OF the most brilliant Of tho
present season.
Mamie Pouison OF Leadviiic. aged
eight. suffered excrutinting pain for
eight hours as the result of getting
fsh hook in her eye. The child was
out fishing and In casting the line the
hook caught In her eye. The hook was
removed. the child suffered untold ag.
ony uudl the operation was performed.
Mrs. Charlotte Garbe died In Fort
Collins nt her home on Riverside ave.
nue.. aged scventy.nine years. from old
age. Mrs. Garbe was born In Germany
In 1893 and came to the United States
when q child. She came to Fort Col.
Inns In 1879. She leaves son. VII.
liam. and daughter. Mrs. Lotiie Dan.
dcwark.
The ice famine az Fort Morgan has
caused the forming Of a company TO
Immediately build m Ice plant and
work on the structure was started at
once. The buildin. will be 80 by $50
feet and cost about $4,000. l.. oncr.
J. T.. Williams and 4. ]. Cook are tho
projectors and expect to supply local
consumers this summer.
An inquest was held over tho body
OF Wallace Rogers. n miner employed
by tho Granite Gold Minin. Company
At Victor. Rogers was caught by
falling rock. His lower limbs wcro
crushed and he died Ave hours after
the accident Al Red Cross hospital. Hs
was twenty-ci.ht years Of asc and
leaves widow and infan, child.
The first car OF tho Fort Collins
street railway has arrived from Don.
yer and is being nttcd for use on tho
West Mountain avenue line. II Ii
brand new. haviu. Just been turned out
Of the shops In Denver expressly for
service. II In attracting great deal
Of attention. Another car. a duplicate
OF this one. II expected In day or
two.
Michael OGrady OF Evans has
brought suit to forcciosc q mortgage
on y large amount Of Evans property
valued ut many thousands OF dollars.
against the hcirs.in.law Of L. n. Per-
kinS. Tho Perkins mortgage was or.
irinally given to 8. Il. Huffsmith and
covers nm undivided onc.haif interest
In several blocks Of Evans property
and was assigned to O'Grady. who
owns the other half interest Of tho
property.
The Ei Paso County Cattle Growers
Association will hold another meeting
TO take further action with regard to
the cattle quarantine in this county.
State Veterinary Surgeon Land has
notified the executive committee that
the quarantine has been placed on tho
cattle by the government rs prccau.
tion against mango. This disease. Il
is claimed. Ii not prevalent here. and
vigorous action will be instituted In an
effort to relieve the embargo.
The body OF George walkcnshaw.
the young boiicrmnrkcr who was swept
to his death while fishing in the Grand
river near Grand Junction. was rccov.
cred. Two small boys. who were fish.
ing in the stream. discovered the body
floating on the rifle In an elbow OF
the river. They secured boat,
brought the body to shore. and II was
taken to an undertaking establishment.
The remains were sent to Salt Lake
for burial. A reward Of $50 offered
for the recovery OF the corpse will be
paid to the boys.
Mrs. Frank Winters was robbed OF
n purse containing $50 while attending
the mission services ut the Catholic
church in Georgetown. A strange wo-
man entered the church and took n
scat by the side OF Mrs. Winters. After
remaining for few minutes, she
snatchcd the purse and made for the
door. An alarm was given md the
woman was ovcrtaken before she could
leave the church. The money was re.
turned and the guilty party allowed to
depart She refused TO divulge her
name or where she came from.
The discovery that the State Board
OF Equalization has reduced the as
sessed valuation OF the Rio Grandc
Western railway In Mesa county $780,