Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


rsso so well be is here again 10 spead
. few weeks.
Another eioudburst caused havoc
with the railroad tracks in Clear Creek
canon last week
Denye. is again making an eaoff 10
secure one OF both Of the big national
political Conventions
A COW on the track caused wreck
near Lafayette the other day. she
say the eo~eatehef hss,-
The Eiks al Canon City have been
aned Ssoe on the charge Of selling
uquo. 81 their club house
The shos, Line tFainmen oat OF
Colorado Springs have been giSea .
. per cent. raise in wages.
o. ". Hadden OF the State Normal
school, has jus; received me eollee-
tioc OF native woods from Porto Rieo-
Half . dozen ioans-ss in penveF
saloon were held up recently and made
to turn ,hsis coin over to Tone
bandit
Wife desestsrs who come before
county commissioners In Pueblo eoun'
~ mus; work on the eoansy roads ~
punishnaeni
A Li,leton man bought . nice gold
coated brick Of lead the other day. for
which be paid $500. He Is now Won.
esrink hos he vas lead to do IT,
May Cater. co,or-d. is suing Frank
r. Marsh Of Colorado Springs for
81. 900 because he smashed her buggy
And injured her with his automobile.
General William J. Palmer. who en-
'estained the survivors OF the Fight
Ing fisieen;h..- e .; his home In Colorado
Springs las, week. Is the hero OF the
hour.
On THURSDAY. September i.,h. the
citizens Of LonKmoat will celebrate the
eighth annual Pumpkin Pie Day. Spe'
ciai trains and very low rates via Colo.
Fsdo & Southern railway.
=. c. Cradles :ocaere farm south.
west Of Greeley. has Eiven a yield OF
1900 bushels OF wheat. thirty-nye
bushels to the acre. The eni!re crop
vas grown without irrigation.
Deserted by its mother. young kit.
ten on the d. Stroll place. In Weld
county. has been adopted by . Ply
mouth Rock hen The hen walks
about with the kitten during the day.
and q, night shelters 1; under her
wings. The kitten runs TO the hea
when she ciueks. and seems satisfied
with the foster mother.
On Labor day. September Cd. the
mayor Of Loyeiand will extend to the
visitors to It's thirteenth annual corn
scass q cordial welcome and \ feast.
A program Of sports and excellent
racing has been arranged. Very low
rates and special trains via the G. &
Loyeiand In the evening. will be pro-
v,ded.
In n cleft in the rocks In Glen Haven.
Estes park. where Il had probably
bsen for centuries. r. ". Scott, by n
breaking OF Of rock, discovered an
ancient vessel of curious workman
ship. I; fell to pieces when handled.
but has been wired. Mr.. Scott will ex.
piore farther. thinking he may have
uncovered n prehistoric abode Of the
Clia Dwelling type.
Mrs. George Thatcher at Golden
caused the arrest of her husband on
the charge OF cruelty. She claims to
have discovered that she was wooed
and won for financial reasons only,
and alleges that now that her husband
has gained clear title to all of her
beating her. In the hope Of driving her
away. so that he may have undisputed
right to all he once possessed. The
Thatchers were married here twelve
years ago. The bride was the widow
of William Couch. who left his wife
ranch three-Quarters of 4 mile north
Of Golden. Thatcher is forty-fye years
old and his wife is nearly eighty.
h.-o t.aa. ..u.
out from the University Of Colorado
this summer to collect geological.
botanical and geological specimens for
the museum. The State Geological
Survey. under Professor Russell d.
George and Instructor Ralph D. Craw.
ford, will collect number of minerals
from the Poudre valley region and in
Routt county: Professor T. ID. A.
Cockerell has been at Florissant. Colo.
rado. collecting fossil plants and ami.
mails, while Professor Francis Rama.
ley and a party spent a week in the
neighborhood of Ward collecting q
complete set of the plants and animals
OF that region, paying especial atten.
tion to the lake region. Judge Junius
Henderson has also collected a mum.
Der Of fossils.
Colorado will be represented BY at
least 100 business men and by innu-
merable exhibits of its products at the
annual International live stock expo
sition to be held at Chicago the first
week in December, If the plans Of
Colonel W. E. Skinner, president of the
Colorado State Commercial Associa-
ton, are carried out There will be
between 250.000 and 350.O00 farmers
and stockmen Of the middle. West at
the Chicago stock exhibition, and 1t is
the plan Of Colonel Skinner to have
the Colorado contingent go to the
show city in a special train. Business
men from all sections of the state will
make up the party and while the mini.
mum limit has been set at 100, 1t is
hoped that at least twice this mum.
Der can be secured for the trim.