Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-13
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


completion. The old one will be used
as freight depot.
The assessed valuation OF LaFimee
county is es.5i3.i39 and the tag roll for
1907 amounts to St56.6i9. which is
the heaviest ever levied.
The First Bank Of Montezuma Val.
ley has been Incorporated. the capital
stock being placed At 10000. Tho
bank will be located At Montexums.
The Merchants's Natioaai bank OF
Salida has been authorized to begin
business with $4,000 capital. James
J. Mckenna IL president and d. II.
Craig cashier.
The Democratic club at Denyer
voted to donate $500 TO the fund for 70
curing the Democratic national coavcn.
tionai convention next year. The sn.
tire sum called for IL 100000.
>The women Of Eaton raised funds 10
erect library on ground donated by
Governor Eaton. aud since then have
secured the money TO purchase books
and pay the. running expenses.
DR.. Charles Hsndrick. an eminent
New York physician and SURGEON .aa
founder OF large santa 'um In Ard.
more. L. l.. In AT Colorado Springs max.
Ing plans to erect y sanitarium at =
cost Of 3l50.o0o.
There are now thirty-two dweilinssl
under construction At Fort Morgan.
varying In cost from $1,000 to 10000
with few under tho 5000 mark. A
number Of public buildings are also
going up.
J. J. Dean. farmer living twelve
miles southeast OF Greeley. was killed
on the :nd inst. by being thrown from
q load OF coal. one wheel passins over
his body. He lived only two hours
after tho accident
Al recent meeting Of tho city coun-
ell Of Asuiiar u twcniy.year franchise
wax granted TO Hawkins 4 Barnett OF
Trinidad to furnish electric light and
power. They also expect To furnish
light and power to several coal mines.
The school board Of district No. /.
Pueblo. has closed negotiations by
which they obtained an option from
n. ID. Thatcher on n block In north
Pueblo. which will be used ~ Siis
for n new high school building. TO cost
3ls0.0OO.
Richard II. Malone. receiver Of tho
dcfunct Fidelity Savings association
Of Denver. has declared fvc per cent.
dividend. amounting TO $4,000. This
brings tho dividends. 20 far. up
to twenty -iivc per cent. and he expects
to pay nftccn per cent. more.
A. n. Copeland. who had made two
previous attempts to Kill himself. com.
mittcd suicide In the city jail nt
krcmmlinI on the night OF the 3oth uit
by tying n silk muffcr about his neck
and hanging himself by attaching u TO
the Iron grating Of the window.
At La Junta on Sunday the LIST. Inst.
after shooting and instantly killing his
mother.in.iaw. Mrs. Jose Luscro. and
nring one bullet ut his wife. +. +. Ad.
dcytn, Mexican. turned his revolver
upon himself and committed suicide.
Mrs. Mrs. Addcyia was not harmed.
The largest family gathering mt q
THANKSGIVING dinner In northern Colo
rndo was probably that Of Tom bcaS
Icy, n farmer living south OF 1onSmon;,
who entertained his unclcs. nunts.
brothers and sisters with their fam.
lies. numbering seventy-onc persons.
Juan Tnfoya, charged with the mur.
der OF Andreas Arguello Mt ScSundo
last September has been found guilty
In the District Court ut Trinidad. the
fury recommending life sentnnce.
Arguello was killed In q free-for-all sa-
loon fight following Mexican dance.
II Senator Nelson's bill. pending In
Congress-. becomes law. Colorado
City will have a free delivery. The
bill provides u free delivery for all
towns having n postal revenue Of $s.-
900. The Colorado City postotiice now
has an annual revenue Of more than
$1,000.
In the District Court at Fort MOI
gan Vera Moon and John Asmus. the
young ranchman In the Wild Cat Sec
ton, were found guilty on the End inst.
OF murder In the tirst degree for the
killing OF Robert Mcdowell. an &C.
centric ranchman. several years ago.
The jury fixed the punishment ut iife
imprisonment.
+. o. Stanley, a prominent automo-
bile enthusiast, Is having plans drawn
at Denver for three.story summer
hotel to be built at Estes Park. 1t will
contain over 100 guests rooms and $50
people can be accommodated at one
time. The hotel is to be known as
the "Dunraven." The plan includes
outlying cottages, q casino, stage and
ballroom.
Escaping an attack Of whooping
cough for seventy-one years. z. J. Car
yer. who was personal friend OF
Horace Greeley and n; c. Meeker, one@
of the founders Of Greeley, and for
thirty years publisher of tho Greeley
Tribune, is enjoying" that juvenile
disease. Mr.. Carver and his wife have
arranged to remove to Riverside,
California.
The county commissioners OF FIRE.
mont county have awarded a contract
to the Pueblo Bridge Company, for the
erection Of steel bridge across the
Arkansas river at Texas creek, forty
miles west of here. 1t will cost $1,700
and must be completed by March 1,
1908. There are now sixteen public
bridges across the Arkansas river in
Fremont county which cost $4,000.
D. A. Camfield has recently put 800