Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-07-26
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Colorado Day. August !, will be Q
big affair at Denver.
Work IL progressing ON the new
Royal Gorge railroad.
The report that Denver confronted
fuel famine II disprOven.
The Salvation Army in Denver con-
yerted $50 persons In June.
Some Larimer county men have been
arrested on q charge Of cattle rust
ling.
The state lumber dealers held their
annual meet at Colorado Springs re-
Gently.
Mrs. Robert w. Hcarne was badly
hurt In 4 driving accident at Central
City one evening last week.
Up to July goth there had been
thirty.one divorces granted in tne
courts Of Denver this month.
The Denver papers are having
hard time finding the iirst capitol
building. They might ask Oliver Wig
gins.
While splitting kindlIng wood. Mrs.
Della Dodge At Grand Junction.
chopped on the foreanger Of her left
hand.
The bite OF q snat caused the death
of James Chase at Plateau. Blood
poisoning set In. caused by scratching
tho bitten place.
Eugene +. Ware, former United
States commissioner OF. pensions. Ii
taking his vacation ut Camp Never
Mind In Ute pass.
A Trinidad street car conductor has
been fined for swearing. Evidently the
trial Judge thought that preroSative
belonged TO the patrons.
Students Of the Golden School OF
Mines are to be given practical knowl.
edge Of mining by drivin. a tunnel
into Mount Zion. near Golden.
Chief Delaney OF Denver police force
has decided to stop the malignant
form Of murder now prevalent In that
city among automobile speed maniacs.
The reckicssncss OF some OF the drtv.
ers was something fearful.
Search your dirty linen! A tramp
was stealing ride In linen closet on
n train that pulled into Pueblo found
n pocketbook containing $4,000. II
had been gathered up from the birth
by the porter. The owner took tho
tramp home with him and will give
him n responsible position.
A heavy rain west and north OF Trim.
dad raised the Las Animas river six
feet. the highest Il has been since the
food Of two years ago. Two Colorado
& Wyoming railway bridges. one nj
Madrid and another between Madrid
and Sc.undo. are reported gone and
some damage is xcportcd from Longs
canon.
Tho last Of the old landmarks In
Greeley In to he torn down to make
way for a two.story brick building to
be built by ID. II. Macarthur for hard.
ware store. The old onc-story frame
building which stands on tho south
side Of Main street anon. row OF
brick blocks. was built In 1871 by John
Abbott, an original Union colonist, now
q resident Of Fort Collins.
Douglas Cicr'cns. the cight.ycnr-old
son Of Walter Clemens OF Jamcstowu.
was taken to the University hospital
where he must have three fingers and
tho first Joint OF the thumb. all on the
left hand, amputatcd. Hc with some
other children had secured some giant
caps at the wano mill above James.
town. The little fellow tried to crack
one Of the caps and tho explosion ter.
ribiy iaecratcd his hand. He was also
injured about the face and left thigh
but not seriously.
J. II. wcissc & Co. OF South Omaha
have been awarded the contract for
building the new post .diec Mt Colorado
springs. the contract p.icc being $li3..
ca, II was recently reported that
this firm's bid was a206.9ss. which
would have ncccssitatcd . rcadver-
tincmcnt for bids. since this amount.
with the cost for furnishings. would
have made to'al In excess OF the
$4,000 set aside for the building.
Tho site cost &G5.000 and congress Up.
p.or..atcd $215.0o0 for building and
s,t".
Garfield Williams. aged sven. son
Of Ellis Williams, superintendent OF
the In Belle mine at Jcrryvillc. died
as the result Of powder burns sus.
tained after throwing n lighted match
into can Of blasting powder. The
lad, with two other boys. found the
powder md one Of his older compan.
ions induced him to throw the match
into the can. A terrific explosion
followed, his clothing was set on FIRE
and he ran screaming from the cabin
to nearby pond. He was terribly
burned .nd soon became unconscious.
remaining SO until he died.
It was too good to last for the coun.
ties Of the state AMI Attorney General
Dickson has announced that he will
end the practice Of sending dependent
wards to the State Industrial School
by bringing suit against all counties
which fail to pay for their wards since
1905. In 1904 the county commission.
ers were advised that It was not nee
essary to pay the expense Of keeping
wards at the institution. The board OF
control recently sued the commission.
ers OF Summit county for $500 for
keep wards. Judge Lavender Of the
Fifth judicial district ruled in favor
Of the state institution and Attorney