Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Mayor Speer OF Denver Ia out with
n sharp stick after the illegal wine
rooms.
The Chamber of Commerce OF Den.
yer il after the local coal trust with
hot poker.
It Is claimed that at least 1000 car
loads OF fruit will DO shipped from the
Western Slope this year.
The contracts have been let to 10.
cal men for the erection OF the Empson
canning factory at Greeley.
Mathew J. Drury. q Denver hotel
keeper. drank poison because his
business was failure. He died.
The grand jury ut Fort Collins has
found true indictments against thirty
people in that section. Tho indictments
are secret until papers can be served.
Russell Boles. convicted OF assauiting
a girl and killing her brother u few
years ago In Denver. and who IL
thought by some TO be innocent. may
be pardoned by the Board Of Pardons.
The annual convention OF the Colo
RADIO Baptist association. embracing 4
Paso. Teller. Lake and Pitkin counties,
olencd In the First Baptist church =,
Colorado Springs Monday night for n
three days session.
William wriske. who was shot In the
back near tho Big Five mill at Camp
Frances. near Ward. recently. Is re-
ported recovering. The physician re-
moved sixty shot from his back. neck
and head. and few were too deep to
be cut out.
The Sioux City colony Is the latest
organization In Denver. and has been
formed with the hope Of bringing into
closer touch NIL former citizens Of
Sioux City for mutual benefit and
pleasure. Officers have been elected
nne the society II contemplating So
ries of picnics.
Sunday night bold burglary was
committed when the clothing store oil
the Bethel company ut Canon City was
looted and clothing and gents furnish
ing goods valued ut $500 carried away.
The booty taken consisted OF broken
and complete suits Of clothes. under.
wear. shirts. ncckties and other fur
nishinss.
J. r. Fnshbaugh. one of the earliest
pioneers Of Evans, and for thirty.three
years station agent here. died sud
denly Of heart failure. lie was seventy.
two years old and two years ago vas
put on the retired list Of the railroad
service. He ID survived by = widow.
two sons. VIII and Frank. and n daush'
ter. Carrie.
The first biennial convention Of the
Christian EndcaVor workers Of the
eastern district Of the Colorado Chris
tian Endeavor union. consisting Of the
counties OF Giipin. Clear Greek. JcfIcr'
son. Denver. Adams. Arapahoc. Wash
irEton and Yuma. will be held on Sep
icmbcr 18th. 18th and 18th. In the
First Presbyterian church nj Golden.
Airs. Mary Hayden. aged seventy.
Ave u dead nj Boulder. Shc lived In
tho ncixhborhood for thirty years. Hcr
husband died twenty ycars ago. She
caves three daughters. Mrs. Robert
Montgomery and Mrs. Flora Prince Of
his county. and AIRS. Marshal Cham
bcrs OF Lradviii-. also two sons. VII
liam and Edward Of Grand Eacamp
acnt. Wyoming.
A contract has been let by the City
Council of Idaho Springs to Thompson
6 wiikic for the construction Of n res
crvoir on Chicago creek to cost s.o.'
goo. The reservoir will 10 for the
storage OF 6o0oo. 900 gallons Of ~a;ct
To be taken from the hcad~atcrs u
Chicago creek. The work IL TO begin
at once. SO that the reservoir can Be
completed In time to catch the sprins
water.
An aii.tay temperance meeting was
recently held a, the First Methodist
church In Colorado Springs under the
auspices Of the State Prohibition
League. Secretary A. u. Taynion vas
one OF the speakers. and the Roberts
male quartet furnished the music. Tbs
Rev. c. u. Wilcox made the principal
address. and the meeting was the be
ginning OF an active campaign for pro
hibition In IL Paso county.
The iarEcs, check ever drawn 10
Bcrthoud In payment for wheat crof
was in favor OF ". T. Bransom. q
farmer living near BcTtho,id. for si:.
ss..i:. drawn by Lovcioy Bros. and
paid by the Bcr,houd National Bank.
Bransom had 400 acrcs OF wheat and
harvested $4,000 bushels. In addition
to his wheat he has about 900 acres In
sugar bccts. which promise a heavy
tonnage. should they average twenty
tons. which IL not unlikely. he will
receive $4,000 for his beet crop. This
IL the largest acreage grown by a.
single individual In the world.
The abstract Of assessment for Weld
county. as returned by Assessor j. G.
wyiic. will show an increase of nearly
5000. 900 oTer tina, OF last year. Con.
trary TO expectations the increased
value will be greater prcportionatcly
than Il is In the cities. The total In.
crease for the cities will be about
$500 900 or less than one-eighth of the
whole. The Increased value in Greeley
property will be ssi5.ooo. The next
largest increase will be for the city
Of Auit. $4,000. All of the other
towns of the county show good gains.
The total assessed valuation of the
county will be close TO si6.oO0.00o.
Hugo has planned to celebrate its