Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-06-07
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Wiley is 10 have . new sugar factory
70 cost 100000 Wiley will be just
too sweet.
Denver will have $50 voting ma
chimes ~ its next election. Heretofore
two have been doing the work.
The contract for the construction OF
the Catholic church at BOULDER has
been let. The cost Of the building Will
b. ei5.750.
Three Colorado couples we're wed In
Cheyenne in one day recently. It's =
wonder Colorado people wouldn't pat
Tonizs home industry.
The commissioners q Mesa county
have purchased eighteen voting ma.
chimes which will be used In future
elections. They cost 5000 each.
Only Que marriage license was Is,
sued In MoatFose during the months OF
April and May. which Is something
that has NO, happened In twenty-five
years.
The State Agricultural College has
Informed Monirose farmers and citi,
sens that they ~iii be given farmers
institute beginning August 10Th. The
college will send four speakers.
While working ON the top Of a to'foot
ladder on the roundhouse Of the Den
yer 4 Rio Grande al Grand Junction.
Harry Wilbur. a young machinist.
tainted and fell TO the ground. being
rendered unconscious His condition
10 serious.
Governor Buchrei gave the address
Of the ~yenin. at the graduating cxcr'
ciscs Of the high school at l.oveiAnd.
held In tho Presbyterian church. The
exercises were attended by the ca
pacity Of tho house and diplomas were
awarded TO nsc.
A chariyari party attacked the home
Of Bid Butler Al Rifc the other night
TO make Sid. who had just been mar
ried. "se, 'cm up" Sid paid no att~n.
iiou TO horns. COW bells. etc. but when
one Of the party began 10 sing he
''looscned" quickly.
Al u meeiin. OF the Denver Trades
and Labor Assembly II was decided TO
have the different unions assist an
antitrust oil company which In buck
Ing the Standard OIL Company In Den
yer. and has already succeeded In low
crins the price OF oil.
Mrs. Mary Shcchan. wife Of Jerry
Shcehan Of Montrosc. fell down stairs
At her home on the Shcehan ranch west
OF town. and sustained coucussion OF
shc brain. Her injuries may prove
fatal. Mrs. shcchan has lived near
Montrose for twenty-five years.
For seven days Quincy Brown. n
Colorado 4 Southern brakeman. who
sustained \ fractured skull BY being
knocked from top OF car. has been In
an unconscious condition. During all
Of this time he has taken no nourish.
h..s a.. -H h.l nhNS 4.
clans In attendance hold out hope for
his recovery.
About half Of tho thirty resorts nned
for violating the Sunday closing ordi.
nance were closed At Silverton. The
other half remained open. m was their
usual custom. Tho Italians. In trying
OF the law bought several kegs OF beer
on Blair street and imbibed freely OF
the liquor In open air.
Frank White. coiored. became en-
ragged at Scott Williams. another negro
In a ball game Mt Colorado Springs
md, It IL said. struck him on the head
with n stone, infiicting serious wounds
White tried to make his escape and
was pursued by mob Of 200. He
was caught while hiding under the
bed In rooming house and was ar
rested.
After living four years like hermit
and existing only upon bread and wa
ter, James McClair was brought in Di
vide to Cripple Creek by Sheriff Vor
Phul and placed In the county jail. Nc
Clair wears his beard and hair long. q
leather strap resembling sandals fo'
shoes. and woman's jacket in place
of a coat. The man has been living ir
a cave about one mile from Divide.
A letter from Durango says that 50t
farm hands can find ready employ
ment in that country. Labor is scarce
and they can secure work at from 50
/ to $50 per month and their board.
has only been within recent years tina
| farming and agricultural industries IL
| this part OF the state have taken sucl
great strides. and US a result larg'
number OF additional men Will b.
needed this season to handle the crops
A fight over electric light rates a
Manitou has resulted in the contrac
| for lighting the town for the next five
years being awarded to the Manito,
Electric Company. OF which DIR. w. "A
Bell, now residing in England. Is thu
head. The Manitou company's riva
was the Pike Peak Hydro-Electri,
| Company. The original bids submitted
were rejected by Mayor Nichols be
cause of technicality, and the secon'
bids submitted did not change the re
suit.
While walking along the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad tracks near th'
Fifth street crossing. at Grand juno
tion, John Harris. n tramp, was stsucl
by passenger train No. 1 and hurle'
twenty feet, rolling down steep EN-
bankment. He scrambled to his feet
however. and began running at the to-
of his speed. In the afternoon h
limped into the depot and was takei
to surgeons office, where it wa
found that his right knee had beel
badly hurt.