Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-31
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

new building by the Y. 81. Z. a.
is planned for Cripple Creek.
Snowslides carried away three
towers OF the Unity tramway. near
Siiverton.
II you hear loud aoise afar on It's
tie Denver bo0sters-doa't get excited
and tear TO the cyclone cellar.
The Denver papers have found a
child that doesn't know Its own
mother. Here's where papa evens up.
Thomas Thomas. convicted IL the
District Court OF numbering Walter
Sterling OF Florence. April goth. has
commenced on his seven years In the
psnitentiary.
Burglars ransacked the dentistry
ofnces Of DR.. q. II. ingalls, and DIR.
Scott In Boulder Saturday night or
gold and platinum.
Because her husband insisted that
she 20 TO work on the day following
her marriage. Mrs. Mary Calbert OBJ
tained u divorce at Trinidad and had
her maiden name destOrcd.
Twenty.four members Of the Omega
Upsilon Phi medical fraternity at
Boulder were poisoned by eating ham
burger steak. and Il came near being
the Omega Of the whole Phi.
Blonde JefYries. ascwing machine
agent. dropped his revolver while get
ting out OF his buggy At Morrison. The
gun was discharged and Jeffries was
shot. The wound may prove fatal.
Auit claims larger population than
Eaton. The school census. Just taken.
shows 1919. Of which Sc are males and
l03 females. With the usual multiple.
sh. this makes the population OF Auit
700.
Peter Leonard. aged sixty.fvc. died
OF injuries which. Il In alleged. were
Indicted by John Bowling. proprietor
Of saloon at Blendc. II II charged
Downing kicked him. He was ar.
raiEned and held for trial.
The clerk Of the Supreme Court has
notified Senator T. ~. Patterson that
he must pay Judgment an the sum OF
$1,000 and 3t?t.$0 costa, found against
him In the somewhat famous contempt
case. The senator will send check
at once.
Plans for the reception OF tbs Sons
OF the American Revolution. Who are
coming to Colorado Springs next
month, include an elaborate function
at tho residence Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Caxs Goddard on tho afternoon OF
June 9Th.
While drinking with l.. r. George
and Thomas Thurston Patrick Riley.
at Pueblo. aged 23. In said 10 have con-
fesscd to stealing mail sack from the
railway station at Green River. Wyo-
ming. Riley was arrested. He says Il
was only q Joke.
Tho nrst case OF q dairyman being
arrested for selling milk at Pueblo not
up to the standard came up In tho 20.
lice court when A. Robinson was fined
SIS for violation OF tho city ordinance
requiring certain test for milk. Tho
case will be appealed.
Mrs. J. A. Davis. wife OF J. A. Davis
Of tho white.Davis Mercantile Com.
pany OF Boulder. died suddenly from
heart disease while preparing TO take
n train for Denver. She was nifty years
old and had been n resident OF Colo.
rodo for thirty.four years.
The Young Mems Christian Associ.
alton fund at Cripple Greek has passed
the $4,000 mark. Al n meeting of
sixty.fve representative citizens fur.
ther support wns pledged and the SIS.
600 required for the establishment OF
an association building Is practically
assured.
Farmers at Greeley are busy plant.
Ing potatoes. Fully onc-half the crop
Is now In the ground. Less acreage OF
early potatoes will be planted this year
owing to the cold weather OF last
month. The acreage for the entire dis.
trict will be fully thirty per cent. more
this year, because OF loss OF crops by
foods in California.
At meeting Of the Tri.County Fair
Association. comprising Pitkin. Gar.
field and Eagle counties. the old ON.
GERS were re.elected-w. 8. Copeland,
president. and Charles Daley. secre.
tary. October LIST, I'd. Sd and 4th was
selected as the time OF giving the fair.
A large executive committee to mako
arrangements was appointed.
Frank White. colored, became en-.
ragged at Scott Williams. another negro.
in ball game at Colorado Springs
and. 1t is said. struck him on the head
with stone. innicting serious wounds.
White tried to make his escape and
was pursued by a mob of 200. He
was caught while hiding under the
bed in rooming house and was ar
rested.
The jury In the Samuel Shawcross
case at Cripple Creek. after being
locked up for twenty-five hours re-
ported inability to agree and was dis
charged by District Judge Morris. The
defendant was charged with larceny
of precipitates and zinc shavings worth
81 900 from the Anaconda mills. The
defendant was released on $2.500 bond
pending new trial.
The Eaton sugar factory is adding
molasses silo to its equipment. The
silo will be 90 by 100 feet on the out
side and 10 feet deep in the clear. al
lowing storage capacity for 1900 GU.
bic feet of molasses The mOlasses ia