Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-06-21
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


niversary al Greeley.
Ex-Governor Peabody and daughter
are witnesses In the famous Haywood
murder trial at Boise.
Denver and Greeley are to be con.
nected by an electric line. Articles Of
Importance have been hled.
o. w. Yeager died Of Bright's dis.
ease. aged fifty.one. He had been an
honored citizen Of Longmont for years.
]. b. Bailey. q coal miner at Flor
ence. fell dead the other night. He
had been complaining Of not feeling
well for several days.
The Sisters In charge OF st. Fran.
els Seminary At Longmont are super.
intending the furnishing Of the build.
Ing. end expect to open the school Sep
tember LIST.
The new hotel committee at Boulder
has decided to name the new structure
the "Boulderado." being made out Of
the words Boulder and Colorado.
Work is beieng pushed rapidly.
Pueblo captured the 1908 convention
q the State Federation Of Coiored
MOmen's Clubs. President Ida-Joyce
Jackson Of Colorado Springs. and other
omcers. hold over until next year.
Gov. Buchtei has received the resig-
nation Of Senator n. Z. Lewis OF FIRE.
mont county. He has Just been ap-
pointed postmaster Of Florence and
resigned before the expiration OF his
term.
John corne. probation ohicer Of
Weld county for the last nvc years.
resigned and P. Tisdel. known as
Father Tisdel. who devotes his life
to looking after the unfortunate In
Weld county, was appointed to the va.
caucy.
Costello and Stevenson. two Oak
Creek merchants before the County
Court charged with the illegal sale Of
liquor. were discharged. tho Jury con.
sidcring the evidence against them In.
suhicient to sustain the charge. The
defense offered no evidence.
Lucille Murtis, one Of the most prom.
incnt graduates OF the Trinidad High
buggy and fatally injured At Bcrius.
Vile. ID. She was promincnt In tho
young society set and the sad news
Il received with great regret.
While aiding the other farmers Of
Fountain valley to extcrminntc the
maxpics OF that section. Gus Wilson.
living near Little Buttcs. fell from n
tree. disiocatinx three vertcbrae. His
recovery II doubtful. The ranchmcn
killed exactly 1000 maspies.
The wellington association Ii con.
structink dam for tho purpose OF
storing water on the high ground north.
west Of Boulder for irrikntinE pur-
poses. The dam II TO be about COO feet
long. have a base Of 100 feet and be
fifty feet hi.h. The reservoir will
cover abou, thirty acres and will irri.
gate several thousand acres.
workmcn cxcava,ins for the lake TO
be used In connection with tho shoot
tho chuics-' at tho loo. near Colorado
Springs. have uncaTihcd the skcirion
oe n giant Indian and n horse at n
depth Of about ten feet. With tho
skeleton were found tho remains of \
bow and arrow and q half dccaycd
fragment Of q blanket. Tho supposi.
ton IL that the Indian was Cheyenne
and Was carried from the cii6s In n
landslide.
Wsa, IL said 10 have been tho fiss;
frame building erected In Fort Col.
iins. is being moved TO make room for
a hard~ar. store. 1sxi:s feet. which
Judge Jay Bouxhtou II building. The
old building was erected In the win.
ter of iS.:.5 by Judge Bouxhiou. he
doing most OF the work on u. !, was
built for the use Of the secretary OF
the colony. and later used as q printing
| once. when Judge Bourh,on ~as
elected county Judge In Is;s he occu'
pied Il as a court room and once.
The Aati.saioon League claims to
have secured evidence Of violations OF
the gambling and Sunday closing laws
against nearly every saiopnkccprr In
Arapahoc county. and District At,or.
ney Smith fied twenty nine complaints
In the County Court. The men for
whom warrants were issued arc;
Charles La~iin. Fort Logan. fuus
cases. Harry Livingston. Fort Logan.
four cases: II. uiind. Fort Logan. two
cases: Patrick slyncy. Fort Logan:
James Buck. Petersburg: c. a. Hort.
man. Petersburg. ave cases: Frank A.
Beandic. Petersburg. seven cases: J. =.
Crawford. Lit,icton. two cases: Henry
Hcincy. Little,on. two cases. Lewis
Stecklinc. Sullivan.
In appears from Investigation that
much Of the fruit thought TO have
been killed by the early May storms
IL alive and fourishins. and reports
from around Grand Junction Indicate
that a large amount Of apples and
pears will be harvested this year.
though the crop will not be a full one.
Peaches seem TO have suffered the
most from the freeze. and berries.
grapes. plums and other small fruits.
will produce only fair crop. Late
cherries are an exception to the latter
group. and II IL anticipated that this
crop will show up well at the end Of
the season. The growers are not at
all discouraged over the prospect and
are keeping their trees In good shape
by spraying. whether they will bear
this year or not.