Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-06-28
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Boulder md viii occupy II.
Peter Christianson. prominent
business man Of Morrison. recently
died after nn Illness from paralysis.
Tom Hussie. u Boulder local auto
mobiiist. has contracted with two
Eastern women to take them In an
auto to Gicnwood Springs and back
In six days.
A Denver girl was kidnapped on the
main business street the other day and
spirited away" To Pueblo. The girl
is II years old. but didn't call for help
until she was 100 miles from home.
a Are at Robinson. near Brccken.
ridge. which originated In mine
boarding house last Sunday. destroyed
ten buildings and for a time threat
cncd to wipe out the entire place. Loss
$4,000. Elmer HOFFMAN WIS Sc
verely burned while trying to save his
property.
Arrangements have been perfected
nt the electrical plant at Lafayette to
send n current to Boulder to supply
the southern part Of the city with
light. II is hoped TO have the north.
crn part of the city ready for the cur
rent, soon. and after that tho plant
here will no longer be used for elcc-
tric lighting. but will furnish power
for the street car service for some
time.
J. II. and L. C. Williams are going
10 make 600 ncrcs OF desert land bloom
with fine products. according to plans
and specifications recorded at Trini'
dad The papers state that three
rcrcrvo!rs. with combined capacity OF
3t.5O0.000 cubic feet. together with
numerous bitches. will be built. The
land In near AIuilar. and has never
been used for anything except this
grazing OF sheep.
Police Judge ID. d. Finch. one Of tho
most prominent and influential Repub'
iican politicians In Trinidad. was scri'
ously. II not fatally injured In run
away accident. Judge Finch had one
leg broken below the knee. the bone
protrudinH through the flesh. He also
had several ribs broken and II II feared
that he In injured Internally. His
horse collidcd with n telephone pole.
demoiishins the buggy. Judge Finch
wns thrown violently against the stone
curbins. Judge Finch was Mt one time
Ehcrin.
Andrew J. Macky. n wealthy banker
Of Boulder. died last week rnd ate.
providing for number Of relatives,
he wilicd the remainder Of his fortune
10 tho State University. and for the
purposs OF buildin. a hospital anJ
home for dependent children ani
widows. the latter to be erected ai
Boulder. The bcqucst 10 the univcrs.
ity provides for the erection and malu'
tcnancc OF n Macky building to b.
devoted to some branch Of education.
The sum Of 100000 is available TO-
this building aud $4,000 for the chill
drcn's and widows home.
The remains Of Morris Haycns Of
Colorado Springs, who died at Boulder,
from tho effects Of burns. were sent
to his home for burial. Tho boys
brother. Leon. who was with him nj
the time OF tho accident. says they
had fred several small lunches OF
powder left on a stone TO dry without
being harmed. Morris fired the last
batch and when the powder blazcd M
In his cndcavor to jump away. he
Jumped into the blaze. The boys
hands were literally cooked and the
flesh fell on. He did no, suffer much.
ms the burns were so severe that the
nerves were practically dcadcncd.
United States Senator Simon Gu..
gcnhcim paid LonHmont visit re-
Gently. He was met by Mayor Brad
ley, Judge +. p. Sccor and l.. l.. Breck'
cnridgc. +. N. Downcr accompanied
the committee In the drive with the
senator over the city. A reception
wns held In the rooms Of the CONNER
ciai association. when the business
men met the senator. Thomas Mo
honey, secretary of the association,
gave short talk In reference I'd
United States geological survey of the
country lying between Longmont and
the foothills. the object OF which Is
to determine whether the gypsum beds
are large enough TO warrant the man
ufacture OF cement.
+. II. Chase. a feeble old man OF &c
years, was taken before Judge Lewis
In the federal court In Denver recently
on bench warrant issued because he
die. not appear before the federal grand
Jury when summoned. The old man
lives in Pagosa Springs, and although
h. has made his home In Colorado for
thirty years he told the court that he
had never before visited Denver. He
explained his failure to obey the sum.
mons to his lack of money. He pre-
sentcd such pitiable appearance that
Judge Lewis dismissed him without
punishment. He testified before the
grand Jury and was allowed three days
witness fees in addition to fivc cents
per mile mileage.
For the purpose of personally
observing the route for a proposed
high line canal. Secretary of the
Interior Garfield and Land Com
missioner Ballinger took an auto spin
over the Orchard mesa and spent
nearly an hour viewing the land near
Grove Junction last week. They were
favorably impressed. The high line
canal as proposed will cost $1,5oo.0O0
and reclaim hundreds Of acres Of land.
Its construction by the government has
been urged for years, but today is the
first time federal officials have seen