Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-01-25
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

A commercial club has been organ
lied at Steamboat Springs. with n. 4,
Houston for president and Archie
withers. secretary.
Jeff NOonan. an old time prospector.
WAS found dead in front OF his cabin
in Ieadyille ON the 18th inst. His
death is attributed to heart disease.
A rev market has been opened to
Colorado for its onions Five thous
and sacks. making total Of eighteen
carloads. were shipped last week to
New York.
A gang Of eonyicts at the Colorado
State Peni,sntiary is cutting and sior
ing 400 tons Of Ice from the lakes IN
Grape creek canon. three miles from
the prison.
The Colorado q Southern Railroad
Company will expend ei5o.ooo In re
building and equipping its coach shops
and wood working mill in Denver
which Were burned last year.
Representative Bonyngs has recon
mended the appointment OF Mrs Car
rio James as postmistress AT l.oveiaha
She is the widow of the former incuii
bent Of the ONCE. David Jones.
The Pixies Peak Cog road has abah
doned it's project OF using oil Instead
of coal for fuel. and will continue The
prcsen, methods. oil burning tests
have proven decidedly unsuccessful.
Miss Katherine Craig. state superin
tendent of public instruction. VIII al
dress the state supcrintendents de
partment of the National Educational
Association. which meets in Chicago
February sGth to 2sth.
A parrot, two squirrels and guinea
pig were burned To death. aud u mon
key so badly injured that II VIII die
ns n result of nrc which dcstroyct
n monkey house belonging to DIR. n
Diackman at Colorado Springs.
Within the next few weeks ih'
Santa rc railroad company will bcsir
opening coal mines ON several large
veins In different parts OF Fremont
county. Tho company has decided. u
in said. to supply It's entire system
with coal from Fremont county.
Mayor specr Of Denver was throws
from his carriage on the lath Inst
and received some bad. but not dan
scrous bruises on his head. Mrs
Spccr. who was with him. cscapcs
without serious injury. The mayor'i
spirited horses were frightened by nj
automobile.
ST, Mary's Academy. one OF the old
est schools In Denver. conducted b,
tho Sisters OF l.orctto. liz to be ro
moved from It's site mt Fourteenth nn'
California streets TO Fourtecn'h nv
cnuc and Pennsylvania. where SIX lot
have been purchased on which TO ercc
n handsome new building.
The Santa Fc railroad Is compiciin'
plans to transform it's present passcn
ger depot In Colorado Springs. Mt the
Intersection Of Pixies Peak avenue
with the tracks. into freight depot
and TO build $4,000 hotel and dcpo
two blocks further south. between Gu
charas and vcrmijo streets.
II is stated that Pucbio's japanese
colony will be depleted considerabl!
before spring. Sixty employed Mt TN
Elicrs smeitcr nrc said to have quilt
saying they were obliged to pay com
missions to countrymcn and that tn
cost OF living was higher than es
pcctcd. leaving them little Mt the en'
OF the month.
The Colorado City Chamber OF Com
mercc will cooperate with the Cole
RADIO Springs Chamber OF Commerce !,
constructing a sugar palace In Colo
rndo Springs. The plan is to call ol
the sugar factories OF the state Il
contribute about twenty tons OF bee
sugar and coat the blocks with
waterproof mineral veneer.
II is expected that Boggs Flat.
large arid section of land about tel
miles southeast of Florence. will b.
brought under irrigation by system
of nrtes,an wells which are to b.
drilled Mt various depths within tn
next few weeks. The plans for tn
campaign have been finished and der
ricks and drilling machinery ordered
Arrangements have been completes
for the fifth annual bench show OF tn
Colorado Kennel Club. to be held n
Coliseum hall in Denver on Februar.
26th, 27th and 2Sth. About $4,000 Ii
cash prizes will be given away. an
James Mortimer will ofliciate as judg
of all breeds. The entries to the shoy
will close on February 18th. II. c
Bryan of 533 Seventeenth street, Den
yer, is secretary OF the club.
The members OF both houses Of tn
General Assembly at Denver have &C
cepted the invitation Of Governo
Henry A. Buchtel to a good fellow
ship" dinner at the Savoy hotel on tn
night Of January 31st. The Invitation
also includes the justices of the Su
preme Court and the state officers, an
the heads Of the various institution
in the state, and Of some of the com
mercial organizations Of Denver.
Charles Warren Dake. founder o
Pine Grove, Colorado. and author Q
the state game law, died on the 17tl
inst, at his ranch near Pine Grove, a
the age Of sixty-eight years. Mr.. Dak'
was formerly a member of the stat,
Legislature, being elected a member o
the lower house from Jefferson count!
in 1892. While in the Legislature h
framed the state game law, and di'
much for the State School of Mines a
Golden.
At last the water has been turnet
into the new G. F., and I. canal neal