Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1907-10-18
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The Colorado coal trust is to be fur.
Their Investigated by Uncle Sam.
Denver tried TO unearth another dy.
4 Mantle scare but Il proved hoax.
| Mayor +. p. Hunt OF Delta. killed
himself on account Of domestic tTou'
BILE.
Mrs. Martha NARROW recently died
at her home near Montrose. She was
q pioneer.
| The men charged with blowing up
the depot at Boulder are to 60 to trial
October 10th.
Columbus Day. designated as . holi-
day by the last State Legislature. was
pretty generally observed on the 18th.
A Kansas couple were strangely AZ
fected by the Altitude on the Moffat
road the other day. They found min
lister on the train and were married.
Tho town board Of Johnstown has
called u special. election for Novmber
| 18th, to vote on the issuing Of $50.
900 bonds for the building Of water
| system. the supply TO be taken from
the Big Thompson river.
william symmonds OF Colorado
Springs. arrived In Boulder on visit
to his cousin. n. Mathews. whom he
had not seen for over forty years.
Sinsularly enough each recognized the
other. although when they parted they
were mere boys.
The railroads entering Lonxmont
are having = busy time. Between nifty
and sixty trains arrive daily and II Is
taking five switch engines TO do the
work. This rush will continue until
the bccts are all In the factory and the
farm crops shipped.
There was left In the Herald once
ut Boulder the largest radish the edi.
tor ever saw. In fact. he would never
have believed II was possible to raise
n radish that large. II was red. In
sixteen inches long and seventeen
inches In circumference. II was
raised on North Twenty-sixth street
by +. ~. Miller and can be seen at the
Herald once. II Is. indeed. . curios.
lily.
II Is almost impossible to secure
men to work In the grain fields or
with the threshinE crows In Routt
county. Ranchmcn and owners Of
threshinE machines are paying "
day and board. still many are work.
Ing short.hsndcd. The Colorado Tele.
phone Company. which ID endcavorins
10 reconstruct It's Hahn's peak and
Hayden lines. cannot get men. nj.
though offering $3.50 per day.
Attorney General Dickson handed
down decision holding that II II en-.
tirely legal and within the limit Of tho
constitution to appoint member OF
the present Legislature to do the In.
speeding required OF the State Board
Of Health under tho provisions OF tho
pure food law established by the last
Legislature. W. +. Cannon, member
Of the present Legislature. was mp
pointed by the Board of Health to act
In the capacity OF chief inspector un.
der tho pure food law.
D. J. March. W. E. Kinsclla. o. r.
Kerlce, J. Brown and Maj. Charles
Townsend will build the March rcser-
voir. which lies In natural dcprcs-
| sion near Cole creek east OF Ault.
twelve miles. The reservoir will have
capacity of 323.O00.000 cubic feet.
The supply OF water is divided into
800 rights. each equal to 100000
cubic feet. with n reserve OF e3000.000
to the holder. The reservoir will re-
ceive Its supply from Cole creek and
will irrignte land south OF II.
| Twenty miners from Rock Springs.
| Wyoming. arrived ut Trinidad to en-.
ter the employ OF the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company. More men are ex-
pected before tho end Of the week and
the working force will be greatly mug
mented within short time. The
men, who are mostly Americans, state
that they left Wyoming because
wages are lower there than In Las
Animas county. II is alleged here by
mine superintendent that the men
i s..i.u f-Fs Lac
/ ing back and going to work.
| The body of Joseph Foutz was
found near his home in Orc. A bullet
hole in his head and revolver
clutched In his hand told the manner
Of death. Decomposition had set In.
and It is believed that the man killed
himself over week ago. Foutz was
sixty years old. and had lived alone
in cabin at Orc for many years.
where he was engaged in prospecting
and leasing. Several years ago q
brother OF Foutz killed himself, and
the old man since then has been alone
in the world. He left no message eX.
planning the reason for killing him.
self. but people who have known
Foutz for many years say that he had
been growing eccentric.
So great a nuisance have the spar
row become ut Boulder that the city
council ha decided upon their exter.
mipation, II possible. In the neigh.
borhood of the court house square
they are especially obnoxious to resi-.
dents who are Weakened every morn.
ing as soon as dawn approaches. A
permit has been given Surveyor
George w. Teal. who lives near the
main roosting places of these birds,
to shoot them on sight, and he has
provided himself with regular ar
senal and ammunition. This evening
as soon as the birds began to go to
roost he began the work Of destruc-