Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-17
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

! A pointer dog was sold at Leadville
recently for 500. Here's pointer
for dog fanciers.
Tho Hygienic Ice & Cold Storage
Company at Boulder sold its plant and
business to the Hygienic Ice a. Coal
Company.
a Denver man undertook to butt In
on a neighbor woman last Sunday. and
| she shot him In the neck with re-
volver. No more rubbering for him.
A. Patek and Frank Webster. two
Denver newspaper men. are touring the
| intermountain region with a moving
picture machine and Panama lee
ture.
The subject of freight rates was
taken up at meeting OF the Mer-
chants Association ut Colorado
Springs and committee WAS ap-
| pointed to endeavor to secure q more
satisfactory schedule OF freight rates
| for Colorado points. The charge was
made that Colorado Springs Vas dis
criminatcd against In this respec'. and
the matter was gone into thoroughly.
The new $4,000 opera house which
In being erected at Trinidad and
scheduled to be completed by Novem-
Der lst. has been leased for term OF
dye years to 8. y. Nye Of Colorado
Springs and Bobby" Fountain. an
actor and theatrical man. The opera
house will be one Of the finest In the
state and Is being constructed alon.
the lines OF the Broadway theater In
Denver.
Harry Roberts was burned fearfully
about the face at the MinneQul plant
OF the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Mt Pueblo. and Is now In the hospital.
although II Is believed he will not be
permanently Injured. Rogers was
looking through the oil plant. and In
order to see how much oil there Vas In
. tank pushed n lighted torch In front
Of him into the tank. The gas sener-
ated from the oil exploded.
After being Involved In litigation for
over two years. Mrs. Franklin W.
Gaines Of Grand Junction. has come
Into possession of her share OF the
miiliondoilnr estate left her by her
father. DIR. +. =. Lowe. n prominent
and wealthy planter Of Crystal City.
Mississippi. Four children participated
In the distribution OF the property. and
Airs. Gaines received one-fourth inter.
est.
The Santa Fc Is now compile In. ar.
rnngcmcnts for erecting Il $4,000 hos.
pital at la Juntn. The structure Is 10
be built OF crcam.coiorcd pressed brick
trimmed with white stone and located
near the old hospital. Inclined planes
will be used instead of stnirwayS. This
plan is taken from the famous c. r. 4
]. hospital Mt Pueblo. When completed
the building Will be one OF the finest In
In Jun;a-
Newt Schacffcr. m cmployc Of
Haynes 4 Clark. local Hroccry. was
walking through the store ut Cripple
Creek when he suddenly slipped und
fell fiat on his back. Other men went
To his assistance and Sehacncr was
conveyed to his home. where he lies In
. helpless condition. One Of his ribs
was broken and he sustained an Injury
TO his spine which has caused partial
paralysis. His ultimate recovery is
expected.
A. g. Lonsdaic. formerly local iusur.
ancc agent for the Mechanics and
Traders Association of New Orleans.
has been missing from his home ut
Trinidad for two weeks. II. II. Smith
OF Denver. travelling agent and nd.
jus,cr OF the company. is In tho city
endeavoring to secure some trace OF
the man and nine of the companj'a pol.
icics. I.ondsdalc's wife knows nothing
OF his whereabouts and fears that her
husband has met with foul play.
Victor +. Brown. pastor Of Con.
grcgntional church In Wisconsin. has
accepted the call to the Pilgrim Con.
grcgational church Mt Pueblo and will
arrive with his wife and little daughter
on July LIST. Mr.. Brown is thir.y.cight
years old and has been In the ministry
for sixteen years. He Is said % be n
good speaker and an excellent organ.
izer. He succeeds Rev. J. r. Bruno.
who goes to Colorado Springs 10 take
charge OF the work OF the Associated
Charities.
The county commissioners Il Gar.
field county adopted n resolution
guaranteeing tax levy next fall for
sum sufficient to pay any balance In
the cost OF construction of the pro.
posed bridge across the Grand river Mt
Silt. half way between New Castle and
Rifle. The State Legislature this win.
ter appropriated $4,000 for n bridge ut
that point. The road fund OF the
county is exhausted, but the residents
of the vicinity are SO anxious 10 have
the bridge, and need II SO badly. that,
they have agreed to advance any funds
needed above the state appropriation
until such time as the commissioners
can reimburse them. The advance will
be about 10000 and the sum has al.
most entirely been subscribed by
ranchmen who will be benefited.
The decision made by the Supreme
Court recently that holders OF ditch
rights may transfer water from one
ditch to another. drawing water from
tho same source, is arousing consider.
able discussion among farmers. 1t Is
argued that this might lead to the
abandoning of ditch, II many owners
thought fit to transfer and draw their
water through another ditch, provided
the preferred ditch was able to carry