Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


more than satisfactory this year.
Grand Junction proposes to vote on
the construction of q mountain water
works system.
Pueblo expects to try the almost hu.
man voting machine" at Its next cleo
ton. IH.
G. D. Couch Of Montrose. who
pleaded guilty Of forgery. drew . SEN
tence OF three years In the pen.
The Job OF alderman IL 70 undesir.
able in Boulder that recently vacated
chair In that august body 10 geing beg.
ging.
The frst cormorant ever seen In tho
vicinity OF Greeley region was cap
tured near LaSalle and given to tbs
Normal school museum.
II In reported In political ciIcies
that Judge Kerr has very well devel-
oped judicial bee humming In his
gingham bonnet Of the County Court
variety.
Over 6.s00. 900 trout are now being
placed In streams throughout the
state. This is almost 100000 more
than the lot that stopped the streams
last year at this time.
The dry farming system Is to redeem
1000 acres OF arid land In the vicinity
OF Grand Junction under the Campbell
Idea. II In getting 10 In Colorado that
we farmers don't care rap whether II
rains or not
Gus Macy has Just returned from
the San Juan country with two shng-
gy mountain lion pcits dangling to
his belt as trophies Of n few days
hunt. One Of the lions measured ten
feet from tip to tip.
A large tract OF land. including three
quarters of mile OF the Platte valley
betwe>s. Pine Grove and Buffalo Park.
has secn purchased by John Bond al
Denver. who proposes to make sum.
mcr resort Of this place.
Miss Jean whippie. president Of the
Junior class OF Colorado college. and
one Of the most popular students In the
Institution. died at her home In Canon
City OF typhoid fever contracted scv.
eral weeks ago.
Vert Gregory. local station agent at
Florence for the Rio Grandc for the last
three years. who resigned n week ago
10 join the once force Of the new
Canon City Electric Street Railway
Company. was succeeded by J. y.
Stroubc.
Losing his balance while working on
the roof Of the Rio Grandc Western
pumping plant at Cisco. near Grand
Junction. r. =. Strand. n carpenter. fell
twenty-five feet TO the ground. Four
ribs were broken. he suffered minor
bruises and II In a serious condition.
A summin. up Of tho tourist bust
ness in Colorado shis year gives us y
leftover tourist population Of 5s.st5
dear souls who like Colorado no well
that they have torn np their return
I IL. a.
this glorious land Of sunshine and OK
hiiafatinE climate forever and day
October liss DR.. J. A. Weaver pickc..
saucer full Of rips strawberries from
his vines. and there has not bc-n das
this month during which they have not
borne. On one plant were coantse
eight partially ripe berries. The berry
crop yielded lis first crop this season
In June. but the October berries have
surpassed the ones In June In quality
Of flavor.
a Chinaman at Durango by tho name
OF Skcet took tao shots at another
Chinnman by the name of Jcc. The
FIRST sho, took on the thumb. The Other
shot went Into the right side. The in
juTrd E.su Sss taken TO the hosri,a
aud is no, expected to live. The China
man who did the shooting Ia under ar
rest. Tho cause of the trouble is no.
known.
The Idaho Springs mining district it
Clear Greek county IL fas, coming u
the fore with some of the hes, minrrs.
product that has been discovered IL
Colorado since the state became no,ct
as the Epld,bcarins country. withit
the past three weeks no less than three
cold mines have turned out orc tina,
has been almost fabulous and the as
says run into the hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars.
Despite the financial furry In unccr
tain Wall street. Colorado has In no
wise received a setback in It's onwars
march to prosperity and success VIII
millions OF dollars dug from the minct
which. by the way. Ia tho source of al
finance. coupled with tho equally iarr,
resources OF agricultural products. thii
state has but little 10 fear In the wa,
OF depression In money matters. Ev
srybody Is standing up for Colorado OF /.
both feet.
The Pierce Irrigation Company hcit
an important meeting recently whct
plans were talked over for extending
the Pierce lateral twenty mics, eigh'
miles farther TO Owl creek. This CALI
for an expenditure Of $4,000 ant
brings 10000 acres In the vicinity o
Pierce and Auit under cultivation. The
Pierce lateral belongs TO the Water
Supply q Storage Company system
Forty farmers whose land IL TO be ben
eated by the ditch are meeting al
costs. The lateral will be finished b,
January 1st.
J. W. Toileson. manager Of the Oil
crest Lumber Company Of Auit. wal
found dead in his bed with bnlles
hole in his right temple and a pisto
In his hand. Toileson was a caOabl.
man. about thirty years old. and hat