Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-01
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Greeley is asitating the question oi
holding . chautauqua assembly next
summer.
Citizens of Montrose have signed an
! agreement with the Redpath Lyceum
Bureau for Cnautauqua course to be
had In July.
A seventy.nvs-thousan dollar add.
ton will be commenced within two
weeks at the Glockner sanitarium at
Colorado Springs.
New paving. new sheds and . new
hotc! are among the improvements
which will be put In at the Denver un.
lon stock yards this year.
The contract has been let for the
new San Juan county courthouse at
silverton. When completed the struc-
ture will cost about 100000.
Expert oil well driliers from Flor
enee will drill number Of wells near
Montrose for company In which Fre-
mont county men are interested.
Tho postal authorities have agreed
TO the proposition to execute l0.year
lease on new building to be erected
| In Aanitou to cost $4,000 which will
ts used for postofiice.
John Gonas OF Colorado Springs on
the 18th inst. shot near Fountain .
monster gray eagle weighing twelve
pounds and measuring seven and one
nalf feet from tip to tip.
While striking at q wounded rabbit
with the but Of his shotgun James
Elmer Bethel OF Pueblo. aged eighteen
,ears. was killed by the accidental
discharge Of tho weapon.
DR.. John q. Keith. for tho past eight
cen years one OF the leading physicians
Of Lsadvillc. died at ST. Louis on the
| 10th inst. OF paralysis. DIR. Keith was
. Civil War veteran and thirty-sec-
ond degree Mason.
Tho First Congregational Church So.
cicty Of Denver. formerly Myron
Reeds church. after selling It's old
building on GlcnArm street, IL about
10 erect q now church at the corner OF
Tenth avenue and Ciarkxoa street.
The woman's club Of Grand Junction
recently gave the annual banquet TO
husbands Of members. Mrs. L. c.
Hedges was toastmistress. Fully $50
sucsts were present. Tho responses to
tho ioasts were eloquent and Witty.
Tho Society OF tho Order Of tho
Philippines. which has bccn In exist.
encc nj Colorado Springs since 1900.
vas reorxanixcd few days since by
tho election OF officers and tho adop-
tion OF tho regular national secret
| ritual.
Tho locomotive Of a Colorado Mid.
land passenger train on the nisht OF tho
l5th inst. struck and killed large
buck deer near Woodland Park. Tho
train was stopped and the carcass OF
tho deer carried TO Colorado Springs In
the basgaso car.
Moro than 3: 1000 has already been
subscribed In Colorado Springs toward
tho construction OF Dcaconcss hos,
pitai. which IL to cost 100000. Tho
coucss' board II the womans' Homo
Missionary Society.
y. II. Mitchell. chief train dispatcher
for tho Rio Grande NJ Pueblo left Feb
iuary s:.i for Seattle. where he takes
Pacific. Before he left his associates.
from trAiumcn down To coral boys.
presented him with $50 Elk charm.
Tho Boulder City Council has do.
eidcd TO submit to tho taxpayers tho
proposition Of issuing SO. 900 In bonds
Ter nc~ city hall. The city owns 100
feet on Pearl strvcs and II In Intended
TO build on this ground II the bonds
arc voted.
Tho louxmont Library and Lecture
Association has just closed Its third
year with nattcrine results. The asso.
ciation con iucts lecture course and
maintains . public library. using tho
proceeds Of the lectures to purchase
books. The City Council has Just
added $500 TO the book fund.
Tho State University Glcc and Maa.
doliu clubs will begin their fifteenth
annual tour Of tho state March 9Th and
wilt give concerts In LonEmons. Den.
vcr. Colorado Springs. Victor. Cripple
Creek. Pueblo. Trinidad. Canon City.
saiida. t.eadsiiic. Aspen. Cicn~ood
Springs and possibly Golden.
The Portland Cement Company will
soon begin construction OF % frame
and concrete residences on the north
aide Of the river at Florence. The
town is growing rapidly and at ieas,
80 houses will be needed within 20
days. The big addition 10 the mill
will be started April ist.
A party Of Is Holiantiars. represent.
ing 20 families. the vanguard Of hun.
dreds who will coionise Fountain val.
ley. south Of Colorado Springs. arrived
February ed. preparatory to founding
ZONES IN the valley. The scheme IL
e'ckcu py Wc FOUNTAIN Nahey lsahu
q Irrigation Company. an interest Of
the Cas,icwood Dam Company Of
Denver.
In the absence Of United States Dis.
trict Attorney Earl Cranston Of Den.
Yer. who left Monday for Japan, Robert
y. Pitkin. his Law partner. has Seen ap.
ointed special assistant In the Office.
Mr. Crs1s,on has been granted a
ninety days leave Of absence by Prcsi.
ient Roosevelt. He will visi, his
father. bishop Cranston. who Is sta.
toned In Japan.
At the annual meeting Of the stock.
holders of the Montrose National bank
IL yna announced that NJ II Tbatrhor