Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-22
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Denver has been selected as the next
meeting place Of the W. q. 7. u. ma.
tionai eonSention.
A Florence man says that he is will
ing TO make an affidavit that his sugar
besls went nifty tons 10 the acre this
year.
Within three miles OF Johnstown
5000 tons of sugar beels were hauled
10 the factory last month. giving their
growers sss5. 200,
The Colorado State Commercial As
soeiation estimates that the produe-
tion OF beet sugar in the state this year
will amount To sis.00o.0Oo,
A. T. Wilson of Denver has been
granted right OF way fiSs miles long in
ifks's Peak forest for generating cleo
tFieity for commercial purposes.
Il is estimated that this years crop
Of sugar bee,s will give Morgan county
farmers in the neighboEhood Of 81
ooo.00o-nhieh is a good round sum.
Inheritance tas ON the property Of
the late Frank Jerome VI Denyer has
been tiSed al ei.J.T,50. The value Of
the estate is estimated At si.jIi.h5.
Some of the Denver grocery stores
have started in TO fisht the food
trust" by selling twenty pounds OF
sugar for dollar In place Of sixteen.
The new Congregational church at
Greeley MAS dedicated Sunday. No
SembSF 10th. IL "a one of the most
beautiful church buildings in the stale.
The new oTpheum theater a, Fort
Collins. completed at q cost Of 10000.
will be- dedicated Sosembs eist with
the presentation OF '-rh. Saua~ Man.
SIXTY men have been nj work ON
the c. & 3. road near Gofham In
Boulder county. binding the rails with
copper for the purpose OF clcctrifyins
tho road later.
A carload OF bloodcd hoss from Mia
nesata Is being distributed among
FARMERS around Lonsmont for breed
ins purposes. Farmers ar- preparing
10 80 Into hos raising extensively.
Tho largest funeral ever held In
Piai,cyiiic was that Of Mrs. Hannah
BiEkic. wife of David Birkic. The iu.
neral cortcEo Was over n milo In
length. Mrs. BiTklc lived In the Platte
valley foriy.;hrcc years and vas widely
known.
Tho Great Western Sugar Company
began paying farmers for their b-eis
Mt i.nnsmont on the 18th inst. about
$500. 900 being required. Contracts arc
being signed for 1905 by the beet grow
err. which are the same an used during
the season just ending.
One of the shortest wills ever filed
In the County Court at Greeley has
Just been placed on record. being that
of John Thomas Of Eric. written ON
n scrap OF paper and containin. not
over ,hirty.nyc words. by which all of
Thomas property was left 10 his siS'
ter.
To project tho public more thor.
oushly and dispci any fears that might
arise over the possibility Of counter
fciting the cashiers checks. the Denver
Clearing House Association will issue
new checks on specially prepared
banking paper. calling In the old
checks.
For over year n niece Of Horace
Greeley has been living at Greeley
with only very few people being
aware Of the fact. She is Mary Gree.
ley Hopkinson. and her father was an
older brother OF the great journalist
and statesman after whom the city
was named.
State Treasurer Bent sent $500
worth Of cashiers checks by eS.
press to Salida to pay employees OF
.
state house, also. the checks will be
city and county OF Denver. 1t Is said.
will follow suit.
The Leadville City Council has made
new quarantine rules affecting the
counties OF Garfield. Eagle and Sum.
nit. Hereafter II will be necessary for
person coming to Leadville from any
of those counties and suffering from
any disease to produce n physician's
certificate showing that II Is not con.
tagious.
William Meiers died ut Loveland on
the 18th inst from injuries received in
n runaway Mt Johnstown. He was u
teamster and was hauling beets when
his four-horse team ran away. Meiers
was thrown between the wheels and
horses and ran over by the wagon. He
leaves a widow and six children. His
life was insured for $4,000.
The regents of the University OF Col.
orado have appointed DR.. Alvin Roy
Peoples, n graduate Of Michigan, in
structor in medicine. and DR.. Frank r.
Spencer instructor in rhinology and
laryngology. They also appropriated
81 400 for additional equipment for the
new shop building. which is being
erected on the cas- tside OF the campus.
During the present year DR.. s. NJ.
Bradbury, Mesa county horticultural
inspector, says there has been an in
crease Of over 100000 tree paintings
over the year 1906. There have been
2s3,521 apple trees set out, 307,S72
peach trees, 61,927 pear trees, 4,739
cherry trees, 4.739 plum and apricot
trees. The grand total Of trees plant
ed during the year is 662,02S.
The sum of $627,oOO was paid to
farmers by the Great Western Sugar
Company at the Loveland factory on
the 18th inst. This is the largest sim