Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-07-05
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
Greeley has a new brass bapd.

1 Tier herA-
While digging a well near KsrssS
| recently a vein OF coal WAS discovered
The mud is being investigated.
Colorado small fruit is plentiful OF
the markets, and Texas and califoEniz
products mus, take a back shelf.
Greeley proposes To build a hoy pal
ace as one of the attractions for Iht
biz exposition TO be held there Angus
81. :: and 20.
Airs. \, Z. Morris, a farmers sif'
living near Durango. committed sui
eide by hanging herself. II is though
she Was insane.
A crook from DsnSer turned Hp !.
Boulder the other day. bu, before d.
sot.la Influence anyone he ~as shipIe
lack Ia Dsnysr.
". II. GTibble. one Of the slAlt
builders who bray.d the adyefsiliys
of early days. died June 81 at hli
home in Canon City.
William Allen White. the anth1i
Who became famous by wliiai
What's the Matter with Kansas il
rustieatins al Mnnitou.
The Presbyterian church at floFrn.
~af robbed IN. other day OF 81 and Ih'
trustees offer a TemaTd for the cap
tuT, Of the thief.
Annette. the t~oysar-old dausLIsi
OF Mr.. aud Mrs. John virhillon. ~ai
drowned In an irrigation ditch al FOR
Collins one day last week.
Tn. stat. bankers held their annua
meeting 1t Fort Collins last week. aGt
for a few days Young City vas th'
riches; spo, In Colorado.
". l.. Anderson. a printer ,Ion
Essi-yiiic. Missouri. fell beneath ih'
wheels OF moving train al Gran,
Junction and died shortly aftef~arti
from injuries.
Mrs. q. r. Hawkins. q Drnyci
woman. believing her husband 10 b.
| untrue to her. poured coal oil on h-i
| clothes and set them on Gre. She val
rescued before serious results.
Pu-bio.-John Cook. sou Of Con
grcssman George ". Cook. of Denver
| died June 30 At a private saniiaTiun
In Pueblo. where he had been a ia
' ticnt for several months.
\ bristiInE. is.ineh porcupinc vai
recently captured by Ernest Shicldi
within the city limits Of Colorado
| Springs. Shields saw the animal RAJ
1 u
hose. hit IL on the head with boart
and placed the stunned animal in
box.
\ Boulder special OF June 5oth says:
Four carloads OF tungsten ore vcr,
brought to Boulder from the Boulder
county mine at Cardinal this morning
| The ore In each car was worth $4,000
making $4,000 for the train. This IL
the second shipment made BY tha
mine this month.
After suffering for over six month,
with what he thought was rhcuma
tism. Chief Of Police J. Il. GREGORY o.
Colorado City secured relief by draw
Ing from his left thigh a needle more
than two inches long. An X.ray phot
| oEraph will be taken of his leg In NJ
| effort to trace the course Of ih'
| needle.
According to the Rev. Earl Hicks o
| ST.. Louis. June 23d the weather is to u,
| warm and showcry. June 2s,h warm
| but the a5th to the 21th the weather
Is TO be exceptionally cold for summer
| Whether or not this Is TO apply 10 ).
| Louis and vicinity only is not stated
| II II is to take in Colorado II might os
well for people TO get out their wints,
| clothes Tor rev Gays.
"The Colorado Veterans OF the c4vi
| and Indian Wars Monument Society
is the name of an organization soor
| to be formed by Hon. J. b. Stephen
| Judge John McCoach. W. p. Epper
son and other prominent Colorado Cit,
residents. The primary object is tt
erect monument to the memory o.
Col. J. NJ. Chivington of the First Col
orado Volunteers. the hero OF the bat
tie OF Sand Creek.
The first section OF the new Chris
tian church in Golden was dedicated
Sunday. The congregation assembled
at the old church and after short ex
ercises went in a body to the new edi
fee. where services were held prac
tically all day. Rev. ]. w. Maddux
! pastor OF the church. was assisted by
Rev. William Bayard Craig of Denver
Rev. j. b. Hasten, Rev. T. T. Tomp
son and Rev. ]. e. Pickett.
| Prof Adams. curator of the State
| Normal School at Greeley. and Tyn
dali Snyder. son of DR.. Snyder, have
started on a trip to North Park. foi
the purpose of collecting specimens
Tor the State Normal School museum
The men will pay special attention tc
collecting birds. of which the museum
already has many. Prof. Adams anc
Mr.. Snyder will tramp most of the
way. going by way of Tie Siding.
About one-half of the fall grain and
alfalfa crop in the vicinity of Brusn
was damaged by a fierce hail-storn
which visited that section recently
The storm moved from the northwest
to the southeast The greatest damage
was suffered by a strip of country
three miles wide and ten miles long be
tween Brush and Fort Morgan. The
beet crop was only slightly damaged
The storm was preceded and followed
by a heavy rain which will be bene-
fetal to the district.