Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-02-15
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

II Ia expected that from 500 To t0O
acres OF beets will be raised near Flor
ence this year for the Holly sugar fac
tory.
A snowslide near Silyerton carried
away several small buildings belong
ing TO the Auburn Consolidated Mines
Company on the 9Th inst. The damage
is estimated at about $4,000.
| A large number of Colorado Shrin'
ers are preparing to go to the conven'
tion OF the order at Los Angeles In
May. They are promised an extraor-
dinary amount OF entertainment.
Mrs. Mary Men OF Denver committed
suicide at Victor on the Sth inst. BY
shooting herself through the head. She
| WAS despondent because OF the death
OF her daughter, Mrs. Forrest Babcock.
that morning from blood poisoning.
General Traffic Manager wakely OF
the Burlington has ordered through
trains Nos. l3 and II to stop nt the
new station OF Keene because Of the
heavy travel through that section OF
Weld county. Kecne will soon have .
postof1ce.
Benjamin and Earl Tucker Of Colo
rndo Springs and Austin Tucker of
Denver. sons of J. 7. Tucker. the res.
tnurant man OF Colorado Springs and
Denver. are preparing an expedition 10
the far North to hunt for the rare AMI
mails that inhabit the Arctic circle.
workmen cutting cottonwood trees
In Lincoln park. Pueblo. felied tree
which had two-compartment squirrel
house. In the upper part were several
young squirrels. and In the lower part
. hive OF bees aud thirty pounds OF
honey. The honey was secured and
divided.
The Pueblo Business Mems Associa'
ton has prepared n catchy postcard
made In the form OF folder. and this
will be sent throughout the United
States and Europe. II contains much
information concerning the financial.
Industrial and agricultural resources
Of Pueblo.
Business In the Pueblo postofIicc for
January shows nm increase Of ten per
cent. over that Of the corresponding
month last year. January. 1906. showed
. heavy increase over the previous
year. 50 that the advance durtn. the
last two years shows eighteen and one
half per cent.
Superintendent W. II. Tate Of the
completed his report for January.
which shows that the sale OF tickets at
the Pueblo once was fifteen per cent.
higher than last year and that tho
number OF pieces Of baggage handled
was :.07i more than during the same
month last year.
l.. Il. Morrison. superintendent OF
the Clipper mine. on London mountain.
a ls. =
snowslide on Thursday. the 1th Inst.
Morrison was on his way down from
the mine with samples Of ore from n
new strike when the slide started. He
struggled hard. but was covered by the
slide and sufYocatcd.
Judge Kerr OF the Probate Court OF
FL Pnao county has approved the peti'
tion Of the executors OF the Stratton
estate to pay the remaining lcHatccs
under the will. There are ten bcnefi.
St35.0 900. approximately $4,000 inner
itancc tax and interest thereon will bs
withheld from the amount.
In tho special election held Mt Aspen
to decide whether the taxpayers wish
to extend the franchise OF the Castle
Creek Water Company for twenty-five
n,
seven per cent. in the present water
rates, only lSi votes were cast. Oh
these lc6 were for granting the new
franchise and IS were against.
George p. Avery of Fort Collins has
been elected by certificate holders OF
the Monte Cristo Rubber Plantation
Company to go to Mexico to inspect
the company's proposition there. ca-
penses paid. The directors In the big
company. which owns an orchard OF
5000 acres OF rubber trees, are Gree
ley. Denver and Montana men.
The largest shipment OF cement
made from the Portland Cement
| Works left Florence few days ago.
and the cement will be distributed over
Colorado to the west and northwest.
1t consisted OF twenty-eight cars. 5000
| barrels. or n total OF 100000 pounds.
Most OF II will be used in railroad con.
struction and government work.
The Willow Creek Reservoir Com.
pnny has let the contract for the build.
ing OF its new reservoir, thirty.five
miles northeast of Greeley and four
miles southwest of Grover. to cost $685..
900. The reservoirs have a combined
capacity OF 175.O00 cubic feet, will draw
water from Willow creek and bring
under cultivation 1000 acres of land
w. A. Merralls of San Francisco has
purchased thirty acres OF land adjoin.
ing Denver on the south and on tho
tracks OF the Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe railway. On this site will be
ercted what the promoters say will be
the largest machine shop and foundry
west of the Missouri river, where all
sorts Of mining machinery will be
built.
Eugene Engley. attorney general OF
the state during the Waite administra'
tion, was taken to the Sisters hospi'
tai at Cripple Creek on the 4th inst.
in precarious condition. He had been
MINING IN an extensive scale on the