Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-02-01
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

a block OF ground At Grand Junction
and will erect = canning factory to cost
$4,000.
Aiilard Walker. . Garfield county
ranchmsn. accidentally shot himself
while cleaning his gun few days
ago. and died instantly.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
is to sell It's present building to the
city and make arrangements for erect.
Ing a grand new structure.
The minstrel show given by the Den.
yer Press Club il reported to have
been . great success. Denver reporters
are all members OF the club.
Mrs. Martha Cox OF Greeley recently
celebrated her ninety.third birthday.
She 10 still active and does consider
able light housework and sewing.
A farmers institute will be held Mt
Greeley In February. at which n mum.
college will lecture on scientific farm.
Ing.
The report Of the commissioner of
patents shows that 3S3 patents were
issued to residents of Colorado during
the past year. being one for every J..
400 Inhabitants.
A speedway Is to be built entirely
around Lake MinneQua Mt Pueblo. The
road will be for the use Of automobiles
and carriages and will be about six
miles long and lined with trees.
DR.. II. W. Callahan. head master OF
the State Preparatory School nt Boul-
der. has resigned. TO take effect Febru'
ary LIST. and has accepted n position
with the Hockey school Mt Tarrytown.
on the Hudson.
The Holly Construction Company
has been soliciting beet sugar acreage
among tho farmers near Florence. and
and II is understood that pledges OF
5000 acres would secure tho erection
Of n sugar factory.
The annual cncampmcnt OF the De-
partmcnt Of Colorado and Wyoming. g.
A. r., will be held At Colorado
Springs. May ltth. 18th and l6th. the
dates being selected nt . meeting of
tho department council.
The Rev. =. ]. Bruno. who recently
resigned the pas;oratc Of the Pilgrim
Congregational Church nt Pueblo. has
been rendered and has accepted posi-
ton As head Of tho Associated Chars'
ties In Colorado Springs.
Despite the recent cold weather and
the snow on the mountains. tho her.
on's blii," or ''hcmiock siork's bill" IL
blooming jus, west OF Maniiou. This
establishes q new record for noricui.
turc In the Pixies Peak region.
The engine house and ho,siins ap-
paruius Of the Fremont coal mine.
near Florence. were burned soon after
midnight. January :t;h. occasionine .
loss Of about 5000. Two hundred
men will be thrown out Of employment
for three or four weeks.
In the District Court nj Trinid.d.
]. d. Romero. who. while deputy sncf-
~ at ssarkvilic. shot and killed Louis
p.anchi. was convicted on tho issh
inst. OF murder In tho second degree.
His defense was that he vas forced
TO shoot TO eucii disturbance
A. T. Lewis. head OF the great DIR,
goods arm OF A. r. Lrvis q Son os
Denver. died at his villa In Greenwich.
Connecticut. on the :csh inst. ~ the
axr Of s~scu;y.sivc years. Mr.. Lewis
is survived by n wife and three sons.
Aaron d. John r.. and Frederick 7.
Joseph Morgan OF Lafayette. brother
OF state Senator Morgan. has beet
placed In the insane ward at Boulder.
Saturday Morgan attempted TO com
init suicide at Lafayette and vas taken
to the University hospital q, Bculdes
SUNDAY for treatment. but developed
such symp;oris tha, u ~as deemed un'
safe TO keep him there.
Rev. Samuel William Byrd. = negro
minister at Pueblo. fell dead OF apo
pisSy q few days ago. while euiidins
a kitchen Gre for his wife a, o'clock
In the morning. Mr.. Byrd ~as col
i.sc graduate. had been In the minis
;ry thirty.fsc years and has held the
ofsess in the African n. T.. Church oi
bishop. presiding elder and scnsral
missionary.
Ex-Governor Adams and wife Of pu.
sbio wili probably circumuaviEats the
Sinbe. After a brief visit with rCis.
tivss In Pasadena. California. they viii
sail from San Francisco February sih.
on the steamship Ccrea. They will
f,rst SO to Honolulu and thea 10 japan.
They will later proceed TO China.
whence they will SO to Manila and pos
sihly to India.
Claims aESrssaiiur more THAI
sso. 600. Il is said. will b. presented
AGAINST the stfattou estate by L.
= whi,tsd. judge Luther ". God.
dard and Henry NeAlis;eT. jr..
all Of Denver. for legal services in con
rcctior with the suit bro1sht against
the estate BY the Venture corporation
OF London. In the United States court.
The attorneys have already received
large fees.
More than 200 siri students Of Colo
rstin SpriaSs escorted from the college
grounds In carriages 20 General ". J.
Falmsr's residence at Glen Eyrie on
the 18th inst and rendered a reception
By the general and Miss Palmer. Tea
and light retrsshnents were served
General Palmer is so far recovered
from his recent injury ths; he is able
to 81, W and is wheeled about In a
chair through the grounds surround.