Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-27
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


planned for Greeley next summer.
All the San Juan county officials
have moved Into the new court house
at Silverton.
The Elton Town Council has passed
an ordinance to provide for the grad
Ing and graveling Of several miles OF
streets.
The Longmont sugar factory sliced
1.7O2 tons OF beets In twenty-four
hours run. ending the morning Of De.
cember 18th.
Pullman porters who live In Colo.
rado have organized themselves into
an association to be known as the
Pullman Porters' Club.
The following fourth class postof.
ftces will be changed to presidential
January LIST: Cheyenne Wells. salary.
$1,000: Manzanola. $1,000.
Fifteen recruits for the army and
navy were secured at Trinidad from
the LIST to tho goth of December, with
six others awaiting examination.
The city council OF Boulder passed
q resolution OF thanks to the county
commissioners because they refused
to renew tn. saloon license AT Downer.
the coal camp near Marshall.
The decline In the price OF silver.
lead and zinc is causing good many
mines to close down. Among the latest
are the Smuggier and Durant mines at
Aspen. affecting about 200 men.
The preliminary survey for the An
telope and Dijou reservoirs near Fort
Morgan has been finished. This will
bring under irrigation another 5000
acres OF land In Morgan county.
A physical culture wave has swept
Greeley. embracing both women and
men. Notwithstanding the pressure OF
the holiday trade large classes OF both
sexes are studying physical culture.
There is talk Of establishing five
new independent packing plants in
the San Luis valley. the hog raisers
complaining OF the arbitrary meas
urcs Of the packing trust In keeping
down prices.
The Beaver Land & Irrigation Com.
pany. which intends TO irrigato iG.-
900 acres near Florence. and will place
1000 acres under water next spring.
reports that Il has sold more than
1000 acres. Inquiries are being re-
ccivcd from Alaska to Florida.
A Few school house TO accomodat.
fifty pupils. the salary Of teacher for
six months aud NIL fuel needed Ii tho
sift Of the Daeona Townsii. Company
TO the new school district No. 20. jus;
organized In southwestern Weld coun'
~. adjoining the town OF Daeona.
Mrs. John Rommci. a Russian. ii,-
iuH northeast Of Fort Collins. was nc.
cidcniaiiy shot and killed few days
ago by Jake Rommci. a cousin OF her
husband. Rommci was cleaning n
shotgun when II was accidentally dis.
charged. striking Mrs. Romnci In the
face.
Tho people living on Gunbarrci hill.
seven miles northeast OF Boulder. are
delighted over the fac; that willard
williamson. who lives Mt the highest
rciut on the hill. has struck now Of
water In a well AT depth Of Isl feet
aud for forty feet further wcat Into =
vein OF water.
Tho cities along the Arkansas river
arc cooperating To put a stop To the
aoiilnE Of tho water by earth washed
into Il by the placer operations above
Granite. A fund ~iii be raised TO carry
on an injunction suit. Pueblo. Canon
City and Saiida are the principal
places Interested.
Prosecution of tho two men on sim.
liar charges In ltaca county having
been abandoned by the county author.
tiles. Governor Buchtci hunorcd ~
QUESTION papers for the return of Hen.
~ Haley and ". 8. McCash to Ration.
New Mexico. where they arc wanted
for horse stealing.
While xainiy looking for employ.
rent near Parker. James Brown was
forced to spend the nisht In a barn
and had his, feet badly ftusru. lie
managed 10 get To farmhouse and
was taken to Denver and placed In the
county hospital. where his coalition
vas considered serious.
Silver half dollars are being coined
In the Denver mint at the rate Of sn.'
900 per day. The mint is working full
force. but the only money being coined
at the present time Ia the silver half
dollar. This accounts for the great
number of new coins of that dcnomi.
nation seen In circulation.
A most unusual case of animal sur.
gerry was performed at Greeley recent.
Is when DR.. bird reduced the fracture
Of a horses jaw. The animal was val.
liable. The SUI scon applied local an.
aesthetic. bored holes In the iaw.
wired the fractured bones. and the an.
imai In able TO masticate as well as
ever.
Hon. ID. L. Severance. after whom
the town OF Severance was named.
has offered two lots in the new city.
without any cost. 10 any one who will
erect a 5000 hotel on them. The
town has doubled its population within
six months. has added bank and com.
pietcd a two-story siS-Toom brick
school house.
Governor Buchtel will hold New
Years reception. To assist him in re-
ceiving guests he will have the lieu.
tenant governor. state officers. mem.
bers Of the Supreme Court. aides de
camp and Brigadicr General c. L.