Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-02-22
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

pointed committee to secure site
and specifications for u Masonic build
tng TO be constructed soon.
Expert oil well driliers from Flor
ende will driil number OF wells near
MGntross for company In which Ere
mont county men are interested.
The United States senate has passed
Senator Psiterson's bill granting the
city of Durango authority TO purchase
lands for water supply purposes.
The comptroller Of the currency has
approved the conversion Of the Bank
OF Ruena Vista into the First National
bank Of Buena Vista. with $4,000 capi'
tai
Burglars blew open the safe OF Car
Teton & Son. grocers. at Pueblo on the
night OF the 18th inst. and secured $2:o
In cash and negotiable paper and se-
curities.
The granite blocks are arriving and
work has been comcmnced on the cree
tiou of the Colorado soldiers monu'
ment In front OF the capitol building In
Denver.
An Eiks' temple is to be erected nj
Grand Junction to cost $4,000 or up
wards. 1t will be 5oxl:5 feet In Bixo
and three stories high. Work Will be-
Sin on II soon.
Al u Joint meeting OF the directors
OF all the banks Of Boulder the sugar
factory proposition was heartily In
dorscd and the people were urged To
subscribe TO the stock.
The following Colorado postmnstcrs
have been appointed: Ensiewood.
Arlpahoc county. Jesse q. Baird. vice
q. J. Baird. dead: waverlcy. larimcr
county. Walter II. Haincy. vice II. c.
CRADLE. resigned.
The Alnmosa National Bank OF Ala.
mosa has been authorized TO begin
bufincss with capital OF $4,000. G.
Waiirich is president. Fred crocnius
ana Wesley Sinlcy. vice prcsidcnts.
aud ". II. Mallctt. cashier.
The Mesa County Fruit Industrial
Association met at Grand Junction on
tho sih Inst. aud voted to increase It's
capital stock from $4,000 to $4,000.
Tho grounds will be improved In prep
arntion for greater fnir next fall.
DIR. A. Mckay OF Colorado Springs.
will sinrt East shortly TO advertise
Colorado and Colorado SprtngS. Thc
railroads and local public orSnnizn.
roominS houses. are financing the pro-
jcct.
Tho locomotive Of n Colorado Mid.
land passenger train on the night OF tho
18th Inst. struck and killed large
buck deer near Woodland Park. The
train was stopped and the carcass OF
the deer carried TO Colorado Springs In
the baggage car.
So wnrm has the weather been mt
Boulder that the buds on the trees
have swollen and leaves on the cot
tonwood trees arc about ready TO come
out. Dandclions are In bloom ana
trees are bleeding where they have
been cut or bruised.
A dispatch from Bailey In the Platte
caiion February 18th says: The river
In nearly free from Ice. robins are
singing. green grass is showing and
Customers are applying for summer
cottages. But eight inches OF snow fell
here this winter. 7-- -a+ -fr.f
Greeley is to have IN Seeing Greeley
route" over which strangers may be
carried about In m automobile. In con-
ncction with this sightseeing route nm
automobile line IL to be inaugurnted to
carry passengers to Fort Collins, Ault.
Eaton and other places. ,.g-ss-. '.5cs
One OF the finest hospitals In north.
ern Colorado has been opened ut Long.
mont. II Is 65x75 feet. two stories
high basement: Is Of gray pressed
brick. with white marble trimmings.
and cost 100000 is well equipped
and has n corps OF experienced physi-
clans.
United States District Attorney Earl
II. Cranston, Of Denver. has been
granted u 30dny leave OF absence by
President Roosevelt and goes to San
, Francisco. where he will meet his
father. Bishop Cranston. head Of the
Methodist church in the Orient, and
accompany him on trip to Japan.
Trinidad people held large and en-.
thusiastic meeting at which resolu.
tions were passed indorsing the bill in.
troduced by Senator F. r. Wood to 10.
cate a normal school at Trinidad, and
committee was appointed to go to
Denver and present the claims Of the
city.
The City Council Of Black Hawk has
extended the franchise OF the Gilpin
County Light, Heat and Power Com
pany for ten years. This IL the COM
parry which was reported to have sold
out to the Colorado Central Power
Company for over $500. 900. local stock
holders denying the report. -z
While the Eaton town marshal was
conveying prisoner to Greeley ana
while the two constables of the town
were away. ]. c. Bogue is reported to
have borrowed q ride. shot of the pad.
lock of the town jail and released
pal" who was In for drunkenness.
Bogue and his companion disappeared.
The proposed erection Of several
new dumps by the Holly.Swink factory
for handling the crop of 1907 is ex.
n,,cfed IN rive aidera h1e imnefua
to the beet growing industry in the
Pueblo district. Based on contracts al.
ready closed, the district will furnish
about 1000 acres for growing beets
this year. ss ~ c
A Enrmars, inafifnta will h6 held nj