Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-30
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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wafer fountain al Boulder.
Daniel Drummond. an oldtimer in
Colorado. recently died Al Boulder.
william Gambaii. chief constructor
Of the Northern Colorado Power Com
pany. has begun putting up new poles
and rewriting the city OF iOngmont-
James Meciaire. the insane man for
whom search was made. VAS captured
In the hills near Cripple Creek by
Sheriff Henry Won Phul and brought
back to this city. lie will be tried for
insanity.
by the accidental discharge Of .
pump shotgun at Fort Collins. Wallace
MCGOWAN. . ssventeen-yearOid lad.
had his right leg 80 badly laceFated
tina, ampulaiion above the knee was
necessary.
The Clover Leaf dairy. the only dairy
In I.oyelsnd. goes out OF business. This
will leave Loveland. = city Of COCO
people. without q milk supply. The
stock Of the dairy has bsen sold to
Boulder parties aud will be moved
tlefe.
The constitutionality OF an act OF
the last Legislature. providing for the
payment Of salaries OF under sheriffs
and deputies by the county. will be
tested by the county commissioners OF
Cripple Greek. Notice to this effect
VAS served on the sheriff. and =
friendly suit was invited and declined.
A majority OF the board 10 Repubii'
can. The sheriff and his ofiicers are
Democrats. The sheriff has formerly
paid his deputies.
Col. l.. II. Eichoit1 OF Denver was re-
cen,iy In Greeley as the guest OF sew
eFai pioneers. ThiTsy-eishi years aso
he was In charge OF u construction
gang which built the Denver Pacific
anu brought into Greeley the drsl load
Of eoionists. unloading them where
only sage brush grew and tho budaio
and coyote roamcd. He vas tho owner
OF tho first lot sold In tho townsile Of
Greeley and was amazed at the growth
III. city has made during the last three
decades.
Forty thousand young trout have
been placed In the Cloud and Hermit
lake. In the Sansrc de cristo range.
above West Ciin. These lakes are sup.
piled by the perpetual snow on tho
Continental divide. The fish arc from
the i.eadvillc hatchery and were taken
to tho lake by John Lcary and J. 9.
Siahi. the government range rider. II
~as difIicnit feat to get tho young
trout to the lakes. for the cans had to
bc packed on horses for seven miles.
This Ii the firnt time nsh have ever
been placed In these waters.
Tho opinion Of tho leading coal men
In Trinidad In that higher coal prices
are In Immediate probability. Eastern
nrms have placed larger orders than
ever and more miners are needed In
H.. Ess L. S1l ~
shortage OF men. together with the de-
lay caused by the Colorado & Southern
strike. is making itself felt hero and
.Ic demand promises soon To be much
larger than can be supplied. Employ
mcnt agencies nrc securing the coun.
TRY for men, md several have sent 10
Italy for recruits.
Cascade. the prctticst resort In Ute
pass. Il tho scene OF n remarkable
gathering. More than 800 young
women. college Girls and those more
matronly. arc campcd on the spot.
ready 10 enjoy an outing that will cx.
tend Into one month. They represent
the Christian associations Of woman's
colleges Of the country and their gath.
cring Mt Cascade is of national inter
est. In connection with the outing
convention will be held. President
william F. Slocum Of Colorado College.
Is one Of those who are on the program
to speak.
Arrangements for Pumpkin Pic day
at Longmont are being made. and the
following committee has been ap.
pointed: II. s. CONN. c. d. Webb.
Major Small. Fred Spencer. c. c. Cal.
kins. George W. Brown and Charles
Gregg. A better and larger parade is
expected this year than last. and J. NJ.
Bolding has been appointed to look
after 1t. Pumpkin Pie day comes but
once n year. and Longmont heretofore
has made much OF II. but this year she
will outdo herself In every way to
make the 18th day Of September one Of
| the biggest days in northern Colorado.
The La Junta Hospital Association
has let contracts for n hospital to cost
$4,000. Piper Bros. OF Pueblo have
the contract for the building, and John
Johnson OF La Junta has the plumbing.
The building is to be of concrete and
will be patterned somewhat after the
plans of the C. F. & I. hospital at Pu.
eblo. It will have a capacity Of twenty
Ave beds and will be enlarged to meet
the demands of the city. Work will be
begun Immediately and the building
will be pushed as fast as possible.
i Work on the new Santa Fe hospital Is
progressing rapidly, the inside frame
work is well along and the masons will
commence on the brick veneer soon.
| c. F. Neff, one of the pioneers who
| farmed four miles west of Greeley for
twenty-eight years and is now living
twenty-five miles west, will grow
eighty acres OF potatoes next season on
non.irrigated land for seed potatoes for
the Greeley district. The land was
sod until this spring, when 1t was
plowed under and seeded to wheat, CIV
ing a good yield. Mr.. Neff will grow
red and white potatoes. He has $50
acres which he now farms by the
Campbell method, which he said he
| or,nlnyad In n modffind WAY fwenfy.