Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-24
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

conductor VINO went INSANE WHIl6 IL
charge of his train near Debeque two
weeks ago. died as the result OF the
affiictiOn.
William Fink. n laborer employed In
digging sewer In Boulder. was buried
In cavein and narrowly escaped suf-
location before being rescued by his
fellow workmen. He was only slightly
bruised.
After working and saving seven
years to get ranch Of their own. Net
tie Whitlow. wife OF John Whitlow. a
well.known citizens. died at Eaton.
Their three-weeks.old baby died few
hours later.
The coroner's jury which investl.
gated the cause OF the death OF Will
liam Mikalsky at Lafayette. returned
q verdict in which the Burlington rail.
road Is censured for furnishing coal
cars with defective brakes.
John vermiilion. a Colorado & South.
ern brakeman, fell from the top OF u
car as the train was pulling in'o Trim.
dad. recently. and was badly Injured
internally. He was taken to his home
and is In serious condition.
The population Mt the state pcniten.
tiary is G36 convicts. which IL the max
imum number reached this year. This
Is 100 less than two years ago. The
health OF the prisoners IL good. only q
few chronic cases being treated In tho
hospital.
Three thousand copies OF the annual
report OF the Health Department OF
Colorado Springs are being published
and Will be sent broadcast over the
country as an advertisement for that
.,ks I... tl.h
German and French cities.
II. +. Richardson. the Iongmont en-.
Iineer who was employed by the citi.
zens of Marshall TO investigate the
Marshall dam. has finished his inspcc.
tion. but refuses to make public any
report. The people Of Marshall sur.
mise the dam was found to be safc.
One Of the largest realty and live
stock deals that has taken place Mt
Canon City for u long time has been
closed. whereby George A. Baker and
Clinton A. BieHx became the owners
OF the famous Beckwith stock ranch In
the Wet mountain valley. for $4,000.
Returning home ut night. John Doro-
they. an empioyc on the Rcdland
ditch. near Grand Junction. was way
laid by three hobos. beaten up and
ipbbSu VI -. ftt my Dfhtuc inc Tutt-
road track from s o'clock Mt night un.
III \ o'clock In the morning. uncon.
scious.
Earl Chandler and George Stone.
twcivc'ycar'oid boys. who disappeared
recently. were located In Fort Lupton
and returned by Sheriff Florence.
Chandler carried the Stone boy on the
handle bars Of his bicycle. The
n l.,fs Ia
ago and at that time covered nearly
100 miles on foot.
Allen Couison. aged thirteen. son OF
Edward Coulson. "a prominent resident
Mt Grand Junction. lost n thumb and
three fingers aud mny lose tho sight
of HIS riThi eye as tho result of pick.
ing At n dynamite cap. Ills face was
hiicd with fragments Of the cap. many
of which lodged In his right csc. lie
In In a serious condition.
The frat canon strawberries to
ripcn this year were brongh; In by
Mrs. J. T.. ovcrman OF South Canon.
They were grown In n sheltered place
and are two weeks ahead of n. aver.
ngc bcrricR. strawberry beds are full
Of bloom and green berries. and tho
crop promises to be large. although the
first bloom was killed by the Apri;
freeze.
John Gray OF Perry Park. thirteen
miles south of Castle Rock. vas ar
rested on charges of selling liquor on
Sunday. waived preliminary hearing
and was bound over TO the next term
of the District Court. The Complaint
was sworn out by woman. This
In the FIRST move In n campaign to
stop the boot.lcEEing bf whisky In this
! county.
Word has been received at Colorado
| Springs Of the death OF ". II. Laing
at Great Bend. Kansas. Iaing formerly
resided in Colorado Springs and for
years lived Mt Green Mountain Fails.
He was pioneer of the county and
was well known MS an cmployc In the
| Denver Rio Grandc baggage room
for number Of years. lie was eighty
years old.
While crossing the North Fork Of the
Las Animas river thirty miles west of
Trinidad. two members OF the Canon
City council narrowly escaped drown.
ing They were saved by the prompt
action OF other members of the party.
DIR. Lamb and Alderman O'kay re.
ceiycd the ducking. This IL tho same
place where Senator W. a. Clark of
Montana narrowly escaped drowning
last fall while visiting coal properties
recently acquired In that section.
John NJ. Bullock. for many years n
prominent farmer OF the Grand valley.
was adjudged insane at the second
hearing in the county court ut Grand
Junction and ordered committed TO the
insane asylum at Pueblo. At ills first
trtul agNgra1 v..lfu agn IA, ,rou
quilted. His statements TO the Jury
that he held regular communication
with the Great Jehovah and could hear
aud see things that others could not.
convinced the jury that he was Of un.
sound mind He f. about seventy wears