Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-03-20
COLORADO NEWS

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The City Council Of Florence volun-
tarily raised the wages Of policemen
from SIS to $50 a month.
Craig is planning for q Chautauqua
to last ten days during the coming sum
mer. about July 18th to August 9th be-
Ing the dates desired. = - W.
The recent oiiicisi census OF ster-
ling showed a population OF over 5000.
which entities Sterling to become a
city OF the second class. .ra q
Work on the Denver postofice add
tion has been resumed. Uncle Sans
peculiar red tape methods have delayed
It for months although Il has been sad
ly needed. LOO #u# .n.e 'NHi
A movement Is on foot TO incorporate
tho town OF Craig. The land within
the corporate limits will be about a
section with present population OF
about 400 people.
Russia. Holland. Austria. Sweden.
Scotland. Denmark and Canada ali con.
tributed TO the citizenship OF Lnfimer
county in naturalization cases re-
Gently before the District Court. ..-.
The walls of the Logan county court
house have been condemned. making II
necessary to erect n new court house
In Sterling soon. A 100000 bond issue
for that purpose will be voted on by
the electors OF Logan county next fall.
The City Council OF Fort Morgan has
passed ordinances pertaining TO the
government Of Fort Morgan as sec
ond class city. with salaries for the
mayor. attorney. clerk and aldermen,
An extension OF the sewer system was
also ordered. ....
Gen. William J. Palmer OF Colorado
Springs has SO far recovered from his
injuries Of two years ago that he was
able to take an automobile. ride TO Den
yer on the 18th inst. where he was
tho guest Of Col. d. {. Dodge ut the
Shirley hotel.
Tho twcnty.ninth annual cncamp-
mcnt OF the Department OF Colorado
and Wyoming, Grand Army Of the Re-
public. will be held Mt Fort Collins
May :0th. 2lst and 22nd. The "old
boys" will be royalty entertained and
. large attendance is anticipated.
For the rrst time In years the Gree
Icy club. nm organization OF Greeley
business men has revived It's old Gus
tom Of playing hos, TO all ladies' who
called ut the club. Every Thursday
night this year the ladies' will ba OF.
fcrcd all the privileges OF the club.
The annual rcpor, OF tho librarian
of the Greeley public library. shows
that li.a:s persons visited tho library
during tho year. with an average of
i.ett visits month. Tho number of
books read was $3.50. of which s.0t?
were fiction. Thcro are 1850 books in
use.
workmcn on tho new inclined rail
why at Mount Morrison In Jefferson
county have only lost three days dur
ing tho past winter ON account OF bad
weather. II IL planned 10 open the
road to tho public July 18th. lis length
will be $500 fcct-said to be the Ions.
est inclined railway in the world.
a number OF counterfeit dollars and
dimes have been put into circulation
Mt Pueblo and all the officers hay, been
notified. M have the secret officers In
Denver. The dimes have the ID"
mark Of the Denver init. while the dol.
lars. which arc poor limitations. have
the 20" mark OF the New orlcals mint.
a force OF house cleaners is at work
on the state house Mt Denver. They
began operations in the gallery of the
house of representatives, using the new
vacuum Cl'RE'E ItF kHt HuEItass iulS
is the first time the automatic cleaner
has been used In the state house and
IL is said to be n great improvement
over the old way.
Commercial bodies Of Colorado
Springs are planning to establish bu.
rcau OF Information in Denver before
the opening OF the tourist season. II
has been tried for brief periods during
conventions and met with great sue.
cess. tho large majority OF Eastern
people making the trip TO Colorado
Springs before returning home. Here
Is n hint for other sections OF the state.
The Las Animas Beet Growers As.
sociation has withdrawn its support
from the Arkansas Valley Beet Grow
ers' Association and has signed the
sliding scale of the factory operators.
This action was taken at n meeting
OF the association at Hochne. in the
Sunilowcr valley. when q representa-
tive OF the Holly factory was present
and made contracts for 200 acres Of
bcets.
The big lake In the City Park has
been completely drained preparatory
TO the building OF a foundation for the
electric fountain. Approximately two
tons of bass. perch and trout were
transferred to the duck pond immcdi-
ately below the big lake. while ono
ton Of German carp. the undesirable
citizen of the City Park fish world.
was sold TO proprietors OF West Colfax
fish markets.
About nifty pioneers from Denver and
all along South Platte canon took part
In a surprise banquet given on the 18th
inst. to Mrs. Given. the old.timo cater.
ess. the occasion being her sixty
fourth birthday. Mrs. Given came to
Denver from Leadvillc in 1879 and has
been in the restaurant business ever
since. Recently she has been manag.
ing the Kiowa Lodge, at Bailey's. in
South Platte canon. H