Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-29
STATE news items


The Frarernai Bankers OF America
OF Illinois has applied for admission
into Colorado.
The twenty-second annual council
Of the Episcopal diocese Of Colorado
will convene in Denver June Sd and
ith.
The President has appointed Ella
New postmistress at Delta upon the
recommendations Of Representative
Haggott.
by the action OF Congress the fish
hatchery near Leadyilie will get $500
To be used IN paying for the erection
OF boiler houses and cottages
Nearly 5000 persons attended the
dance given by The Pixies Peak Press
club at Stration Park pavilion. Colo
RADIO Springs. Monday night.
The Elks' club a, Canon City has
signed an agreement TO quit the sale OF
liquor TO its members or others pend
ing a decision by the state Supreme
Court
The Rev. J. Thomas Grove. for ten
years rector Of 81. Luke's Episcopal
church at Fort Collins has resigned 10
take effect July LIST. lie will accept n
West Virginia pastoEate.
I tahus stuitausgs tbtmNt Pi'1'a'hh Ds
the Free Coinage union. ". y, n. was
taken In custody at Fiorrissant and
taken to jail at Cripple Greek to be
examined as to his sanity.
The damage by 4 fir. that destroyed
the four iars. Ice houses of the Den
yer 8. Rio Grande railroad at Palmer
Lake on the i7th inst. In estimated nj
upwards OF $4,000.
The financial committee OF the Flor.
cncc City Council has Just mp''c re-
port which shows that the u icipai
debt has been reduced forty Tsc per
cent. In the last Ave years.
Joe Conf. a fifteenycar'oid Italian
boy o: A.uiiar. has been sentenced 10
u term In the state rcformaiory at
| Bucna Vista. He was the leader Of an
organized gan. Of boy thieves.
The ruins OF M aboriginal burial
ground have been found ten miles
east of Holly. The mounds are said to
be covered With rocks forming the out
lines of horses. deer. men and women.
Slot machines seized In raids re-
Gently, made on orders Of the district
attorney At Cripple Creek were burned
by order Of Judge Owen on the 18Th
inst. The machines were valued n,
$500.
The Fruit Belt Power Company. an
auxiliary Of the Central Colorado Pow.
| cr Company. has announced that work
will be started on the Grand June.
ton street car system about October
LIST.
The school board Of district No. !.
Pueblo. will employ n physical director
to conduct athletics. II has arranged
for mn athletic field in one OF the
parks and for the use OF the Mineral
Palace.
Nearly nil the foreigners OF Euro.
pcnn origin who come To tho Greeley
district and other agricultural sections
Of northern Colorado are anxious to be-
come American citizens as soon rs pos.
sibic.
Tony Capanetti. convicted at Trini.
dad OF attempting TO blow up Supertn'
| tcndent a. Alexander OF the Frederick
mine Mt Segundo. has been sentenced
to term OF ten to twelve years In the
penitentiary.
Walter +. DAILY. chief Of the Colora.
do department OF the naturalization bu.
reau. has left Denver to make tour
OF the courts In Nebraska, Utah and
Colorado to attend hearings In the nat.
uralization cases.
The tri-county fair board held meet.
Ing Mt Aspen and elected w. s. Cope.
land president and Charles Daley sec.
retary. II was decided to have n straw.
berry shortcake day, probably to be
held June Goth.
Hal Coulson. at Boulder. has made n
successful color plate negative. He
took n photograph OF n corner of n
room in his residence and every color.
yellow, green, bright red. etc, shows
up plainly in the negative.
The school census OF Greeley, just
completed. shows 2.175 children Of
school age, a gain Of 100 over last year.
The compilers estimate that popula.
ton OF the city at s.s1s. not including
the 800 Normal School students.
Farmers in Weld county have prac.
tically finished planting their beets. 1t
is estimated that there are 5000 acres
planted for the Greeley factory. and g.
500 each for the Windsor and Eaton
factories.
The summer season on the Moffat
road was inaugurated Friday the Is tn
inst. with the first OF the seasons
tourist trains. The regular excursion
season opens June IS. when the West
side Denver Tramway employees take
their outing.
Frank Ives, who pleaded guilty to
the charge of dynamiting the home of
Superintendent A. Alexander of che
Frederick mine at Segundo, last jan
uary Both, was sentenced in the Dis
trict Court at Trinidad to a term of five
to fourteen years in the penitentiary.
Anton Caponetti was previously SEN
fenced for the same crime.
H. F. Bushnell Of Lake City has
been appointed an examiner of home
stead lands in Colorado. There are $50
homestead claims now pending, 10.