Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-21
COLORADO NEWS

The Republican state convention will
be held at Pueblo April 2Sth.
J. C. Bundey. hotel man at Flor
ence. while eating oysters found a
pearl about the size OF pea. Jewellers
claim 1t Is worth $3.50.
The Cambrian Society OF Colorado.
consisting Of Welsh residents. will
give It's annual entertainment ut the
Albany hotel March End.
Fort Collins has received four cars
for the street railway from the Ohio
shops. The company now has six
motor cars and two trailers ready for
use.
The Greeley sugar factory closed
on the 18th inst. the last OF the syrup
having been made into brown sugar.
The men will begin overhauling ma
chinery at once.
The county commissioners OF Pueblo
county passed n resolution indorsing
the action of Montrose. Gunnison. and
Delta counties In asking the state to
pay the expense OF irrigation water
distribution.
J. 8. Flower of Denver. has ordered
two dozen ring necked pheasants to be
added to his half hundred on the old
colony farm southwest OF Greeley and
creased to 500 next fall.
The new Denver Democratic club or
ganized at Florence with an enroll.
ment OF ffty.one. for the purpose of
going to Denver and holding opez
house during the national convention.
viii enlarge Its membership to $50.
Local option promises to be an In.
sue at the next election In Pueblo. The
Iat ttstts. ,olF
dry as many sections OF Pueblo rs
possible and will make an effort to
confine the saloons To one or two
wards.
While drilling for oil on his farm
six miles south of Fort Collins, Peter
Spanncr. ut n depth Of COO feet. broke
Into strong vein OF natural gas
which convinccs him that he Is near
oil. He Will drive the well deeper In
the expectation OF striking oil In few
days.
The Republican State Editors Asso.
citation was organized ut Denver on
lincoln's birthday. beginning with n
membership OF fifiy.cight. The officers
elected are a. J. Dickson OF the Glen.
wood Post, president: Guy u. Hardy
OF the Canon City Record, secretary:
Edwin a. Sherman of the Grand juno.
iion News. treasurer.
II. X. Smith. who carries the mall
from Loscland to Drake. recently met
with scrious runaway accident. A bolt
worked loose. allowing n singictrcc to
strike tho heels Of one Of che horses.
This caused them To run AMI Smith
was thrown out. He was picked up by
passing ;cams;crs and taken home.
His left thigh was disiocatcd and the
l..l.S
bones were broken.
The Union Pacific has issued beau.
tifui pamphlet entitled Railroad Sig.
naiins." fully explaining and iiiustrat.
Ing iis block system and intcriocking
switches and signals. The pamphlet
is rupcrbly printed ON heavy cnamcicd
paper and the colorcd pictures are In
the highest style OF the cnsraycr's art.
I'S subject. the means adopted for the
protection oi life. makes II u highly
Interesting work.
Two convicis. Charles f.ackcy. No.
1874. and A. T.. Roberts. No. 51s5. were
recipients Of Governor Buchtci's hoii.
day pardonS on i.incoln's birthday.
Both men were TRUSTEES and to each
the pardon came as n surprise. Lackcy
In thirty-onc years old and Roberts
five years older. They were convicted
at Pueblo in 1909 OF robbery. and were
sentenced to ten to fourteen years
each. Large petitions were presented
asking for their release.
The Greeley school board voted $3.50
to dcfray the expenses Of Supcrin.
tcndcnt Carter Of the city schools to
Washington to attend the national su.
pcrin,cndcnis' meeting this month.
Among other things. he is asked TO
look into the subject Of medical In
struction In schools. MS the board fav.
ors Its adoption. and also that teach.
crs be required to take physical cS.
animation TO show them free from in.
fcctious or contagious diseases.
AT an immense gathering OF sugar
beet growers. farmers and others In.
tcrcstcd In the building of an indc.
pendent sugar factory at ManEauola. 80
enthusiastic were those present that
1900 acres were pledged on the spot
and assurances given that double that
amount will easily be pledged within
the next few days. A large number
Of bects raiscrs were present from the
vicinity OF Rocky Ford and Joined the
Manzanola growers in the project.
Building operations marking the
actual establishment of the home OF
the National Association of Letter Car.
ricrs in Colorado Springs arc to be
started within a month by the cree
tion of temporary buildings on the site
donated by the local Merchants Asso.
citation. and work on the permanent
buildings will be started next spring.
The temporary structures will be oc.
cupicd by twenty members of the Ma.
tional Association who require imme.
diate care in a sanitarium.
A large real estate deal was closed
at Greeley few days ago. when
through the Arbuckle.Purcell Land
Company. Mai. Samuel Moore Of Gree.
Icy. sold To the North Fort Morgan
Townsitc Development Company.
1GO aCrps of land on, mil, ,,,th -