Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-09-25
tOLORADO ITEMS


The Morgan county fair at Fort Nor
gan attracted remarkably fine exhibits
especially of horses and cattle and the
attendance was very large.
The annual Tri-county fair of Gar
field, Eagle and Pitkin counties on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, broke
the record both as to display OF prod
ucts and attendance.
Nicholas Finn, at one time a promi'
nent mining and smelling operator at
Leadville, died in the Sisters hospital
at Leadville Friday night after an Ill
ness of three months.
The town of Grand Valley celebrated
its first annual Fruit day on the 16th
inst. After the show was over the fruit
display was shipped to the Tri-county
fair at Glenwood Springs.
Students in the State Normal School
who live in Denver have organized
society with membership of over fif-
ty. Students from other towns In the
state will form similar organizations.
S. l. Bush, ON the Liggett ranch, two
miles south of Wellington, Larimer
county, has Just threshed an eleven
acre field OF oats yielding 4,4OO
pounds, or an acreage of over 121 BUSH
els an acre.
The demand for Greeley potatoes ex-
ceeds the supply by fifty per cent. at
present The buyers of Texas and
other southern states are sending In
more orders than the dealers can fill
because little of the crop has ripened
sufficiently to dig.
The commissioners of Logan county
have authorized vote on the issuance
of bonds of $4,000 for the erection of
the present one. which has been con-
demned. 1t is the intention II the bond
issue carries to erect court house
costing not less than 100000.
The fourth class postmaster Of Col.
orado met at Pueblo on the 18th inst.
and elected the following officers:
President. d. J. Maynard OF Minturn;
secretary, Mrs. l.. B. Hendrix Of Hax-
tun; treasurer, c. II. Metcalf, Of Gran
ite. The organization has thirty-sev-
en- members and will hold its next
meeting in Denver.
Governor Buchtel has appointed two
more delegates to represent Colorado
at the National Irrigation Congress In
albuquerque. New Mexico. opening
September 30. They are T. c. Waite
meyer OF Boulder and Frederick Welt
ger OF Rocky Ford. Both men are in
terested In the questions which will
come before the meeting and are stu
dents of irrigation problems.
Because he violated the civil SER
vice rule which prohibits any political
activity Of employees OF the govern
ment, J. H. Rhinehart, a letter carrier
attached to the Denver office. Is now
$500 year poorer than he. would have
been had he refrained from political
meddling. Rhinehart's salary was re-
duced from $1,100 to $500 a year by
the civil service commission.
Brush. Colo.-Company II. First regi-
ment Colorado National Guard, was
mustered In here Tuesday night with
fifty men by General Zeph Hill and Ad-
jutant General Kelley. F. F. Rhine
hart was elected captain. David Wal
lace. first lieutenant, and George Bah
cock, second lieutenant. The business
men Of Brush have agreed to build
$4,000 armory for the company.
S. J. Schenck has been elected bust
ness agent OF the Farmers Cooperative
and Educational union. and will open
headquarters In Pueblo. The union
will ask, through Legislative commit
tee, the passage Of laws concerning the
following matters: Initiative and rcr-
bank law modelled after that Of Okla.
homa, railroad commission with ex-
tensive powers to regulate, and a mine
inspection law.
Montrose. Colo-The second day of
the big western slope fair. Wednesday.
attracted vast crowds. The exhibits
eclipsed anything shown at previous
fairs. Some OF the apples and peaches
measured twelve inches in circumfer-
ence. Besides these there are splen-
did exhibits of plums, prunes. carrots,
beets. pumpkins and grapes and fancy
vegetables OF all kinds. The poultry
and stock exhibits are superior to those
OF other years. Crowds from Telluride
and Silverton came on special trains.
In the County Court at Boulder Judge
Henderson directed that r. V. Wilson,
executor of the Macky estate, turn over
to the regents of the university some
100000 worth OF stocks. bonds and
other property. in compliance with the
bequest of the university. About $780,
900 in cash was retained by the execu-
tor to meet other bequests and TO pay
executors costs and attorney wees. An
appeal from the action OF the court will
be taken by the executor. The matter
of the inheritance tax is now In the
Supreme Court.
At the meeting OF the State CONNER
cial Association in Montrose the fol
lowing directors were elected: B. w.
Marsh of Montrose. J. II. Rankin OF
Grand Junction, T. A. Williams of
Trinidad. l.. w. Markham Of Lamar,
G. NJ. Culver of Alamosa. W. L. Clay
ton OF Greeley. g. E. Hosmer of Fort
Morgan, w. f. Skinner Of Denver.
and A. G.. Watson Of Pueblo. Four
more directors are to be elected by
the board at a meeting to be held soon
at Denver: also a president, first and
second vice presidents and secretary
treasurer.