Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28
COLORADO News

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hall at Coal Creek have been com
pleted and the building will be finished
In March.
\ William cHildebrand. who built the
cog railway up Pixies Peak. and who
was one OF the foremost civil engineers
In the country, died In New Yor,. City
February sist. zEa
The Lamar National bank OF Lamar
has been authorized 10 begin business
with $4,000 capital. NJ. Strain Is pres
ident. II. T. Mcciave. vice president.
and l.. +. scams. cashier.
The annual meeting Of the Grand
Valley Cantaloupe. Association was
held at Grand Junction February 2ist.
u. c. Oyirr was elected president and
A. j. Chesicy. secretary-treasurer
The application of J. n. Akey. James
NJ. Allen. l.. G. Schmidt. II. S. D!ckey
and J. a. Chnllgren To organize IN.
Farmers National Baak of Windsor.
with $4,000 capital has been approved
by the comptroller q: the currency.
Senator GusIenheIM Is making kn
effort to have the saiari Il Of laborcr-
at the Leadvillc fish hatchery '1,iscd
In the sundry civil appropriation bill
from 5000 to $72O per AM um and III.
cook ut the hatchery from s+su 30 s720,
The Colorado Game and Fish -ptcc.
tive Association has extended N"
Beaver Land a Irrigation Company
vote Of thanks because the COMPANY
has announced II will take measure
TO protect the trout In Beaver cree.
Fremont county.
The Florence & Cripple Creek rail.
road Ii using every available freight
car on It's line between Florence and
Cripple Creek. Its business having In.
creased TO such an cStcn, In the lasJ
thirty days that the present rolling
stock IN Inadequate.
More than thirty Japanese laborcrs
were shipped into Florence on the is'h
inst. to work on the Rio Grand" rail.
road. Every section man on the di.
vision was laid on. but all for.mcn
were retained. The Japancs. vii!
work between Saiida and Pueblo.
Colorado patents granted: ~.
Campbell. Colorado Springs. Mt -.
cape: T.. J.. Clark. Colorado Springs.
calculator: e. =. Proctor, Denver. cl''r
iropncumatic drill: ~. SpOricdcG. Colu.
rndb City. setting cElnism for
watches: W. q. Swari. Denver. rOasicf.
Al Gl,nwood Springs ON the iiIh
itth Inst. John Hopkins WAS found
guilty In the District Court OF violating
the game laws and was fined fIS and
costs. tho total being nearly $500. ~"
was chs rRch with having the carcass"a
OF six deer In his possession. but Was
found guilty OF having only three.
For the reason that the bridge DE-
sirn.a In the state engineers one"
orid be heavier and more cSpcnsiN"
than necessary. the county cummir'
sion.rs Of Garfield county haSs de-
cIdcd to reject all bids whicf Nav"
been submitted for the construction uf
the bridge over ia. Grand river ut
Sii, and advertise for new bids on \
lighter structure.
The contracts for the state printinE
for the coming year have been awarded
TO the kisticr Stationery Company and
the Hocckci Blank Book COMPANY
both Of Denver. The bid Of the Kisiirr
Company was the lowest Of three fuT
the stationery and circular printinE
and there were Ave competitors for III"
blank book contract. the Hocckci com
pany presenting the loves, bid.
An echo of the Adobe wreck on she
Rio Grandc railroad. March is. 1906
was heard at Denver few days aau
when Eliza Blatz and her daught"r
filed two suits. asking $4,000 damage
from the road. One suit In brought inI
the name Of Mrs. Biniz and ThcrrsaI
Blaix and asks $1,000. The other byI
Mrs. Blatx alone. Charles Il. Blatz. thI
husband and father. was killed In thJ
wreck.
The ranch home OF Justin Pomcru,
. hl Ia, 4
recently burned to the ground as thJ
result OF the carcicssncss Of n stxiccuI
year.old boy employed at the p,acJ
The boy lighted n roaring fire In
stove. paid no further attention to T.
and In short time the Are was conf
municatcd to the building. which wal
destroyed. together with It's contcnti
The loss ir estimated Mt about &s5 .o0
NJ. Is. Robinson. former supcrij
iendent of the United OIL CompanJ
has given the Florence high sApoi
valuable collection OF rare minsrait
which he has gathered In A,oradl
during the last seventeen ycarskPaiaI
ozoic and cenozoic fossils and III
mesoxoic crctaccous rocks Of Coloradl NJ
arc represented in the collected
which has great scientific value and
money value of several hundred dd
lars. r.
John r. Burns OF Denver. who scrvr r
for FIVE years as secretary OF the Co
RADIO State Commercial Association. h
gone to Wyoming to take charge OF 4
publicity work Of that state as manaE u
Of the Cheyenne Industrial Club. and ol
assistant secretary OF the Trans-M ha
souri, Dry Farming Congress. which Iv
. l,., 4. a
ical movements of the entire West n ro
which is to meet next winter in Chc ho
enne. L..
The Fremont County Fair Assoc tiai
tion will hold its annual fair at CAM
City September 9th. 10th and IL r.,
which will be during the week prcc :"
ing the state fair at Pueblo. OwinE :.
the fruit failure in the Arkansas
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