Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-08
STATE news ITEMS

Colorado Springs with membership OF
nfiy. Henry Trowbridgs was elected
president.
A company has been incorporated
for the purpose OF erecting nails In
MontIoss. Ouray. Delta and NssA
counties to manufacture alfalfa pro
ducts and other stock foods.
The Farmers National Bank OF
Windsor has been authorised to begin
business with $4,000 capital. II. y.
Diek@y 10 president. James II. Allan
vice president. and J. n. Akey. cash
Ter.
The Rocky Ford National bank Of
Rocky Ford. has been authorized TO
begin busineas with $4,000 capital. y,
A. Hauck. president: q. ". Lewis. vice
president. and ". b. Vaudeville.
cashier.
The present hish price OF provisions
has made the boarding house keepers
life anything but an easy one. A mum
bcr OF boarding houses for students al
the State University al Boulder have
been compelled TO close.
A goodiy number OF coloradoans.
sts,tinE from Denver. are on their way
to Frankfort on-ths- Main. Germany. To
attend the international convention Of
tho Turnvereins. They chartered =
special car to Chicago.
Mrs. Lydis ~. Derry. aged eighty.
three. died At the home Of her son in
Lradviiie = few days ago. Mrs Derry
had lived In L-adviiie longer than any
present resident OF tho city. She came
In 1869. before isadviilc was started.
A Taft special to the Chicago con
vention Siii be run from Pueblo and u
II expected that every town In the Ar
kansas valley and Colorado Springs
Will send nj least one representative.
and that between 100 and i:s will bo
on tho train.
The Buena Vista Hot Springs hotel.
together with the ground. $50 acres.
located nVc miles west Of BucnA Vista.
have be-n purchased by New York
parties. the consideration b~in. SIS.
900. A water power plant aud trolley
line are contemplated.
A syndicate OF Greeley and Erie
farmers purchased the Owl Creek res.
~yvoir. twelve miles northeast OF
Eaton. from Representative Walter
farr for $4,000. for tho purpose OF
bringing 10000 acres Of rich land un.
der irrigation.
Maps have been nled by Greeley Of
Rensicy reservoir. twenty miles cast OF
Fort i.upton In Weld county. II will be
built as part Of the Hcnryiyn system.
draw water from the South Platte and
have n capacity OF several million Gu.
bic feet.
An $1,000 macaroni factory. with u
capacity OF 500 pounds daily Of thirty
varieties OF food. will be established
Mt Florence. The building is completed
and the machinery. which has been or
dcrcd from Italy. Ia expected TO arrive
by May 18th.
A. d. Hulit. who IL pushing the cicc.
tricai proposition known M the Kansas.
Colorado Power & Railroad Company.
reports great meetings mt Garden City
and Dodge City. Kansas. and that farm.
crs and business men are greatly inter
csted ali along the line.
II. II. Malone. receiver for the ridcl.
ity Savings Association OF Denver has
completed deal for the sale OF the
largest remaining asset OF that associ.
ntion. and secured m order from Judge
c. +. Bliss TO dispose OF the remain.
ing Louisiana lands for $4,000.
The n. ". Brock ranch. one of :he
larges, OF the old.time cattle ranches In
Routt county. has been sold 70 the
iampa Livestock and Land Company.
This ranch comprises about 500 acres
OF the dnest bottom land along Rear
river and is one of the best acquisi.
tions yet made to the big Cary Bros.
ranch. The price paid is said 10 have
been $4,000.
The dismissal by Governor Buchtc!
of Col. Edward Verdeckberg and Lieut..
Col. Leo W. kennedy. commanding the
First regiment OF infantry of the Ma
tional Guard OF Colorado on the ground
OF alleged incompentency has occa'
stoned much surprise. Their many
friends say that the long service and
high standing Of these officers are Ill.
requited by such summary action.
At Cripple Creek. April 29th. Colonel
Charles Harcourt, a veteran OF the
Crimean and Civil Wars. eighty years
of age. and Mrs. Jane Kimberly, aged
sixty-three. were united In marriage.
Colonel Harcourt has served under two
flags. the Union Jack in the Crimean
war and the stars and Stripes in the
war of the rebellion. being inspector of
cavalry under General Banks. He had
never been married. but his bride was
a widow. Ha
Mrs. Martha Allen, ninety years old
and known to all as Grandma" died
April 30th at the home of her daughter
in Fort Collins. She was one OF the old
est settlers OF Fort Collins. and is sur.
vived by two children and brother
The brother. probably the oldest man
in Fort Collins. Benjamin r. whedbee
is ninety-five years old. Mrs. Allen
came to Colorado in 1854 and settled
in Pleasant Valley. Her husband died
in 1868.
Two maps of bitches and reservoirs
were recently filed at Pueblo. which
mean the placing Of $4,000 acres in
Pueblo county under cultivation. The
first was OF the Buffalo Arroyo reser.
voir and ditch. to be constructed by
the Van Sike Ditch, Reservoir & Land
| Company of Fowler. The water will
| be secured from the Apishapa river