Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-10
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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held at Denver January goth and e5th.
The annual banquet Of the Pueblo
County Bar Association will be held
January s5th.
J. y. Mayhsid. y. H. Easierly and c.
b Wade ars the iaeorporators Of the
new Rank Oi Amily. which is eapi-
taiized al 10000.
The court house Of ATapahoe county
~ l.ittieton will be formally opened
January 18th al which time there will
bs public gathering. speeches. mu'
sic and dancing.
a club for the study Of the inter,
rational language. Esperanto. has
been formed at Fort Collins, II has
ten members. DIR, Seofeid being pr-si'
dent and Instructor.
According to the annual report Of
the sidewalk inspector. 5l.i miles OF
walk were laid In Denver during th.
last year at total cost Of SS0.C;o,03,
This is exclusive OF the work done by
contractors for the sidewalk districts.
Mrs Joseph Moss. an original Union
eoionist and resident Of Greeley for
over thirty'seven years. died December
50th at the home OF her son.iniaN.
Mayor Thomas Daley Of Eaton. al the
age OF eighty years.
The report Of the Pueblo land once
for December. 1907. shows that en-
tries Of all kinds OF land covered
l0s; desert, "a: final homesteads, -:
state selections. $: coal lands. !.
The Rank of Del Norte. which has
heretofore rs.n private institution.
has rcoTganixei ns stat. bank with
"a nj AZ
is president. Arthur N. Johnson. vice
president. and Charles ~. France.
cashier.
The double tracking Of III. main line
OF the Rio Grand. between Florence
and Canon City will be completed In
six weeks. when tho company hopes to
facilitate the handling of both ff-ish,
an dpassen.er service on the Pueblo
division.
December so,h the Lincoln State
bank Of Arslba. Lincoln county. filcd
it's Incorporation papers with the Ere.
rctary OF state at Denver. IL has been
organized b; Samuel y. Boydcu. John
Boydcn AMI George W. Jarvis. with
capital of 10000.
Fully 10000 sacks Of nour were man.
ufncturcd by the two Fort Collins
Touring mills In 1907. requiring the
milling Of $4,000 bushels Of wheat.
Fort Collins Hour finds ready sale
at home aud In the Southern states.
Hundreds OF carloads arc shipped
yearly 10 Texas. Virginia and Georgia.
Steve Adams. tho scifconfcsscd ns.
snssin II Arthur l.. Collins. former
general manager OF the Smugslcr.
Union Mining Company. at the Of.
fccs OF the company mt Pandora.
November -. 1909. arrived nj Tcilu.
ride on tho 5ist uit., from Idaho In the
custody OF Sheriff Fitzpatrick and e.
c. Hicks. Adams is held In the county
jail.
Mrs. MoliIc Lissncr. aged 100 years.
died Mt tho home of her son. Aaron
Iissncr. In Pueblo December :9th. She
served M n nurse during the Franco.
Prussinn war and resided In tho very
heart of the hostile country In the Ger.
man rebellion of isiS. She was born
in Poscn. Germany. In 1907. and came
TO this country twenty-five years ago.
She resided In Denver many years.
An examination will be held ut tho
state house In Denver. Friday. Janu.
ary cath. for tho Office OF secretary and
chief examiner OF the Civil Service
Commission OF the state OF Colorado.
The duties of the successful applicant
will be 20 look after the routine work
OF the commission and conduct It's cx.
aminations. The salary will be $1.So0
q year.
At the regular monthly sale OF the
State Land Board ut Denver. January
I'd, 1.3i0 acres OF land were sold to
homcsteadcrs. They were In four
tracts. situated in Logan. Kiowa and
Larimer counties. One tract calls for
$50 an acre and the others ranged from
$3.50 70 $1O.75 an acre. On each tract
the state made the usual reservation
of mineral rights.
Tho following Colorado patents have
been granted: Detlef j. Joehnck.
Rocky Ford. apparatus for handling
beets: Henry V. Johnson, Denver.
liquid measuring device: Edward Z.
Schacner. Denver. fireproof stair struc.
ture: Lewis B. Skinner. Denver. puri.
flying hydrochloric acid; Edward A.
Smith, Loveland beet puller; John
c. Vanslicke, Fort Collins. electric
time switch; George Il. Williamson,
Durango. trace buckle.
Fifteen million pounds of sugar and
over half million dollars distributed
among the growers and employers, Is
the 1907 record of the Grand Junction
plant of the Western Sugar & Land
Company, according to statement
given out by the general manager.
These figures show that for the 1907
crop the beet growers will receive
$336,000. This with $4,000 paid to
the $50 factory employees and s16s.000
to the 500 field laborers, makes a to-
tai of s549,0O0.
Executors of the Stratton estate
have been notified that the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals, sit.
ting in st. Louis, has decided the suit
of G. w. Franklin vs.. the Matoa Gold