Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-10
COLORADO news

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June .oih is the date 6xed upDn for
Strawberry Day at GknSood Springs
this year.
The State Normal school faculty SilI
furnish room in the Greeley hospital
for the use principally OF Normal
school stndents. i.l.IHa II
There has been approved 10 the stale
Of Colorado Indemnity school lana s.-
ieetions aggresating tT.6is,sC acres
within the Pueblo land district
Louis Weir. q North iongnont ss-
loonkeeper. Was sentenced to six
months in the county Jail and fined
$500 for keeping disorderiy hoas--
Pedro J, Perea. one Of the most
prominent Mexican. pioneers Of Las
Animas county. and veteran OF IL.
Civil War. died March ss,h Of pnen-
nohis. lie was savsaty'hse years 9s
age. 'HFI
Samuel Richards. Who has b~-n run
Ing a hack line from the coal camps
To Fiof.nee for twenty years. has dts
continued the service because of i'll
health and the fact that III. line does
no, pay. FFE
New patents issued 10 Color fadans
ihtAuur INT toiloHih6s -. " ~ iATAiiTEs 4
Glen~ooi. water wheel: l.. Chapman
Ber3ind. wrench: II. Lutf. Dunv-F.
friction clutch: n. Il. Smith. Guaaison.
folding umbrella.
Orders for SsS carloads Of coal per
month for the next thf-. months have
been placed by Kansas aud Nebraska
dealers with tn. Colorado Fuel & Iron
Company and will be filled from the
Two hours after nh. had sold an old
mattress To u secondhand dealer at
Florence. Mrs. Minnie i.ayiand %
RockSai- rushed rscitediy back to the
store. tore open III. mattress and ca
'rar'-d roll OF $500 In bills.
Trinidad WIS victorious In debate
aud oratofy and Pueblo won III. con.
test in reading at Trinidad In the sec
ond annual literary contest between
representatives of tn. Trinidad and th.
Pueblo Centennial h!.h schools.
There were sixteen mining claims
located In one day recently In eastern
Weld county by Fort Morgan men who
believe that the gold mining district
said TO have been discovered in the
Wildcat region In Morgan county ga
tends over into Weld.
Tn. school house at watcryaic.
In las Animas county. was de-
siruycd by FIRE on the night Of March
10th. causin. loss Of $500. The school
buildin. was completed and opened
nv. weeks before. and ~ss the only
school house at that place.
Robert J.. AddirEton of Gardner.
Colorado. has been appointed forest
guard on the Wet mountain national
forest reserve. and Frank J. Bion Of
Sapincro. Colorado. has been appointed
an assistant forest ranger ON the Gun
nison national forest reserve.
The grain elevator at Erie was de-
stroycd by IRE April LIST. causing lSas
of $4,000. Three freight ears of ~"
Union Pacific. standing ON the siding.
were also consumed. No grain was
stored In the bniidini. the only con.
tents being 10000 grain sscks.
From Monte Vista and vicinity aion.
over 500 cars OF hogs have been
shipped since the first Of the year. II
is estimated that there are still about
10000 hogs In the vicinity. The recent
advance will mean thousands of dol
lars to the raiscrs Of these hogs.
The city Of Denver maintains large
collection OF wild animals at the City
Park and the park board has engaged
j. Alden Loring at salary OF $1,000
to take charge Of them. Three beav-
ers. lately added to the ZOO. are at
tracting a great deal Of attention.
workmen who were unloading a car
Of coal at Victor. consigned to the
Strong mine. found Ave sticks CT dy-
Mantle in the bottom OF the car. The
coal came from Broadhead, near Wal
scnburg, and the dynamite is supposed
10 have been placed In the car there
by some former employe.
Fifty convicts are employed on road
work In the eastern end OF Fremont
county. New roads are being graded
and old ones improved. The state gives
the free use Of the convict labor and |
all the expense to the county IS for
their board and guards while on duty. |
They will be worked all summer.
Fruit growers OF the Arkansas val
ley are alarmed over the early budding n
of trees In the lower part of the val
ley. Plums have already blosSpmedI
and even apples are showing sisl of
coming out. The warm weather.of The
last few weeks has caused I'M treesN
to come out early and the growers ard
fearful of killing frosts.
Farm products to the value of $7.2OV
were raised on the Denver poor farnE
of $50 acres by Superintendent w.
Phillips last year. The farm itself con-
sumed about two.thirds of this producl
last year and the rest was sent to M
county hospital or sold. The vegetabf
plot yielded over sixty tons of veGf
tables. None Of the inmates do an
of the farm work, although they al
set to light work about the house al
yards.
One of the largest irrigation al
power projects started in Colorado Il
year was incorporated at Denver. AM
list, under the name Of the Blue Ri'
Irrigation & Power Company with
authorized canita1 stocL of 81 0OO.nI