Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-01
coNDENsED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. poiNos. ACHIEVE
MENTs, suFFERINos. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

Fr0aident hOOseSet touuS p"iuone"
Albert l.. Worrell. who was sent TO the
federal prison at Leavenworth Tor liIe
from Ardmore. Oklahoma. nine years
ago, charged with an assault upon
little girl. Pardon Attorney Finch OF
the Department OF Justice. after an IN.
vestIgation, reported he WAS satished
that worrell was Innocent.
The executive committee OF the
Western Passenger Association has
recommended the abolition OF tho
double contract form Of ticket now
used In connection with excursion busi.
ness. II also has recommended tho
abolition Of the once of Joint agent
except ut u few Of the larger cities.
such AZ Chicago. st. Louis. Kansas
City. Omaha and 81. Paul.
George n. barley. the veteran west
eru pastor, writing from Delta, Colo
RADIO. to the Denver Republican says:
In your paper April 2:nd I read. with
great intercsl. mn article about MI.
Frank A. wadieigh's visit TO Fort Gar
land. Old Fort Massachusetts was
built In lss: u lok forp and dis-
ncers In Fort Garland In July. 1916.
and received this information from one
Of tho odicers.
odiks Episcopal church will convene AT
Baltimore May 9th. For one month
tho rulers Of this large denomination
will debate new laws and new Officers.
tho convention bcinK scheduled To
close the first week Of June. II In csti'
mated the convention will attract TO
Baltimore at least 10000 visitors. that
being tho number drawn To Los An
scics during tho last general confer
-nc- four years ago.
The Pacific 4 Southeastern Railway
Company. capitalized At e1s.o0o.ooV.
has nied articles Of Incorporation. The
company will have its terminus al
Tacoma and extend across the state
Of Washington. Ultimately tho lin.
will form part Of . trans con tincntsl
systcm. Branches will be built to Spo'
kane. Seattle. Portland and British
J Columbia The promoters OF the ROAD
arc the members of the Pacific I'm
psovcmcut Company OF California and
include General T. II. Hubbard and
George ~. Crockcr Of Ncw York. a. y.
shepard and c. A. taihrop OF Cali
fornia.
Tho annual election OF ofiiccrs OF
the Rocky Mountain association OF the
Amateur Athletic union OF the United
ygr Athletic club. when the board OF
governors mot and named the men who
~iii cauduc, the affairs Of this world
vide amateur athletic organization In
this section Of the country the coming
year. I, was announced that the state
college championship meet at Colorado
college ncid at Colorado Springs Sat
urtiay. May 18th. Will be u sanctioned
AFFAIR. All men competing will he reg
istercd and all records made will be
recognized rs osiieiai the world over.
Albert Wilson. attorney for II. u.
Tucker. Jr.. secretary Of the Uncle
Sam OIL Company. nov on trial at To
pcka on n Charge Of using the malls
to ticfraud. declared In his opening
speech for the defense that tho Stand.
ard OIL Company was the instigator
and controlling influence behind the
troubles OF the Uncle Sam company.
SIR. Wilson stated that Mr.. Tucker
had retained control OF the voting
power Of the Uncle Sam company In
order To prevent the Standard OIL Com
pany from Eobbiing the stock In the
open market and In ,ha, way putting
this competing company out OF busi.
ness. Tho Uncle Sam company Is now
. in tho hands Of receiver.
The General Acoustic Company Of
New York. through Its Colorado repre-
sentative. p. =. Chamberlain. is ncgo.
tiating with the Colorado Telephone
Company and the Denver auditorium
committee to install It's new invention.
the "acousticon," In the hall for the
Democratic convention In July. This
10 one OF the most wonderful modifica-
tons Of the telephone ever invented.
and its uses arc many. Delicate trans
mitters will be placed at intervals
throughout the hall 20 that no seat will
be more than sevcnty-hve or 100 feet
from one Of them. Overlooking the
convention In q switchboard. When
anyone rises TO speak all other instr,i.
ments will be cut out so that only the
remarks Of the speaker are trans.
mitted.
oe tho Methodist Episcopal church at
Baltimore May 9Th there will be 1874
ministerial delegates. although now
the representation In the conference
il only one delegate for every forty
nve active Methodist ministers. The
lay delegates being equal In number
to the ministerial, the tota, number OF
delegates participating In the approach.
ing conference will approximate 500.
These delegates will come from nearly
every part Of the globe: India. China,
Korea, and the Malay peninsula, In
Asia: Liberia and Southeastern Africa,
Germany. Italy, Switzerland. Sweden.
Norway, Finland, Denmark and Bul.
saria, in Europe: Hawaii. the Philip.
pines, South America and Licxico will
contribute to the religious army.