Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-14
COLORADO NEWS lTEMs

The towns o< Mead and Mum am
taking steps to incorporate. having
nled petitions ~ Greeley.
The annual report Of the patent com
missioner shows that go patents Sero
granted tn Colorado citizens during tho
past year.
Over 200 900 pounds OF nous we're
shipped from Lamar on the :th inst.
direct To Liverpool. England. by the
Lamar Milling 4 Elevator Company,
Fort Collins In preparing to entertain
the annual department OF the Grand
Army Of the Republic. department OF
Colorado and Wyoming. next May.
The Colorado Fruit Commercial As
soeialion and the Grand Valley frui.
and Produce Association have formed
y consolidation under the former name.
la order to secure = charter for
lodge cf Eiks, members OF that orier
have just completed census OF Fort
Morgan. They find the population To
be- 3.3o5.
In order TO establish headquarters
for the western states the Salvation
Army has appropriated ei5o.0oo for the
purchase or erection Of . building IN
Denver.
One the order Of County Judge
Charles Mccall. Sheriff whipple OF
Jefferson county destroyed six large
slot machines found In the three sa'
looms raidsd ut Morrison.
The First National hank OF Easi.Ol
county. at Eagle. has been authorized
to begin business with $4,000 capital.
J. II. Fesler. president: Frank Doll.
vice president: Louis Sehmars. cash
Ter.
Al Greeley on the Ird Inst. william
Croii was fncd 500 AMI costs for
shooting an antelope near Hardin.
Game Warden Roberts says H.. siaush.
lcssiy this fall.
Will. sinking hole for the tounia.
tiou Of the proposed Pueblo court
house workmen uncovered ne tai disc
shown. tnat by the United States G--
oloeicni Survey In lS7: the elevation
Of Pueblo Was placed at 1850 f.c,.
Hudson r. Morton. an Ann Arbor.
Michigan. banker. holding Judgment
bonds Of Philips county to the amount
Of S::.sss. has secured = Judgment for
that amount from Judge Robert p
Lewis In the United States court at
Denver.
The Colorado 4 Southern announced
Monday that it's shop men would here
after be employed on ninc'aour shit
Recently the company cut the WORKING
day to eight hours on account OF the
financial strin.cncy. the men being
paid by the hour.
Over soo. 900 trou, fry will be iIber-
ntcd In tho mountains streams OF Ere.
mont county within the next week or
two. George Cassidy has arranged
with Game and Fish Commissioner
rarr for nLout 100000 fry to be placed
during this year.
The contract for the industrial build.
Ing TO be added to the equipment OF
the State Schoo, for the Deaf and Blind
has been awarded to Charles Grisslcr
Of Colorado Springs. The contract price
In Si7,3s5.75. The building Is tD be
completed by June LIST.
Tho pipe foundry at the Minncauai
steel works Mt Pueblo. after being
closed down since the holidays. RE-
sumed operations Monday morning.
The foundry will employ 100 men at
nrst and more men will be added grad.
uaily until the mill Is running full
blast.
Richard g. Warren dropped dead In
front Of the town hnll At Sevadavtlle
February LIST after returning on the
morning train from an extended stay
In Denver for his health. He had been
a sufferer from miners consumption
for years. He was forty-eight and an
old resident OF the district.
The Ault Military club. a separate
organization from the Ault militia
company but aGiliated with II. has es.
tabilshed well equipped gymnasium
In connection with the club. Arrange
ments will be made for a ladies' auxil.
larry club TO have use OF the gymna-
sium on certain days.
The State Land Board on the 9Th
inst. sold 5000 acres OF public land In
various counties OF the state Mt prices
ranging from $3.50 to 320.50 an acre.
Ebert county land was heaviest In de.
mand. 1900 acres being sold In that
county alone. m Huerfano. Eagle and
Routt counties $40 acres each were dis.
posed Of.
Judge Garrigues of Greeley will con-
duct the first hearing on the question
of the disposition of the state inheri.
tance fund. Judge Garrigues has given
notice that he will hear the State Uni.
versity demand against the Inheritance
fund on April 2, 1908. A new set Of in
heritance tax forms have been pre-
pared for attorneys.
Surveyors arrived at Boulder on the
9Th inst. and laid out the line for the
Colorado & Interurban electric car Bys-
TEN. It is expected that construction
Of the line will be commenced soon and
that cars will be running between Den
yer and Boulder by June 1st A large
force Is surfacing the new grade be-
tween the Louisville curve and Denver.
Chief Game Warden Fred A. Gordon
OF Glenwood Springs arrested James