Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-10-23
STATE NEWS ITEMS

Der 1fth to 18TH.
Plans have been prepared for new
$4,000 hotel to be erected in the busi-
ness section of Grand Junction.
q The cornerstone for the new club
house for the boys Of the First Con-
gregational church at Pueblo was laid
Sunday.
Over 400 deer had been received In
Denver up to the 14th inst, with pros
poets of at least 1000 more before the
close Of the season, October goth.
On the University grounds in Den.
yer Saturday the University of Den
Yer football team defeated the eleven
of the University of Utah by score
of II to 15.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey has announced
his intention of running for judge OF
the Juvenile Court in Denver on an
independent ticket that will contain
only his name.
From 100 acres east of Eaton, James
Graham has harvested 10000 sacks of
potatoes, which he expects to bring
$1.10 sack for seed. This was the
first season the land was cultivated.
George Tebeau has sold hisone-half
interest in the Denver baseball team OF
the Western League to ]. F. Gunthrope
Of Plainview, Neb, but he still retains
part ownership in the Broadway park
in Denver, where all the games are
played.
During the year 1907 the state of
Colorado led in the production of tuns-
sten minerals. 1,146 tons of wolframite
ore approaching wolframite in compost
ton. valued at s573,642.74, being taken
from the mines located in Boulder
county.
The Musicians union Is the first sub
scriber to the fund TO be raised to
maintain permanent symphony or
chestra in Denver. The union has pre-
scnted the directors of the Denver
symphony orchestra with a check for
$500.
The Estes Park Water Company has
been Incorporated, with n capital of
$50. 900 to construct a waterworks sys.
TEN for Estes Park. The first work
will be to install pipe line 900 feet
long. the water being taken from
Black Canon creek.
Charles +. Hooper OF Denver. son OF
Mai. S. X. Hooper, general passenger
agent OF the Denver & Rio Grande. has
been appointed general agent OF the
San Pedro. Los Angeles and Salt Lake
railroad, THE Clark Road" and will
soon open an office in Denver.
Work is progressing on the River.
side ditch and dam and before another
month all contracts are expected to be
finished. This is one of the largest
projects in the state and will bring
under irrigation 100000 acres of Nor
gan county farm land.
The dangerous season OF leaf and
weed burning Is here. Among the first
victims was Mrs. Harry Teiffer. living
northeast of Lonsmont, whose clothing
caught fire while she was burning
weeds few days since. resulting in
burns that the physicians predicted
would prove fatal.
Mrs. Phoebe Bushnell, n colored wo.
man sixty .ears of age, living near
the railroad tracks in Denver. was so
shocked by the sudden spectacle OF
a coffin being carried into the house
next door that she dropped dead on
the front porch of her house, where
she was standing.
Frank Lennon. resident of the
Cache Ia Poudre valley. for thirty.fiyc
years. but lately engaged In feeding
sheep near Kimball, Neb., together
with John Warren and Engineer l.. Z.
Baker. will develop. with irrigation,
10000 acres just over the state line.
near Kimball. To do this they will form
an irrigation district. TO be provided
with water from a proposed Lodge Pole
creek reservoir.
In reply to an inquiry by J. NJ. Alb
bott. an attorney at Yuma, Attorney
General Dickson states that mere pos
session Of a homestead in the state OF
Colorado for a year prior to the COM
ing election. does not entitle a man
to vote in this state, unless he has
lived in this state with his family dur
ing that period Of time. or actually
moved into the state anu established
home for full year.
II has been arranged that the State
Pharmacist association shall visit Es.
ties Park June IL, 1909 TO open the
Stanley hotel. now in process of con-
struction. At least $50 delegates. with
their families and friends will be pres
ent. a great hydro-electrical plant is
to be built in Estes Park. The power
house will be established near the fish
hatchery. so that the two institutions
may be cared for at the same time at
small expense. The plan is to tap the
stream below Horseshoe park. The
minimum summer fall Of tho strpafn