Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-24
The following Colorado postm.stsFs


kin county, Joseph Fl. Wilson, vice
Joseph j. Smith. resigned; Cameron.
Teller county, Helen Rhodes. vice b.
Chadomy. resigned. Il. =
According to Albert Ross, architect
for the Denver public library. Turkey
Creek sandstone quarried thirty miles
west of Pueblo. is the best he has over
found. being superior to the product
that Is imported to New York at high
expense. ra
The dates for eight farmers insti.
tutes In the Pueblo district have been
fixed by the State Agricultural College.
The first will be held at Rye. July 18th.
and the last one OF the eight July 21st.
Plans are being made to give farmers
picnics at each OF the points where
the professors will deliver lectures.
Tonight. says u Greeley dispatch OF
the 18th inst. to q Denver paper, los
carloads OF sheep left the Northern
Colorado district for market. There
are nearly $4,000 head. OF these seven
carloads are from the Greeley district.
and the remainder from points south
and west. Wednesday and Saturday
other sheep trains will follow from
this locality, making over 800 carloads
or $4,000 head to leave this district
for market. With these cars $50 men
will go TO look after the sheep.
State Auditor George d. Statler has
announced that the $4,000 appropriated
by the last Legislature to buy silver
service for the cruiser Colorado is now
on hand for Immediate use. Former
Governor Jesse +. Mcdonald IL chair.
man Of the committee which is to pur-
chase the service. The money has new.
or been available before. II will be
turned over to Goernor Mcdonald as
soon ~ he requests II.
Herbert Delaney. who was convicted
OF an assault To commit murder and
sentenced In the Huerfano county Dis.
trict Court to three to Ave years In the
penitentiary. dating from October z.
1905. was given n conditional pardon
In celebration Of Arbor day and Good
Friday. Under tho terms OF his dis.
charge. Delaney must leave the state
ut once. 20 directly To the home OF his
parents In West Virginia and remain
there until the completion OF his full
maximum sentence. otherwise tho par.
don Ii revoked. II. at any time before
the expiration Of the term for which
h0 was imprisoned. he should return
TO Colorado. h. will be liable 10 arrest
and imprisonment.
Reports made at Q recent meeting Of
the Colorado Prison Association show
that durias tho year 1904. eighty applI.
cants for relief were taken care OF. In
1908. loo were cared for and during the
upst quarter OF 1905 the. association
has received applications from liz. Tho
association secured employment for
eighty Of the iis applicants. there be.
tnx many of the others who did not
need To apply for work. Sincc'thc firxt
Of the present year the association has
furnished SiI meals. :si ioisihsn and
forty.,hrcc lots Of cio;hins and bedding.
Transporta,iou has been procured for
twenty applicants. money has been
loaned to nine. two have been provided
with tools. medical attention has been
rendered three o,hcrs and two families
have b-ra supplied with coal.
Al a meeting In Dcnver details were
completed for the formation OF new
Colorado organization to be known as
the Merchants association. The Colo
raao Manufacturers association IL be-
hind the n-~ organization. which
IL formed to make var on
the mail order houses which
arv constantly Invading tho ru.
raj districts TO the d-irimcnt OF small
merchants. Every merchant, In Colo.
rado ~iii be eligible for membership
and the aim Of the association will
be to cu, or, the catalogue houses OF
the Eas, from Colorado. A committee
vas appointed To arrange for pcrma.
nrnt organization. consisting Of Q. ID.
Crifi'h, A. u. lewis. l., u. Bridahann.
Il. IiaTdcsiy. Fritz Thios Of pcnscr and
e. ]. Hainrs Of Pueblo.
Because tho Colorado Humane SO,
cicty failed 10 use up all its apptopria,
lion from the fiftrcHih general as.
srmbiy before the Sixteenth assembly
made an appropriation. State Auditor
George u. Sta,IcF refused TO pay the
unused balance of si.s5o and the Hu'
name Society secured q writ Of man
damus before Judge Bliss Of the Dis
trict Court at Denver requiring him 10
transfer the money. The Fifteenth As.
sembiy appropriated $1,000 for the Hu.
name Society tor the years io0s.isos,
the last year ending In December. 1906.
In his petition for a writ Of tiandsmus
Secretary Whitehead alleged that he
has vouchers for the balance unspsns
when the Sixteen Assembly made Its
appropriation Of $4,000 for lso,.0s and
that this haisnc. was all contracted foT
before the sixteenth Assembly's ap
preparation became available.
Contracts have been let by the An
tsro & Lost PARK Company for the
building Of the AntcTp reservoir and
dam In South park. u. a. Csmfeid
Of Greeley. and 8. II. Shields Of For;
Norsan. will do the work at a COS,
of something over sis5.O00. Operations
will be started within ten days and the
contractors aFe under bonds to finish
the Job by November 1st. The ressr.
voir and dam will be among the largest
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