Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-24
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Paul ]. Sours has been re-appointed
postmaster at Denver and confirmed
by the Senate. lb,
The Kansas Club will hold It's annual
banquet at the Brown Palace hotel in
Denver January goth.
Edgar Collins. chief clerk In the Fort
Collins postofhce. has been appointed
u postofice inspector.
Tbs Fort Morgan sugar factory I'M.
ished slicing beets on the 18th inst.
amer running about one hundred days
and grinding $4,000 tons Of beets.
The report Of the building Inspector
shows that permits for 225 buildings
were issued In Colorado Springs last
year. having total cost Of y60O.8s2.
William r. Mason and Joseph Van.
derweide. charged with being the slay.
ers OF Secret Service Agent Joseph
walker, will be tried at Durango Feb.
TIN.
DR.. Ella Mead OF Greeley has been
appointed register OF deaths and births
Of Weld county by the secretary OF tho
State Board OF Health. DR.. Mead Ia
also city physician.
The Colorado Fuel 4 Iron Com.
pany's mine at Terico has been closed.
and tho l75 men employed there have
been distributed among other camps
In Las Animas county.
Saving their earnings for their work 4
In the beet fields for tho last hvsN
years. 4 number OF Japanese surprised
Greeley real estate men by asking to
purchase 20 and 40-acre tracts ON
which to grow beets.
Ault has practically completed its
$4,000 water system. and water waa
turned Into Its mains on tho 18th inst.
The water is obtained from wells and
controlled by air pressure. Later. deep
wells will be added To the system fog
the domestic supply.
The United States Senate passed tho
bill providing for increasing tho cost
limit OF the federal building ut Colo
RADIO Springs from 3275.000 to $780,.
600. the increase to bo employed In
substituting granite for sandstone in
construction.
Tho postmaster generals report OF
postoffce business for December
shows that the business transacted as
Denver amounted to Si00.933 against
$ss.96G for tho same month IN tho pre-
vtous year. showing m increase for
1907 over 1906 Of $ii.s67.
A petition has been nicd In tho
county court OF Weld county for tho
Incorporation OF the town OF Firc~tonc.
In southwestern Weld county. Daco.
mn. Frederick and ftrcstone were To-
Gated less than n year ago. and tho
drst two have bcsn Incorporated.
Battery A OF tho field artillery OF
tho Colorado national guard has been
organized at waiscnburK with :s mem.
bcrs. The battery which viii be un-
der the command OF Capt J. Q. Exlinc.
has gathered guns and weekly prac.
ucc will DO held on ground north OF
town.
After thorough inspection OF tho
slaughter houses and butcher shops
OF Trinidad. Staic Inspector Niles OF
Dcnvcr reported that only ono plaSS
wns unkanitary and thcro ho ordcft8
200 pounds OF meat destroyed. All
tho other places havc observed the
pure food Law.
A novel sentence given at Greeley
TO Guthic Earl. n youth Of eighteen.
found guilty OF contributing TO juvcn.
iic delinquency by getting young
companion drunk. Judge Nixon gave
him tho alternative Of 10 days In jail
or six months attendance In the
judges Sunday schoo, class. Tho lad
decided In favor OF tho Sunday school.
The sixth annual convention of the
Colorado and Wyoming Lumber Deal.
crs' Association closed iia stssion at
Denver on tho 18th Inst. q. q. Russell
OF Greeley was elected president:
James McNccn OF La Junta. vice pres.
id-nt. aad II. II. Hcmcn~ay OF Colo
RADIO Sps.nEs. secretary and treasurer.
The association will meet at Denver
again next year.
In the ncighborhooi Of 5000 acres
OF peas will be grown for tho Empsop
Packing Company this year. TO supply
the factories at tIonrmont. BoSclanj
and Greeley. Besides tho peas. beans.
tomatoes. asparagus. hominy and
pumpkin this company cans. II is going
to put up wheat In about the same way
an hominy. This is something now. rs
is also tho asparagus.
At the annual examination of cadets
seeking TO enter West Point. held in
Fort Logan on the 1i,h inst. there
were nineteen candidates. The exam.
ination was conducted by n board. OF
which Major Fisher il chairman. apl
Lieutenant Dabncy secretary. The
pcrs arc sent TO West Point and The
names Of successful candidates c
made known March 1st
The Denver Pharmaceutical Associa
tion has issued a circular 10 all the
druggists In Denver calling attention
to the law forbidding the sale Of liquor
TO minors. which tho courts have con.
strucd to apply TO all cases. even
where children present orders from
their parents. The same rule applies
to tho sale Of tobacco. cigarettes. etc
except that the age limit in the case
Of these articles. is IL years instead Of
Il.
The programme for the farmers in
stitute at LonEmont. TO be held Feb.
csh .th and Sch ntuhrnnos adae,aoaa