Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-24
COLORADO. news

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sition OF fireman of the Denver mint.
paying $T5 month. . AZ
There are forty female prisoners in
the county jail at Denver. This large
number OF owing to the war against the
habltues OF the Market street slums.
The great electric fountain In the
City park At Denver Is nearly COM
pleted and the screens for the colored
lights have been placed. II Will be
gorgeous spectacle.
The county commissioners OF Pueblo
county have offered reward Of $50 for
the capture of Castano Senatore. the
Italian who. 1t is charged. shot and
killed his wife on the 18th inst. and
escaped.
The work of double tracking the
Rio Grande between Florence and
Canon City will be completerd by the
end Of this month. All bridges along
| the line are finished and the rails are
being laid rapidly.
The Grand Junction board Of edu-
cation has authorized an increase OF 36
u month In the salary OF every school
teacher In the city. The total Increase
will require 81 900 n year and forty-nine
teachers are affected.
Three thousand men were paid $780,
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works. This Is 600 more men than re.
ceived money on the last pay day. and
1t Is expected that COO more will be add
ed before the next one.
| Two shifts are now working on the
Denver auditorium. One begins At o
O'Clock In tho morning and works until
noon. whom Il Ii relieved by the sec
ond, which works an equal number OF
hours. stopping At Z O'Clock In tho ev.
cning.
| J.. N. Van Deren. former resident
Of Boulder and also OF Denver. died
at Pnonia on the 18th inst. In his
seventy.fif year. Mr.. Van Dcren
/ came to Colorado In 1859 and made
three trips across the plains by OF
team.
/ A new grading camp has been cstab.
llshcd on the line OF the Mofat road
twelve miles south Of Steamboat
Springs. Rails have been been laid
into Routt county and II Ia expect
cd that by May LIST the terminal OF tho
road will be Mccoy Siding.
The City Council Of Florence has
passed u resolution declaring tho fallen
women of the city nuisance and or.
derins tina, their places be vacated
May LIST. The resolution reads that
tho women will not DO tolerated within
the city limits. .H--
fiy. hundred thousand seedlings
from the government nurseries NJ
Bear er~ck and Monument will BE-
planted within the next year or two
in the adjoining region. and shipmcnt
Of 10000 trees will be planted near the
Monument nursery at once.
The Rock island has made arrange
m-nis to enlarge It's repair shops In
Pueblo and ~iii employ about twenty
l more mra. fos some time tho Rock
Island has maintainvd . small force
and will nov increase II go that heavy
repairs eau be made when necessary.
The paugh,-Ts of the American Rev.
olutinn sF. planning 10 raise fund OF
$4,000 siih which to purchase q main
moth organ for the pcns-r auditorium.
Mrs. J. II. Grant. T.scn; Of the Colorado
chapter. has the matter In charge. aud
10 planning for a kiTEssss TO be given
al the auditorium nest fall.
State Auditor ssausr has paid 20
the rioacvrs' Monument Association
tho $4,000 appropriated =, the last
session Of tho legislature foE the
pioneers monument designed by Fred
Srick Mscnionni-s. The association has
now. In addition to the states Eitt-
$4,000 subscribed 10 the fund. and is
| working to raise 5000 more.
A anai dividend of ~ per cen, was
allowed the dsposiioTs Of the dcfunet
Denver Savings bank by District
Judge Riddle April 18th. making a total
dividend of sss. per cent. The inter.
national Trust Company. as receiver.
vas allowed a fec Of ls.o:t.sss Goudy
& Twitchsil. attorneys for tho trust
company. were allowed 1s.soc and At
,oraey Z. n. Park vas allowed $3.50.
The Greeley starch factory closed
April i.th foT the season. having made
500 tons of starch from is.o0o. .0e0
pounds pf potatoes None OF the starch
hes bcen sold. as many cotton mills
{ which used u for sisiHE are iilc. bu;
they will bc running soon and buying
the product at higher prices. The nor.
NAL price is TO Z cents pound. The
stock GA hand is worth about sec. 600.
Mrs. Ray Middiesworth. daughter of
James Cowie. former secretary Of state.
died a, Boulder on the is;h inst For
the last two years cs her fathers In.
cumbency as secretary OF state. she
was one cs hi. steucsrarheTs. She vas
also s;csograPh.T under the present
secretary uf state. Timothy OConuor.
from the time Of his inauguration uu.
I'll she vas married. few months ago.
She was tventy-one years old.
The Colorado Prison Association had
as many applicants for relief duFins
January end February OF this year as |,
did during the entire year Of 1904
when the organization was founded
Furthermore there were as many appli
7 ..a,. ,,,,r;rv she firx. three f,,nnths q.
the year as there were during the en-.
tire year OF 1905. A large per cent o.
those who applied to the association
had 70 he clothed fed aud housed