Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-03
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


As the result OF days hunt near
Fort Morgan 100 jackrabbits were
shipped to Parson uzzell for distribu.
tion among the poor of Denver.
Twenty large bald eagles are said to
have taken up winter quarters In the
tall timber round the river. east 0f
Hardin. Weld county. In the locality
known as Eagles nest.
The Ault Bachelors club II arrang.
| Ing for a novel ball. Only dances pop.
uiar fifty years ago will take place
and each bachelor Is expected To ex.
ecute Fishers hornpipe.
Two little boys. both under eight
years OF age. were recently arrested
In Pueblo on the charge Of stealing bi.
cycles. Several valuable wheels are
said to have been found In their pos
session.
a construction force has resaIsed
work on the double track Of tho main
line OF the ID. Il Il. q. between Flor.
ence and Canon City. The work will
be pushed and rails will be laid II six
weeks.
a company capitalized at $4,000 Is
being organized by John u. Taylor for
the purpose of erecting u canning plant ,
In Pueblo. Contracts will be made
with farmers In the Arkansas valley
for vegetables and fruit.
An early morning fire December
27th ~ Eureka. a small town eight
miles from Siiver,on. destroyed four
buildings. the Eureka hotel. tho Eu-
rcka saloon and two livery stables.
with loss OF $4,000. The total insnr-
ance Is only $500.
On Christmas night at midnight the
night shift OF 100 men nj the Greeley
Sugar factory were served hne iuf-
key dinner In the factory by their cn'
ploysrI. when the men went 10 eat
their midnight luncheon they found
the feast spread for them.
FL Paso. Texas. people have incospo-
rated the New Mexico Development
Company In New Mexico. to buiid "a
railroad frcm Columbus. New Mexico.
near FL Paso. TO the coal helds OF San
Juan cocnty. New Mexico. and Ia
Plata and Muntexuma counties In Colo
RADIO.
Captain Augustus Paddock. father Of
l. &. Paddock. editor of the Boulder
Camcr... died at Boulder. December
:ith. from pneumonia. lie was IN his
SD year. Up to 1879 he was one ot
the leading lnmbcrmcn of Michigan.
For the last four years he lived In
Boulder.
Judge Ben u. Lindsey has returned
from his lecture trip. and VIII tax"
charge Of the proceedings OF tho Ju.
vcniic Court OF Denver from this on.
Judge Alexander. county judge m
Arapihoc county. who has been hliinE
Judge Lindscy's place. will return To
his own COUNTY.
As the states portion OF tho sale OF
government lands during the year Just
passed. sl7.0tG.Si has been turned over
to State Treasurer Alfred Bent. The
state IL allowed flvc per cent of the
total sum realized by the federal All.
thori,ics from the sale Of government
lands In lieu Of taxes.
During the national Democratic con
vcntion next July meeting Of the
Single Takers OF the United State
will also bc held In Denver. AmonE
those who will attend the convention
are Louis Post of Chicago. Bolton Hall
of New York. Mayor Tom Johnson OF
Cleveland. and Henry George. Jr.. OF
New York.
Finding that the Denver & Rio
Grnnda Railway Company. through tho
negligence Of its employees. Responsible
for tn famous Adobe wreck. n jury In
Judge Sha,tuck's division OF tho DIS.
trict Court at Denver. has awarded
Pat Brennan $500 damages for the
death of his son. who wus killed IN
the wreck.
a large force Is at work for tho Den.
vcr & lntcrurban road In and near
Boulder. setting poles for the trolley
wire. The company hopes 10 bc able
to run cars between Boulder and Den
yer within few months. Most OF thC
grading ia done. The new grade viii
be used by the steam cars and tho old
grade by the electric cars.
There is now stored In the Greeley
starch factory 100000 pounds OF potato
starch In 1000 sacks. awaiting ship
mont to market. The starch campaign
has fairly begun and potatoes aro coni'
Ing In freely at 90 cents n sack. Thcsc
are unmarketablc. and II Is expected
that By spring six times the amount OF
starch now on hand will be ready Tor
market.
In a report Just completed by Cash
Ter Broderick the business done BY t.e
Denver postoflice during the past yssS
ending with November seth shows a.
increase OF S.S per cent. or $IG.lott~
over that OF last year. From lac sales
of stamps. boxes. ETC.. tho receipts
amounted to $3.50. .1Si.SG against SS6".
o7T.Gs in 1906. Altogether, Uncle sam
will get Ss2O,SG3.2O from the Denver
postoiice this year.
Judge Ben b. Lindsey Of Denver. re-
turned recently from a lecturing tour
in South Dakota and resumed his gu
ties on the Juvenile Court bench. he
will start out in two weeks for an eN-
tended trip through. the South. partic'
ularly Oklahoma and Texas, whcro IN"
legislatures will create juvenile laws
this winter. Instead Of remaininE
away for six months. however. he viii
return to Denver about May list.
Captain Seth Baker, secretary. treas
urer and manager of the Hnllett "
Baker Undertaking Company at Colo
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