Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-09-17
COLORADO NEWS

ruinor tnHt tne Union PACIFIC mas puf-
chased the Denver. Laramie & North.
western road.
Walter Hooney. . machine tender
at the Gunnison tunnel. was instantly
killed by = slab Of rock from the roof
Of the tunnel falling on him.
Joseph Devine, marshal Of Pryor, .
mining camp, was shot and almost in
stantly killed by Michael Peyton. a
miner. Peyton did not resist arrest
and is now in Jail.
Owing to the muddy condition of
the grounds the fair which was to have
opened at Littleton this week, was
postponed until September 30th, Oc.
tober 1st. and End.
The chief attraction at the Canon
City Fair was the giving away of five
tons Of fruit to visitors. This was
accomplished from stand erected for
the purpose under q large tent near
the entrance to the grounds.
The county fair opened at Canon
City with an attendance Of 10000 peo-
pie. the largest opening day in the
history of the fair. The weather was
Just right. Tho rain put the track in
good shape for the racing. which was
the best ever held in Fremont county.
Greeley.-Word 10 received by
Union Pacific officers that service viii
begin on the new branch line through
Pleasant valley and the Crow Creek
district on or before October LIST.
Freight rates have not been an.
uounced but freight service will begin
within the completion Of the line.
The excitement caused by the rich
gold strike Just east of Salida in
creases and territory covering
nearly five square miles has been
staked out by both men and women
from Salida and the nearby country,
who believe that . second Cripple
Creek has been discovered.
Disappointed in love. Miss Maggie
Hoover. the 1s-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Clara Hoover. former matron at
the city jail. In Pueblo. took strych.
nine and died as she was being rushed
to st. Mary's hospital. She was found
on the floor In convulsions by her
brother Frank. and DR.. PEARS, city
physician. was called.
Because of lack Of funds, st. Paul
n. E. church. South. Denver. has been
forced to abandon its plans to enter
the institutional field and build new
church with clubrooms. library, gym.
nasium and home for working girls.
A new church will be built, but on q
smaller scale. It will be located some
where on Capitol hill
Despite the rainy weather. which
has interfered with the fruit picking
n total Of more than $50 carloads has
been shipped from the Grand valley
and the prospects are that next week
will see q still further increase. Tho
shipments from Palisade which stood
ut the top Of the list were nearly 200
cars. principally Alberta peaches.
Gen. Edward Moody McCook. twice
territorial governor Of Colorado. The
man who paved the way for Sher-
mans march to the sea. and former
minister to Hawaii. died in Chicago
Sept. 9. The end came at the Chi.
cago Baptist hospital. after long suf.
ferring from Bright's disease. His
brother. Gen. Anson @. McCook of
New York. was at his bedside.
Land adjoining Gill. sold Tor $3.50 an
acre. without water. The purchaser
was q man who had been q tenant on
the land for years and he will quit
farming and do market gardening.
Fifteen years ago Gill and the sur.
rounding territory was open range. II
is now a station on the new Union
Pacific line. The Union Pacific is
erecting a depot and business men OF
Greeley are building q big warehouse
The body Of William Eoherty, q
well known ranchman Of Trinchera
who was drowned near that place
was recovered several miles from the
scene Of the drowning. Doherty and
his brother attempted to cross an ar
roya near their home. when the rig
was overturned and both were thrown
into the current. After q desperate
struggle. Joseph escaped. but his
brother was swept down with the
flood. He was 2s years old and II
survived by seven brothers and five
sisters.
Contracts have been signed in Den
yer by the Greeley-Poudre irrigation
district and the Laramie-Poudre Res
ervoir & Irrigation Company for ths
construction OF the greatest irrigation
system in the West, not excepting
government projects completed or un
der construction. It will require ex
penditure Of about $5.00O.O00. Thi,
is the largest enterprise undertaken
by d. A. Camfield Of this city. his as
sociates Of Denver and Of the East
The project has been fully financed
and construction Of the reservoirs
bitches and the great tunnel through
the Medicine Bow range to brint
water from the Laramie river into tn,
valley Of the Poudre, will soon b,