Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-11-05
COLORADO ITEMS

| ooulueE ouQ FELLOWS Will make al
effort to secure the location at Boulder
Of the proposed Odd Fellows home.
The twenty-sixth annual session Of
the Boulder County Teachers Associ.
alton will convene at Boulder Novem-
ber 9Th.
% Ten thousand trout fry have been
sent from the Denver hatchery to be
placed in South Boulder creek. An
other consignment went to Frazer
river. in Grant county.
| A condemnation suit was started on
the 2Sth ult. by the Denver, Laramie
& Northwestern railroad against fif-
teen property owners along the right
of way between Greeley and Evans.
Because 1t is the seventh successive
beet crop grown on the same land, the
| 1900 tons of beets taken from sixty
acres on the Joseph Wilkinson farm
In Pleasant Valley in Weld county, is
considered a remarkable crop.
| The case Of Mrs. Allen F. Read, al
legged to have attempted to extort
money from Mrs. Genevieve Chandler
Phipps by the use Of dynamite. is
scheduled on the criminal docket at
Denver for the 18th of November.
The new st. Joseph Catholic church
AZ Salida was formally dedicated Sun
day. Right Rev. Bishop Matz of Den
| yer was in charge of the ceremony.
Rev. David O'Dwyer of Leadville de-
livered the dedication sermon. The
cost Of the building is about $4,000.
The Windsor National Guard com.
pany has organized under the super.
vision of state officers. DR.. J. H.
Shane is captain. Emmett Fuller. first
lieutenant. and DIR. N. J. Miller. second
lieutenant. About thirty men have
been mustered in and there will be
forty-eight on the roll call.
The incorporation election at Limon
Monday passed off quietly. not more
than twenty-five per cent Of the total
| registration voting. Tie vote was
forty-two for incorporation and five
| against 1t. One year ago last June
ninety-eight votes were polled and the
| majority against incorporation was
| two.
The county OF El Paso has con-
structed sixty-eight bridges during
the summer. ranging from fourteen to
40 feet in length. Much progress has
also been made in making and re-
pairing county roads. in addition to
| the work being done in cooperation
| with the state in the new highway
between Colorado Springs and Canon
City.
From forty acres Of new land east
Of the new town OF Zeta. in Weld
county. T. J. Latch has taken 5000
sacks OF potatoes. 1000 sacks Of
which contain potatoes each weigh
ing not less than two pounds. The
crop is considered remarkable for
quality and size and sixty sacks will
be sent to the irrigation congress in
| Chicago next month.
The Bar ]. H. Cattle & Land Com.
pany has filed with the county clerk
OF Pueblo county a map OF the Boone
creek reservoir and supply ditch from
Haynes creek. which will be supple
mental to the Chico irrigation system.
The reservoir and ditch will cost
$236,OOO. The dam will be sixty-flve
feet in height and will hold 2i2,225. $50
cubic feet of water.
The convention to consider Colorado
immigration and tourist rates. called
by Governor Shafroth. will meet in
| Denver November 18th. The conven-
ton will take up the matter of secur-
| ing a $25 round trip rate from Chicago
to Denver and Colorado common
points during the tourist season and a
colonist one-fare rate that will be low
enough to attract more homeseekers
to the state.
A great scarcity OF laborers Is re-
ported from the irrigation construc-
ton camps in northern Colorado. Con-
slant demands are being made upon
the Denver employment agencies but
the calls for men cannot be met. This
scarcity is due to some extent to the
wholesale desertion OF the laborers to
help gather the fruit crops. This is
much more profitable work while 1t
lasts. and many of the men employed
upon the irrigation projects have
sought employment as apple pickers.
At a recent meeting In Montrose
Carmon Layton of Denver and B. A.
Lockwood. Jr, of Des Moines, Ia. who
are promoting the Paradox Valley rail
road. said they had most favorable as
surance as to financing the road. and
that prospects Of its early building
were bright. Mr.. Layton said al! that
is needed for the actual construction
Is the disposal of a certain amount
of capital stock to the people of Mont
rose county.
The New York Tribune will soon re-
ceive a memento OF Greeley's early
days, in an adobe. sun-baked brick
taken from the old Greeley Tribune
office. built in 1870. now being torn
| down In this huilding WAS nuhlished