Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-21
COLORADO NEWS

as the poet burglar" has been sen.
fenced to from three to FIVE years in
the penitentiary.
A. Eddie of La Sale, a mail carrier
on Route 1, thinks that he is probably
the only rural carrier in the state who
makes his daily trip by automobile.
The new 100000 Y. NJ. C. A. build
ing at Grand Junction will be formally
dedicated June 4th. Many prominent
people will be present from all parts
of the state.
Rev. G. A. Brandelle, D. D., of Den.
yer, was recently elected for the tenth
time president of the Kansas Lutheran
conference, embracing Kansas, Col
orado and Texas.
Mrs. Rebecca Eaton, widow of the
late Ex-Governor Eaton, and Bruce G.
Eaton. and wife have Incorporated the
Bruce G. Eaton Land & Live Stock
Company. capitalized at 100000.
Postmaster Paul J. Sours of Denver
has gone for two months pleasure
trip to the Pacific coast. He will stay
a short time in San Francisco. where
he will join his family and he will
then attend the fair at Seattle.
A four.color booklet, said to be the
first used In railroad advertising west
Of the Mississippi, has been issued by
the Colorado Midland Railway Com
pany. descriptive of Colorado and the
territory tributary to the Midland.
A movement is On foot to consoli-
date all Of the commercial organiza-
tions in Pueblo. The plan is to have
one nrpapivnflpn with ohpuf
1000 members. and to erect a mag
nificent building with club rooms.
The Sterling Municipal Civic League
observed cleaning up day May 10th.
and the town was thoroughly reno
waited. The work was under the d.
rection Of President Mrs. c. B. Tim
berlake and Vice President Mrs. H. B.
Davis.
In the district court at Conejos In
the case of Tom Weaver, charged with
the murder of Carl Z. Brown, the
Jury returned n verdict Of murder In
the first degree and recommended life
Imprisonment. A motion for a new
trial was made.
An Esperanto society has been or
ganized In Denver for the promotion
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estimated that there are two hundred
students of Esperanto in the state. J.
Warner Edwards is president Of the
Denver society.
The State University at Boulder will
graduate from all departments ap-
proximately 165 students June 9th.
Only 1i7 were given diplomas last
year. One degree OF Doctor OF Philos-
ophy. nine degrees of MA. and three
OF C.E., while two persons will take
Masters degree.
Unable to cxtricate her foot from
between the bars OF the cattle guard
which she attempted TO cross with
two other children. Eva Warner, aged
eight, met death at a railroad cross
ing at Windsor on the 18th inst. and
her two little companions almost lost
their lives in an heroic attempt to
aid her. The engineer did not see the
children in time to stop the train.
The Greeley Commercial Club will
ask $40 from each OF the big ditch
and reservoir companies of Weld coun-
| ty to help create a fund to push bill
In the next Legislature to enlarge the
forest reserves at the head of the
streams In Colorado. for the benefit
OF irrigation. The action was taken
following an address by Directors
Davis and Weld OF the I.ongmont Com
mercinl Club.
Denver parties have leased the Jack
son Lake reservoir. east of Greeley. for
$500 a year for the fishing privilege
A seine 5000 feet long is drawn out
by four horses and the catch often be-
ing over three tons Of fish. The les
sees get the carp and suckers weigh.
ing more than two pounds. Trout,
bass. etc. must be returned to the res.
ervoir. The captured fish are shipped
alive In big tanks to Denver where
they are placed in artificial ponds and
sold.
Mrs. Sarah Morley. who settled in
Greeley in 1872. celebrated her eighty.
sixth birthday at Greeley on the 18th
inst. She was the daughter Of Judge
Benjamin Raymond Of Norfolk, N. Y.
and the youngest of nine children, five
, of whom lived to be over eighty. In
1886 she went to Chicago to make her
home with Hon. B. w. Raymond, her
oldest brother. who with Governor Ev-
ans of Colorado founded the towns Of
Evanston and Elgin. Ill. The brother
was also mayor Of Chicago several
terms.
The Macarthur Brothers Construc
ton Company of New York has In.
stalled one OF the biggest concrete
mixing plants In the country at the
site of the big dam which 1t is build.
ing for the Central Colorado Power
Company. near Nederland. in Boulder
county. When in full swing the plant
will be capable of supplying 1000
cubic feet of concrete every twenty.