Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-01-15
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
8HOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

William J. Bryan will visit Florida
early in February and may go to Cuba.
1t is reported at Winnipeg that the
Canadian Pacific railway will, this
year. spend $3O,OOO.OOO in construction
w0k on its Western lines.
Half the business portion Of the
town of Kensington. Kansas, was de-
stroyed on the Srd inst. by fire that
started in the Palace hotel. LOSS $780,
900. partly insured.
Upward of s1O,OOO.OOO will be ex-
pended by the American Locomotive
Company in the construction in its pro-
jected plant at Gary. Ind, plans for
which are in preparation.
The Illinois club. constituting with
its splendid art gallery one Of the
most historical landmarks of Chicago,
was destroyed by fire on the 9Th inst.
with loss estimated at $325.000.
Confident that he will be able to
solve the problems Of the economical
use of gasoline for railroad motive
power, E. H. Hartman will shortly
spend a small fortune in experiments
at Omaha, Neb.
Billings. Mont. Idaho Falls. Idaho.
and Douglas. Ariz., are bidders for the
1910 convention Of the Trans-Mis-
souri, Dry Farming congress. and will
send large delegations to the 1909 con.
vention in Cheyenne In February.
R. L. Holland of Colorado Springs.
End inst. wired $1,000 to the National
Red Cross society at Washington for
the relief of the sufferers in Sicily and
southern Italy. He will send more II
necessary.
A building with a unique foundation
OF gold ore will be that of the Exchange
National bank of Colorado Springs,
which is building a seven.story $780,
900 structure. Ore from Bull hill
mines worth 81 to So a ton In gold Is
being hauled there and mixed with
pYre cement for the foundation.
Ueenic railways. which are amuse-
ment features OF recreation parks, are
common carriers in the meaning Of the
law, according to Judge Robert E.
Lewis OF the United States Circuit
Court at Denver. and those who control
them are. therefore obligated to carry
any person willing to pay the required
fee.
The transport Thomas sailed from
San Francisco for Honolulu and Manila
Tuesday, carrying the largest number
Of army officers transported across the
Pacific since the Spanish-American
war. Col. Walter 8. Schuyler. with SCI
men OF the Fifth cavalry, will leave
the Thomas at Honolulu to take station
Mt the new army post near Honolulu.
The vessel will carry to Manila ninety
bluejackets and 300 recruits.
Fire at the Chicago stock yards on
the night OF the 9th inst. destroyed a
large part of the fertilizing plant Of
Darling & Company. and burned large
stores Of chemicals, causing explos-
ions AMI injuring n number Of firemen.
The ,oss was 100000. The water
froze soon after being thrown on the
building Huge icicles formed about
the lettering walls and some Of the
firemen encased in ice literally had to
have their arms and legs chopped
loose.
Alonzo Erastus Horton, founder OF
the present city Of San Diego, Cal.
and its Oldest inhabitant. died on the
7th inst aged ninety-five, as n result
of infirmities incident to old age. In
1867 Father" Horton. as he was un-
II rsally known. surveyed and pur-
ch&sed at auction for 26 cents an acre,
ssU,cres of land around the bay. upon
which San Diego now stands. On the
day OF his funeral every flag In the
city was placed at half mast.