Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-10-15
COLORADO ol ITEMS Ms +!

tablish camp of Sons Of Veterans in
the Cripple Creek district.
Phillip Griffith, an independent OPP
orator recently completed the deepest
hole ever drilled in the Florence oil
field, drilling 4,0l5a feet, but nosoil swas
struck.
ly killed 250-pound cinnamon bear
while hunting deer near Turkey. creek.
twenty-five miles southwest ,of Colo
lrado Springs. 4 ~ El va
The Portland Mining Company has
declared another quarterly dividend
Of 2 cents per share, payable October
18th. 1t totals 100000, and will bring
the amount paid in dividends to $s.-
347.08O. .-..s-
Colorado members of Congress have
received word that the yearly allot-
ment Of seeds has been determined.
Shey will each receive 10000 packages
Of vegetable seeds and 1000 packages
Of flower seeds. Requests for samples
should be made Of only one member.
Clinton Oliver. secretary of the Col
'orados National Apple exposition. has
received two Of the twenty silver tro-
ply cups to be given as prizes for
various fruit exhibits at the exposition
In the Auditorium the first week in
January. no szAESS
Officials of the Denver & Rio
lys experiments being conducted by
other railroads In the use OF gasoline
and electric cars for suburban serv-
ice. with a view to installing one Of
the two varieties on the Denver-Lit.
Teton line.
At meeting Of the committee
which has in charge the Western
Slope Development Congress to be
held In Grand Junction November 11th
and 18th. 1t was decided to unite with
the Western Slope Stockmen's Asso-
citation. which meets about the same
time. and hold the meetings Jointly.
Sylvester wilmoth, sheriff of Gar
field county. died ut his home in Glen.
wood Springs on the 5th inst. from
cancer OF the stomach. He was born
near Elkins. W. Va. fifty-eight years
ago. He came to Colorado in 1885 and
located in Breckenridge. Five years
later he located on q ranch near New
Castle. where he made his home since.
Three former students of Colorado
College have received high honors at
Harvard. according to word received
by President Slocum. Carl A. Head
blom. a former football star. has won
. $500 scholarship. and W. G. Smiley
and L. W. Bortree have been awarded
scholarships Of $3.50 and $l25 respec-
lively.
The ranch house of Barrett Little
field on Slater Fork. in Routt county.
has been burned. 1t contained several
thousand dollars worth of valuable
furnishings and Is complete loss.
Mr.. Littlefield is owner Of the famous
Littlefield elk PARK containing proba-
bly, the largest herd Of captive elk in
existence.
That lessee Of mining claim is
relieved from fulfilling the terms Of
the lease when to do SO would be un-
remunerative. was the ruling laid
down by Judge Allen in the District
Court at Denver. when he found for
the defendant in the suit brought by
Jacob and Henrietta Schloss against
the Western Mining Company Of Lead.
vile. an .- --.-r-
Approximately $4,000 acres of land
we're sold by the State Land Board on
the 9Th inst. The sales were made
principally in small tracts. Of which
about $500 acres were in Costilla
county. The lowest price obtained
was 50 an acre. while two Quarter.sec-
tions in Routt county brought $i5 an
acre. Other lands sold were in Pueblo.
Rio Grande. Otero and Logan coun-
ties. .-.---...... -......
For the first time since its founda-
ton the State School OF Mines at Col
den is out Of debt. The freedom from
Indebtedness is due to the receipt Of
the Thomas F. Walsh and John Hays
Hammond contributions and the in
crease in receipts from student regis
tration. The board Of directors has OF.
fered a prize Of $50 for the best critt
cism by q graduate Of the plans for
the ore testing plant to be erected.
On his return to Denver from . trip
of inspection throughout the north.
western part Of the state. Fish and
Game Commissioner Holland said that
extremely few deer are being killed
during the open season this year. The
fact is not due to lack Of hunters. as
2.GO7 licenses have been issued in
Denver alone. Due to favorable
weather conditions. the deer are stay.
ing in higher sections Of the country
and have not yet sought the lowlands.
The number Of summer visitors tc
Colorado during 1909 is estimated by
J. Keating. baggage agent at the
Union depot in Denver. at 100000.
Every month since May showed a de
cided increase over the corresponding
n.o,.h - to,t ya,r Tho Coott1o fofr