Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-19
COLORADO NEWS

slope, is to have a $4,000 addition.
DR.. George H. Stover has been
chosen dean Of the faculty Of the Med
ical college Of the University of Den
yer.
Herman Lueders of Manitou, former
secretary of the State Board Of Capitol
Commissioners, died at Pueblo on the
7th inst.
Mrs. Russell Sage of New York has
given $2,5OO toward building fund for
the Young Women's Christian Assocta-
tion Of Colorado Springs.
For the three best individual ex-
hibits from Colorado at the Dry Farm
ing Congress In Cheyenne. February
23rd to 25th, the Denver Chamber OF
Commerce offers three trophy cups.
At the close of business February
5th, the six national banks of Denver
had on deposit s5s.149.1S3.11. This is
a gain of $313,S15.SO over the amount
November 27. 1908.
Tourist business to Colorado will be
greater next summer than ever. in they
history of the state. is the belief Of c.
H. Speers, general passenger agent OF
the Colorado Midland, who returned
from Chicago a few days since.
The first tent colony at the Modern
Woodmen Of America sanitarium at
Colorado Springs was formally dedi-
Gated on the 18th inst. Addresses were
delivered by prominent persons who
are patients at the institution.
On February 18th at Tubers. sta
ton west Of Eaton. on the Great West
ern railway. potatoes brought the
highest price paid this season. or at
any time last year, Pearls being $1.25
and Rurals $1.30 per hundred weight.
DR.. A. Anderson OF Ault was fined
a total Of 5000 In the County Court at
Greeley. together with costs. for boot
Logging. He paid the fne. He was
arrested and charged on three counts
with selling liquor without a license
and was fined 5000 on each count.
The State Commercial Association
has taken up the burden of procuring
suitable exhibits from Colorado for the
third TRANSIT Missouri Dry Farming Con-
gress at Cheyenne February 23rd. 24th
and 25th. The various commercial or
Ganizations of the state are urged to
take part in the work.
In q set Of resolutions unanimously
adopted the members of the Afro
American Ministerial Union of Denver
have extended their thanks to Presi-
dent Roosevelt for his views concern
ing the status Of the African race. its
future development, and the obligation
of this country to Africa and Africans,
and particularly to the Republic Of L.
beria-
Peter Gondry. convicted in the DisA
trict Court at Buena Vista Of arson. 2
was sentenced to six to eight years in
the penitentiary. Gondry had burned
practically all Of the buildings and i'm
provements on the Mary Murphy mine
and last August was caught burning
the shaft house. Benjamin o. Cook.
convicted Of having murdered Charles
E. Cope In Salida last June. was SEN
fenced to twenty to twenty.four years
at hard labor.
According to plans outlined by the
committee on public health and sani-
tation Of the Colorado Springs Char
ter convention, at q public meeting.
not only will every physician be re-
quired to include tuberculosis among
the list OF contagious diseases In his
report to be filed with the Health de-
partment, but every householder must
register all cases Of tuberculosis in his
household, together with the other pre-
scribed diseases.
President Frank @. Peck, Secretary
w. r. Waterton and Treasurer F. F.
CASTILLO Of the Cripple Creek Drainage
6 Tunnel Company were all reelected
at q meeting OF the directors at Colo
RADIO Springs February 9th. A. L. Bur-
ris OF the El Paso was elected vice
president In place Of John 4. Milliken
Of the Golden Cycle. whose frequent
absence prevents him from attending
the official conferences. Mr.. Burris
also succeeds s. s. Bernard rs a mem
Der Of the executive committee. 4
The students Of the college OF medk
cine Of the State University were s0p
elated over the passage Of the medical
bill by the Legislature that they held
q banquet at the Boulderado hotel and
declared a vacation for the rest OF the
week. The bill Is a constitutional
amendment to permit the State Uni
versity to conduct the last two years
Of its medical department in Denver.
for clinical advantages. It must be
submitted to and approved by the peo-
pie at the next general election. be-
fore becoming a law.
Denver's great auditorium would
hold every man, woman and child In n
city OF twelve thousand Inhabitants,
but the people Of Denver are finding
1t too small. It would not begin to
accommodate the crowd on Lincoln's
birthday Two thousand children