Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-10-01
STATE NEWS ITEMS

Dog poisoners are active in Denver.
Colorado Springs spread a flower
path to President Taft.
Ernest Knaeble of Denver has been
made assistant United States attor-
ney.
Colorado weather Just couldn't be-
have itself long enough to show the
President the best side.
d. Salazar was shot and killed Mon
day in saloon quarrel at Ell Moro.
near Trinidad. by T. Aragon.
God bless Colorado" was the fare
well benediction of President Taft as
he crossed the state line into Utah.
Elder w. B. Craig Of the South Den
yer Christian Church has received a
call to New York and Los Angeles.
He has not decided which place he will
take, If either.
The body of J. ]. Hagerman, who
died at Milan. Italy, will be sent to
the United States on September 25th,
the date he and Mrs. Hagerman ex-
pected to sail for home. -..--. g.
A baby a few weeks old was found
in box at the Union depot in Den
yer recently. The younsster was well
and apparently happy. No trace OF
the unnatural mother Is found.
AS the result of large orders of coke
for the Pueblo steel works. orders
have been issued for the Segundo
coke ovens to be fired up and worked
full time. There are 800 coke ovens
in Segundo.
Hereafter all butter manufacturers
and dealers in Denver VINO sell their
product under weight will be prose
cuted and will be liable to a fine, II
measure drawn by the sealer OF
measures and weights, w. B. Mullen,
Colorado settlers in Routt and La
Plata counties who feared that they
were to lose valuable coal rights
through the Mondell act have finally
won before the Interior Department
and will not be disturbed nor de-
prived Of property worth thousands OF
dollars. The victory was secured
through the instrumentality OF the Ma
tional Public Domain League.
Harry Cramer and Howard IRE
lease. while searching for firewood on
the hillside about a mile below Tel
iuride near San Miguel. discovered
the remains Of Arthur w. Allen, who
mysteriously disappeared November
Is. 1908. There was little beyond the
bones and fragments Of clothes. and
the remains were identified by a Ma
sonic watch charm attached to the
chain.
Land in Jefferson county. near Den.
yer. is increasing In value. as is
shown by the recent purchase OF
quarter section three miles north Of
the city. by Nathanitl Ketchel Of Den
yer. Ketchel purchased the land from
VIM. W. Wahl. paying $4,000 for 1t.
This same tract was on the market
two years ago for $4,000. but no one
seemed to want II at that price.
The superintendent OF the Grover
division of the Burlington road says
that surveyors will reach Grover this
month and line thence run westward
to Greeley. Grover will be made a
division point. By the building OF this
line the Burlington will be enabled to
compete with the Union Pacific for
Weld county freight and there will
also be given to the fast developing
region between Grover and Greeley.
railroad facilities for which It is now
handicapped.
State Coal Mine Inspector ]. d.
Jones has filed his semi-annual re-
port with Governor Shafroth. showing
an increase in production for the first
six months Of the year Of 406, 1876 tons.
The total production in the state
amounted to 4.s23.412 tons. The larg-
est increases shown in the report are
In Huerfano and Las Animas, 1888
tons and 22,960 tons respectively.
Jones reports that all Of the mines
Of the state are making preparations
for a big season.
The $125.O00 Temple Of Comemrce
to be built by the Denver Chamber
OF Commerce, adjoining the Ideal
building. on Champa street between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets.
will be started October 1st. Entirely
new plans furnished by Marean &
Norton have been accepted and the
work is to be pushed forward as rap
idly as possible. The building is a
five-story affair, with a roof garden
and will be one Of the finest struc-
lures of its kind west OF the Missis-
sippi river.
Tobias Mattox. living a mile south
west Of Greeley. will take $1,000 in
fruit from an eight-acre orchard this
season. having one Of the best crops
since he planted 1t seven years ago.
There are twenty-eight varieties OF
apples, different varieties of plums,
grapes. pears. peaches, etc. The aver
age harvest OF each plum tree brought
| a return Of SO and over a ton and a
half ton of grapes will be gathered.
Mattox intends to increase his orch.
| ard and make a snecialtY of shining