Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-07
COLORADO ITEMS


Secretary Boggess of the Colorado
Chautauqua Association. is receiving
letters indicating large attendance
to the summer session commencing
July 4th.
The discovery of two cases Of sup
posed rabies In dogs In Greeley has
postponed the revoking Of the ordi-
nance which requires that all dogs be
kept at home or be shot.
Rev. Benjamin Brewster. who will
be consecrated Episcopal bishop OF
western Colorado June 18th, has an
nouncsd that he will make his future
home in Glenwood Springs.
John G. Lilley. ST., Indian fighter.
railroad builder state representative
and for many years commissioner Of
Arapahoe county, was buried at Lit
tleton on the 30th ult. He was seven
ty-six years of age.
Last months work on the Gunnison
tunnel has reduced the distance be-
twten the two headings to 1880 feet.
nearly 600 feet having been bored dur
April. At this rate the end Of June
will see the tunnel finished.
The directors of the Greeley-Poudre
irrigation district are considering the
purchase Of 500.000.000 cubic feet of
water from Boyd lake to supplement
the enormous supply already con-
trolled by the district. Boyd lake has
1000, 100000 cubic feet of water stored
and the district will pay about $780,
900 for the supply 1t wants.
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Issued its annual report. The volume
also contains the proceedings Of tho
horticulturists' convention, held at
Montrose. and the report of the State
Beekeepers' Association for the year
1908. Copies OF the report can be OBJ
tanned by applying to Secretary Mar
tha A. Shute at the state capitol.
An increasing demand for power for
irrigation purposes is noted by the
Northern Colorado Power Company.
whose transmission lines extend over
Northern Colorado. Two new pump
ing plants are being installed near
Longmont to raise water above the
bitches for irrigation. and inquiry Is
coming from all parts Of the district
reached by the line.
A report Is current at Colorado
Springs that the Colorado 4 Southern
railroad Is securing estimates on the
electrification of Its line from Denver
to Colorado Springs. via Eastonville.
Elbert and Elizabeth. and that a ma
terial reduction In freight rates will
result IL the change is made. The
line is fifteen miles longer than the
pgo rr,pdo and Cant,
Prof. William C. Strieby Of Colorado
college has been asked to Investigate
a phenomenon near the Ute Chief min
eral spring at Manitou. While boring
for carbonic acid gas the workmen re-
Gently struck an apparently magnetic
rock at depth Of 125 feet. It was al.
most impossible to pull out q drill. and
when It was finally extracted the steel
was found to be highly magnetized.
Henry A. Decker. owner OF Decker
lake and ranch near Crested Butte.
died on the 30th ult. Of pleurisy and
heart failure. He was a pioneer resi-
dent OF Crested Butte. having been for
many years In the hardware business.
Fn engaged In fish culture and had a
iIOut hatchery at his lake from which
he had been shipping to Denver and
other points in the state for years.
Madison Smith. aged ninety-four. the
oldest man in Weld county. a resident
Of Greeley for thirty-nine years. and
n vice president Of the Society of
Union Colony Pioneers. died at the
home Of his daughter. Mrs. f. Z. Bak-
e.. in Greeley. on the 2sth ult He
leaves three children. o. C. Smith of
South Dakota, Pitts Smith and Mrs.
T.. E. Baker Of Greeley: eight grand
children and nine great-grandchildren
Now that the supply OF water as
furnished by the Antero and Lost Park
reservoir is assured, the Antero Reser-
voir Company has arranged for storing
the water carried to Denver by its
High Line ditch by the purchase Of the
Toll Gate and Platte Land reservoirs
north and east Of the city. The trans
fer OF the Toll Gate reservoir located
just east OF the Windsor farm involves
an expenditure of about s25O.ooo.
The produce dealers Of Weld county
have perfected an organization for the
purpose Of sorting and grading all po-
tctoes which leave the district. In or
der that the standard Of shipments
pIay be raised. About forty dealers
arc working together and the Farmers
clubs are cooperating. They will ap-
point inspectors to look over each car
load OF potatoes before 1t goes out, at
the expense OF the dealers.
The railroad committee OF the Gree
ley Commercial club gave a banquet
to sixty business men who were ad-
dressed by officers Of the Denver,
Laramie & Northwestern. 1t was
stated that Greeley shipments repre-
sent s1.250,O0O in freight charges an
nually. The new company's officers